Sunday, July 31, 2011

7/29/11


こんにちは!!It has been a LONG weekend so this will be short, but Friday was basicly a review type of day, going over our vocab as well as doing our skit! I believe キャットさんとカイルさんはかこいいです!With the skit^^ I hope I didn't mess up too badly. I also cannot wait to see マリアさん skit!! I bet it will be very cute^^ I've gone over the Kanji, and I will go over it again before I go to sleeps, but right now I just need to rest...7 hours of driving, whew, it's not like what Maria did, but yeah, it's been a long long weekend. じゃまったね!!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

7/28/11

こんいちはみんなで!!Today was a very good day in class^^ Though I have been lathargic lately, my brain is a bit bleh, thankfully things still are sticking^^ I've made the plan that next semester when I am in California to study one grammar/lesson a week, maybe two, but nothing more, as well as write down ten or so vocab every few days over and over again. So that everything that I already knew, will stick. Today we've learned two new grammar points, one on how to say " Please do not..." as well as how to say you are good at something, or bad, and even if you really like something or hate it.

To say that you are bad at something you do this :

(Subject/Person) は ( Action/Verb turned into Noun) のが or が ( へたです。)

Same format for if you wished to write about something you like, or something someone is good at, etc.

Also, now with saying Please Do Not, it is just like Please Do This, just add ないでください。

Class as always is super fun! Got my midterms and quizes (sp) back, and I did Really well on the quizes, but bleh on the Midterm, though it Still is passing, and almost a B, It was the same with my last final, it wasn't that good as i wished it to be, but I myself am bad with Big tests. Normal tests i am fine, but Big tests I just go bla on...But I've read over the test and I know I made stupid mistakes, but I will use this to help myself and learn from my mistakes. I'm sore and tired, got blood taken from me and it's that Time again....I shall be resting, and tonight I will go over my lines, finished the workbook homework and guess what? no Quiz tomorrow!! Yatta! Though Right after class mom and I are headed to Chicago. I will be back before Monday class^^ So I won't miss anything Yay!^^ じゃまったね!!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

7/27/11


Hello!! Today, is a Good day! I finished ALL of my make up work/tests for the Midterm and the Kanji quiz that was on Monday, as well as do sorta well on my Quiz which was assigned today^^ no homework, only one grammar point was told to us today, all is good. Though this might be the last break we have for the rest of the session, so I am taking it! I am planning on playing the CD once more tonight, see if it will work over a period of time or something. 金曜日 is the day we all do our skits, well, キャットさんとカイレさんと私 are together I think our skit will certain be something! Though I am curious as to what マリアさん has for her skit, she seems to come up with very good ideas! Well, I am doing some more drawing, going to study after I get up from my nap and then relax for there is no Test tomorrow! やった!!The tests aren't that bad, I just tend to stress over them. The grammar point we went over today was on 「何か」と「何も」

Nanika (なにか) = in a question means (Anything)

Nanika (なにか) = Regularly means (Something)

Nanimo (なにも) = Is Negative

Well, today was fun as always and we've had a lot of laughs^^ I shall see you all tomorrow!! じゃまったね!!

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

7/26/11


今日はおもしろいです!!Today in class we've went over two new grammar points along with the rest of the volcab for Chapter 8! As for the grammar points, we've learned how to quote someone as well as to write what we thing as in "I think..." " I don't think..." I think is とおもいます and it is at the END of the sentence.

Subject + What the such and such thinks of ( Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives are put in the dictanary form) + とおもいます。

For Quoting you ( Person you are quoting) + What they said ( Verbs etc are put in Short form) + といっていました。Mashita Has to be there!! Sense it is of what someone had SAID!!

Other than that, we've gone over our newest Kanji and tomorrow I think is gonna be a good day..A black cat crossed my mom and I's path, but we are backwards with that sorta thing^^

I am going to try listening to the tapes in my sleep...I wonder it it will work... じゃまったね!!

Monday, July 25, 2011

7/25/11

I know that I've missed class today, but I shall post a blog entry as such^^ I've been doing the homework and well, I am a bit confused with page 65 and what we are suppose to do....Although it is a shorter form for the verbs, it is a bit confusing...I shall do my best, but I cannot make any promises on it's um....Correctness, lol. I am also gonna study for the Volcab quiz today, and refresh myself with the Kanji, as for the Interview, thankfully I can grasp a bit on understanding and answering as I have practiced with myself, and have come up with answers for almost all of them. Grammer accurate so long as I correct myself. I shall go over more volcab again to broaden my words for answering, lol. Though I do not know when I will be doing them, I am preparing. 母 is feeling better thankfully, it seems to have been just a one day thing. So I shall be in class tomorrow with questions on this new form!! Thank you again マリアさん for giving Betsy 先生 my message!! じゃまったね!!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

