Hi, ladies!!
Last night my daughters and I did a bean-throwing ceremony, mamemaki, as we do on setsubun day every year. They are always eager to do such a ceremony, and do an oni part in turns. I can recall a humorous day. Several years ago, elder daughter turned the light, put a mask on her face, and acted oni so seriously that her sister was completely terrified at the scene…funny, isn’t it? I wonder how many years do they have to enjoy these ceremonies.
I can feel a hint of spring day by day. I wish spring comes early.
See you next, Bye!
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Hi, ladies!!!
It’s Wednesday, February 4, 2009, today. Another beautiful day in Sydney. I have been overindulged in lovely weather since I got here in Sydney.
It is delightful to hear that your daughters enjoyed bean-throwing last night, Cherry. It’s a traditional joyful play performed on Setsubun day when we begin to see and feel a sign of spring here and there. Maybe at Nagoya Castle the plum trees bear a lot of blossoms, don’t they? Daphne blossoms will be in full bloom before long and the luscious fragrance will go around in the air. Oh, spring is just around the corner, my precious friends, although perhaps it is still freezing cold day in and day out.
Alice, thank you so much for discovering that more than 30 Japanese university libraries hold a copy of the book. My understanding was that Japanese uni. library did not hold any, and so I was wondering why Ms. K. F. was planning to go to Ocha Uni. trying to get a copy of the chapter. Now I know why she remarked she would go there. (Probably I was half asleep due to exhaustion from everyday babysitting when I was trying to find out which uni. held one on the net.) Thanks to your assistance, Alice, the puzzle has been solved.
My daughter has become more and more sociable and active since she got two kids. Today she went to a western suburb to visit a friend who gave birth a week ago and tomorrow will go to a northern suburb to meet several friends for chatting.
Her nature is very different from mine, and sometimes it’s hard to understand what she is doing. I suppose she is an extraordinarily extrovert woman of today. Probably she does not know how to get stressed out… (No sooner had she and Yujin got home at around 5 than she stared to make chirashi-zushi, at the same time feeding him some udon noodles she had prepared for him before she went out this morning. Me? I was babysitting Kenjin, who started to say something (which of course we do not understand) and smile more often than before.)
My daughter-in-law in Ohita is a rather quiet and traditional type. She is more understandable to me most of the time and easier to get along with, sometimes.
It is almost time to go to bed, my precious friends. I really hope you are feeling great and having an enjoyable time. Goodnight to you all…
Hi, friends!
Calendar says that today is the starting day of spring, but everybody knows it isn’t true and believes that actually now is the coldest season in a year. This year, however, reality has betrayed our usual expectation. Today is really a warm day like real spring has come. I wonder if this unseasonable warmth has resulted from the Global Warming. Anyway, be careful not to catch the flue, my dear friends.
Last night I watched an interesting TV program, “Bakusho Mondai”, which picked up the deep relations between languages and a human brain. Human is the only one creature to use language. Other animals sometimes use noise or sound, roaring, crying or twittering etc. But commentator said an interesting his opinion. The animals and birds have abilities to understand each other without words. Human, sometimes can’t understand each other in spite of huge amount of exchanging verbal communication. We are often thrown into confusion, grasped by a lot of words. He also said the silent films of Chaplin seemed to be more impressive and talkative than talkie movies of him. I understand what he wanted to say. Whenever I make sentences, I always feel something wrong, just like that is a little different from what I really want to say.
Now, I’ll stop this here, today. Good night, my precious friends.
Hi, ladies!!!
It’s Thursday, February 5, 2009, today. We have been also blessed with lovely weather today here in Sydney. Also today’s balmy weather made me so sleepy and I dozed off while babysitting Kenjin. Alas…
I didn’t bring any of my research documents, materials or books to Sydney since I had already packed my bags with gifts for my daughter and her families so that there was no room for even a sheet of paper. But I regret that I did not bring any, because I missed my research so much.
A definite article and indefinite articles are one of the most intriguing grammatical fields to me. To be honest with you, I have more interest in the definite article, since it is more mysterious than the indefinite articles.
The other day I found the following explanation in the site Articles, Determiners, and Quantifiers.
Do you agree with this explanation?
Do you like this explanation?
The is required when the noun it refers to represents something in the abstract:
The United States has encouraged the use of the private automobile as opposed to the use of public transit.
the use/the private automobile
the use
The above are the abstract the.
It’s getting late, and so I will go to bed now, my precious friends. Goodnight to you all.
Dear Plum
Good evening.
Thank you for reminding us of the importance of the use of the article.
Does this explanation mean if a normal noun is prefixed with an article it becomes an abstruct noun?
Does this explain why "public transit" doesn't have "the" while private automobile has one?
A bit confusing.
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