20 Japanese Short Stories for Travelers and Learners Read Japanese Mystery Stories for Beginners
20 Japanese Short Stories for Travelers and Learners Read Japanese Mystery Stories for BeginnersLearning Japanese is hard and everyone says so. But not with this book. Whether you're just starting out or are already familiar with the Japanese language, this book will help you with expanding your Japanese vocabulary and improve your reading skills while having fun.This book inludes a collection of 20 entertaining and culturally relevant Japanese short stories for beginners and intermediate Japanese learners. All the stories are written in Hiragana, Katakana, and about 250 basic Kanji characters which correspond to the advanced beginner and low intermediate level student. The stories also come with Furigana. Each story is followed by a line-by-line English translation which will certainly speed up the learning process quite a bit.This book also includes a Japanese reading guide that explains the basics of the language and its characters. You get many practical examples on how to read the characters and you can also use this book as a language learning tool or Japanese textbook to advance with your Japanese skills at your own pace. This is a book for Japanese-language practice that will not only improve your reading skills but will certainly entertain you!
Japanese Kana Word Search
These engaging kana puzzles are fun for every Japanese skill level, whether you're learning hiragana and katakana for the first time or fluent in Japanese.These puzzles feature over 900+ essential Japanese words that are most commonly written as hiragana and katakana and found in manga, newspapers, television dramas, and more. With a convenient chart of all hiragana and katakana characters included and a complete list of all 980 vocabulary words used in the puzzles, Japanese Kana Word Search doubles as a fun and valuable educational resource that can be referenced again and again.Japanese Kana Word Search is a new and exciting way to learn Hiragana and Katakana. Begin the search today!
50 Japanese Stories for Beginners Read Entertaining Japanese Stories to Improve Your Vocabulary and Learn Japanese While Having Fun
LearningJapaneseishard and everyone says so. But not with this Japanese book. Whether you're a just starting out or are already familiar with the Japanese language, this book will help you with expanding your Japanese vocabulary and improve your reading skills while having fun. Here you have 50 entertaining and culturally interesting Japanese short stories for beginners and intermediate Japanese learners.(eau. manga) The Japanese stories are written in Hiragana, Katakana, and about 250 basic Kanji characters which correspond to the advanced beginner and low intermediate levels. At the end of this book you can download the stories with Furigana. The stories are followed by line-by-line English translation, which will certainly speed up the the learning process quite a bit. This book also includes a reading guide that explains the basics of the Japanese language and its characters. You get many practical examples on how to read the characters and you can also use this book as a language learning tool or Japanese text book to advance with your Japanese skills at your own pace. 1. The Tokyo Fish Market 2. Buddhism in Japan 3. Lost in Tokyo 4. Teaching in Japan 5. Karaoke Japanese Style 6. Saving Face 7. Faux Pas in the Restaurant 8. Just a Couple of Drinks 9. Humour Is if You Still Laugh 10. A Special Geisha 11. A Happy Marriage 12. Under the Lamp Post 13. Group Learning 14. I Marry My Office 15. Dialogue - Today We Have Rabbit 16. Dialogue - Dining European Style 17. The Tourist Guide 18. Inexpensive Shopping in Japan 19. Born in Michigan 20. Easter 21. Foreigners in Britain 22. Kindness 23. My Hobbies 24. Studying Abroad 25. A New Recipe 26. Social Media 27. Vegan Food 28. Bad Luck 29. Our Hotel 30. In the Theatre 31. Dialogue - Where is Our Cat? 32. A Special Public Swimming Pool 33. On Fridays We Go Swimming 35. Best Friends 36. The Order 37. Food Poisoning 38. New Year's Eve in Europe 39. The Circus 40. The Car Accident 41. A Japanese in Munich Japanese Short Stories for Intermediate Learners 42. The Polish Maid 43. Americans in Germany 44. The Treasure in the Forest 45. The Barbecue Evening 46. How to Find a Billionaire on a Cruise Trip 47. Crowdfunding for a New Kitchen 48. A very Catholic Irish Family 49. I Meet You in the Sauna 50. Classic Story: The Legend of Princess Kaguya
The Routledge Handbook of Korean as a Second Language
The Routledge Handbook of Korean as a Second Language aims to define the field, and to present latest research in Korean as a Second Language (KSL).