7/22/11


It was Midterms and Man I am so glad I don't get a counted grade in this, but because of that, I feel that I was able to think clearer. It wasn't as hard as I though it would be, although challenging to say the least. I defintly had to use my head. I am nervous about the oral part, but thankfully I am understanding more and going over the questions in the book has helped a lot. I hope I didn't do too badly on the Midterm, I did my best though and mad sure not to second guess myself....A lot. Well, I am going to have a good nights sleep, tomorrow is the Kanji quiz!! じゃまったね!!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

7/21/11

Hello!! Today boy was it hot!! Though I know this is a bit late, I finally finished the letter, and the minutes as well as my newest picture! Now to study study study, I am going to relax and Not freak out, that is the worst thing that I could do. Now, we've learned yet another grammar point which is the Verb Stem + にいく, this is a way to write/speak about the Destination of Movement. It's basicly a way to say where your going and what purpose it is you are going there for.

Destination ( に、へ) The purpose of Movement (に)(いく、くる、かえる) Now with this, the Most important rule is that for the Purpose, the verb must be in the form which you use to turn it to (masu, masen, etc) but you leave it at that!! You do not add anything else but the Ni and either if your Going, Coming, or Returning.

Other than that, we went over review, it had been helpful going over it all again. I'm also glad that I am doing the interview on Monday, just a little less on my shoulders at the moment. Tomorrow also, me and Hahaue is going to the movies!! Yatta!! I know everyone will do well on their test! Though I am glad i won't be having an effected grade, but still, I want to do my best!! Well, I am off to study!! じゃっまったね!!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

7/20/11

こんいちは!!Today is a hot day, and tomorrow is suppose to be even worse! Bleh...But thankfully the classroom is fairly nice and cool^^ Though still I along with everyone else needs to drink water!! 水、水、水!! Now today, we've learned yet ANOTHER Te form grammar point. I am starting to get them a bit confused with one another, that is what I really need to practice with, that and the old volcabulary. Now with the Te form today, we've learned basicly how to connect two nowns together, a lot like with connecting two verbs, just for the first one put it in Te form, and then the ending is the same as any other normal tense sentence with masu, masen, mashita, masendeshita. With the Irregular one for To Get Married, that one is giving me troubles because I just don't know which is appropriate to put at the end of it. Hopefully I can get it soon.We are already almost done with lesson 7's Kanji!! That too I need to study more, I am nervous about the midterm...Though I am glad that I will have the weekend to study for the interview. I do a lot better with as less stress on myself as possible, for tests that is. Anyways, class was again fun, マリアさん and I grouped up and it was really funny how we discribed our " Older Sister" though we both do not have any, lol^^ Thankfully Kat seems to be feeling better! She was here yesterday and today so hopefully all is well. Well, today I am going to rest a bit, for some reason I am extra tired today....Hopefully it won't get too hot tomorrow!! I am going to start writing my letter!! We are now capable of doing such a thing and I am excited!! じゃまったね!!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

7/19/11

Hello!!! I am home and cooking my mom a special yummy lunch^^ I believe that homemade is always the best, even though I get a bit lazy and would just microwave food a lot. Now, today we've had another quiz which I am pretty confident in! Though after the quiz the volcab tends to sometimes fly out the window, but still. I've noticed that now with certain words i do not have to think about it before just answering it! That meaning that I know without thinking of it, that 先生 is Teacher, or Master, or Doctor no matter what, it is just automatic. That is happening with other words as well which my 母 says means that I am begining to be able to read/understand the language. I'm guessing she means more properly, or that it is sticking.

Now with the lesson for today, we've learned a new grammar lesson which helps us out with speaking/writing about people doing actions, or when someone had become something, like they are now married when they weren't before, as well as to discribe people clearer than before.

This is what I've done to make it a bit easier to know what to put.

ています:Is happening at that moment/Are doing at that moment
ていません:Is Not happening at that moment/ Are Not doing at that moment
ていました:Was doing/ Were doing
ていませんでした:Was Not doing/ Weren't doing
(This really only applies to when you speaking about an action (ing).)

It is also used for a Continuous state with (ある、いる).

Really it is another thing where you just have to know the Te form in order to use it properly. Thankfully it is sorta sticking in my mind, I must refresh myself after my nap. I was just very tired today, I don't know why either. But yes, after this nap, I shall watch some stuff with my 母 and then study study study!! Because Betsy 先生 says that she is adding this grammar to the test! こわいい!!The thought of this grammar that is, but I will do my best! じゃまったね!!

Monday, July 18, 2011

7/18/11


Yusuke : ゆすけさんはかつこいいです。ゆすけさんはかみがみじかいです。
Kuwabara : くわばらさんはせがたかいです。くわばらさんはかみがみじはいです。
Kurama : くらまさんはあたまがいいです。くらまさんはめがかこいです!
Hiei :  ひえいさんはせがひくいです。ひえいさんはめがこわいいですね!

