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"Have you ever been told 'Chanto shite!' and thought, 'Specifically, what should I do?!' 🤯
In this episode, Maiko Sensei — a professional Japanese teacher with over 450 lessons experience — breaks down one of the most convenient yet confusing words in Japanese: CHANTO.
In this episode, you will learn:
The 3 Faces of Chanto: From holding chopsticks to stable jobs.
Maiko's Secret: Why it's okay to ask for specifics when someone says 'Chanto shite.'
The Strawberry Mystery 🍓: Why Maiko's mom says 'Chanto shita Ichigo' and why it's grammatically weird but okay!
Real Talk: How language is alive and why rare cases are fun.

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HONTO NO NIHONGO with Maiko

Ep6: What does "CHANTO" actually mean? The most vague word in Japan 🧐

Продолжаем читать стихотворение и отвечаем на вопросы) 

Russfriend  (all about russia) 

"Рассеянный с улицы Бассейной" часть 2 

"I give them lots of money and chocolate and beer and time off work"

Or

Talk about your specific strategies to motivate your team and give concrete examples of when this has been successful!

Check out this podcast on how to answer this question!




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Interview Question - "How do you motivate others?"

今日は使役受身形です。みなさんは、受身形「みんなの日本語37課」と使役形「みんなの日本語48課」を勉強しましたか。今日は使役受身形です。

意味を考えてみてください。
お酒が好きじゃないのに、吉田さんは課長にお酒を飲まされました（飲ませられる）。
田中さんは課長にアメリカに出張させられました。
妹は兄にいつも泣かされます 。
いつもお母さんに野菜を食べさせられます。
部活で先輩に走らされました（走らせられた）。

使役受身形です。
グループ１です。
飲む→飲ませられる→飲まされる　（「飲ませられる」の「せられる」をつけるのは長い形です。短い形をよく使います）
飲む→飲まされる
言う→言わされる
買う→買わされる
立つ→立たされる
書く→書かされる

「出す」や「話す」のように、「す」で終わるときは違います。このときは、短い形がありません。
出す→出させられる
話す→話させられる
押す→押させられる

グループ２です
食べる→食べさせられる（「ます」ドロップで「させられる」です）
見る→見させられる

グループ３です。
する→させられる
来る→来させられる



にほんごのれんしゅう

使役受身形

[ — Audio description, listen and read along for greater understanding. — ]

— Olá, Maria! Como você está hoje?

— Oi, Ana! Estou bem, obrigada. E você?

— Estou bem também. Você almoçou?

— Sim, acabei de almoçar. Comi arroz, feijão e frango.

— Parece bom! O que você vai fazer para o jantar?

— Ainda não decidi. Talvez eu faça uma salada.

— Salada é uma boa escolha. Acho que vou pedir pizza.

— Pizza é sempre uma boa opção. Bom, Maria, aproveite sua pizza no jantar.

— Obrigado, Ana. Tenha uma boa noite!

— Igualmente, Maria. Até logo!

PORTUREAD - Listen to small texts and conversations samples in portuguese!

O que você comeu? — SMALL TALK IN PORTUGUESE (A1 LEVEL)

Neste episódio, eu falo sobre alguns filmes de comédia brasileira que foram sucesso no Brasil, e que são excelentes para vocês se aprofundarem melhor na língua e cultura brasileiras e se divertirem ao mesmo tempo! 

Praia e Dolce Vita

Filmes de comédia brasileira

The verb "to flick"  "flicking" and "to flicker" "flickering".

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Netflix: Where Does The Name  Come From?

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19E1q6pK03LswlyXGzhTZi8NEnZtAnIjQO4dajuWu-O8/edit?usp=drive_link

Today's word is to focus. Focus. It can be a noun. Focus… to have a focus…. or it can be a verb to focus on something. Now it's very common in education when you're learning to focus on something, maybe you have a project at work you like to focus on. To have a focus. Or to focus on. 
