Simply speaking English will be fun as we explore the English vocabulary. 
Where do words come from? 

Simply Speaking 

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10012883261000/k10012883261000.html



いっしょにNHK News Web Easyを読もう📢Reading News Articles

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Hi！I am Sylvia, your native Mandarin teacher from China！
Today, we will learn an easy part of the Chinese Grammar, 数词 the numbers.
After listening this audio, you will be able to count almost all the numbers in Mandarin~

Here are basic numbers for you:
línɡ 
零   zero
yī 、 èr 、 sān 、 sì 、 wǔ 
一 、 二 、 三  、 四 、 五  (1,2,3,,4,5)
liù 、 qī 、 bā 、 jiǔ 、 shí 
六  、 七 、 八 、 九  、 十  (6,7,8,9,10)
dì yī 
第 一  first
bǎi fēn zhī shí 
百  分  之  十   10%

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Please feel free to leave your comment if you have any questions!
Looking forward to you starting the journey of mandarin learning with me!

Skype: ❀Teacher Sylvia❀

Sylva Mandarin

How do we say numbers in Mandairn?

Easy News📺
I introduce Japanese news in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “Gion Festival in Kyoto”.
This episode is JLPT-N4 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
祭り（まつり / matsuri）：festival
コロナウイルス（ころなういるす / korona uirusu）：coronavirus
飾る（かざる / kazaru）：decorate
山車（だし / dashi）：festival car (float)
喜ぶ（よろこぶ / yorokobu）： be happy

日本三大祭り（にほんさんだいまつり / nihon sandai matsuri）：the Japan’s three greatest festivals
・祇園祭（ぎおんまつり / gion matsuri）：Gion Festival（Gion Matsuri is a one of the biggest festival which takes place over the entire month of July in Kyoto. The biggest event of this festival is Yamahoko. Yamahoko is the decorated float which is made by every town in Kyoto. These floats will be paraded through streets on every July 17th.）

・神田祭（かんだまつり / kanda matsuri）：Kanda  Festival（Kanda Matsuri is one of Edo’s (old Tokyo’s) great festivals. Events last one week but the highlight is the procession of more than 100 o-mikoshi (divine palanquins) from all the area’s neighborhoods to and from the shrine; experience the unbelievable atmosphere in Kanda, Nihonbashi, Otemachi, Marunouchi and Akihabara.）

・天神祭（てんじんまつり / tenjin matsuri）：Tenjin  Festival（Tenjin Matsuri is a festival held by Osaka Tenmangu shrine, Sugawarano Michizane is enshrined at and has more than 1000 years of history.）

☆Grammar☆
・～になる：become
・～ように･･･：so that / in order to
・～そうです（伝聞）：I heard that

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

☆Quiz for this episode
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set/5966?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz


Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#20 Easy News / 京都の祇園祭《Gion Festival in Kyoto》// N4 Level

This episode is the perfect companion for when you are reading chapter 5 of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This short podcast episode highlights some of the themes and vocabulary from this chapter and it also shares a fun quote.

Here is the vocabulary covered in this episode:

catastrophe (n.) – a disaster
timidly (adv.) – in a way that shows fear or shyness
inoffensively (adv.) – in a way that does not offend or bother others
infested (v.) – full of something harmful or unpleasant
tedious (adj.) – long and tiresome
reserve (n.) – shyness

Enjoy this episode and see you next time for Chapter 6! 🌟

Book Club: The Little Prince

Let's Explore The Little Prince: Chapter 5

Script

おはようございます。

日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

今週(こんしゅう)は、私の日記(にっき)シリーズです。
過去(かこ)の話はどんな風(ふう)にするのか、
聞いて下さい。

今日は、一日中(いちにちじゅう)雨だったので、ずっと家にいました。

家で、日本語のレッスンをしたり、
英語(えいご)の勉強(べんきょう)をしたり、しました。

あと、YouTubeの編集(へんしゅう)をしました。

YouTubeをつくるのは、けっこう大変(たいへん)。

だから、見てくれてる人が多(おお)いとうれしいけど、
少(すく)
なくても、うれしいです。

ポットキャストも、たくさんの人が聞いてくれたら、うれしいけど‥

一人でも、よろこんでくれたら、うれしいです。

そんなことを思いました。

それから、お米を炊(た)きました。

いま、家には炊飯器(すいはんき)がないので、
ちょっと大変です。

私は、鍋(なべ)やフライパンをつかって、お米を炊きます。

今日はいいかんじに、できました。
おいしかったです。

では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です！

また明日。

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

75. 一人でもうれしい/日記③

Aprende aquí cómo usar esta expresión... 

Expresiones idiomáticas en español 

Metí la pata 😪😭

什么是“职场人设”？今天Karen和柏威聊了聊在职场上的那些事儿。


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

你有“职场人设”吗？Do you have a “workplace persona”?

I invite you to tune in to hear the rest of my conversation with Listening Expert Cara Leopold with Leo Listening. This time, we talk about how to get used to different accents and speaking speeds and motivate yourself to learn a language for work or school even if you don't want to. You'll also learn what to do if your language learning has stalled, bad habits language learners pick up when learning a language in a traditional classroom setting, reductions and linking, and how to improve your English skills by joining a movie club. Here are a couple of excerpts from our conversation: "The irony is that it's usually the words that you already know that cause the most problems." "People resent it (the English language), and I understand that because it's imposed on a lot of people, and obviously, we can't expect everyone to be excited about learning it. So I totally understand those feelings, which are valid. I think then, if you can't get excited about English, what can you get excited about? What interests you, in general?" 

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