こんいちは!!Today has been another good day, although the weather has been very Very Hot! Class today was very nice, we took our quiz and gotten two new lessons on grammar, one a counter and the other a way to discribe people. For counting people, it isn't that hard, just need to remember that the first two people when counting are different than how you count over 3 or more people.

1 person = 一人 ひとり
2 people = 二人 ふたり
3 people = さんにん
4 people =よにん
5 people =ごにん
etc..

As for the other lesson as I've said before we've learned how to discribe people.

ex: ひとしさんは(かみ)が(ながい)です。
  person  attribrute   adj.

During class we've gone over our new volcabulary which thankfully isn't too bad, lots of the words I've known, I'll just have to worry about the い verbs and remember to study the 2 Na verbs we have!! Those tricky tricky Genki people, sneaking them in there, lol^^ Well, I have studying to do, I've been watching the Sailor Moon Abridge series with my おかあさん^^. I hope that Kat-san is feeling better!! じゃまったね!!

Friday, July 15, 2011

7/15/11

Today the day of Harry Potter this certainly has been a crazy day. Though I feel yet again confident in my test!! I guess good comes when you work hard, as today I found out that on my last quiz I've gotten 100% Pon Pon! If that is the sound for it anyways, lol. Today we've learned a lot of grammar along with directions, more so how to explain how to go straight, turn a corner right or left, and even to go straight. This helping us with one of our grammar lessons of the day which is how to continue a sentence with more than one verb! Then after that we went over how to give a reason. Give a situation and than give the reason as to why the situation is happening. It's fairly easy, just like with adding か at the end to make a question, you add から in order for it to be Because of something. Finally we went over how to offer your help to someone, or offer to do something for someone which is the same as (Lets Do ~) it is (Shall I Do ~) Instead of just ましょう、 you put a か at the end to make it into a question. I've also learned helpful things which even though they don't make sense, it is good to remember. Such as you use が for あり と りる。And you use な on to modify a noun!! I am now going to finish watching this Anime, then nap, than study some Kanji, I figure doing a few at a time will be best for me sense I sometimes still don't get ho one Kanji can have so many different sounds and why... Just have to remember them. I hope everyone will have a great weekend!! じゃまったね!!

Thursday, July 14, 2011

7/14/11

こんいちは!!Today in class we've done our quiz which I am confident in this time! The last quiz I got a 29/30 which I am quite proud of. Today we've learned of some new grammar with the Te form, more so making sentences a bit easier and more or less adult like instead of the simple (I) (Noun) (desu), now we can ask for something, may or may we not do something, as well as to Please ask for something. Now, for these, we Must use the TE form, not the Masu, masen, mashita, masendeshita. (ます、ません、ました、ませんでした。)Now with this to ask to Please (do something)? You have (verb) ~てください。When you want to ask to do something you have (verb) ~てもいいですか。 To say that you can do something you have (verb) ~ てもいいです。Then when you want to DENY something, and this is only when you want to deny someone something, or forbid it you do (verb) ~てはいけません。After our grammar lesson we went over the rest of the Kanji for lesson 6!! We have a quiz tomorrow on grammar and then Monday on Kanji. Study Study Study, that is what I am going to be doing after my nap and Harry Potter fix! At the end of class we've finished our Manga which I hope was good. I can be a bit of a perfectionist. I am sure everyone else's are really good as well. Now, I am gonna nap, have to get up at 7 and get ready, I am planning on studying and doing the workbook page while in line, sense I will be there from 9 to 12 today. I need to do Something while waiting, right as well study! じゃまったね!!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

7/13/11

Man oh man today was a treat in class! I feel confident on my quiz although I was very nearly late, I might have been by a minute, but thank Kami-sama Betsy 先生 was alright with it! It won't happen again so long as I can help it! Now, I've noticed that still I'm better at knowing the Kanji as to what it means in English, I need to reread them and such. We've gone over the rest of the volcabulary and it isn't that bad, some of the words make sense from before and such and such. I just want to so well on this quiz as well!! 金曜日 is going to be a long day, sense tomorrow I am going to the Harry Potter Midnight showing, but I will be studying our Grammar quiz in line^^ I am going to guess that it is for the て form!! But that is only a guess. Although I am slowly starting to get the Te form, I just have to maintain the Other congegations as well!! For both long form for Verbs and Adjectives. I think what will be challenging is remembering the Kanji in pernouciations. I know most in what they mean, but not how to say them, so I'll need to get up on that horse and remember it! Cannot わすれる!!The big treat I think was to learn of the yon panel manga!! I already have a small story and I can use the character I am making for my own title I am gonna make in the future! It is a good experience I believe, like any other project. Making it more hands on, like writing on the board I believe helps me at least, best. Well, I am gonna take a nap, then get べんきょうする!!じゃまったね!!

