In this episode, I’ll introduce you to a popular Chinese New Year tradition that takes place on the fifth day of the festival—welcoming the God of Wealth! Learn about the customs, beliefs, and practices surrounding this day to attract prosperity and good fortune for the year ahead. Plus, pick up some useful Chinese vocabulary along the way：

财源滚滚 (cái yuán gǔn gǔn)
中文解释：形容财富不断涌入，财运亨通。常用来祝愿他人财运旺盛、收入不断。
英文解释：Describes the continuous flow of wealth and prosperity. Often used to wish others abundant wealth and good fortune.

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正月初五：Welcoming the God of Wealth

Hello friends! Greetings of the day! In Hindi, instead of using मैं - मेरा, तू - तेरा, हम - हमारा, we use मैं अपना, तू अपना, हम अपना while using reflexive pronoun to avoid confusion. 

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This episode introduces three idioms that use the word rose. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.

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How Malayalam says that one person made another person do something — and why half the verbs you already know were secretly built this way all along.

Malayalam adds a causer with a suffix, usually -ഇക്ക് (-ikk) or -പ്പിക്ക് (-ppikk) on the verb stem. Once you see it, dozens of separate words you memorised collapse into one machine.

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THE PAIRS — LISTEN FOR THE SUFFIX
ചെയ്യുക - cheyyuka - to do
ചെയ്യിക്കുക - cheyyikkuka - to make someone do
കുടിക്കുക - kudikkuka - to drink
കുടിപ്പിക്കുക - kudippikkuka - to make someone drink
ചിരിക്കുക - chirikkuka - to laugh
ചിരിപ്പിക്കുക - chirippikkuka - to make someone laugh
കരയുക - karayuka - to cry
കരയിക്കുക - karayikkuka - to make someone cry
കേൾക്കുക - kelkkuka - to hear
കേൾപ്പിക്കുക - kelppikkuka - to play something for someone to hear

THE ONES YOU ALREADY USE WITHOUT KNOWING
കാണുക - kaanuka - to see
കാണിക്കുക - kanikkuka - to show, literally to cause to see
അറിയുക - ariyuka - to know
അറിയിക്കുക - ariyikkuka - to inform, literally to cause to know
ഓർക്കുക - orkkuka - to remember
ഓർമിപ്പിക്കുക - ormippikkuka - to remind
നിൽക്കുക - nilkkuka - to stand, to stop
നിർത്തുക - nirthuka - to stop something
ഓടുക - oduka - to run
ഓടിക്കുക - odikkuka - to drive a vehicle, to cause it to run
ഉറങ്ങുക - uranguka - to sleep
ഉറക്കുക - urakkuka - to put a child to sleep
പഠിക്കുക - padikkuka - to learn
പഠിപ്പിക്കുക - padippikkuka - to teach, to cause to learn

That last pair is the whole lesson in one line. Malayalam does not have a separate word for teach. Teaching is causing learning.

Which pair surprised you? Comment and I will give you five more like it.

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Script

おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

きのうは、暖房(だんぼう)の話をしました。

じつは今日、私の家の暖房がつきませんでした。

家のセントラルヒーティングが、こわれました。

暖房がつかないので、部屋がすごく寒くなりました。

私は部屋のオーナーに、

「あのー、セントラルヒーティングがつきません。

あたたかく、なりません。」

と言いました。

夜になって、修理(しゅうり)の人が来ました。

ぶじに、セントラルヒーティングはなおりました。

いまは、あたたかいです。

あー、ホッとしました。

では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です。

また明日！

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Today's Keywords

□暖房がつかない
The heater doesn't work.

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