Just having conversations about what I've been doing and where we are going. But staying in touch. In a world as big as ours takes some time. Look at my map and see where we're going. Where we've been, we have a lot more to cover.

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Staying in touch.

받침[ㅂ, ㄷ, ㄱ] + {ㅂ, ㄷ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㄱ} = {ㅃ, ㄸ, ㅆ, ㅉ, ㄲ }
                                                                     (된소리)

학교 [학꾜] , 학생 [학쌩]

예문
먹고 [먹꼬] ,  학생 [학쌩] ,  덥다 [덥따] ,  식당 [식땅]
합법 [합뻡] , 곧장 [곧짱] ,  잡동사니 [잡똥사니]
탑승 [탑씅] ,    앞집 [압찝] ,    듣다가 [듣따가]
직장 [직짱] ,  걷자 [걷짜] ,  늦게 [늦께] ,  숙제 [ 숙쩨]
 복사기 [복싸기] ,  하숙방 [하숙빵] ,  첫사랑 [첫싸랑]


한국어 발음 연습

한국어 발음 연습 "경음화"

This is a very short poem by Cahit Külebi. 

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みなさんは「はずだ」の意味を知っていますか？例えば、あなたが日曜日に友達にあるカフェに行こうと誘われたとします。あなたはそのカフェは毎週日曜日が休みだと知っています。そんな時は「そのカフェは今日休みのはずだから違うカフェに行きましょう」と言うことができます。
「はずがない」というのは「はずだ」の否定形です。

今、カタールでサッカーのワールドカップが行われています。
おととい、ドイツ対日本のサッカーの試合がありました。
日本はドイツに２対１で勝ちました。
この結果には驚いた人がたくさんいると思います。
私も「日本がドイツに勝てるはずがない」と思っていました。

なぜ勝てるはずがないと思っていたかというと、ドイツのランキングは日本よりずっと上だからです。
日本のテレビでも「ドイツに勝つのはとても難しい」と言っていました。「日本が勝つだろう」と言っていた人はほとんどいませんでした。一方、ドイツでは「日本には簡単に勝てる」と思っていた人がほとんどだと思います。
だから、「日本がドイツに勝った」と友達から聞いた時は信じられませんでした。
「うそ？」「まじ？」「本当？」と言って、本当に勝ったかどうか何度も確認しました。
今は日本のチームがドイツに勝ったことがとてもうれしいです。
ちなみに日本代表チームの選手のほとんどがヨーロッパのチームでプレーしているそうです。

みなさんにも最近「うそ？」「まじ？」と言ってしまうような信じられない出来事が起きましたか？
よかったら私のレッスンに来て教えてください。


否定形：ひていけい　negative form
試合：しあい　game
対：たい　versus
勝つ：かつ　win
負ける：まける　lose
結果：けっか　result
信じる：しんじる　believe
何度も：なんども　many times
本当かどうか確認する：ほんとうかどうかかくにんする　make sure if it is true or not　
日本代表チーム：Japan national team
代表：だいひょう representative
うそ？： really? * ”うそ” literally means lie*
まじ？：really?  * sounds very casual*
本当？：ほんとう　really?　

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

はずだ／はずがない（Today’s Word）

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Passengers flying on some routes could have to spend almost $80 more to help European airlines pay for sustainable fuels.

According to European Union (EU) rules, airlines will have to use more sustainable fuel starting in January. Two percent of the fuel they use will have to be sustainable in 2025, but that will increase to 6% in 2030 and 70% in 2050.

This is part of the EU's plan to reduce carbon emissions, with the airline industry said to produce 2% of the world's carbon emissions.

However, sustainable fuels are much more expensive than normal jet fuel, and German airline Lufthansa has announced that travelers will have to pay more for flights leaving on or after January 1, 2025.

Lufthansa said it spends billions every year on new technologies, and has been working to help make flying more sustainable. It added that it has also supported research into global weather and climate, but that it can't pay for sustainable fuels without help from customers.

Passengers will have to pay extra on any flight leaving from any EU country, as well as from Norway, Switzerland and the UK.

Any flights booked for 2025 from now on will include the extra cost, and customers flying on any Lufthansa-operated airline will have to pay. The Lufthansa group also operates Eurowings, Austrian Airlines, Swiss Air, Brussels Airlines and Lufthansa City Airlines.

People taking short-haul flights in economy class may only need to pay about $5 more, according to Reuters, while those flying long-haul in first class could pay almost $80.

Many other airlines have said they won't be increasing prices, but they want governments to do more to help them.