Kiwi English

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)

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)

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

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)