Do you have too many things in your house?  Is it time spring clean?
Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson).

This topic is also available for intermediate and higher-level learners.


English with Angela -  conversation 

TASK 19 - LESS STUFF MORE HAPPINESS

natsunandesu Learn Japanese with Song Lyrics
Transcript is here
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/yuninotenpura/4natsunandesu-learn-japanese-song-lyrics

Today's song:
夏なんです　はっぴいえんど
Lyric:
https://www.uta-net.com/song/24074/

Learn with words of song! 【Help improve your listening skills, learn new words】by Karen

夏なんですnatsunandesu. Learn Japanese with Song Lyrics

Do you know モカマン. Even most Japanese people don't know this word.
Mel tells you about it in this episode. 
This is one of her easiest episodes. 
Let's hear what she has to say about this! 
If you want to listen to more like this, you should come to Patreon to be Mel's Patron so that you get to hear more and read Transcript!

Thinking out loud in Japanese

モカマン

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。

今日は信号(しんごう)のはなしです。

日本にも、世界にも、どこにでも信号はありますね。

青(あお)は、すすんでいい。

赤(あか)はとまらないといけないですね。

ところで、信号の色は何色ですか？

日本の信号は、

赤、青、黄色(きいろ)です。

えっ、でも信号の色って、

青じゃなくて、みどりじゃない？

日本に来たことがある人は、そう思うかもしれません。

いいところに、気がつきましたね。

たしかに、色はみどりなんですが、

私たちは、赤、青、黄色といいます。

これは、いろいろな理由(りゆう)があるのですが、
昔(むかし)は、青色のことを緑色といっていたから、だそうです。

ほかにも、緑色だけど、"青"ということはあります。

たとえば、緑色のりんごは、
"青りんご"といいます。

"青々(あおあおとした)葉っぱ"

"青汁を飲む"

なども、そうですね。

みなさんの、国の信号の色はなんですか？

日本とおなじで、赤、青、黄色ですか？


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！

--------------------
Today's keywords

□信号(しんごう)
Traffic light

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

49.青信号(あおしんごう)だけどみどりいろ？/Travel tips/Japaneseだんだんpodcast

In Zen philosophy, non-duality emphasizes the dissolution of boundaries. You are not separate from the task you’re doing; you are the task. Applied to language learning, this means letting go of the struggle and resistance that often arise when we view learning as something external to conquer. Instead of thinking, “I need to learn this grammatical rule,” shift your mindset to, “The exploring of how this rule expresses ideas is entering this very moment in time.” Instead of seeing a vocabulary list as a hurdle, see it as the vocabulary becoming immersed with your very being.

Non-duality teaches us to embrace the process fully, without judgment or the pressure of results. When you sit down to study, there is no "you" trying to learn the language; there is only learning happening. This mindset helps dissolve resistance and makes the process more intuitive.


111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 55 - How to enter the Zone or Flow State through Non-Duality 

https://www.loom.com/share/8b1c1f1c4d5b4dde8659ccea8af7cce8 どんどん読めるショートストーリーVol.2　『私のクッキーを食べないで！』

みじかい ものがたりを読もう📖 Read a short story

私のクッキーを食べないで！

Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar⭐

How to express "more or less" in Chinese?
You can find out the answer in this episode! 

Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar 

16. Approximations with "差不多 (chà bù duō) ”【A2】

祝福语 zhù fú yǔ：Chinese phrases for Blessings and wishes.
龙行龘龘 lóng xíng dá dá: With enterprising spirit will exert upward like the soaring of the dragons.
前程朤朤 qián chéng lǎng lǎng：Have an infinitely glorious and bright future.
生活䲜䲜 shēng huó yè yè: Living a prosperous life and surplus year after year .
繁体 fán tǐ：Traditional Chinese
腾飞 téng fēi：rise rapidly
光彩 guāng cǎi：shine;glory;honour
成群结队 chéng qún jié duì：in flocks in crowds