? k穫a! Noel đến rồi! Christmas is here!
Mỗi năm T繫m đều muốn c籀 rất nhiều qu? từ 繫ng gi? Noel. Năm nay cũng kh繫ng l? ngoại lệ. Tuy nhi礙n, khi nhận được qu? T繫m đ瓊 thay đổi 羸 định v? cho hết những m籀n qu? của m穫nh. C獺c bạn c籀 biết v穫 sao kh繫ng? Ch繳ng ta h瓊y c羅ng đọc c璽u chuyện n?y để biết l羸 do tại sao T繫m l?m như thế nh矇 ! Every year Tom wants a lot of presents for Christmas. This year is no different. He wished for a lot of things and wrote many letters to Santa. But when he received his presents Tom suddenly changed his mind and gave them all away. Do you know why? Let's read this story and find out! Bilingual book in Vietnamese-English. A fun book for kids who love cars, trucks, and Santa.
Arabic For Beginners
Do you know the number one frustrating challenge that Arabic beginners face at the beginning of their Arabic language quest?That's right. Its vocabulary. Acquiring vocabulary is a dreading phase for any beginner, and people generally struggle to grow their vocabulary. They see it as a straining and extensive period which never seems to end.Did you know that, according to some reliable publications, the human brain is more likely to remember information stored in stories than "hard facts" information, i.e. boring textbooks? This is because our brain is programmed to recognize patterns of information (i.e. a plot in a story). Arabic and other languages require you to have a decent amount of vocabulary for you to be able to communicate effectively.The thing is, though, most people totally complicate this process of acquiring vocabulary. Are you tired of constantly writing down large vocabulary lists and memorizing them with no sense of direction? Do you hate the mere thought of having to open your textbook and highlight random words that you will probably never use?As the old saying goes, "I've been there and done that". But not to worry, though, this book has hundreds of vocabulary words that are useful and relevant. I have used them in a fun and engaging way. The stories have been crafted to enable the reader to take in the vocabulary and use it in context for themselves.When you purchase this book, you will get: Fifty short stories in Arabic and translated into English.Arabic text that is vowelized, making it very easy for a beginner to follow along.Some crucial tips for reading texts for language learners.How to properly benefit from stories when it comes to learning a language.Access to hundreds of new vocabulary words.
Arabic made easy
What if I told you that you could be fluent in Arabic in just 12 months?Many people, you see, are easily deterred from beginning their Arabic language adventure. They believe the language is difficult and perplexing. What if I told you that with the right methods, guidance, and mentorship, it's a lot easier than you think?For many years, I was in your shoes, believing that I would never be able to learn Arabic and that the language was simply above my capabilities. Then I discovered a three-stage approach that allowed me to learn Arabic in as little as 12 months!Is that it?Yes! Because, as humans, we have a tendency for overcomplicating things - the truth is that we can learn any language and achieve 95 percent fluency with just 2,500 words. You can't read Arabic texts not because you don't know any of the technical grammatical rules; rather, you don't understand any of the words!To put it another way, Arabic is all about context. It's pointless to memorize a long list of vocabulary without using it to make meaningful sentences. This audiobook will not only teach the three-stage process of learning Arabic, but it will also include the following: Provide you with 100 basic verbs that any beginner must know, fully conjugated, along with how to use them in sentences and different contexts (three examples for each verb).Provide you with the best memorization techniques for Arabic vocabulary.What to study, where to study, and how to study.A beginner's guide on how to read and write, in as little as two weeks.That's not all you'll hear about, so I encourage you to start listening today! What are you waiting for?
Reading & Writing Japanese: A Workbook for Self-Study
The easy way to learn the Japanese writing system! In this beginner's workbook, students of Japanese will learn to read and write the Hiragana and Katakana alphabets, as well as 50 basic Kanji characters. A step-by-step approach moves from tracing letters to reading and writing complete words quickly and effectively. This book gives you all the tools you need to learn to pronounce, read and write Japanese: A thorough overview of the hiragana and katakana alphabets.Audio recordings to improve your pronunciation and comprehension.A step-by-step approach to writing words and then sentences.Practice exercises featuring everyday activities and situations.An introduction to 50 key kanji characters.Free downloadable flash cards to aid memorization of the characters.Instead of dealing with separate Hiragana and Katakana workbooks, as is common, this comprehensive guide provides an efficient way to learn both with the help of one book.
