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Spanish With Jas

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はい、こんにちは。今回はシーズン2の6回目です。2023年明けましておめでとうございます。１月１日の午前中、家の周りを散歩しました。去年の正月はとても静かでしたが、今年の正月はなんだか賑やかでした。家の周りの公園やカフェやレストランに外国人観光客がたくさんいたからです。日本では家や近所で正月を過ごす人が多いですが、他の国では海外旅行をする人が多いですね。私も海外旅行に行きたいですが、今の航空券の値段が高すぎて驚いています。

Hello. This is episode 6 of season 2 of my podcast. Happy New Year! I hope you all have a wonderful 2023. On the morning of 1 January, I took a walk around my neighbourhood. Last New Year's Day was very quiet, but this New Year's Day was somewhat lively. This is because there were many foreign tourists in the parks, cafés and restaurants nearby my house. In Japan, many people spend New Year's at home or in their neighbourhood, but in other countries, many people travel abroad. I would like to travel abroad too, but I am surprised at how expensive airline tickets are nowadays.

今日は日本語のアクセントについてお話ししたいと思います。例えば日本語では「箸」と「橋」の例が有名です。この二つの単語は「は」と「し」で出来ていますから、ひらがなで書くと全く同じです。読み方で意味の違いを表現します。「箸」のように「は」を「し」よりも高いピッチで発音すると、chopsticksの意味になります。もう一度発音します「箸」。そして、「橋」のように「は」を「し」よりも低いピッチで発音すると、bridgeの意味になります。もう一度発音します「橋」。箸を使って、寿司を食べます。ロンドンブリッジは有名な橋です

Today I would like to talk about pitch accent in Japanese. For example, the well-known examples in Japanese are ‘Hashi' (chopsticks) and ‘Hashi' (bridge). These two words are made up of 'ha' and 'shi', so when written in hiragana they are exactly the same. The way they are pronounced expresses the difference in meaning. If the 'ha' is pronounced with a higher pitch than the 'shi', as in 'Hashi', it means 'chopsticks'. Pronounce it again ‘Hashi' (chopsticks). And if you pronounce the 'ha' lower in pitch than the 'shi', as in 'Hashi', it means ‘bridge’. Pronounce it again, ‘Hashi' (bridge). Use ‘Hashi' (chopsticks) to eat sushi. London Bridge is a famous ‘Hashi' (bridge). 

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

S2 Ep6. 日本語のアクセント

Phonics Short I words with it, ix

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pit, hit, six, mix
I don't want six pits!

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Phonics Short Vowels

Phonics Short I words with it, ix

En este episodio te enseño algunas palabras del lunfardo

Porteña

Lunfardo Vol. 2.2

バリ島のショッピングモールでiPhoneを衝動買いしたことについて話しています。
これでスマホが３台になりました。管理が少し大変です😅
エピソードを聞き終わったらクイズにも挑戦してくださいね！

Manga, Anime, Gaming（にほんご）

#002 iPhoneを衝動買いしました (I was an impulse buy iPhone)

En este episodio escuchamos sobre la diversidad del español y la influencia de idiomas indígenas.

Español con Victor

01 Diverso español

Hi, and welcome to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. This novel centers around a colony of escaped lab rats, the rats of NIMH. They live in a technologically sophisticated and literate society mimicking that of humans. They come to the aid of Mrs. Frisby, a field mouse who seeks to protect her children and home from destruction by a farmer's plow.

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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 

Chapter 1 The Sickness of Timothy Frisby

Es tiempo de aprender a aceptarse tal y como uno es, escuchemos lo que le sucedió a Simona.

Audiocuentos 📖

La tortuga Simona 🐢

Did you know that we can use 'Not + a Superlative' to convey the opposite. In this episode, we discuss this commonly used expression in English.

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That's not the most efficient way to do it.
That's not the most original idea.
That's not the worst movie I've ever seen.

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