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1さい  いっさい
2さい   にさい
3さい   さんさい 
4さい     よんさい
5さい    ごさい
6さい    ろくさい
7さい   ななさい
8さい    はっさい
9さい     きゅうさい
10さい   じゅっさい
28さい 　にじゅうはっさい
38さい 　さんじゅうはっさい
45さい　　よんじゅうごさい
19さい　　　じゅうきゅうさい
52さい 　ごじゅうにさい
51さい　ごじゅういっさい


ようへい先生　　N4,N5チャンネル

みんなのにほんご１　 とし  years old

Happy Songkran! 💦 Ever wondered why we say "Suk-san" for some holidays but "Sawasdee" for the New Year?

In this mini-lesson, I break down the Thai Logic Bridge 🌉 to help you choose the right word every time:

🥳 Suk-san (สุขสันต์) = Celebrating an Event (Songkran, Christmas, Loy Krathong)

🙏 Sawasdee (สวัสดี) = Greeting a New Start (New Year, Monday, Morning)

Listen to 6 quick examples in Thai and English to master the logic!

TalkaCake

Suk-san vs. Sawasdee: The Songkran Greeting Guide

Quizás te has encontrado con esta frase tan extraña... ¿cómo un país puede ser el mejor de su país? ¿por qué los chilenos tienen ese dicho?
Ahora lo vamos a averiguar.

Chilena de pura cepa

Somos el mejor país de Chile

Have you ever wondered why French people ask: Comment ça va ? How do you go?
— instead of How ARE you?

The answer's only one click away, but beware its foul aftertaste!

French Follies feat. Leeroy

The gross mystery behind the french expression Ça va.

The Step Pyramid of Djoser Part 2. 

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When finally completed, the Step Pyramid rose 62 meters high and was the tallest structure of its time. The complex in which it was built was the size of a city in ancient Egypt and included a temple, courtyards, shrines, and living quarters for the priests. It covered a region of 16 hectares and was surrounded by a wall 10.5 meters high. The wall had 13 false doors cut into it with only one true entrance cut into the south-east corner; the entire wall was then ringed by a trench 750 meters long and 40 meters wide. The false doors and the trench were incorporated into the complex to discourage unwanted visitors. If someone wished to enter, he or she would have needed to know in advance how to find the location of the true opening in the wall. Djoser was so proud of his accomplishment that he broke the tradition of having only his own name on the monument and had Imhotep’s name carved on it as well.

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The burial chamber of the tomb, where the king’s body was laid to rest, was dug beneath the base of the pyramid, surrounded by a vast maze of long tunnels that had rooms off them to discourage robbers. One of the most mysterious discoveries found inside the pyramid was a large number of stone vessels. Over 40,000 of these vessels, of various forms and shapes, were discovered in storerooms off the pyramid’s underground passages. They are inscribed with the names of rulers from the First and Second Dynasties of Egypt and made from different kinds of stone. 

Continuing with the text below

The Habits of Professionals Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

Cambridge IELTS Reading & Comprehension. The Step Pyramid of Djoser Part 2

Un corvo aveva rubato un pezzo di formaggio e si era posato sul ramo di un albero per mangiarlo in tranquillità. Una volpe, che passava sotto quell’albero, lo vide e volle prendergli il formaggio. Così, gli disse che lui, il corvo, era il migliore tra gli uccelli e presto sarebbe diventato il loro Re: aveva delle piume meravigliose, un becco possente e delle belle zampette slanciate. 
«Peccato solo che tu sia muto!» aggiunse la volpe. Il corvo, pieno d’orgoglio per tutti i complimenti ricevuti, volle dimostrare alla volpe che anche lui aveva una bella voce: spalancò il becco e cominciò a cantare. 
La volpe, non appena il formaggio gli cadde dal becco, fece un gran balzo e lo afferrò con i suoi artigli.
«Caro corvo, potresti senza dubbio essere il Re degli uccelli, se solo tu avessi un po’ di cervello.»

Spesso, la verità ci acceca e ci porta a commettere delle sciocchezze.

Favole di Esopo 

Favole di Esopo - Il corvo e la volpe 

“what time is it?” In Casual Japanese 


Youre welcome.


Super Casual Japanese with Teppei

Season 1 : Episode 6 : “What time is it?” In Casual Japanese (1-minute episodes)

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こんばんは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。


今日もN4です！
〜たばかり、をします。 今〜がおわった、という時につかいます。


では、早速例文いきましょう！

・日本に来たばかりなので、わからないことがたくさんあります。

・トルコ語を勉強しはじめたばかりなので、まだわかりません。

・昨日買ったばかりの本をなくしました。

・今起きたばかりで、頭がまわってません。

・引っ越したばかりで、いい街かどうかよくわかりません。


こんな感じですね！
どうですか？

必ず今とか、さっきという時だけ使うわけではなくて、個人的にそれが終わってから時間、期間が短いと感じるならこの表現はOKです！

なので、1年前の話をするときでも、ぼくが期間が短いと感じていれば使うとことができます。

例えば、1年前に北海道に引っ越してきたばかりですが、北海道のことが大好きです。


とか使っても大丈夫です！👍
いつも通り、一緒に声に出したり、例文作ってみてくださいね！

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！
