This episode is about mistakes students make in Pinyin(initials and finals).

Let's Learn Chinese

On difficut Chinese Pinyin    

this song is about travelling . My home is in China.I would like to travel to the world and  welcome foreigners to China as well . This is my first original song ,hope you like .thank you !  
the lyrics:
wǒ yǒ yīgè jiā  zài     zhōngguó  ā
我 有  一个 家    在         中国      啊           
měilì  d dìfāng xiǎoxiǎo de jiā
美丽  的   地方     小小 的    家      
yángguāng wēnnuǎn zhe wǒde xīn
阳光 温暖 着 我的 心                   
měiyī tiāndōu chōngmǎn huānlè
每一 天都 充满 欢乐     
nǐde jiā shìfǒu zài yuǎnfāng ā
你的 家 是否 在 远方 啊          
穿过 大西洋 北美洲                
tóngyīgè shìjiè bùtóng de jiā
同一个 世界 不同 的 家        
wǒmen yìqǐ xīnliánxīn
我们 一起 心连心            
běijīng chángchéng chàng gǔlǎo de gē
北京 长城 唱 古老 的 歌             
shànghǎi wàitān shàng xīngguāng cuǐcàn
上海 外滩 上 星光 璀璨       
qù shìjiè kànkan
去 世界 看看          
yáoyuǎn de xīfāng
遥远 的 西方            
hē kāfēi chī pīsà enjoy life
喝 咖啡 吃 披萨 enjoy life         
bālí lúfúgōng shénmì de mèng
巴黎 卢浮宫 神秘 的 梦        
bólín de jiǔbā dàjiēxiǎoxiàng
柏林 的 酒吧 大街小巷     
lái zhōngguó guàngguang
来 中国 逛逛                   
wǒmende jiāxiāng
我们的 家乡                  
chī huǒguō bāojiǎozi málàtàng
吃 火锅 包饺子 麻辣烫      
wǒdejiā
我的家    My home 
words translation
我I 有have  一 个 one 家  home 在 in  中国China  啊
美丽  beautiful   地方place  小 小  small 家home 
阳 光the  sun  温 暖  warm 着我的my  心heart 
每 一 天 everyday  都 all 充满 full of 欢乐 jpy 

你的  your 家 home  是否if 在  in 远 方 far 
穿 过cross  大西 洋Atlantic 北美 洲North America
同一个 same 世 界 world 不同   different  的家home 
我们 we 一 起 together 心连心 heart to heart 
长 城 Greatwall唱 sing  古 老 old  的 歌song 
上海 外滩  The bund 上 on 星 光start light 璀 璨 shining 
去go  世 界world  看 看 see 
遥 远 far  西方Western 
喝  drink 咖啡 coffe  吃  eat 披 萨 enjoy life 

巴 黎 Paris 卢 浮 宫 Louvre神 秘  mysterious 的 梦 dream 
柏 林 Beilin 的 酒 吧 bars 大 街小 巷 everywhere 
来  come to  中 国China  逛 逛 stroll 
我 们 的 our  家 乡hometown 
吃  eat 火锅hot pot    包 饺 子dumpling   麻辣 烫  spicy hotpot
我 的家 My home 



中文歌曲  （learn chinese through chinese songs)

我的家   my home 

In this lesson, we will learn some Chinese typical food, and the way of cooking 
grammer points such as:
还是（or)
the different usage of"意思“
对了（change the topic, by the way)

Basic communication conversations

第十九课 饺子和面包 Lesson 19 Dumplings and bread

Hello everyone, May is almost here. Today's topic is about Japanese events in May! Have you ever heard of Tango-no Sekku? Listen it!
By the way, “edge” is the N1 kanji!


