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Monday, September 30, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
So Excited for the Rest of the Week!
こんいちは。
わたしの なまえは テッサ マイレンです。わたしは だいがくせえです。いちねんせえです。わたしのせんこうは、まだ わかりません。わたしは あめりかじんです。
3:30 P.M.
I know it's been a little while since I posted, but college is crazy! I'm so excited to be able to write even that small introduction. It may sound a little stilted but it's much better than I could do a week ago. I've been practicing faithfully everyday with a very cool program call "Anki." It's a wonderful flashcard system on the computer. I would suggest it for anyone who likes flashcards. I also purchased a few books on Japanese to (hopefully) supplement the class. Hopefully, I'll be this excited and energetic for the whole year. Maybe I'll check in with another post later today.
3:39 P.M.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Hiragana Frenzy
Friday, September 13, 2013 and Saturday, September 14, 2013
11:50 PM
こんばんは。
The week is over, it's friday, and instead of going out to the Quipfire! show, I'm in my dorm room studying hiragana. Before I knew it, the day was almost over and I have 45 hiragana memorized. I made flash cards (though I'm sure my drawings are terrible) and I've been going through them every few minutes. Right now I'm still using the mnemonics to remember them, but I feel like I'm getting closer and closer every time. Now that I know the hiragana, I think it'll be easier to prepare for the quiz and understand the different parts of the words. I'm so excited! By the time I've finished writing this, it's a new day.
おはようございます。
And now I go to bed.
12:16 AM
11:50 PM
こんばんは。
The week is over, it's friday, and instead of going out to the Quipfire! show, I'm in my dorm room studying hiragana. Before I knew it, the day was almost over and I have 45 hiragana memorized. I made flash cards (though I'm sure my drawings are terrible) and I've been going through them every few minutes. Right now I'm still using the mnemonics to remember them, but I feel like I'm getting closer and closer every time. Now that I know the hiragana, I think it'll be easier to prepare for the quiz and understand the different parts of the words. I'm so excited! By the time I've finished writing this, it's a new day.
おはようございます。
And now I go to bed.
12:16 AM
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Why Japanese?
Thursday, September 12, 2013
2:23 PM
こんにちは。
Some of the first television shows I watched as a kid were Japanese animes (translated into English, of course). I still enjoy watching anime and reading manga. For a good long while now, I've wanted to be able to understand the Japanese without having someone else translate it for me. So now I'm taking a Japanese class at Princeton University. Not just because of anime or manga, though. I'd like to learn more about the Japanese culture and perhaps be able to visit Japan someday. In past years, I've studied a little French and Latin, so I wanted to try something completely different as well. Those are a few of the reasons I chose to take Japanese.
Even though it has only been two days, Japanese 101 is one of my favorite classes of the day. I'm especially excited at the idea of learning the three scripts. I am finding it difficult to listen carefully and repeat phrases back accurately, but I suppose that's true for most of my classmates.
So that's all for right now.
P.S. (2:57 PM) Writing the Japanese at the top was very interesting! It was a lot simpler than I thought it would be. Though it took a little while to figure out, I enjoyed experimenting with it greatly.
2:23 PM
こんにちは。
Some of the first television shows I watched as a kid were Japanese animes (translated into English, of course). I still enjoy watching anime and reading manga. For a good long while now, I've wanted to be able to understand the Japanese without having someone else translate it for me. So now I'm taking a Japanese class at Princeton University. Not just because of anime or manga, though. I'd like to learn more about the Japanese culture and perhaps be able to visit Japan someday. In past years, I've studied a little French and Latin, so I wanted to try something completely different as well. Those are a few of the reasons I chose to take Japanese.
Even though it has only been two days, Japanese 101 is one of my favorite classes of the day. I'm especially excited at the idea of learning the three scripts. I am finding it difficult to listen carefully and repeat phrases back accurately, but I suppose that's true for most of my classmates.
So that's all for right now.
P.S. (2:57 PM) Writing the Japanese at the top was very interesting! It was a lot simpler than I thought it would be. Though it took a little while to figure out, I enjoyed experimenting with it greatly.
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