【北海道Hokkaido生活】
7月4日月曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/27℃ 

旭川市/あさひかわし
旭山動物園/あさひやまどうぶつえん
・去年12月にホッキョクグマの赤ちゃんが生まれた
・名前を募集したところ1547通の応募があった
・「ゆめ」という名前に決まった

［単語］
ホッキョクグマ/ほっきょくぐま…とても寒いところに住んでる白くて大きい動物。「しろくま」ともいう。
募集/ぼしゅう…人や物を集めること
通/つう…手紙の数え方
応募/おうぼ…募集している大学・会社などに申し込むこと

〈美和Miwa〉
日本語の先生
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北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#86〉7月4日月曜日　動物園のホッキョクグマ「ゆめ」

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There's so much more about Thai language and culture I'm excited to share with you!

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I = pŏm/chăn (ผม/ฉัน)

You = kun (คุณ)

Hungry = hĭw (หิว)

I’m hungry = pŏm/chăn hĭw (ผม/ฉัน หิว)

You’re hungry. = kun hĭw (คุณ หิว)

No, not = mâi (ไม่)

I’m not hungry = pŏm/chăn mâi hĭw (ผม/ฉัน ไม่ หิว)

You’re not hungry = kun mâi hĭw (คุณ ไม่ หิว)

Yes or No? = mái (มั้ย)

Are you hungry? = kun hĭw mái (คุณหิวมั้ย)

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Thai in 10! 

Thai in 10! (Part #1)

Vocabulario de expresiones sobre clima, grados celsius, un poco de historia y la "Semana Santa". 
Transcripción: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14ZdZXODWQga0sVhoWes7BWjUgflce52WmzCN-QTXXG8/edit?usp=sharing 

Inspirando a principiantes: Audios para nivel A2

El 21 de marzo inicia la primavera (Con transcripción)

 Flow Your Way to Fluency! 
Did you know that repetitive daily actions—walking, jogging, folding laundry, even mindful breathing—can supercharge your language learning? 

In Episode 89 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, I reveal how neuroscience shows that rhythm and repetition open up your memory, boost focus, and make fluency feel more natural. 

🚶 Walk your way to new words.
🎹 Play music and sharpen your accent.
🧺 Wash dishes while listening to dialogues.
🧘 Breathe deeply to calm your brain for grammar.

💬 Want to discover how to turn your routines into language practice? Listen to this week’s episode — and if you’d like personalized guidance, I’d love to walk this journey with you in class.

In Episode 89 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, I share how repetitive and automated activities—walking, jogging, practicing music, doing laundry, or simply breathing—help you learn a language more deeply. Science shows that repetitive tasks quiet the prefrontal cortex, free up working memory, and strengthen the hippocampus for better vocabulary and grammar retention. Movement, rhythm, and breath open the mind to fluency. In this episode, I guide you on how to weave language learning naturally into daily routines, turning life’s rhythms into powerful allies for memory, speaking, and listening.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 89 - How 🔁 Repetitive Activities🔁can help you learn a language

In this podcast you will find the  places to visit in Cartagena.

 Plaza de los Coches

Murallas

Barrio de Getsemaní

Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas.

Parque Bolívar

Remember that I also teach Spanish on italki, in case you want to book a class with me :)

Colombia

 Lugares para visitar en Cartagena

You've just gotten a new job! That means you'll be earning a bit more — so you go out to celebrate and buy yourself that nice car you've been looking at.

Or perhaps you've finally finished paying off your mortgage, so you let yourself eat at restaurants more often, and start getting a nicer coffee on the way to work every day.

Then you look at your bank account and wonder where all the money went!

Something called "lifestyle creep" might be to blame.

Lifestyle creep, also called "lifestyle inflation," is when you find yourself with some more money — for example, after getting a new job or paying off a mortgage — but then spend more as a result.

You find a new lifestyle creeping up on you like a monster from behind the sofa!

It's easy to do: you feel you've earned the right to enjoy yourself and treat yourself to some small luxuries.

But experts warn that this can quickly get in the way of your financial goals — if you're saving for retirement, for example.

And if you get used to the changes you've made to your lifestyle, you could even end up in a worse position than you were in before.

Of course, we all need to treat ourselves from time to time. But if you find you're not saving any more even as your income has increased, that may be a sign that you need to make a change, according to finance expert Robin Aiken.

The trick is to stick to a budget, even as you begin to earn more.

You can still enjoy nice things, says financial planner Paco de Leon, but try to avoid too much impulse buying — that's buying something without giving it much thought.

With some smart saving, you can make that extra income go a long way — and keep the monster behind the sofa!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Spend and Save: How to Beat 'Lifestyle Creep'

Anyone who is focused on growing and success will go through a phase where you leave your old self behind. As a result, you can no longer relate to your old friends. However, you are in that  phase wherein you are not fully developed  yet for your new friends.