Kiwi English

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Kiwi English episodes

July 25, 2019 4. Our biggest mistakes
Nicki talks about her biggest mistake at work and Rangima talks about an embarrassing thing she did when she was a child.
Conversation points:
- dairy farm (2:11)
- milk the cows (3:09) take the cows to the milking shed and take milk from the cows by machine.
- gutted (9:05) Kiwi slang for feeling really upset, sad, disappointed. E.g "My boss was gutted = My boss was so upset."
- Rangima`s mistake (10:10)
- consequences (14:10)
- "It`s no use crying over spilt milk" (2:10)
17 min
July 17, 2019 3. Meeting people for the first time in NZ
Conversation points:
- How to greet in Maori culture (1:16)
- Hongi (2:00) pressing noses together in Maori culture
- How Nicki greets people (2:53)
- Hugging between friends (3:48)
- The first time that Nicki and Rangima met (5:33)
- First impressions
- `intuition` (8:28)
- When you meet your homestay family (10:13)
- When you meet your boss (10:52)
- Eye contact (13:03)
19 min
July 11, 2019 2. K-pop dreaming + Flatting in NZ
Nicki talks about her strange K-pop dream and then we talk about `flatting` in New Zealand and what you should do to find a flat.
Conversation points:
-`Flat` a house that people share and live in together.
-`Couch potato` lazy person who lives on the couch and doesn`t exercise.
www.trademe.co.nz/flatmates-wanted
16 min
July 10, 2019 1. Kiwi English: Who, What, Where, When, Why
Welcome to our New Zealand (Kiwi) English podcast for English language learners. We introduce ourselves and talk about our own language learning experiences.
Main conversation points:
- Why we are doing this podcast
- Self Introductions (1:26)
- Why Rangima is studying Japanese (4:00)
- Nicki talks about the time she lived in Japan vs. going back to Japan after studying Japanese (6:10)
- Explanation of `aye` (Kiwi slang for ~isn`t it? ~right?) 〜ね (7:32)
- Explanation of `yeah, nah` (8:50)
- Our embarrassing stories (9:55)
- Difficult things about learning a language (14:05)
- Fun things about learning a language (15:38)

21 min