The Magic Fez
The life of Ahmed, homeless and hungry, suddenly changes when he finds a special fez that changes the way people see and treat him. But will it bring him happiness?The Tunisian Arabic Readers series offers intermediate learners (B1-B2) engaging stories to enhance vocabulary, comprehension, and overall fluency. Each of the five standalone books presents authentic language in context, making them a flexible tool for language development.Key Features: Vocalized Arabic Text with Tashkeel: Arabic text appears on even-numbered pages with diacritics to support accurate pronunciation and reading.Parallel English Translations: Facing odd-numbered pages provide English translations to aid understanding of new words and expressions.Unvocalized Arabic Text: A version of the text without diacritics or translations is included at the back of the book for advanced reading practice.Comprehension Questions: Each story includes 20 questions with sample answers and English translations to reinforce understanding.Sequencing Exercises: Activities to help review the story by arranging key events in the correct order.Includes Access to Audio Recordings: Enhance your learning experience by accessing the accompanying audio recordings, which can be downloaded or streamed from the Lingualism website. These recordings are designed to complement the stories, aiding in the development of listening skills and accurate pronunciation. (Timestamps in the books help you find your place in the audio.)
My Dad, the Soccer Star
Karim is excited that he'll finally get to see his father, Moez, play soccer in a father-son tournament at school. But, for some reason, Moez seems less enthusiastic.The Tunisian Arabic Readers series offers intermediate learners (B1-B2) engaging stories to enhance vocabulary, comprehension, and overall fluency. Each of the five standalone books presents authentic language in context, making them a flexible tool for language development.Key Features: Vocalized Arabic Text with Tashkeel: Arabic text appears on even-numbered pages with diacritics to support accurate pronunciation and reading.Parallel English Translations: Facing odd-numbered pages provide English translations to aid understanding of new words and expressions.Unvocalized Arabic Text: A version of the text without diacritics or translations is included at the back of the book for advanced reading practice.Comprehension Questions: Each story includes 20 questions with sample answers and English translations to reinforce understanding.Sequencing Exercises: Activities to help review the story by arranging key events in the correct order.Includes Access to Audio Recordings: Enhance your learning experience by accessing the accompanying audio recordings, which can be downloaded or streamed from the Lingualism website. These recordings are designed to complement the stories, aiding in the development of listening skills and accurate pronunciation. (Timestamps in the books help you find your place in the audio.)
Alone on the Mountain
On a hunting trip with his father, Walid ends up lost and alone. As he is stalked by a wolf, he contemplates his fate and wonders if he'll make it through the night.The Tunisian Arabic Readers series offers intermediate learners (B1-B2) engaging stories to enhance vocabulary, comprehension, and overall fluency. Each of the five standalone books presents authentic language in context, making them a flexible tool for language development.Key Features: Vocalized Arabic Text with Tashkeel: Arabic text appears on even-numbered pages with diacritics to support accurate pronunciation and reading.Parallel English Translations: Facing odd-numbered pages provide English translations to aid understanding of new words and expressions.Unvocalized Arabic Text: A version of the text without diacritics or translations is included at the back of the book for advanced reading practice.Comprehension Questions: Each story includes 20 questions with sample answers and English translations to reinforce understanding.Sequencing Exercises: Activities to help review the story by arranging key events in the correct order.Includes Access to Audio Recordings: Enhance your learning experience by accessing the accompanying audio recordings, which can be downloaded or streamed from the Lingualism website. These recordings are designed to complement the stories, aiding in the development of listening skills and accurate pronunciation. (Timestamps in the books help you find your place in the audio.)
Is There Still Good in the World?
