🔹 If you are interested in getting my latest linguistic gems, please consider becoming a premium subscriber here: https://www.patreon.com/join/yukikeiser I love my students’ questions. They often give me new perspectives and deeper insights on the subtleties of languages! Today, I want to share about the Japanese adjective “何気ない” (nanigenai), which I was recently asked about […]
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🇫🇷 French expression of the day🦆
« Un froid de canard » 🦆 🇺🇸 This French expression (literally “a cold of a duck”) means “freezing.” It comes from the migrating ducks that fly to the south on cold days in winter. 🔻🔻 « Ah non pas question, je ne sors pas ce soir, il fait un froid de canard ! » 🦆 🇯🇵 […]
🇫🇷 French quote of the day
« La terre nous en apprend plus long sur nous que tous les livres. Parce qu’elle nous résiste. L’homme se découvre quand il se mesure avec l’obstacle. » Saint-Exupéry Terre des hommes (1939) 🇺🇸 This is the opening of the book “Terre des hommes,” written by “The little prince” author Saint-Exupéry. It is based on his experience […]
🇺🇸 What great news! Legendary French film director and co-creator of la Nouvelle Vague, Jean-Luc Godard, has announced his plan to make two more films. At the age of 90! 🇫🇷 Mais quelle vitalité ! Le réalisateur Jean-Luc Godard, co-fondateur légendaire de la Nouvelle Vague, annonce dans une interview vouloir réaliser encore deux films, à […]
🇫🇷 Condamnation de Sarkozy
🇫🇷 La condamnation de Sarkozy est l’occasion de (re)lire « La haine » de Gérard Davet et de Fabrice Lhomme, journalistes au Monde. Livre sur la haine et les jalousies dans la droite française sous le quinquennat de Sarkozy: ça se dévore! 🇯🇵 禁錮3年を言い渡されて注目中のサルコジ元仏大統領について、この「ル・モンド」紙記者の本がお薦めです📚 右派政党の内紛やサルコジ含めて政治家の妬み嫉みも、関係者のインタビューとともに赤裸々に描かれています🔥
🏛 Latin quote of the day
Today, a quote about friendship: « Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur » – Ennius 🇯🇵不確かな状況で確かな友が見分けられる 🇫🇷C’est dans les situations incertaines que l’on reconnaît l’ami certain 🇺🇸A true friend is discerned in uncertainties 逆境でこそ本当の友が分かる、と🙏🏻❤️ C’est bien vrai!
🇯🇵 Linguistics – Emotions in Japanese
🔹If you are interested in getting my latest linguistic gems, please consider becoming a premium subscriber here: https://www.patreon.com/join/yukikeiser For this initial post, I want to give a brief introduction to the Japanese language, because its system and logic are very different from Indo-European languages. I will go over grammar topics in future posts, but first […]
🇯🇵 New social media trend in Japan
For about the last 2 weeks, the fairly new social media app “Clubhouse” has been all the rage for Japanese. With this invite-only, audio chatting app, you can listen to people’s conversations, like a podcast or an online conference, and the listeners may be allowed to participate too. It attracted some attention last year in […]
🇫🇷 French music scene
🇺🇸 When I was living in Europe in the 80’s and 90’s, French music wasn’t globally recognized or popular amongst my friends. The music scene was essentially commercial in style, “les variétés,” so if you were more into alternative music, there was not much to choose from. However in 1986, France passed a law that […]
🇫🇷 French literature about politeness
« Je ne voudrais point qu’on me crût assez fou pour prétendre ressusciter cette morte : la Politesse. Les miracles ne sont plus de notre temps et, pour toujours, je le crains bien, la politesse est enterrée côte à côte avec notre esprit légendaire. Mais je désire au moins faire l’autopsie de cette vieille urbanité française, si […]