农历 nóng lì：The traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar
元宵节 yuán xiāo jié：The Lantern Festival
正月 zhēng yuè：The first month of the lunar year
月圆 yuè yuán： full moon
五福 wǔ fú ：five blessings (longevity, wealth, health, love of virtue, and natural death)
鸿运 hóng yùn：good luck; great blessing
圆满 yuán mǎn：satisfactory; perfect
连连 lián lián：repeatedly;again and again; one after another
今天是2024年2月4日星期六，农历正月十五。
在中国农历正月是元月，古代称夜为“宵”，所以是一年中第一个月圆之夜。正月十五名为“元宵节”也叫“上元节”。正月十五，祝你五福临门，鸿运当头、事事圆满、好运连连！

“龙”年中国话（“ lóng ” nián zhōng guó huà）

The Lantern Festival 龙年元宵节

ぼくたち、飲（の）みにいくのだけど、あなたも来（き）ませんか？
We are getting together for some drinks.
Would you like to come?

はい！よさそうですね。
Yes!  That sounds great!

いつ、どこで待（ま）っていればいいですか？
When and where should I meet you?

うちのオフィスビルの前（まえ）で、６時（じ）でどうですか？
How about at 6 o'clock in front of our office building?

では、その時（とき）に会（あ）いましょう。
See you then.


Useful words and expression.

はい、ありがとう。
Yes, thank you.

わかりました。
I understand.

あなたのいいたいことはわかります。
I see what you mean.

けっこうです。
No, thank you.

またの機会（きかい）に。
Maybe another time.

考（かんが）えさせてください。
Let me think about it.

あまり、したくありません。
I'd rather not.






Cheerful life

人（ひと）をさそうとき

Las teorías de aprendizaje de idiomas buscan entender  la habilidad de los seres humanos para adquirir el lenguaje, tanto la lengua materna como un segundo idioma,  en diferentes contextos culturales, sociales y académicos.
(por segundo idioma el libro se refiere a cualquier idioma que se aprende, diferente a la lengua materna)

Existen diferentes hipótesis  y perspectivas  para comprender el aprendizaje de un idioma, y hay un gran número de investigaciones  que buscan sustentar y poner a prueba las diferentes hipótesis, comparando  su efectividad y estableciendo nuevos hallazgos. Aquí vamos a exponer algunas de estas hipótesis que se mencionan en el capítulo 4 del libro “how languages are learned” de Nina Spada y Patsy Lightbown.


El Librero de la Flaska 

Cómo se aprenden los idiomas - How languages are learned

Привет!

В этом выпуске подкаста мы сконцентрируемся на прошедшем времени в контексте. Я вам расскажу, что я делала вчера.

Приятного прослушивания!

Speak fluent Russian A1-A2

Выпуск 43. Прошедшее время в контексте / The past tense in context

1、吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮。

2、八百标兵奔北坡，炮兵并排北坡跑;炮兵怕把标兵碰，标兵怕碰炮兵炮。

3、牛郎年年恋刘娘，刘娘连连念牛郎。

4、四是四，十是十，十四是十四，四十是四十。十不能说成四，四也不能说成十，假使说错了，就右能误事。

5、石狮寺前有四十四只石狮子，寺前树结了四十四个涩柿子;四十四只石狮子不吃四十四个涩柿子，四十四个涩柿子更不会吃四十四只石狮子。

Chilling Chinese 

顺口溜训练 jingle practice

マットさん、ひらがながわかりますか。Matt, do you understand hiragana?
ひらがながだいたいわかります。I can understand most of hiragana.
カタカナがすこしわかります。I understand a little katakana.
漢字はぜんぜんわかりません。I don't understand any kanji.


エミリーさん、日本語がわかりますか。　Emily, do you understand Japanese?
はい、すこしわかります。Yes, I understand a little.
中国語がわかりますか。Do you understand Chinese?
はい、よくわかります。Yes, I understand very well.
英語がわかりますか。Do you understand English?
はい、だいたいわかります。Yes, I understand most of it.
フランス語がわかりますか。Do you understand French?
いいえ、ぜんぜんわかりません。No, I don't understand it at all.

マットさん、マクドナルドをたべますか。Matt, do you eat McDonald's?
いいえ、あまりたべません。No, I don't eat much.
沖縄料理をたべますか。Do you eat Okinawan food?
はい、よく食べます。Yes, I eat a lot.

おかねがぜんぜんありません。　I have no money at all.
おかねがありませんから、お母さんにおかねをかります。I don't have any money, so I have to ask my mother for money.
おかねがありませんから、どこにもいけません。I can't go anywhere because I don't have any money.

飲みにいきませんか。Would you like to go for a drink?
くるまで来ましたから、ちょっと。I've come all the way, so...
飲みにいきませんか。Would you like to go for a drink?
きょうは仕事がありますから、I have work today, so let's go for a drink.



にほんごのれんしゅう

みんなの日本語　Lesson 9-2

here is  your daily Reading part :) Enjoy!

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The Habits of Professionals Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

A flyer for a gym reading episode 

Hi, guys!

Today we are gonna have a short lesson about crimes!

We are going to study new words and grammar. And as homework you will have some exercises.
Let’s go.

Crime is a very interesting topic, and a bad guy who takes your money or kills someone we can call a criminal, a felon or a culprit. This guy usually commits a crime.

Okay, so a criminal, a felon or a culprit commits a crime.

What other crimes should we know?

Bribery. Bribery is a crime when one person gives money to get an illegal service. For example, a person gives a doctor 1000$ to make fake papers. When you make fake papers, we call it forgery. 

Okay, bribery, to give a bribe.

Next word is blackmail. If he wanted to give a bribe, but his doctor refused, he can blackmail him. It means that he writes: “If you don’t do what I want, I will ruin your life”. He threatens this person.

Blackmail, to blackmail, blackmailer.


If this person doesn’t listen to this guy, he starts stalking him. He becomes a stalker. He follows him every minute. He wants to get what he’s asking for.

Finally the police arrest him. He is a criminal and he’s behind bars. 

People start talking about him:

“-It is said that he is a criminal
-yes, he is said to be a blackmailer and stalker. He also gave a bribe!”

If you look at these sentences you can see a very good grammar structure.

Let's take a closer look.

For example, we say  “She is a teacher.” We can also say “it is said that she is a teacher” or “sh is said to be a teacher” 

It is said she is beautiful
She is said to be beautiful.


Practise these sentences at home and ask me for correct answers in messages.

He is smart. 
He is a felon. He gives a bribe.
She is a stalker. She stalks him every day.
Criminals commit crimes. 
Bob is a felon. He blackmails people.
Susue is a criminal. She blackmails people and gives bribes.

That’s it guys. If yo9u liked this podcast, and this lesson you can book a trial lesson with me!


Excellent at English with Kate K

CRIMES!

食（た）べます→食べると思います
言（い）います→言うと思います
かちます→かつと思います
まけます→まけると思います
あります→あると思います
やくに立（た）ちます→やくに立つと思います。
うごきます→うごくと思います
やめます→やめると思います
きをつけます→きをつけると思います
りゅうがくします→りゅうがくすると思います
