周杰倫-說好的幸福呢 KTV

Watch, listen, and try to copy his pronunciation.

 

Hokudai/Cast: Your Trilingual Podcast.

This week on Minute English: The Walrus and Me

Wanting 曲婉婷 - 我的歌声里 With Subtitles (in Chinese)

 Music to learn Chinese by with Qu Wanting ~ You Exist in My Song ~ 我的歌声里

And Wonderful Traffic in 30 Seconds at Hokudai/Cast blog. Check it out.

And Trilingual Lessons (Chinese, English, & Japanese) at Hokudai/Cast

Weather in Chinese and Special Announcement!

First, the important announcement.

The Hokudai/Cast website at http://hokudaicast.net is closing down.

But the Hokudai/Cast Podcast will Continue! 

Rather than go to the old website, now people can go to:

Hokudaicast.libsyn.com

Hokudaicast.libsyn.com has all the links, the player, and the show notes.

It's just like the old website but the Same! Yeah!

Enjoy the new website.

And now: The weather in Chinese!

Easy English Listening: Snowy and Sunny

Audio Script for Sunny &  Snowy

It's a sunny day which is better than a snowy day unless you're a skier or a snowboarder. If you like to go snowboarding, then maybe a sunny, snowy day would be okay. If you're a skier, perhaps a sunny and snowy day would be okay, too. But if you just like to walk around Kanazawa, then a sunny day is better than a snowy day, don't you think?

Go snowboarding - Go skiing. Snowboarder - Skier.

He likes to go snowboarding. He's a snowboarder.

She likes to go skiing. She's a skier.

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Video for What kind of ~ do you like?

Two ways to ask what kind of ~ people like.



Can you ask questions using "What kind of ~?

fish
music
houses

The Sukiyaki Song from Kanazawa

Listen to this slow easy version of Kyu Sakamoto's 上を向いて歩こう (Sukiyaki Song in English)

Yoshida Brothers Rockin' Out

The Yoshida Brothers playing Rising on shamisen. Enjoy.

Hokudai/Cast: Your Trilingual Podcast

崔健 of Chinese Rock ~ Interview

Cui Jian is considered the father (and grandfather, he's 52) of rock and punk rock in China. Here he is interviewed about music and politics. In English with English subtitles.

And now: Cui Jian with the Rolling Stones on "Wild Horses" in Shanghai, China.

Hokudai/Cast - Trilingual Bi-monthly

Chinese New Year's Feb. 9

Learn some Chinese and hear about Chinese New Year's which was February 9th this year. This is the year of the snake. It's most often called the Spring Festival and it is a time when people eat, fire off fireworks, and enjoy being with friends and family. Hokudai/Cast

One OK Rock: Japanese band / English lyrics

A little rock in the morning with a Japanese band using English lyrics (mostly).

China's Got Talent's Adele Cover

Listen and enjoy Voice of China (China's Got Talent) as this 19-year-old sings Adele's hit. 

 Hokudai/Cast: Your Bi-monthly Trilingual Fun Show.

Dance Beat Easy Japanese

GenkiJapan teaches five words in English and Japanese:

暑い - atsui - hot
寒い - samui - cold
すごい - sugoi - cool
楽しい - tanoshii - fun
面白い  - omoshiroi - interesting

Please listen, enjoy, and learn.

Simple Japanese

A fun video for beginning Japanese learners. Especially if you want to learn how to say you're a potato. Why? Check it out.

Hokudai/Cast: This week's topic is 'coffee.'

敬語 - Keigo - Super Polite Japanese

Here's another fun video by Ciaela about Keigo (敬語) which is ultra-polite Japanese. You use it when speaking to older people, people in a high status (professors?), and to customers. It's difficult for even native speakers of Japanese to learn.

This video is in Japanese with very natural subtitles in English.

ATM in Japanese

A couple of city employees in Hokkaido attempt to show us how to use a cash machine in Japan.

Watch and learn.

Learn Japanese (For Beginners)

Here is a quick and simple video with Japanese vocabulary. Listen to the nice music, read, practice, and learn a whole bunch of Japanese words. For beginners, mostly. 

Hokudai/Cast

Naoshima (Art Island)

Here is a nice and long (about 30 minutes) video of Naoshima, an island between Shikoku and Honshu near Okayama. The narration is in English but there is some daily Japanese scattered through the piece. If think Tofugu did a good job of showing a bit of Japan.

Please enjoy watching this while snacking on natto-covered rice.

Also, you can see Fish Leong's music video for "No Ifs" with both pinying and English subtitles at Hokudai/Cast.

How Do You Say How Do You Say? (Mandarin)

Peggy teaches "How Do You Say..." in Chinese (in English).

For more Trilingual Lessons (Japanese, English, and Chinese), go to Hokudai/Cast. This week: 

older and younger brothers and sisters. Plus, pedestrian.

Days of the Week in Mandarin

How do you say the days of the week in Chinese? Watch this simple explanation, repeat, and enjoy.

Simple and Easy Introduction to Mandarin

Here is a very simple and easy to follow video teaching beginning Mandarin Chinese. You can go to their website at Fluenz.com to learn more and to learn different languages. Enjoy.

Hokudai/Cast: Your Trilingual Podcast

Listening Practice The Yard Sale

Here is a video in English with English subtitles that you can use to improve your listening skills. Watch carefully and then answer some questions. It is in fairly normal English so please give it a try.




Hokudai/Cast 233: Perimeter. Now online via iTunes and Hokudai/Cast