Wow, didn´t knew that you are linguistically talented
You both are right.
Ramadan is once a year and it´s so special because here you have the chance that Allah removes you sins. It´s also special because you see how much time you actually have a day and how much you are wasting. It also prevents you from doing bad thing in that time. Besides you get a view how poor people feel.
You see, there are a lot of thing to be happy about