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「せめて」について勉強しましょう！

「せめて」の意味はむずかしくないですが、使ってみると・・・
先生や日本人のおともだちに「それ、なんか変だよ？」って言われませんか。

「せめて」の使い方を勉強しましょう！


〈意味〉
十分(じゅうぶん)ではないけれど、少(すく)なくとも、満足(まんぞく)はできないけれど、少(すく)なくとも

★文末(ぶんまつ)はスピーカーの願望(がんぼう)やお願(ねが)いを表(あらわ)す文(ぶん)★
せめて+　～したい、～ばいい、～たらいいなぁ、～てください、～てほしい、～ましょう　など


今日は・・・
１　〈会話〉と「あなたはこんなときどうする？」［4:36］　

〈ことば〉
１）【嵐山(あらしやま)】　〈名詞〉京都(きょうと)にある山(やま)。桜(さくら)や紅葉(こうよう)で有名(ゆうめい)な場所(ばしょ)。
２）【紅葉(こうよう)】〈名詞／する〉秋(あき)に今(いま)まで緑色(みどりいろ)をしていた葉(は)の色(いろ)が赤(あか)や黄色(きいろ)に変(か)わること。
３）【濡(ぬ)れる】〈動詞〉Sが（水(みず)・雨(あめ)）に濡(ぬ)れる。水(みず)がつく。水(みず)がかかったり、水(みず)の中(なか)に入(はい)ったりしたとき、水(みず)がしみこむ。
４）【名物(めいぶつ)】〈名詞〉その土地(とち)で有名(ゆうめい)な物(もの)。


「あなたはこんなときどうする？」
①山に車で紅葉を見に行こうしていた日に車にトラブルが起(お)こって行けなくなる。
②デートの日に相手(あいて)に急(きゅう)に仕事が入(はい)って、会えなくなる。
③好きなアーティストの3年ぶりのコンサートに絶対(ぜったい)に行きたかったけど、チケットが買えなくて行けない。


＜説明＆ことば＞
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第２２課 せめて
１［4:36］　〈会話〉と「あなたはこんなときどうする？」
２［6:01］　会話の中の「せめて」・練習「せめて～てください」・お友だちのことば「くらい」・〈会話〉

🎙声：音読さん、吉田（よしだ、Japanese teacher）、ホリタ（日本語学習者）
📖scenario：吉田（よしだ、Japanese teacher）


役に立つ日本語のことばを私たちと一緒に勉強しましょう！ 
Come study useful Japanese words with us！

第２２課 せめて
第２１課 ねほりはほり
第２０課 やっぱり
第１９課 けっこう・なかなか
第１８課 わざわざ
第１７課 気がしない（１）（２）
第１６課 頭の慣用句
第１５課 たまたま
第１４課 なんか
第１３課 （１）思わず（２）つい・うっかり
第１２課 喉元過ぎれば熱さ忘れる
第１１課 とにかく
第１０課 てしまう（１）（２）
第　９課 しっかり
第　８課 開いた口がふさがらない
第　７課 いちいち
第　６課 てくる
第　５課 ネコをかぶる
第　４課 ずいぶん
第　３課 てたまらない
第　２課 顔から火が出る
第　１課 あまり

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第２２課　せめて 1/2

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Real Life Chinese
今天我们来听听“It’s so weird”用中文怎么说？

*******Script for your second time listening********
qí guài
奇 怪   weird
zhēn qí guài ！
真奇怪！
tài qí guài le ！
太奇怪了！
This is so weird. 

nǐ bù jué dé hěn qí guài ma ？
你不觉得很奇怪吗？

片段一Clip one
A：这真是奇怪了！真是！
B:  爷爷，您别生气
A：zhè zhēn shì qí guài le ！zhēn shì ！
B:  yé ye ，nín bié shēng qì   

片段二
A：特奇怪，她突然叫我去她家。我不知道怎么回事儿。
A：tè qí guài ，tā tū rán jiào wǒ qù tā jiā 。wǒ bú zhī dào zěn me huí shì r 。

片段三
A：每一条都有你们有点奇怪啊。你们站到后面吧。 
A：měi yì tiáo dōu yǒu nǐ men yǒu diǎn qí guài a 。nǐ men zhàn dào hòu miàn ba 。

片段四
A:  你还好吗？
B:  很奇怪，我反而觉得轻松自在的。
A:  nǐ hái hǎo ma ？
B:  hěn qí guài ，wǒ fǎn ér jué de qīng sōng zì zài de 。

片段五
A：我肚子太大了，是不是很奇怪？ 
A: wǒ dù zi tài dà le ，shì bú shì hěn qí guài ？


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Episode originally published April 22, 2021.

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Hello world, It's time to Ayachannel :)

 Firstly, thank you to everyone who has been taking my lessons always and nice to meet new ppl here! 
In this episode, I'm reading a certain book also I made some quiz for you guys, 
so please try it out after listening :)

Listen to it as listening practice during your travel time or before going to bed.

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In this episode of "Stairway to English", we will look at and understand the difference between very and really. They are very similar but there is a difference so be sure to sound like a native by understanding the rules!

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I VERY like you! 😱 Uh oh Don't make this mistake! Learn the difference between Very and Really!

In this episode we are going to learn how to 【Introduce my Chinese teacher】. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know alreay, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practise until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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我的中文老师叫Yuli。
wǒ de zhōng wén lǎo shī jiào Yuli。
My Chinese teacher is called Yuli.
她是广东人。
tā shì guǎng dōng rén 。
She is from Guangdong.
广东省在中国的南方。
guǎng dōng shěng zài zhōng guó de nán fāng 。
Guangdong Province is in the south of China.
她会说中文、英语和日语。
tā huì shuō zhōng wén 、 yīng yǔ hé rì yǔ 。
She speaks Chinese, English and Japanese.
她也会说广东话和潮汕话。
tā yě huì shuō guǎng dōng huà hé cháo shàn huà 。
She also speaks Cantonese and Chaoshanese.
潮汕话是她老家的方言。
cháo shàn huà shì tā lǎo jiā de fāng yán 。
Chaoshanese is the dialect of her hometown.
她很喜欢学外语。
tā hěn xǐ huan xué wài yǔ 。
She likes learning foreign languages very much.
现在她在泰国学习泰语。
xiàn zài tā zài tài guó xué xí tài yǔ 。
Now she is studying Thai in Thailand.
她也喜欢运动。
tā yě xǐ huan yùn dòng 。
She also likes sports.
她经常去公园练瑜伽。
tā jīng cháng qù gōng yuán liàn yú jiā 。
She often goes to the park to practice yoga.
她在学泰拳，每个星期上两次课。
tā zài xué tài quán ， měi gè xīng qī shàng liǎng cì kè 。
She is learning Muay Thai and takes classes twice a week.
她很喜欢美食，中国菜和泰国菜她都喜欢吃。
tā hěn xǐ huan měi shí ， zhōng guó cài hé tài guó cài tā dōu xǐ huan chī 。
She loves food, she likes both Chinese and Thai food.
她很友好，也很有耐心，我很喜欢和她上课。
tā hěn yǒu hǎo ， yě hěn yǒu nài xīn ， wǒ hěn xǐ huan hé tā shàng kè 。
She is very friendly and patient and I enjoy taking lessons with her.