皆さんごきげんよう、もう少しで5月ですね。今日のﾄﾋﾟｯｸは5月の日本のイベントについてです！端午の節句って聞いたことある？聞いてみてね！ちなみに、「端」はJLPTN1の漢字でした！


Moekoの日本語ベラベラtime

Epi3 : 5月のイベント話-端午の節句【Japanese Podcast】

Il festival UMBRIA JAZZ si volge a Perugia.
La città è piccola, pulita, organizzata; è una città gentile e giovane, piena di studenti universitari.
Vi ricordate che lì c’è anche l’UNIStraPG? L’università per stranieri, Gli esami CELI…. 
UJ nasce nel 1973, dopo 20 anni di sperimentazioni e avventure, culminate con un paio di concerti di rilievo, tipo quello di Louis Armstrong e Chat Baker.
Nel 2003, dopo 30 anni, il festival della musica jazz assume l’aspetto che ha adesso: il primo festival, quello dei concerti degli artisti famosissimi all’arena santa giuliana – quest’anno c’è stato anche Lenny Kravitz, ma anche Nile Rodgers….; 
il secondo festival, quello del Teatro Morlacchi, per gli amanti del genere e i virtuosi della musica; completano il tutto la marchin’ band, nel rispetto della tradizione di New Orleans; e  le jam session, cioè le improvvisazioni, le riunioni non pianificate, tra diversi musicisti;
e il terzo festival, quello delle strade, dei vicoli, all’aperto, quello del “non solo jazz”…. Quello che se hai voglia di suonare, lo puoi fare e qualcuno ti ascolterà, quello che se hai voglia di ballare sicuramente lo farai, e se hai voglia di sorridere e battere le mani…. Tutto sarà molto semplice, anche essere elegante e seguire il ritmo della musica.
Io sono stata a UJ solo un paio di volte. La dimensione che preferisco è quella del terzo festival, quindi quella di strada. Ma anche quella dei concerti ai giardini Carducci, dove c’è un panorama sulla valle, tavoli da pic-nic, un palco con concerti coinvolgenti, tanta gente di tutti i tipi, di tutte le età, di tutti i gusti, di tutto il mondo, con cui brindare, ballare, cantare, parlare.
E dove ho conosciuto Giacomo e Loretta, con cui vi lascio a chiacchierare di questi due giorni fuori dalle regole.
Ah, un paio di curiosità: nel 2022 UJ è citato in una puntata dei Simpson;
UJ collabora con l’università di Berklee, a Boston, dove tra l’altro insegna un mio caro studente.


la Rubrica di Simona

UMBRIA JAZZ 2024

¡Piyali ihuan mah cualli xihualacan! ¡Xitlahto motechpa! 
Hello and welcome to our first podcast in Nahuatl. Today's topic is a basic presentation in Nahuatl. Enjoy!

Audio Transcription:
¡Piali! Nehuatl notoca Metl, nichanti Coyohuacan, ahmo nitequiti, nimomachtia ica nahuatlahtolli Iztapalapa, nicpia caxtolli xihuitl, ninemi ihuan nochancayo, onitlacat Iztacalco ipan in meztli abril. Nicempaqui in nimitzixmati. 

Text translation:
Hello! My name is Maguey, I live in Coyohuacan, I don't work, I study Nahuatl in Iztapalapa, I am 15 years old, I live with my family, I was born in Iztacalco in April. Nice to meet you!

Traducción del texto:
¡Hola! Me llamo Maguey, vivo en Coyohuacan, no trabajo, estudio en náhuatl en Iztapalapa, tengo 15 años, vivo con mi familia, nací en Iztacalco en el mes de abril. ¡Gusto de conocerte!

Nahuatl with Ixchel

Podcast #1: Introduce yourself in Nahuatl!

