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Mother Tongue with Sirine

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<p>Ciao, talofa, hello! Welcome to Mother Tongue - a children’s podcast celebrating the many wonderful languages spoken by families right across Australia! Learn to say hello in Cantonese, goodbye in Koori, sing a song in Greek, or learn all about the Lebanese flag.</p> <p>Mother Tongue host, Sirine says; “The idea for this show came from my experience with my daughter; the songs my mother sang to me as a child stayed with me and I sang them to her when she was born.</p> <p>Elyssa is now 4 years old, and still loves these songs – she’ll never forget where they came from and we should never lose this connection with our language of origin.” Sharing language and culture brings kids closer together and sparks curiosity about the world so subscribe now and enjoy!</p>

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August 2, 2019

Mother Tongue: Arabic

<p><strong>Unlock every episode, ad-free, on this podcast and more with Kinderling Premium. Subscribe now on <a href="https://apple.co/4c6vQoa">Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href="kinderlingkids.com/premium">kinderlingkids.com/premium</a></strong></p> <p><br><br>Learn Arabic in our kids podcast Mother Tongue!</p> <p>Marhaba! That means hello in Arabic. In this episode, join our host Sirine - who was born in Lebanon - as she shares some words, songs and traditions from her language and culture. </p> <p>Here are the Arabic words you'll learn in this episode:</p> <p><strong>Marhaba</strong> - <em>Hello<br></em><strong>Darbuka </strong>- <em>Lebanese Drum</em><br><strong>Arzeh</strong> -<strong> </strong><em>Cedar Tree<br></em><strong>Sissan </strong>- <em>Baby chickens<br></em><strong>Manoosh</strong> - <em>a Lebanese food, usually eaten at breakfast<br></em><strong>Maa Salemeh </strong>- <em>Bye</em></p> <p>SONG: </p> <p>Ha Sissan, &lt;click, click&gt;<br>Shu helween &lt;click, click&gt;<br>Aambi dooroh hawla emmon mabsooteen &lt;click, click&gt;<br>Shirboh may &lt;click, click&gt;<br>Alu khay &lt;click, click&gt;<br>Rafa’u rahson hamadu rabbon, mabsooteen</p> <p>Translation:</p> <p>These chicks...<br>How beautiful they are<br>They are walking around their mother happily<br>They drank water<br>and said Wow Yum Yum<br>They raised their heads and thanked their mother happily.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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August 2, 2019

Mother Tongue: Italian

<p>Learn Italian in our kids podcast Mother Tongue!</p> <p><em>Ciao</em> means hello in Italian. Sirine&rsquo;s guest is Mary who talks about language and culture including her favourite gelato flavour and a fun Italian card game.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here are the Italian words you'll learn in this episode:</p> <p><strong>Ciao</strong>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Hello<br></em><strong>Pianoforte</strong>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Piano<br></em><strong>Scopa&nbsp;</strong>-&nbsp;<em>Broom or Sweep (the name of an Italian card game, like Snap)<br></em><strong>Mortatella Panini&nbsp;</strong>-&nbsp;<em>A tasty Italian snack<br></em><strong>Buono</strong><em>&nbsp;-&nbsp;</em><em>Yummy<br></em><strong>Arivederci</strong>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Goodbye</em></p> <p>SONG:&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Battiamo le manine<br></em><em>che adesso arriva papa'<br></em><em>gli porta I chocolatini<br></em><em>E Mary gli magera'</em></p> <p><em>&nbsp;</em><em>Battiamo le manine<br></em><em>che adesso arriva papa'<br></em><em>gli porta I chocolatini<br></em><em>E Mary gli magera'</em></p> <p>English translation:</p> <p><em>Clap your hands<br></em><em>Daddy's coming home soon<br></em><em>He's bringing cholocate<br></em><em>(Say baby&rsquo;s name) is going to eat it.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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August 2, 2019

Mother Tongue: Greek

<p>Learn Greek in our kids podcast Mother Tongue!</p> <p><em>Yiasou</em> means hello in Greek. In this episode, Sirine is joined by Anthea who shares her language and culture, telling us what the Greek flag means and sharing a story about her grandparents.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here are the Greek words you'll learn in this episode:</p> <p><strong>Yiasou</strong>&nbsp;<em>- Hello</em><br><strong>Bouzouki</strong>&nbsp;<em>- A traditional Greek instrument like a guitar</em><br><strong>YiaYia and Pappous </strong><em>- Grandma and Grandpa</em><br><strong>Kipouriki&nbsp;</strong><em>- Gardening</em><br><strong>Palamakia Peksete&nbsp;</strong><em>- Clap your hands</em><br><strong>Koularakia&nbsp;</strong><em>-<strong>&nbsp;</strong>A traditional Greek biscuit eaten at Easter time</em><br><strong>Anthio&nbsp;</strong><em>- Bye</em></p> <p>SONG:&nbsp;</p> <p>Sing along in Greek:</p> <p><em>Palamakia peksete<br></em><em>Ke o babas too erhete<br></em><em>Ke too ferni katiti<br></em><em>Kooloorakia sto kharti</em></p> <p><em>&nbsp;</em><em>Palamakia peksete<br></em><em>Ke i manoola erhete<br></em><em>Na to parei agalia<br></em><em>To mikrooli tis pedhia</em></p> <p><em>&nbsp;</em><em>Palamakia, palamakia<br></em><em>Pezoon ola ta pedhakia<br></em><em>Palamakia ke khoro<br></em><em>dakh dirdi<br></em><em>ke dakh dirdo</em></p> <p>English translation:</p> <p><em>Clap your hands<br>His dad is coming<br>To bring him something,<br>Cookies in a paper.<br><br>Clap your hands<br>Mommy is coming<br>To take her little one<br>On her lap, children.<br><br>Clap, clap<br>All the children clap<br>Clapping and dancing<br>Dah dirdi and&nbsp;<br>Dah dirdo*.</em></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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<p>Ciao, talofa, hello! Welcome to Mother Tongue - a children’s podcast celebrating the many wonderful languages spoken by families right across Australia! Learn to say hello in Cantonese, goodbye in Koori, sing a song in Greek, or learn all about the Lebanese flag.</p> <p>Mother Tongue host, Sirine says; “The idea for this show came from my experience with my daughter; the songs my mother sang to me as a child stayed with me and I sang them to her when she was born.</p> <p>Elyssa is now 4 years old, and still loves these songs – she’ll never forget where they came from and we should never lose this connection with our language of origin.” Sharing language and culture brings kids closer together and sparks curiosity about the world so subscribe now and enjoy!</p>
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