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こんにちは。のぞみです。
みんなの日本語　８課です。　い形容詞とな形容詞です。
がんばりましょう。では、聞いてください。

A:このワイン、たかいです。１００００円です。
B:うわー、たかいですね。どこのワインですか。（where is the wine from?）
A:　オーストラリアのワインです。
B：えーっ、おかしいです。（it’s strange!）オーストラリアのワインはあまり高くないですよ。
これは、２５００円です。
A:　いいですね。

A:きょうの東京（とうきょう）は、あまりあつくないです。(not too hot)
雨です。
なつは、とてもあついです。(very hot)

A:東京（とうきょう）は　にぎやかです。しずかじゃありません。
でも、べんりなまちです。たのしいです。

A:アンドリューさん、おげんきですか。
B:いいえ、げんきじゃありません。いそがしいです。ひまじゃありません。
A:あー、そうですか。気（き）をつけてください。(take care of yourself)

A:　うわー。車でケータイ！！！　自転車（じてんしゃ）でスマホ！！
よくないです。よくないです。わるいです。

A:日本語（にほんご）はやさしいですか。Is Japanese easy to understand?
Bやさしくないです。むずかしいです。

A:冬休み（ゆふやすみ）、奈良（なら）に行（い）きます。
B；奈良（なら）はどんなまちですか。
A:しずかなまちです。
ふるいまちです。
にぎやかじゃないまちです。
いいまちです。




にほんごのれんしゅう

みんなの日本語　Lesson 8　いadj_なadj

🎧Este es un ejercicio de comprensión auditiva de nivel nativo, (nativo de México🇲🇽)
Escucha el audio de 59 segundos y después intenta responder las siguientes preguntas:
¿Qué no funcionaba en el depa de Don Porfirio?
¿Qué le dijo el dueño del depa a Don Porfirio?
¿Qué hicieron Don Porfirio y Don Poncho para mitigar el calor?

Hablando Al Chile

🎧Pedos con el aire acondicionado🇲🇽

 As we have known that ‘个gè’ the most general measure word; used for people, round objects, abstract things, such as questions / ideas, etc.

‘只zhī’ is for animal and one of certain pair things; piece or item.

We’ll learn more measure words from a song. Before our reading,  let’s familiar with the number counting as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10
And then upgrade to the unit of count to hundred ‘百bǎi’,  then to  thousand ‘千qiān’,  to ten thousand ‘万wàn’, and a hundred million is ‘亿yì’.
                          
    
 Liàng cí gē
  量    词  歌

yì tóu niú ，liǎng pǐ mǎ ，
一  头  牛，    两   匹 马，
One cow, two horses,

sān tiáo xiǎo yú ，sì zhī xiā ，
三    条   小 鱼，   四 只 虾，
Three little fish, four shrimp,

wǔ běn shū ， liù zhī bǐ ，
五   本   书，    六 支 笔，
Five books, six pens,

qī kē guǒ shù ，bā duǒ huā ，
七 棵 果  树，     八  朵 花，
Seven fruit trees, eight flowers,

jiǔ jià fēi jī ，shí liàng chē ，
九 架 飞机， 十 辆  车，
Nine planes, ten cars,

bǎi kuài shí tou ，qiān lì shā ，
百   块   石  头，    千   粒 沙，
A hundred stones, a thousand grains of sand,

wàn piàn shù yè huá lā lā ，
万   片  树  叶 哗 啦 啦，
Thousands of leaves clatter,

yì kē xīng xing màn tiān sǎ 。
亿 颗  星  星  漫   天  撒。
A hundred million stars scattered all over the sky.


Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

量词歌 Liàng cí gē (A Measure words song)

One of the most incredible entertainments in the world, Carnival is a four-day celebration of music, dance, food and drink, all over Rio. The event means a lot to the people from the poorest neighborhoods, who work hard for months preparing for it. It is an opportunity for the whole community to go out and have fun together. It ends with the Samba Parade for which the performers and dancers dress up in the most amazing costumes.

English Mini Lessons

The Rio Carnival 

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