AE 978 - Aussie Slang: A Beak/A Stickybeak
Send us a text Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian!I am going to teach you the Aussie slang phrase "a beak" or "a sticky beak".This is a very Aussie phrase and kind of makes people frown.I hope you have never been called a sticky beak!Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and...
6 Elo 20213min
AE 977 - Language Learning, Traveling, Dating South Americans, and Identity | Kyrin Down
Send us a text Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English Podcast!Here's Part 2 of my epic chin-wag with Mere Mortals podcast host Kyrin Down.In this part, we talked about how he learned Spanish as he traveled through South America & Central America. And now, he's learning German! A polyglot in the making!Plus, we talk about the language differences between Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and...
4 Elo 202148min
AE 976 - WWP: I Feel Like I've Been Hit By A Train
Send us a text Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English Podcast!This is no drill, Victorians, we are on Lockdown #5 😑I took this chance to give you guys an update on how my family has been trying to cope with lockdowns, viruses, and the occassional tantrums. Well, more than occassional, actually. But we'll be getting a cat! I wonder what I'd name it.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English spea...
1 Elo 202116min
AE 975 - How To Pronounce Beach vs Bitch | Australian English Pronunciation Lesson
Send us a text Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English Podcast!This is one of the most common errors that English learners (and English speakers) tend to make.In today's episode, I am going to teach you how to say /ɪ/ versus /i:/!Learn the difference between the words like "bin" and "bean" - or "bitch" and "beach"!First, we go over the correct pronunciation of /ɪ/ and /i:/.Then, we compare the sounds when used in words, like "mitt" and "meat".And lastly, I give you a FR...
31 Heinä 202111min
AE 973 - Aussie Slang: Bathers
Send us a text Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian!I am going to teach you the Aussie slang phrase "bathers".Yes, you'll be hearing a lot of Aussies say this slang word especially during the summer season!Can you now figure out what it means?Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episod...
30 Heinä 20213min
AE 972 - Why Quitting $150k/Year Job is Worth It | Kyrin Down
Send us a text Learn Australian English in each of these episodes of the Aussie English podcast!Here's another epic chin-wag episode for you mob!Meet Kyrin Down from Brisbane, Australia!Kyrin studied mining engineering at an Australian university. He then went on to work for Rio Tinto, a giant mining company.And all of a sudden, he threw all that away and chose to travel around the globe.He went around South America and Asia, fell in love with someone from Colombia - and he's not even 30 yet!...
27 Heinä 202156min
AE 971 - Expression: Have A Bone To Pick With Someone
Send us a text Learn Australian English in this weekly episode of the Aussie English podcast!I will teach you all about the English expression "have a bone to pick with someone".No, you don't have to be holding a bone in your hand when you say this expression. With this English expression lesson, I will also be telling you about Australia's own dinosaur!Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!
25 Heinä 202120min
AE 970 - Australian Pronunciation Lesson | How To Contract TO BE
Send us a text Learn Australian English in each of these episodes of the Aussie English podcast!When speaking, native English speakers tend to shorten or contract words.In this case, the auxiliary verbs AM, IS, and ARE can be contracted with pronouns without changing their meaning.Mastering these contractions will make you sound more natural. You will also gain a better understanding of what native speakers are trying to tell you.First, I will teach you the correct pronunciation for the auxil...
24 Heinä 202117min
