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A : Bonjour monsieur. Je peux vous aider ?
B : Oui, je voudrais un bouquet, mais je ne sais pas trop quoi choisir.
A : Vous voulez mettre combien à peu près ?
B : Je ne sais pas. Peut-être 15,20 euros...
A : Regardez, on peut faire un bouquet rouge et blanc, c'est très joli. Ou alors, vous pouvez aussi choisir un bouquet tout rouge.
B : J'hésite un peu...qu'est-ce que vous me conseillez ?
A : Ça dépend de la personne. C'est pour offrir ?
B : Oui, c'est pour ma grand-mère.
A : Alors, je vous conseille un bouquet de roses rouges.
B : Vous croyez ?
A : Oui, vous allez voir, votre grand-mère va être très contente.
B : D'accord.

Vocabulaire :
un(e) fleuriste : florista, florist
choisir : escolher, to choose
à peu près : mais ou menos, around
joli(e) : lindo(a), beautiful
hésiter : hesitar, to hesitate
conseiller : aconselhar, to advice
ça dépend de : depende de, it depends on
offrir : oferecer, to offer
vous croyez ? : a senhora acha ?, do you think so ?
content(e) : feliz, happy
d'accord : tá bom, beleza, alright
mettre : gastar, to spend (in this context)



Professeur Maxime : dialogues

chez le fleuriste

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The character "舌" is composed of the radical "舌" (tongue) itself. It is a pictographic character, resembling a tongue extending from a mouth.

Meaning (字义)
The character "舌" primarily means "tongue." It can also extend to meanings related to speech and taste.

 Usage (用法)
"舌" is commonly used in words and phrases related to the tongue, speech, or taste. 

Example Words (例词)
1.舌头 (shé tou) - tongue
他咬了自己的舌头。 (Tā yǎo le zìjǐ de shé tou.)
He bit his tongue.

2.口舌 (kǒu shé) - quarrel, dispute (literally "mouth and tongue")
他们之间有很多口舌。 (Tāmen zhījiān yǒu hěnduō kǒu shé.)
There are many quarrels between them.

3.舌尖 (shé jiān) - tip of the tongue
舌尖尝味道。 (Shé jiān cháng wèidào.)
The tip of the tongue tastes flavors.

Example Sentences (例句)

他用舌头舔冰淇淋。 (Tā yòng shé tou tiǎn bīngqílín.)
He licks the ice cream with his tongue.

她的舌头很灵活。 (Tā de shé tou hěn línghuó.)
Her tongue is very flexible.

用舌头说话。 (Yòng shé tou shuō huà.)
Speak with the tongue.

Summary
The character "舌" is related to the tongue and its functions, including tasting and speaking. Its usage is straightforward and can be found in common expressions and daily language.

Four-Character Idiom (四字成语)

成语: 舌战群儒 (shé zhàn qún rú)

Meaning (意义)
"舌战群儒" literally means "to battle a group of Confucian scholars with one's tongue." It refers to using eloquent speech to argue and defeat a group of scholars or debaters.

Usage (用法)
This idiom is used to describe a situation where someone wins an argument or debate against multiple opponents through the power of speech.

Example Sentence (例句)
在辩论会上，他舌战群儒，赢得了观众的掌声。 (Zài biànlùn huì shàng, tā shé zhàn qún rú, yíngdé le guānzhòng de zhǎngshēng.)
At the debate competition, he eloquently argued against a group of scholars and won the audience's applause.


每日一字

Part 1 of 5. 

Inside a dusty workroom, an old craftsman held up a chess piece to the window. He rotated it in the sunlight and inspected its every detail. 

“Perfection,” said the craftsman. 

He added it to the set he had been building. Sixteen grey pieces sat on his worktable, all handmade and almost ready for sale. 

The craftsman felt very satisfied with his designs. He was ready for the final stage of the process. He picked up one of the pawn pieces and said, “What about you, my little friend? What colour would you like to be?” 

He reached for his paint brush, dunked it into glass of water and then into a container of paint. The grey pawn received a heavy coating of shiny white paint.

Fast-forward several years into the future. After repeated use and abuse, that little pawn’s proud white colour had faded. Areas of his original grey were visible. Because of this, whenever players assembled their chess set, they left this little grey-white pawn to the side. 

“Uhm, is that yours or mine?” said the white player. 

“It doesn’t matter. Put it back in the box and choose from the others,” said the black player. 

This little plastic pawn’s name was Gary. 


Being a Cloud

Gary the Chess Piece

こんにちは！Atsushiです。
今日の天気は曇り。
気温は20℃です。
昨日と同じで、少し肌寒いですね。

今みなさんの住んでいるところは何時ですか？
その時間のあいさつはどうしますか？


今日は、あいさつについて、話します。
日本では、朝と昼と夜とあいさつのしかたが変わりますね。

あいさつの言葉、知っていますか？
朝は、おはようございます。
昼は、こんにちは。
夜は、こんばんは。

ですね。

なぜ、この言葉なんでしょうか。
その話をします。
 朝のあいさつ、“おはようございます”の由来は、歌舞伎(かぶき)だそうです。(歌舞伎は、日本の昔の演劇で、伝統芸能の１つです。)

歌舞伎の役者の準備には時間がかかります。
ですので、準備している人たちは、“お早いお着きでございます”と言っていました。
このお早いおつきでございます、が省略しょうりゃく、短くなって、
おはようございます、となりました。


こんにちは。

きょうは、と漢字を書いて、こんにちは、と読みます。
もともと、“今日(こんにち)は、ご機嫌いかがですか”“今日(こんにち)は、いいお天気ですね”といった言葉があいさつとして使われていました。
 明治時代、約150年前ごろに“今日は”以降がはぶかれました。そして、“こんにちは”となり、広がったようです。 

「こんばんは」　 “こんばんは”も“こんにちは”とにています。

漢字で、今日の晩(夜)と書きます。
そしてこんばんは、と読みます。


そして日本の特徴だと、お辞儀をしますね、頭を下げます。
頭を下げることで相手への礼儀(れいぎ)をあらわします。

みなさんの国のあいさつはどうですか？
ぜひ、日本語のレッスンでお話しましょう！

それではまた！


