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ことばは生き物だという表現があるように、どんな言語にも日々新しいことばが生まれています。
時折、ネイティブ話者でも意味がわからないことばに出会うことがありますよね。
今回は、最近気になっている新語について話します。

As the expression "language is a living thing" suggests, new words are being created every day in every language.
Even native speakers sometimes encounter words whose meanings they do not understand. 
This time, we talk about new words that have been on our minds recently. 

♤ キーワード
・体たらく（ていたらく：a miserable or pathetic state of a person / affairs）
・造語力（ぞうごりょく：word-building capacity）
・無限（むげん：infinity）
・効率的（こうりつてき：efficient）
・早送りする（はやおくりする：fast forward）
・巻き戻す（まきもどす：rewind）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ  
1. 「アルモンデ料理」とはどんな料理？ 
2. 「タイパ」は何の略で、どういう意味？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え 
1. フミが最近よく使っているのは、どんなペン？  
→ フリクションという書いた文字が消えるペン
2. フミが海外で働いていたときに使っていたのは、どんなペン？
→ 胸ポケットで映える、ちょっと高めの金属製や木製のペン 

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 27：最近気になっている新語（2023）

In this episode we are going to learn 【day of the week】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know alreay, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practise until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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今天是2022年6月9号，星期四。
jīn tiān shì èr líng èr èr nián liù yuè jiǔ hào ， xīng qī sì 。
Today is Thursday, June 9, 2022.
昨天是6月8号，星期三。
zuó tiān shì liù yuè bā hào ， xīng qī sān 。
Yesterday was Wednesday, June 8th.
前天是6月7号，星期二。
qián tiān shì liù yuè qī hào ， xīng qī èr 。
The day before yesterday was June 7th, Tuesday.
大前天是6月5号，星期一。
dà qián tiān shì liù yuè wǔ hào ， xīng qī yī 。
Two days ago was June 5th, Monday.
明天是6月10号，星期五。
míng tiān shì liù yuè shí hào ， xīng qī wǔ 。
The day after tomorrow is June 11th, Saturday.
后天是6月11号，星期六。
hòu tiān shì liù yuè shí yī hào ， xīng qī liù 。
The day after tomorrow is June 11th, Saturday.
大后天是6月12号，星期日。
dà hòu tiān shì liù yuè shí èr hào ， xīng qī rì 。
Two days later is June 12th, Sunday.
你的生日是几月几号？
nǐ de shēng rì shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào ？
What date is your birthday?
你最喜欢星期几？
nǐ zuì xǐ huān xīng qī jǐ ？
What is your favorite day of the week?

Yuli's Chinese Channel

一周 A week （for beginner）

In this episode we talak about the historical abckgorund the the legend Turul. 

Beyond the language 

The legend of Turul

A : Alors, il me faut du jambon, du comté, de la crème fraîche, des oeufs, de l'eau...Bonjour monsieur, je voudrais un morceau de comté, s'il vous plaît.
B : Voilà, monsieur, et avec ceci ?
A : Donnez-moi aussi un petit pot de crème fraîche et une douzaine d'oeufs.
B : Voilà, ce sera tout ?
A : Non, il me faut aussi quatre tranches de jambon, s'il vous plaît. Et je vais prendre deux bouteilles d'eau plate.

Vocabulaire :
une tranche : fatia, slice / le jambon : presunto, ham / un oeuf : ovo, egg / je voudrais : queria, I would like / un morceau : pedaço, piece / une bouteille : garrafa, bottle


Professeur Maxime : dialogues

à l'épicerie

En el día de hoy te daré 5 tips que te ayudaran un montón para empezar o continuar tu camino en el este hermoso aprendizaje de tu español 

Only Spanish 

¡5 tips para aprender español!

BUSINESS TALK: EXIT STRATEGY & DIVERSIFICATION

FLO TALKS 

今天的播客Karen和柏威介绍了和房地产、买房有关的表达。


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

(Intermediate) 聊聊房地产 Let's talk about real estate!

(Update 2023) IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topic Social Media. Q1.

Do you or your friends like using social media?

Relevant vocabulary: 

active users (n)  an active user is a person who accesses an app for a given period of time

stay up to date with having the most recent information, or using the newest methods or tools

latest news (n)	the most recent news or information about something

current affairs (n) political news about events happening now

stay in touch with (idiom) seeing someone or communicating with someone regularly

indispensable (adj) Something or someone that is indispensable is so good or important that you could not manage without it, him, or her

drown in something (phrasal verb) to have more of something than you are able to deal with

isolated (adj) feeling unhappy because of not seeing or talking to other people

prevalence (n)  the fact that something is very common or happens often.

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