もうすぐ2022年が終わりますね。
皆さんにとって、この一年はどんな年でしたか。
今回は、二人が一年を振り返って「今年の漢字」を選びます。

Another year is ending.
How would you describe how your year went?
This time, we look back on 2022 and choose a Kanji to represent our events of the year.

♤ キーワード 
・恒例（こうれい：annual）
・和尚（おしょう：the head priest of a Japanese Buddhist temple）
・ちゃぶ台返し（ちゃぶだいがえし：turn the table upside down） 
・三日坊主（みっかぼうず：a easy quitter）  

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ 
1. フミの今年の漢字と、それを選んだ理由は？ 
2. アヤの今年の漢字と、それを選んだ理由は？ 

♢ 前回のクイズの答え 
1. アヤが今年中にやりたいことは？ 
→ ベトナム料理のレストランでブンチャーを食べること
2. それがなかなかできない理由は？ 
→ アヤにとって、電車に乗って２駅移動するのはハードルが高いから

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 20：今年の漢字

「Comfortable」と言いたいとき、日本語でなんと言いますか？
自然な表現をご紹介しています😊

Nihongo Hiyori | Japanese Podcast

#123「Comfortable」は日本語でなんと言う？

日本人が好きなSNSについて話しました！みなさんはどんなSNSを使いますか？🫶

SeikaのPodcast🎧

Ep.72 日本人が好きなSNS（Social Networking Service）は？📱💭

Grammar Point: The verb (to be) boodan
While reading the Conversation, you might have wondered why the counterpart of the English verb “is” in Farsi (ast )
had different forms in different places. For instance, when Nasrin introduced her husband to her mom, she said, In
Dānieleh (This is Daniel). In another place, Nasrin asked her mom, Farzād kojāst? (Where is
Farzad?).
Like English, Farsi also uses both full and contracted forms of the verb to be. In English, we can say, “I am happy,” “Jane is
beautiful,” and “You are smart,” or we can contract the verb and say, “I’m happy,” “Jane’s beautiful,” and “You’re smart.” In
the same way, Nasrin used contracted forms of the be-verb.
Like most Indo-European languages, Farsi verbs are conjugated. Conjugation means that speakers attach endings to verbs
that provide information about the person, number, and tense of a verb. In Farsi, very often pronouns are omitted from
sentences because the verb endings imply the pronoun.

more examples:

مُعَلِّمَم=معلمم   moallemam = moallem hastam = I'm a teacher.
دُکتُری= دکتری؟  Doctori?        = Doctor hasti?        = are you a doctor?
تاجِره= تاجره       Tajere            = Tajer hast              = he's/she's a business(wo)man.
خُوشحالیم = خوشحالیم   khosh'halim =khosh'hal hastim= we're happy.
ناراحَتین؟= ناراحتین          narahatin? = narahat hastin? = are you unhappy?
تو راهَن؟= تو راهن؟         tu rahan? = tu rah hastan? = are they on the way?


Farsi (Persian) pods

The verb (to be) boodan = بودن

The region has been at war for several years now. ALL the countries involved have been holding talks for over a year to try and end the fighting. The first attempt at peace was rejected within days, but further talks at reaching an agreement have taken place, and now it seems that the two sides are more determined to achieve a lasting peace.

English Mini Lessons

Peace

老师是一位书法老师，他的书法课非常受学生们的欢迎。每个周末，李老师都会给学生们上课，教他们如何写漂亮的汉字。李老师非常耐心，他会一笔一画地示范给学生们看，并帮助他们纠正错误。

这周，李老师准备了一些特别的练习题，让学生们写关于“春天”的词语。学生们在练习过程中，不仅学到了书法技巧，还了解了春天的美丽景色。

课后，李老师给每个学生发了一张自己写的春天的诗，并鼓励学生们继续练习。他说：“书法不仅是一种艺术，也是表达我们对生活热爱的方式。”

选择题：

    1.李老师的书法课最受谁的欢迎？
        A) 家长
        B) 学生
        C) 同事

   2. 李老师这周准备了什么练习题？
        A) 写关于“春天”的词语
        B) 写关于“秋天”的词语
        C) 写关于“冬天”的词语

    3.李老师如何鼓励学生们继续练习？
        A) 发一些小礼物
        B) 让他们做更多的练习题
        C) 给每个学生发了一张自己写的春天的诗

每日汉语练习

李老师的书法课

Rara vez en la historia se crean héroes en el momento justo de mostrar su valentía. En los campos de batalla, los reportajes sobre los héroes caídos han tardado en recibir el reconocimiento de los pueblos. La historia, en ocasiones tarda y detiene por generaciones la gloria y el reconocimiento que merecen los héroes más valerosos. En México, los personajes más destacados de la Revolución Mexicana tardaron casi cuarenta años en recibir su reconocimiento como héroes por el Congreso de la Unión. Este no fue el caso del joven ferrocarrilero Jesús García Corona. No existe otro héroe civil en la historia de México que haya recibido tan grandes reconocimientos, muestras de aprecio y agradecimiento con tanta premura como el héroe de Nacozari. Solo unas horas habían transcurrido desde su fallecimiento y ya se entonaban las notas marciales de una admirable marcha compuesta expresamente a su memoria. No transcurrió un solo día sin que el héroe Jesús García fuese proclamado como benefactor de la humanidad. La misma tarde de los acontecimientos, el gobernador del estado de Sonora hacía reconocimiento del gran gesto heroico del joven ferrocarrilero. Al día siguiente, los diarios nacionales e internacionales proclamaban el heroísmo del héroe Jesús García Corona.
José Jesús García Corona nace un 2 de noviembre de 1881 en la ciudad de Hermosillo, Sonora. Hijo del Sr. Francisco García Pino y la Sra. Rosa Corona de García; fueron sus hermanos Trinidad, Ángela, Artemisa, Rosa, Francisco, Manuel y Miguel. En 1898, la familia decide trasladarse a Nacozari, lugar que, a finales del siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX, se encontraba en plena efervescencia minera y ferroviaria. Fue en este pueblo minero donde logró consolidarse como buen empleado a la corta edad de 17 años. Su buen desempeño en la empresa minera le permitió ocupar el cargo de maquinista de locomotoras a la edad de 20 años.



Spanish México

LA HISTORIA DE JESÚS GARCÍA.   PARTE UNO.

For the second year in a row, Taylor Swift has been named Spotify's most-played artist.

The streaming service has released its annual overview of individual listening trends as well as trends from around the world — called Spotify Wrapped.

Users can now see their top artists, songs, genres, albums and podcasts, as well as uncover which artists had the biggest year on the platform.

Swift was 2024's most-streamed artist globally, ranking in more than 26.6 billion streams. She was followed by The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billie Eilish.

Swift also earned the title of most-streamed album in 2024, with The Tortured Poets Department, while Sabrina Carpenter had the most-streamed song both in the US and globally this year, with her summer hit "Espresso." It was streamed more than 1.6 billion times.

For users who want to look back at their listening habits over the year, there were some new features to explore on Spotify Wrapped.

These include a new data story called "Your Music Evolution," which shows three distinct musical phases for each user, and a personalized playlist based on them.

People like to share their Spotify Wrapped data on social media, although this year some complained that the roundup was missing certain features they'd previously enjoyed.

Streaming now accounts for most of the money generated by the music industry — 84% in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, and 67.3% around the world, according to a 2024 report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which tracks global sales.

Spotify is the largest platform of all with a reported 626 million users and 246 million subscribers.

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Spotify Users Look Back on Year of Listening Habits

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