Today is the most important day of Somayya's life. But she soon loses her faith in humanity when everything starts to go wrong and asks herself, "Is there still good in the world?"The Tunisian Arabic Readers series offers intermediate learners (B1-B2) engaging stories to enhance vocabulary, comprehension, and overall fluency. Each of the five standalone books presents authentic language in context, making them a flexible tool for language development.Key Features: Vocalized Arabic Text with Tashkeel: Arabic text appears on even-numbered pages with diacritics to support accurate pronunciation and reading.Parallel English Translations: Facing odd-numbered pages provide English translations to aid understanding of new words and expressions.Unvocalized Arabic Text: A version of the text without diacritics or translations is included at the back of the book for advanced reading practice.Comprehension Questions: Each story includes 20 questions with sample answers and English translations to reinforce understanding.Sequencing Exercises: Activities to help review the story by arranging key events in the correct order.Includes Access to Audio Recordings: Enhance your learning experience by accessing the accompanying audio recordings, which can be downloaded or streamed from the Lingualism website. These recordings are designed to complement the stories, aiding in the development of listening skills and accurate pronunciation. (Timestamps in the books help you find your place in the audio.)
Love Exists Only in Books
Mariam hopes to marry for love, but her mother urges her to be more practical because 'love exists only in books.' But life doesn't always go according to plan.The Tunisian Arabic Readers series offers intermediate learners (B1-B2) engaging stories to enhance vocabulary, comprehension, and overall fluency. Each of the five standalone books presents authentic language in context, making them a flexible tool for language development.Key Features: Vocalized Arabic Text with Tashkeel: Arabic text appears on even-numbered pages with diacritics to support accurate pronunciation and reading.Parallel English Translations: Facing odd-numbered pages provide English translations to aid understanding of new words and expressions.Unvocalized Arabic Text: A version of the text without diacritics or translations is included at the back of the book for advanced reading practice.Comprehension Questions: Each story includes 20 questions with sample answers and English translations to reinforce understanding.Sequencing Exercises: Activities to help review the story by arranging key events in the correct order.Includes Access to Audio Recordings: Enhance your learning experience by accessing the accompanying audio recordings, which can be downloaded or streamed from the Lingualism website. These recordings are designed to complement the stories, aiding in the development of listening skills and accurate pronunciation. (Timestamps in the books help you find your place in the audio.)
Japanese Short Stories for Beginners
Looking to step up your Japanese before that big trip next year? Are you getting prepared for an interview with a recruiter in Tokyo? Maybe you're tired of reading the subtitles on the latest anime! This is the book for you. No language is easy to learn without reading - even if you know all of the rules and have watched the videos - you'll still have trouble. Diving into interesting material (such as stories) can be the difference between mastering a language and never leaving the basic level. For this reason, we have created another Japanese Short Stories for Beginners title to ensure you can acquire even more learning in this wonderful language that has opened up so many doors for hobbyists, professionals and travelers alike! Gain vocabulary that will help you better enjoy your shows and video games, meet interesting people and even land you the Japanese job of your dreams with our twenty easy-to-read and entertaining new stories! How Japanese Short Stories for Beginners works: - The book consists of twenty chapters: each with a funny, interesting and/or thought-provoking story based on real-life situations, allowing you to learn a lot about the culture.- Having trouble understanding Japanese characters at first glance? No problem - we provide you with an alternative chapter layout that contains the English translation below each paragraph, allowing you to fully grasp what you're reading!- The summaries follow each story - a synopsis in Japanese and in English of what you just read, both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about. Use them if you're having trouble.- At the end of those summaries, you'll be provided with lists of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson, as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance! Don't get lost trying to understand or pronounce it all, either, as all of the vocabulary words are Romanized for your ease of learning and pronunciation!- Finally, you'll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Japanese, allowing you the chance to prove that you learned something in the story. Whether it's true or false, or if you're doing the single-answer questions, don't worry if you don't know how to solve them - we will provide the answers immediately after, but no cheating!You are closer than ever to mastering the Japanese language - with these stories, you will breeze through the beginner level of Japanese like you were born to learn it!Pick up your copy of Japanese Short Stories for Beginners and level up your Japanese language learning right now!
