I know I keep complaining about these things, but AFS won't let me apply for the exchange trip yet. :c It has applications open up till 2014. However, I want to go starting 2015. So I have to wait till this year's kids ship off.
*grumble grumble*
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Flash Cards
Flash cards are a truly amazing study resource. I have probably made at least 200 flashcards for my Kana practice alone! However, those pieces of paper have not gone to waste. Oh no, they have insured my confidence in reading Kana.
That and the lovely Google Translate. On Valentine's day, my family and I went out to a local Italian restaurant named Spiro's. We had all finished our food and were waiting for the check when out of nowhere we started translating random words into Japanese. Somehow, we ended up calling each other "baka" with bad pronunciation and grammar. BUT, it helped me learn how to call someone something.
For example, (please excuse the fact that it is in Romaji and not in hirigana)
"Anata wa baka desu"
To make a point out of that silly anecdote, I am constantly learning Japanese even when I am not thinking I am! Its like all languages. For example, the show called "Dora the Explorer" sneaks in Spanish words that are added into one's daily conversation. Like "hola" or "gracias". Without realizing it kids learn how to say hello in many different languages. To this day I still remember how to say hello in Spanish, French, and German.
Arigato!
That and the lovely Google Translate. On Valentine's day, my family and I went out to a local Italian restaurant named Spiro's. We had all finished our food and were waiting for the check when out of nowhere we started translating random words into Japanese. Somehow, we ended up calling each other "baka" with bad pronunciation and grammar. BUT, it helped me learn how to call someone something.
For example, (please excuse the fact that it is in Romaji and not in hirigana)
"Anata wa baka desu"
To make a point out of that silly anecdote, I am constantly learning Japanese even when I am not thinking I am! Its like all languages. For example, the show called "Dora the Explorer" sneaks in Spanish words that are added into one's daily conversation. Like "hola" or "gracias". Without realizing it kids learn how to say hello in many different languages. To this day I still remember how to say hello in Spanish, French, and German.
Arigato!
Saturday, February 16, 2013
*tumbleweed*
Yeah it has been quite a while since my last post...in fact it had been too long. I have nothing new though so here's a cat :D
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