Short story 「あめだま」
I read a story written by Nankichi Niimi.
He is a Japanese author of children's literature.
Although his life was only 29 years, he left us with many stories to tell.
This story is JLPT-N4 level.

I created this episode quiz.
Please listen and then try the quiz!
Please use it for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Script for this episode
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Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#3 Short story あめだま storytelling //N4 Level

Hey there! Welcome to Creative Talk Studio — where art and language come to life.
I’m Ann, your host — a visual artist and educator from the Philippines. I’m so excited to have you here for our very first episode!

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Creative Talk Studio

Episode 01 - Introduction to Creative Talk Studio 

I was sad but I did some things to feel better, here are my tips or better yet, I'll leave you what helped me feel better.

Estaba triste pero hice algunas cosas para sentirme mejor, aquí te dejo mis consejos o mejor te dejo lo que me ayudó a estar mejor. 

Podcast en español para principiantes - Vocabulary (Podcast in Spanish for beginners)

No more sadness: my tips in Spanish to feel better (No más tristeza: mis consejos en español para sentirse mejor)

Phonics Short I words with ig

Listen and repeat then sing along.
big, dig, fig, wig

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Phonics Short Vowels

Phonics Short I words with ig

Common Mistakes

Agree

Listen and repeat each question. This is informal Spanish, used with friends or people your age. Pause the audio if you need more time. 
Questions in the audio: 
1. ¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name?
2. ¿De dónde eres?  Where are you from?
3. ¿Dónde vives?  Where do you live?
4. ¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you?
5. ¿A qué te dedicas? What do you do?
6. ¿Qué te gusta hacer en tu tiempo libre?  What do you like to do in your free time?
7. ¿Qué idiomas hablas? What languages ​​do you speak?
8. ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? What is your phone number?
9. ¿Tienes correo electrónico? Do you have email?


¡Hola! Spanish for Beginners

✅ “Listen and Repeat – Introduction Questions (Informal)"

In this episode we are going to learn how to say family members in Chinese. Let's learn it in a song!
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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. 
Step 1: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
Step 3: listen one more time, repeat after it.
Step 4: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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妈妈的爸爸叫什么？
mā mā de bà bà jiào shén me ？
What do we call mom's dad?
妈妈的爸爸叫外公。
mā mā de bà bà jiào wài gōng 。
Mom's dad is Grandpa.
妈妈的妈妈叫什么？
mā mā de mā mā jiào shén me ？
What do we call mom's mom?
妈妈的妈妈叫外婆。
mā mā de mā mā jiào wài pó 。
Mom's mom's Grandma.
妈妈的兄弟叫什么？
mā mā de xiōng dì jiào shén me ？
What do we call mom's brothers?
妈妈的兄弟叫舅舅。
mā mā de xiōng dì jiào jiù jiù 。
Mom's brother is Uncle.
妈妈的姐妹叫什么？
mā mā de jiě mèi jiào shén me ？
What do we call mom's sisters?
妈妈的姐妹叫阿姨。
mā mā de jiě mèi jiào ā yí 。
Mom's sisters are called aunts.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

家庭称呼歌 ② Learn family members in a song （Beginner）

Bu bölümümüzde Türk mutfağına özgü günaşırı yapılabilecek en güzel yemeklerden biri olan Menemen'den bahsediyoruz. İlgili tarif için aşağıdaki linki kullanabilirsiniz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajdSDri1c-U

Türk Mutfağı

Menemen

ɡǔ shí hòu yǒu ɡè zhù mínɡ de yīn yuè jiā， 
古时候有个著名的音乐家，
mínɡ zì jiào ɡōnɡ mínɡ yí 
名字叫公明仪。
tā tán qín tán de fēi chánɡ chū sè。 
他弹琴弹得非常出色。
yǒu yì nián chūn tiān， 
有一年春天，
tā dài zhe qín dào jiāo wài de tián yě sàn bù， 
他带着琴到郊外的田野散步，
zhǐ jiàn yuǎn shān rú huà，hé liú qīnɡ chè， 
只见远山如画，河流清澈，
yì tóu niú zhènɡ zài hé biān chī cǎo。 
一头牛正在河边吃草。
zhè měi lì de jǐnɡ sè rànɡ tā xīn qínɡ shū chànɡ， 
这美丽的景色让他心情舒畅，
tā tū rán xiǎnɡ dào，yào wéi zhè tóu niú yǎn zòu yì qǔ。 
他突然想到，要为这头牛演奏一曲。
jǐn ɡuǎn qín shēnɡ yuè ěr dònɡ tīnɡ， 
尽管琴声悦耳动听，
kě shì nà tóu niú hǎo xiànɡ méi yǒu tīnɡ jiàn yí yànɡ， 
可是那头牛好像没有听见一样，
rénɡ rán dī zhe tóu jì xù chī cǎo。 
仍然低着头继续吃草。
ɡōnɡ mínɡ yí jiàn zhè měi miào de qín shēnɡ 
公明仪见这美妙的琴声
bìnɡ bù nénɡ dǎ dònɡ zhè tóu niú， 
并不能打动这头牛，
fēi chánɡ wú nài， 
非常无奈，
ɡuò le yí huìr，tā yòu xiǎnɡ chū yí ɡè bàn fǎ。 
过了一会儿，他又想出一个办法。
ɡōnɡ mínɡ yí tán chū yí duàn duàn qí ɡuài zá luàn de shēnɡ yīn， 
公明仪弹出一段段奇怪杂乱的声音，
yǒu de xiànɡ wēnɡ wēnɡ de wén yínɡ shēnɡ， 
有的像嗡嗡的蚊蝇声，
yǒu de xiànɡ mí lù de xiǎo niú dú fā chū de jiào shēnɡ。 
有的像迷路的小牛犊发出的叫声。
zhè shí hòu，zhè tóu niú cái xiànɡ tū rán mínɡ bái le shén me sì de， 
这时候，这头牛才像突然明白了什么似的，
yáo yáo wěi bā，shù qǐ ěr duǒ tīnɡ le qǐ lái。
摇摇尾巴，竖起耳朵听了起来。