The Journey to the West, Books 19, 20 and 21
This book contains the full text of the 19th, 20th and 21st stories in our Journey to the West series for people learning to read Chinese. The three stories told here are unchanged from our original versions except for minor editing and reformatting.In The Angry Monkey, the Buddhist monk Tangseng has harsh words for his eldest disciple, the monkey king Sun Wukong. This argument leads to a case of mistaken identity and an earthshaking battle across heaven and the underworld. In The Burning Mountain, the travelers' path is blocked by a huge blazing mountain. They learn that Sun Wukong himself caused the fire five centuries earlier, and the travelers must discover how to extinguish the blaze so they can continue their journey. And in The Rain of Blood, An evil rainstorm of blood covers a city and defiles a beautiful Buddhist monastery. Tangseng and his disciples find two fish-demons drinking wine and gambling in the top floor of the monastery's pagoda. This leads to an epic underwater confrontation with their boss, a powerful dragon king. The stories are written, as much as possible, using the 1200 word vocabulary of HSK4 plus several hundred additional words introduced in these books and earlier books in the series. They are presented in Simplified Chinese characters and pinyin, and include an English version and complete glossary. Free audio versions are available for free on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on our website, www.imagin8press.com.
An Introduction to Aramaic
An Introduction to Aramaic is a straightforward introduction to biblical Aramaic for beginning students who are already familiar with Hebrew. All Aramaic passages in the Old Testament are included, along with an introduction to other Aramaic texts, such as ancient inscriptions, Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic literature, and quotations in the New Testament. There are also paradigms, a complete glossary, and a list of resources for further study as well as practice exercises for each chapter. This newly corrected second edition clarifies certain points in the first edition, updates the contents, and provides an answer key.
社会视角 Social Perspective
Social Perspective is a course set over one academic year for intermediate learners of Chinese. In two volumes, it focuses on developing learners' language competency to a high advanced plus/advanced level (ACTFL/CEFR B2-C1) through exploring social issues in contemporary China. The textbook draws upon the discussion of a wide range of current social issues in China to provide students with a real-life background to increase their debating and written skills. Volume II explores six topics: demographic issues, 'love' and 'sex', technology, medical care, the economy and education. The textbook is written in fluent, accurate and high-quality Chinese language which is conveniently broken down to highlight all the important language elements (expressions, vocabulary, phrases and grammar). This course will equip students with language production capability at an advanced level and prepare students for the transition from academic study to employment. Each lesson includes a wide range of language drills and exercises designed to quickly improve learners' oral expression and conceptual understanding through group discussions, essays, presentations, bidirectional translation and critical reflection. Online resources such as lesson text audio, videos, independent learning resources and supplementary reading material are also included at [URL].Written by a team of highly experienced teachers, Social Perspective is the ideal course to progress intermediate students to an advanced level. Academics and researchers with an interest in Chinese contemporary social issues will also find this a useful tool for further language study.
An Analytical Chinese-English Dictionary
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Late Archaic Chinese
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Speak Cantonese; 1
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Speak Cantonese; 1
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Japanese Reading for Beginners; 3
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Chinese Syntax Tree Diagram
Some people say that Chinese does not have grammar, as a Chinese word may be a noun, a verb, an adjective or an adverb in many cases without conjugation, inflection, derivation nor even the preposition. However, Chinese syntax has many similarities with English as an isolating language, whose word order is more obligatory than inflected or agglutinative languages. Moreover, because of the ideograph, which expresses a morpheme indifferent of the parts of speech, the word order is stricter than English. Chinese words are fundamentally monosyllabic, the same as English original words such as "head", "arm", "go", "come". Being monosyllabic, the verb may combine easily and even a short sentence may be more complex than in English. In this work, we try to verify the hypothesis that though the grammar varies, every human language is based on the universal sentence structure restricted by the space-time cognition.
Englisi Farsi Persian Books Musical Instruments ?l獺te M繳s穩gh穩
Learn Persian / Learn FarsiDo you love playing a musical instrument but never know what it is in Persian?From Piano, Persian Drums, Persian guitar to Singing.Learn how to say the Musical instruments in Persian, English and Finglisi (TM)️ Musical Instruments �� (30 internal pages)Englisi Farsi was born out of necessity. An Iranian Australian mother set on embracing her rich Persian heritage.Created with love [e'shgh] for the Iranian diaspora. These books are designed to make learning Persian [F獺rs穩] fun, interactive and relevant for the needs of Iranian families today.Covering a wide variety of topics, they are an ideal platform to engage & inspire young minds. Growing up speaking and understanding Persian, but never lived in Iran?Want to Learn Persian but don't know how to read the Persian / Farsi letters? Drawing on the English alphabet, we use phonetic transliteration and systematic guidelines to help families pass on their Iranian Heritage using simple user guides and charts. We include Persian, English as well as Finglisi so that you can learn the Persian / Farsi Alphabet as you read. Asb = اَسب = horse آ = A س = S ب = Ba = ant s = sun b = bat Expand your Persian / Farsi vocabulary with these simple, colourful & effective Persian books designed to bring all generations of family members closer together. Persian in English. To cater to the next generation of multi-lingual and multi-national families the Englisi Farsi bilingual book series are a practical learning tool for 2nd generation Iranians seeking to bring alive the Persian languageThese engaging picture books and flash cards will expand their Persian vocabulary.Englisi Farsi Persian Books are unique as they include: Persian, English as well as phonetic Persian (what we like to call Finglisi(TM))All our books include Persian writing, Phonetic English & English Words to help simplify Persian for you and your Iranian family.
