The particle “吗” indicates an interrogative mood. 
When “吗” is added at the end of a declarative sentence, the declarative sentence turns into a question. For example：
nǐ shì zhōnɡ ɡuó rén 。 
你 是  中    国  人  。 
nǐ shì zhōnɡ ɡuó rén mɑ ？ 
你 是  中    国  人  吗 ？ 

tā shì xué shenɡ 。 
她 是  学  生    。 
tā shì xué shenɡ mɑ ？ 
她 是  学  生    吗 ？ 

tā shì dà wèi 。 
他 是  大 卫  。 
tā shì dà wèi mɑ ？ 
他 是  大 卫  吗 ？ 

JOJO CHINESE

吗ma？

Enjoy our journey and Speaking English

Energetic grand father

"თავის მოკატუნება"- თავის უცოდველად, მიამიტად მოჩვენება. To pretend, to play a clown, to pretend fool, to pretend innocent. The illustration (by Kote  Iantbelidze) describes the idiom in a very direct (to decorate your  head with a cat), humoristic way. 


ქართული იდიომები-Georgian Idioms!

თავის მოკატუნება

New York is known for its yellow taxis. They're everywhere: pushing through the busy streets like bees.

They are a symbol of the city and there are more than 13,500 of them buzzing around the "Big Apple."

That's a lot of taxis. But there are some other things buzzing around the city and they aren't always quite so easy to see — millionaires.

The city of yellow taxis is also the city of millionaires, and according to a new report there are about 26 times more millionaires in New York than there are taxis!

The 2024 World's Wealthiest Cities report, by investment company Henley and Partners, says New York has almost 350,000 millionaires.

That number grew by 48% between 2013 and 2023, and there are also 60 billionaires in the city.

But like so many wealthy cities, the gap between the rich and the poor in New York is big, and it's getting bigger.

According to 2023 data, the top 20% of earners in the city make almost six times as much as the bottom 20% of earners.

New York is also the world's second most expensive city to live in.

There are 11 US cities in the top 50 wealthiest cities in the world.

The Bay Area, which includes San Francisco and California's tech area of Silicon Valley is second in the list. More than 300,000 millionaires live there, along with 68 billionaires.

Tokyo is third with 298,000 millionaires, although the Japanese capital has seen a small decrease in the number of millionaires over the last 10 years.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

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그거 봤어? Did you watch it?

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En este episodio descubrirás cómo transformar los podcasts y audiolibros en tu gimnasio mental: entrenando tu oído, repitiendo con shadowing y conectando ideas para hablar con naturalidad.

👉 Recuerda: “Listen today, speak better tomorrow.”
Cada minuto de escucha consciente te acerca más a tu fluidez.

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こんばんは！Atsushiです！
今日の北海道の天気は晴れ。
気温は21℃、涼しいです。

さて、今日は早口言葉について話します。
英語ではtongue twisterとしていろんなフレーズがありますね。

日本語では早口言葉、と言って、小さい時には時々遊んだりします。さすがに大人になるとほとんど言わないですね。

日本語学習者のみなさんの口ならしになると思いますので、さっそくやってみましょう！


１つめ。
・生麦生米生卵　なまむぎなまごめなまたまご

どうですか？もう1度言いますね。
では、みなさん、どうぞ！マ行が続くので言い難いですね。

では次の言葉。
・隣の客はよく柿食う客だ　となりのきゃくはよくかきくうきゃくだ

もう1度言いますね。ではみなさん、どうぞ。
これはカ行の練習ですね。
拗音、キャも入るので、これもむずかしいですね。

最後はこれです。
・除雪車除雪作業中　じょせつしゃじょせつさぎょうちゅう

もう1度言いますね。ではみなさんどうぞ。
北海道なので、雪にまつわる言葉を選びました。これはサ行と拗音も入るので、これも簡単ではないですね。


はい、ということでいかがだったでしょうか。
何度も練習すると、日本語の発話が少し上手になるかもしれませんね！

ということで、今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！

ではまた！
