Pete Smissen

Aussie English

Education EN ↓ 1371 episodes

G’day and welcome to the Aussie English podcast. I’m Pete Smissen and my objective here is to teach you guys the English spoken down under. Whether you plan to travel, to work or to live in Australia or you just have an interest in our culture, history and spoken dialect of English. You have come to the right place. And whether you aim to speak English like a true blue Aussie or you just want to be able to understand “what the flippin’ hell we’re on about when we’re havin’ a yarn”. You have come to the right place. If you listen to this podcast you will learn: •A ton of Aussie slang and vocabu...

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Australia's Emu Wars 14.11.2016 10:21

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I teach you a bit of Australian history by reading an article about the Australian Emu Wars from the Australian Geographic website.

Using The Rain Radar 13.11.2016 6:59

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I show you guys how to use the rain radar section of the Bureau of Meteorology's website (www.bom.gov.au) in order to check the local weather wherever you are in Australia. YouTube video here - https://youtu.be/50Bg0GXKQGM

Like A Native: A fair call / Fair call! 12.11.2016 14:00

Send us Fan Mail In this Aussie English episode of Like A Native I teach you guys how to use the phrases "A fair call" or just "Fair call!".

Expression: To have a crack at something 06.11.2016 11:06

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to use the expressions "To have a crack at something", "To give something a crack" and "To take a crack at something".

Expression: To cotton on to something 05.11.2016 15:57

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to use the expression "To cotton on to something".

Uluru 02.11.2016 19:25

Send us Fan Mail In this Aussie English episode I tell you about all the interesting facts I found out about Uluru whilst researching it over the past week! Enjoy! YouTube video with subtitles here - https://youtu.be/gU4nYjiSXIk

Pronunciation: This is, That is = This's, That's 25.10.2016 6:30

Send us Fan Mail In this Pronunciation episode I teach you guys how to contract the word "Is" onto the words "This" and That".

Pronunciation: Contracting IS onto nouns and indefinite pronouns 25.10.2016 7:34

Send us Fan Mail In this Pronunciation episode I teach you guys how to contract the word "Is" onto nouns and indefinite pronouns.

Pronunciation: Contracting ARE onto the words These, Those, Things, There 25.10.2016 9:19

Send us Fan Mail In this Pronunciation episode I teach you guys how to contract "Are" onto the words "These", "Those", "Things" and "There".

Pronunciation: Contracting ARE onto nouns and question words 25.10.2016 9:45

Send us Fan Mail In this Pronunciation episode I teach you guys how to contract the word "Are" onto nouns and question words.

Pronunciation: You are, we are, they are = You're, we're, they're 25.10.2016 7:43

Send us Fan Mail In this Pronunciation episode I teach you guys how to contract the word "Are" onto the pronouns "You", "We" and "They".

Pronunciation: He is, She is, It is = He's, She's, It's 25.10.2016 7:14

Send us Fan Mail In this pronunciation episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to contract "He is", "She is" and "It is" into "He's", "She's" and "It's", and how they're pronounced.

Pronunciation: I am = I'm 25.10.2016 6:16

Send us Fan Mail In this pronunciation episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to contract "I am" to "I'm" and its pronunciation.

Like A Native: Expressive sounds: Wow!, Phew!, Oh!, etc. 22.10.2016 7:41

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode of Like A Native I teach you guys a number of different expressive sounds used in English by native speakers, such as, "Wow!", "Phew!", and "Oh!".

Embarrassing English Errors: Wonder & Wander 22.10.2016 8:17

Send us Fan Mail In today's Embarrassing English Errors episode I teach you guys the slight difference in pronunciation between the words "Wonder" and Wander".

Expression: (As) keen as mustard 22.10.2016 10:54

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I teach you guys what the expression "As keen as mustard" means as well as how and when to use it.

Walking With Pete: Aussie English is now on Instagram! 19.10.2016 6:04

Send us Fan Mail Aussie English is now on Instagram guys! Instagram - http://www.imgrum.net/user/aussie_english/3122879464

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining! 16.10.2016 5:42

Send us Fan Mail John F. Kennedy once said that "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining!". Here are my thoughts on how this applies to me and could apply to you as well!***Subtitles***Watch the video here - https://youtu.be/V8cw_klzc_k

Walking With Pete: I need your advice! 16.10.2016 8:40

Send us Fan Mail I need your advice guys. I want to make courses to sell on Aussie English in the future, but to give away free on the podcast first, and I want to know what you guys would most prefer I focused on!

Pronunciation: Could Have = Could've - Could'ah 15.10.2016 15:19

Send us Fan Mail In this pronunciation episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to contract "Could have" into its forms "Could've" and "Could'ah".

Pronunciation: Had Have = Had've - Had'ah - 'd've - 'd'ah 15.10.2016 19:17

Send us Fan Mail In this pronunciation episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to contract "Had have" into its forms "Had've", "Had'ah", "'d've" and "'d'ah".

Pronunciation: Should Have = Should've - Should'ah 15.10.2016 12:54

Send us Fan Mail In this pronunciation episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how "Should have" is commonly contracted into the forms "Should've" and "Should'ah".

Embarrassing English Errors: Salary & Celery 13.10.2016 7:56

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Embarrassing English Errors I teach you guys the subtle difference in pronounce between the words "Salary" and "Celery".

Like A Native: Adjective + Enough for you? 12.10.2016 5:43

Send us Fan Mail In this Like A Native episode I teach you guys how to use the phrase "Adjective + Enough for you?" when making a statement about unusual weather in order to strike up a conversation.

Expression: Join the club / Welcome to the club 11.10.2016 8:26

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to use the expressions "Join the club" and "Welcome to the club".