Tahrir Square
It's 2011 and Egypt is ripe for change. Hopeful citizens are pouring into the streets. Mariam, an aspiring journalist, finds herself in the center of the excitement, in Tahrir Square, on a fateful day in January.The Modern Standard Arabic Readers series offers intermediate learners (B1-B2) engaging stories to enhance vocabulary, comprehension, and overall fluency. Each of the 35 standalone books presents authentic language in context, making them a flexible tool for language development.Key Features: Fully Vocalized Arabic Text with Tashkeel: Arabic text appears on even-numbered pages with diacritics to support accurate pronunciation and reading.Parallel English Translations: Facing odd-numbered pages provide English translations to aid understanding of new words and expressions.Unvocalized Arabic Text: A version of the text without diacritics or translations is included at the back of the book for advanced reading practice.Comprehension Questions: Each story includes 20 questions with sample answers and English translations to reinforce understanding.Sequencing Exercises: Activities to help review the story by arranging key events in the correct order.Includes Access to Audio Recordings: Enhance your learning experience by accessing the accompanying audio recordings, which can be downloaded or streamed from the Lingualism website. These recordings are designed to complement the stories, aiding in the development of listening skills and accurate pronunciation.
Learn Japanese with Stories Volume 10 Urashima Tarou
READ real Japanese Today! By choosing short stories, the intimidation factor is greatly reduced. Not only that, but we divide the story up into tiny, easy-to-swallow segments with complete explanations to give you confidence as you read real Japanese page by page.Urashima Tarou is one of Japan's oldest folk tales, the beginning of which dates back to the 8th century. The Young Man who Slept Three Years sort of rewards laziness and Hanasaki Jiisan definitely rewards kindness. The stories were chosen because they are short, easy to understand, and reveal something about Japanese culture.Perfect for upper beginner level students of Japanese.BONUS! Get FREE MP3s of the story read by a native Japanese voice actress, one read at normal speed and one read slowly. Listen while reading. The link to the MP3s is found on the last page.EXTRA BONUS! Included with the MP3s, are PDFs of all the vocabulary and grammar points. Feel free to print these out to use while reading.Now with Furigana! All our readers now have furigana in both the paperback and Kindle versions. Furigana is the small hiragana over the kanji--most devices support this feature.Have you studied for a year or two but just don't feel like you are progressing? This book is for you too. We suggest reading the Japanese only section first (includes furigana) and then go through the line-by-line running gloss section to cement understanding and learn vocabulary.* All Japanese have furigana (printed version and Kindle version on supported devices (all new devices)) and romaji for those starting out. * Three complete Japanese short stories. Each story is presented in three unique ways.* The Young Man who Slept for Three Years: A traditional Japanese folk tale * Hanasaka Jiisan: Being kind-hearted is always best* Urashima Tarou: A journey under water and through time* GLOSS: Read the story with a running gloss-understand completely. Every sentence is broken down word-for-word and with English explanation of the grammar.* GRAMMAR: Grammar notes are presented with the running gloss.* JAPANESE ONLY: The full story in Japanese only (without the running gloss) is also provided so you can practice reading without interruption.* ENGLISH SUMMARY: Finally, we have included a simple and mostly literal English translation for you to check your understanding (Don't cheat! Work through the Japanese first!).* Short stories makes reading full Japanese texts possible.* Download the FREE MP3s to listen while you study.Finally, we invite the reader to contact us with questions or requests for future Japanese readers. You will find our personal email addresses in the book. To your Japanese!What are you waiting for? Ninja up your Japanese. Click "Buy Now" now!
