i'm completely lost on chapter 3 material. i thought i would get it, after the grammar sheet, because i took forever to try to understand, and then in class i was like WHOA O_O. maybe also because i have a fever, but i think it's more that i'm just going to have to work harder on this chap? it's the first time i didn't understand right away!
I'm nervous about kanji too. ahh so many things to remember.
anyone feel the same way??
anyway, when i was studying for the test on wednesday, i forgot to mention that there were native japanese speakers sitting beside me in the pav. i felt like they were laughing at my weak attempt with my 'watashi wa's' and my 'takai desu ne's' flueeency?? blegh. i'm glad today's lab (sorry satoo sensee). its more passively involved, so my weeklong sickness won't get in the way of more performance in class...
2007年9月28日金曜日
2007年9月26日水曜日
we just took our test!
Konnichiwa!
So what did you guys think of our test? I thought it was decent, though very loooooong. I was so nervous when I was writing the situation answers. "Conversation with more than 4 sentences." I put so many ___ desu ne? Aa soo desu ka, Soo desu yo! etc etc. Confirmation Confirmation CONFIRMATION. It's taken me forever to actually learn when to use yo, ne, and yone. I'm pretty sure I understand now after asking Satoo Sensee about a million and three times.
Hm, what's helped me learn vocab, hiragana, and katakana? Well.. for vocab I found very helpful this thing I learned in eighth grade spanish class. (si, en mi primera clase de espanol). I fold a sheet of paper in half, and on one the margin of one side I write all the words in Nihongo, and on the other side against the crease I write all the words in eego. So then, when you're studying, you can fold one half in ANOTHER half, and cover the words. And call them out to yourself! Haha, hope that makes sense, but I found it's easier for vocab than flashcards, because flashcards build up, but pieces of paper can be easily kept in a notebook or something.
Katakana I'm still a little bit lost on, but going to office hours helped me out A LOT, i woulda died on the test if i didnt see satoo sensee at 12. But I don't really have any tips on learning those...
So, new chapter? Chapter 2 I thought was already significantly harder than Chapter 1, so I'm kinda nervous. I have a goal though... I'm going to get good participation points, so if I seem super obnoxious in class, it's because i'm working super hard to get them :) haha. Jaa mata.
... Oh PS, I'm in Bryan Hall on a Mac, so I have no idea how to do hiragana on this. haha.
So what did you guys think of our test? I thought it was decent, though very loooooong. I was so nervous when I was writing the situation answers. "Conversation with more than 4 sentences." I put so many ___ desu ne? Aa soo desu ka, Soo desu yo! etc etc. Confirmation Confirmation CONFIRMATION. It's taken me forever to actually learn when to use yo, ne, and yone. I'm pretty sure I understand now after asking Satoo Sensee about a million and three times.
Hm, what's helped me learn vocab, hiragana, and katakana? Well.. for vocab I found very helpful this thing I learned in eighth grade spanish class. (si, en mi primera clase de espanol). I fold a sheet of paper in half, and on one the margin of one side I write all the words in Nihongo, and on the other side against the crease I write all the words in eego. So then, when you're studying, you can fold one half in ANOTHER half, and cover the words. And call them out to yourself! Haha, hope that makes sense, but I found it's easier for vocab than flashcards, because flashcards build up, but pieces of paper can be easily kept in a notebook or something.
Katakana I'm still a little bit lost on, but going to office hours helped me out A LOT, i woulda died on the test if i didnt see satoo sensee at 12. But I don't really have any tips on learning those...
So, new chapter? Chapter 2 I thought was already significantly harder than Chapter 1, so I'm kinda nervous. I have a goal though... I'm going to get good participation points, so if I seem super obnoxious in class, it's because i'm working super hard to get them :) haha. Jaa mata.
... Oh PS, I'm in Bryan Hall on a Mac, so I have no idea how to do hiragana on this. haha.
2007年9月21日金曜日
Hai..
I'm excited that I can finally write in ひらがなon my computer! It took me forever how to figure it out.
This past week I had two exams in しんりがく。They weren't too bad, but it got me behind in some of my other classes. にほんご is getting harder. I am having a lot of trouble doing the カタカナ。 Like all the spelling and stuff? And even just memorizing, to write something like ム I find myself writing on the side マミムメモ and picking the one I should use. Anyone have any tips on memorizing/the rules??
I'm also getting started on my research! (Finally after all my training). I'm in a lab under Professor Mikami in the Psych department, and we're researching about ADHD. I'm excited to get some experience with that.
Well I have a headache, so that's all...
じゃあまた
久リステイーン
This past week I had two exams in しんりがく。They weren't too bad, but it got me behind in some of my other classes. にほんご is getting harder. I am having a lot of trouble doing the カタカナ。 Like all the spelling and stuff? And even just memorizing, to write something like ム I find myself writing on the side マミムメモ and picking the one I should use. Anyone have any tips on memorizing/the rules??
I'm also getting started on my research! (Finally after all my training). I'm in a lab under Professor Mikami in the Psych department, and we're researching about ADHD. I'm excited to get some experience with that.
Well I have a headache, so that's all...
じゃあまた
久リステイーン
2007年9月13日木曜日
Hajimemashite. Watashi wa Carandang desu. Ima Virginia daigaku no sannensee desu...
So writing a blog for a class? Never thought that would happen... but I guess it'll be nice to be able to read what everyone's saying. I wish I could play with the Japanese symbols on my computer though. Doesn't that program cost like $100 to get?!
Hm, so I like how we're all friends in our class. I guess we kinda have to be, because most of us are lost and confused a lot of the time, we gotta rely on everyone else... But it's cool that we all stuck with it, unlike the people who dropped... tsk tsk. heh, just kidding. I was really confused on a lot of stuff that we did in Grammar today though...
Japan Curry Night tomorrow? My friend's coming from JMU, but I took her to Filipino food night last year, why not Japanese too? On Sunday I'm going to Downtown Thai though, I'm excited. (I go to restaurants like every week. Twenty new restaurants this summer in Charlottesville! Like anggie said.. Oishii! =)
Kristine
So writing a blog for a class? Never thought that would happen... but I guess it'll be nice to be able to read what everyone's saying. I wish I could play with the Japanese symbols on my computer though. Doesn't that program cost like $100 to get?!
Hm, so I like how we're all friends in our class. I guess we kinda have to be, because most of us are lost and confused a lot of the time, we gotta rely on everyone else... But it's cool that we all stuck with it, unlike the people who dropped... tsk tsk. heh, just kidding. I was really confused on a lot of stuff that we did in Grammar today though...
Japan Curry Night tomorrow? My friend's coming from JMU, but I took her to Filipino food night last year, why not Japanese too? On Sunday I'm going to Downtown Thai though, I'm excited. (I go to restaurants like every week. Twenty new restaurants this summer in Charlottesville! Like anggie said.. Oishii! =)
Kristine
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