I'm going to talk about what I usually eat here in Japan.   You can find what ordinary Japanese people eat in our daily lives at this podcast "きょう　なに　たべた？(What did you eat today?)"
It's February 11th today. I ate a boiled fish for the dinner. 
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「今日　何食べた？」というテーマで、日本人である私がどんなものを食べているのかをこのpodcastで紹介していきます。
今日は2月11日（土）　晴れ　最高気温は11℃　そんなに寒くないです。
さて、今日の夕食のメニューは　白米のごはん　たけのことわかめの煮物、小松菜とちくわの煮物、マナガツオの煮つけ、ナスのみそ汁です。　
実は、たけのこは調理済みのものを買ってきて、家で温め直してワカメを加えただけです。　みそ汁もレトルトで、食べる直前にお湯を注いで混ぜるだけです。　手抜きしました。一からちゃんと自分で調理したのは、小松菜とちくわの煮物とマナガツオの煮つけです。小松菜は、見た目はホウレンソウにちょっと似たお野菜です。だし、しょうゆ、みりんで味付けします。ほんのり甘く　薄目の味付けが私の好みです。
さて、メインディッシュのマナガツオの煮つけですが、これはやわらかい白身のお魚です。
骨も取りやすいので食べやすいです。しょうゆ、砂糖、酒、水で煮るんですが、魚の臭みを消すために、しょうがの薄切りも入れます。　魚の煮つけはだいたい甘い醤油味です。これが白いご飯にとても合います。　実は私はあまり魚は好きではないんですが、このマナガツオだけは子どものころから好きでした。　魚は部位によっては骨が多くて食べにくいところがあります。でも、子供のころ、いつも食べやすいしっぽのほうをもらっていました。大人になった今も、私は　頭のほうじゃなくてしっぽのほうを食べています。
昔に比べたら、マナガツオの値段もずいぶん高くなっていますが、たまに新鮮なものが
お店の棚に並んだときは、「あ！今日はこれ食べよう！」と即決で買っています。
「今日、何食べた？」　2月11日の私の夕食は以上です。みなさんは何を食べましたか？


やさしい日本語（にほんご）

きょう、なにたべた？　”What did you eat today？”

Une sacrée galette
Tous les animaux de la forêt ont l'habitude de se réunir pour fêter les rois. Cette année, c'est Kipic, le hérisson, qui achète la galette.
De sa vie, Kipic n'a jamais eu la fève. Alors il s'est arrangé avec le pâtissier qui en a placé vingt-cinq dans la galette. Le hérisson est certain, cette fois-ci, d'être le roi.
Le sanglier a fait les parts. Le lièvre était caché sous la table. Eh bien, c'est à peine croyable : la chèvre a eu cinq fèves, le lièvre trois, le sanglier six, le cerf quatre, l'ours deux, la souris cinq et Kipic... rien du tout. Quelle malchance !

Des Milliers D'histoires

Histoire 5 - Une sacrée galette

People who travel a lot will know the feeling — you've just landed in a country on the other side of the world, ready to explore and see the sights, but you're too tired to do anything!

Jet lag is usually linked with travel and changing time zones. But a new study has found that even small changes to our daily schedules can change our sleeping patterns.

And it's not just sleep that gets affected by a disrupted schedule — our bodies work differently when our daily patterns change.

The study, published in iScience, looked at how our bodies respond to a five-hour time change — similar to the kind of jet lag you'd feel after traveling from New York to London, for example.

It looked at people's circadian rhythm — our body's natural clock that controls when we sleep, when different hormones are released, and how our bodies use energy.

During the study, scientists observed 14 people in a lab for eight days.

On the first two days, the participants followed their normal daily schedules. But from the third day, the participants' meals, sleep and light exposure were changed to five hours later than normal.

The researchers tested the participants' blood and checked their digestion, energy use, and levels of melatonin — a hormone that helps control sleep by making you feel tired when it gets dark — to see how their bodies reacted to the time change.

The results showed that the five-hour time change made digestion slower, changed blood sugar levels, and affected how the body used fat. The body also burned less energy from food.

These things started to go back to normal after two or three days as the body adjusted to the new schedule.

One of the study's researchers, Jonathan Johnston, told StudyFinds this shows how sticking to a regular schedule can make a big difference to our health.