Hedgepig and Little Bird
Two curious creatures set off on a perilous journey to reunite a little bird with his mother. Along the way, the two new friends cross paths with animals of many shapes and sizes. Some of these animals are helpful. Others are hungry!This wonderful little story for beginning Chinese students is written with a vocabulary of just 260 Chinese words. Each page of Simplified Chinese also includes pinyin (phonetic spelling) and English. A complete glossary is in the back of the bookYou can listen to this book for free on YouTube. You can also download a free audiobook from www.imagin8press.com.
The Burning Mountain
As the monk Tangseng and his three disciples travel west, they find their path blocked by a huge blazing mountain eight hundred miles wide. Tangseng refuses to go around it, so his senior disciple, the monkey king Sun Wukong, must discover why the mountain is on fire and how they can cross it. He soon learns that he himself caused the mountain to ignite five centuries earlier. But finding out how to extinguish the blaze is a far more difficult and dangerous task...This is the 20th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 59 through 61 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood.The first 20 books in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 1800 different Chinese words, but only 834 are used in this book. All new words are defined on the page where they are first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.
The Journey to the West, Books 16, 17 and 18
This book contains the full text of the 16th, 17th and 18th stories in the Journey to the West series for people learning to read Chinese. The three stories told here are unchanged from our original versions except for minor editing and reformatting.In The Great Demon King, the Buddhist monk Tangseng and his disciples meet and try to outwit and overpower a demon who demands two human sacrifices each year. In The Thieves, Sun Wukong steals rice from an elderly villager and the pig-man Zhu takes three silk vests from a seemingly abandoned tower. These small crimes trigger a violent confrontation with a powerful monster. And in The Country of Women, the four travelers run into difficulties and temptations in a nation of women and girls. First, the monk Tangseng and his disciple Zhu become pregnant after drinking from the Mother and Child River. Later, the nation's queen meets Tangseng and pressures him to marry her. He barely escapes that fate, only to be kidnapped by a powerful female demon who takes him to her cave and tries to seduce him. The travelers must use all their tricks and strength to escape.The stories are written, as much as possible, using the 1200-word vocabulary of HSK4 plus several hundred additional words introduced in these books and earlier books in the series. It is presented in Simplified Chinese characters and pinyin, and includes an English version and complete glossary. Free audiobooks are available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel, and on our website, www.imagin8press.com.
How Much Is the Fish?
This book is specifically in Lebanese ArabicMuhammad feels that the whole world is standing against him, even his wife. His principles seem to work to his disadvantage. Does he need to lie and cheat to find true success?The Levantine Arabic Readers series aims to provide learners with much-needed exposure to authentic language. The fifteen books in the series are at a similar level (B1-B2) and can be read in any order. The stories are a fun and flexible tool for building vocabulary, improving language skills, and developing overall fluency.The main text is presented on left-facing pages with tashkeel (diacritics) to aid in reading, while parallel English translations on right-facing pages are there to help you better understand new words and idioms. A second version of the text is given at the back of the book, without the distraction of tashkeel and translations, for those who are up to the challenge.On the Lingualism website, you can find: access to accompanying audio to download or stream (at variable playback rates)a guide to the Lingualism orthographic (spelling and tashkeel) systema blog with tips on using our Levantine Arabic readers to learn effectively
Mulan, Woman Warrior (Full Color Version)
The story of Mulan, the young girl who joins the army to save her family and her country, is at least 1500 years old. Over the centuries, it has inspired dozens of poems, plays, novels, songs, and more recently, graphic novels, TV shows and films. The details of the story vary, but the core is always the same: a young girl living with her family in a small Chinese village learns that the army requires each family to contribute one man to fight invaders from the North. To save her elderly father she disguises herself as a young man and enlists in the army; she excels at fighting, strategy and leadership and rises through the ranks; the war ends successfully; she is recognized as a hero and is offered rewards by the Emperor; she declines the rewards and humbly chooses to return to her family and take up the traditional life of a village woman.This wonderful little book consists of just 30 six-line verses, and lets beginning students enjoy a great story while also learning to read Simplified Chinese. It is written in a 240-word vocabulary using fewer than 300 different characters. Proper nouns are underlined, and new words that are not in the HSK3 standard vocabulary are defined on the page where they first appear. Each page of Chinese also contains a pinyin (romanized spelling) version and an English translation. The pinyin is also useful for looking up word definitions in the glossary. A complete audiobook version is available free on YouTube and can also be downloaded from the Imagin8 Press website.
