Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Japanese is Hard....

こにちわ 、

Man, I feel like the more I study Japanese the hard the language gets. I am very much afraid of the up coming exam...hopefully I would not do terrible. The site Erich-san give me was extremely helpful in studying ひらがな 。 I hope I would improve in this course as the semster goes by and hopely I will get a 日本語 tutor. じゃまたあした

りさ

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Ahh

Wow, today has been a interesting day. The Japanese lab was so much fun, and the TA was very nice. Well, I want to introduce a Japanese Anime call Ouran High School Host Club, this show is so funny,Haruhi is a poor tomboyish student at a school for the ultra-wealthy, and was only able to attend because of a scholarship. She is even unable to afford the uniform. When one day she accidentally broke one of the vases that is own by the host club, since she is unable to pay for the damage she has to stay and do odd jobs for the club members. Not realizing she is a female they change her into a male's uniform and made her a host. Which she became a instant hit, even after they found out that she is a girl they decided to keep her and her identity as a girl to themselves...well here is eps 1: Enjoy! :) http://en.sevenload.com/videos/nVgdtA8-Ouran-High-School-Host-Club-Episode-1
-Lis

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Why Japanese?

The reasons why I chosen to study Japanese was because the culture and the language fascinate me. What really excited me about this class is the different characters that I would be able to learn, and be able to comprehend and pronounce. From the first two week of class, I felt that this language is even harder than learning Chinese, which to most people says a lot. In the first two weeks of class, I found that the pronounce of the characters are very difficult and the written part are not easy as well. I hope that by the end of the semester I would find that Hiragana less difficult.

Introduction

はじめまして。
わたしはりさです。
ちゅごくからきました。
Barnard だいがくのいちねんせい。
十八歳です。
せんこおはけいざいです。
よろしくおねがいします。