Let’s go fishing 我们去钓鱼
Illustrated colourfully book about going on a fishing trip.
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Japanese in Thirty Hours
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The Cantonese Made Easy Vocabulary; a Small Dictionary in English and Cantonese, Containing Words and Phrases Used in the Spoken Language, With the Classifiers Indicated for Each Noun, and Definitions
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A Grammar of the Arabic Language, Translated From the German of Caspari, and Edited With Numerous Additions and Corrections, 3rd Ed.
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How to Write Chinese
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Progressive Lessons in the Chinese Spoken Language, With Lists of Common Words and Phrases, and an Appendix Containing the Laws of Tones in the Peking Dialect ...
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Cantonese Made Easy
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Analysis of Chinese Characters
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The Languages of China Before the Chinese, Researches on the Languages Spoken by the Pre-Chinese Races of China Proper Previously to the Chinese Occupation
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50 Japanese Short Stories for Beginners Read Entertaining Japanese Stories to Improve Your Vocabulary and Learn Japanese While Having Fun
50 Japanese Short Stories for Beginners Read Entertaining Japanese Stories to Improve Your Vocabulary and Learn Japanese While Having FunLearning Japanese is hard and everyone says so. But not with this Japanese book.Whether you're a just starting out or are already familiar with the Japanese language, this book will help you with expanding your Japanese vocabulary and improve your reading skills while having fun.This book contains 50 entertaining and culturally interesting Japanese short stories for beginners and intermediate Japanese learners. The Japanese stories are written in Hiragana, Katakana, and about 250 basic Kanji characters which correspond to the advanced beginner and low intermediate levels. All the stories include the Japanese reading aid Furigana. Each story is followed by a paragraph-by-paragraph English translation, which will certainly speed up the the learning process quite a bit. The book also includes a reading guide that explains the basics of the Japanese language and its characters. The reading guide includes many practical examples on how to read the characters, you can also use this book as a language learning tool or Japanese text book to advance with your Japanese skills at your own pace.Japanese Reading Guide - 1. The Tokyo Fish Market *** 2. Buddhism in Japan *** 3. Lost in Tokyo *** 4. Teaching in Japan *** 5. Karaoke Japanese Style *** 6. Saving Face *** 7. Faux Pas in the Restaurant *** 8. Just a Couple of Drinks *** 9. Humour Is if You Still Laugh *** 10. A Special Geisha *** 11. A Happy Marriage *** 12. Under the Lamp Post *** 13. Group Learning *** 14. I Marry My Office *** 15. Dialogue - Today We Have Rabbit *** 16. Dialogue - Dining European Style *** 17. The Tourist Guide *** 18. Inexpensive Shopping in Japan *** 19. Born in Michigan *** 20. Easter *** 21. Foreigners in Britain *** 22. Kindness *** 23. My Hobbies *** 24. Studying Abroad *** 25. A New Recipe *** 26. Social Media *** 27. Vegan Food *** 28. Bad Luck *** 29. Our Hotel *** 30. In the Theater *** 31. Dialogue - Where is Our Cat? *** 32. A Special Public Swimming Pool *** 33. On Fridays We Go Swimming *** 35. Best Friends *** 36. The Order *** 37. Food Poisoning *** 38. New Year's Eve in Europe *** 39. The Circus *** 40. The Car Accident *** 41. A Japanese in Munich *** Japanese Short Stories for Intermediate Learners *** 42. The Polish Maid *** 43. Americans in Germany *** 44. The Treasure in the Forest *** 45. The Barbecue Evening *** 46. How to Find a Billionaire on a Cruise Trip *** 47. Crowdfunding for a New Kitchen *** 48. A very Catholic Irish Family *** 49. I Meet You in the Sauna *** 50. Classic Story: The Legend of Princess Kaguya
Dialogue in Spoken Arabic (Part 1)
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Arabic Reading Lessons
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Handbook of English-Japanese Etymology /
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A Simplified Grammar of the Japanese Language (modern Written Style)
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