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

7/12/11


こんいちは!だいじょぶですか。Today was the second day of class and boy did we learn some semi confusing stuff! Well, for starters, we've learned of the て form, which like with Verbs and Adjectives, is a congregation. Thankfully for us, it makes verb congregation a little easier, as て form is the shorter form of congregation. Although it isn't a replacement for the tenses.

Ru Verbs: You take out the る and just add て for all of these types of verbs.

Irregular Verbs: I've come up with an easy way to remember how to do these.
- する=> す sushi rolls into し, then you take out the る like with regular Ru verbs and add a て at the end of it. する=して
-くる=> く sushi rolls into き, then you do the same with the Ru as the last time and take it out, and replace it with a て。

U Verbs: (A whole different matter completely!!)
(う、つ、る)
う:あう=あって
つ:まつ=まって
る:とる=とって

(む、ぶ、ぬ)
む:よむ=よんで
ぶ:あそぶ=あそんで
ぬ:しぬ=しんで

(く)
く:かく=かいて
*いく=いって

(ぐ)
ぐ:いそぐ=いそいで (Kinda like Ku but with a De instead of Te)

(す)
す:はなす=はなして

after this strenuous new rule we've gone over our four new Kanji as well as review. The te rule isn't so bad, although I am not sure if it is for present tense or in general? Well, anyways, I am sure I'll know soon enough, I now reconize words I've heard before so it is a big help^^ Now I shall clean up the living room, then study study study for tomorrow's quiz!! じゃまったね!!

Monday, July 11, 2011

7/11/11


Arhhhhhh!! I had Just almost finished my post for today and Firefox decided to Crash......Damn you firefox!! (Shakes fist!) Well, now that I have that out, I shall rewrite what I have already written. Well, today was my first class in Elementary 日本ご 2!! Today we've really just done review, although it really was a bit help. Going through everything has just, refreshed my mind of it, as well as give me a better understanding when told again what it is about and such. Like Yuki Sensei, Betsy Sensei is fun and nice, she makes learning Japanese not seem so intimidating! Which is a good thing. Now, with review, we went over the particles, Lets do~ and Shall we?~ as well as conquring Verb stems and Adjective stems and the tenses. Betsy Sensei explained the Adjective Tenses fairly well for something which is utterly confusing...The only reason I know it somewhat is because of the Irregular verb よかった which comes from いい meaning Good. Though I already knew of it when Yuki Sensei explained it. After that we went over lesson 5's Kanji and four of lesson 6's Kanji. I am starting to remember them not by how they sound or are spoken, but what they mean...Like I know that 中 is (In, Middle) and when I see it I know it, but I think it in English, not Japanese....I guess it is a good way to associate. Other than that class went very smoothly, the spider which came upon us ended up not getting hurt, and all was well with the world^^.

はじみますたバザです。にじょういちさいです。がくせいはさんねせいです。せんもんはアニメションです。たんじょうびはしがつにじょういちにちです。I have 4 cats, as I used to have 5 just recently, but my darling neko Artemis died just recently, the day after my birthday. I am an Animation major in the school California College of the Arts out in Oakland/San Francisco California, but I have a major interest and dream to become a Mangaka. I am taking this class due to my enormous interest in the Japanese culture, as well as for my plans to study abroad next Spring to Kyoto Seika University. My hobbies are reading, drawing, watching Anime(Favorite character Sesshoumaru-sama!!^^)/Youtube Video Game Walkthroughs, videogames, sports, sewing/making cosplays, and basicly having fun. I tend to be okay by myself, but if I have a chance to hang out I'll take it! I also love watching Horror movies, scary things except for spiders, and ghosts. Although I mainly like these things for the thrill of being scared. For myself, I really hope I can do well in this class even though I am not getting a grade, I am very serious in learning. I hope everyone is having a great day! At my home there is a storm going on at this moment, I hope it isn't going to be as bad as that last one...We all know what happened then. Well! どうぞよえおしく!じゃまったね!

Friday, July 8, 2011

7/8/11


Today, today was a good day. Finished class and got a solid B!! This class has been amazing and I am going to miss Yuki Sensei, Maria, Ryan, Kat, and Melody very much!! Though I hear some of you guys are gonna be going to the second class! I'll see you there!! じゃまったね!

Thursday, July 7, 2011

7/7/11


Today in class we celebrated a sorta holiday which is about a story of these two stars which fall in love. We made origami, mine was of a lantern and we made wishes sticking them to the bamboo tree Yuki Sensei creatures for us on the white board. The whole thing was cute if I say so myself. It is the final stretch and I am at my wits end really, more so I am doing my best to keep everything in my head and not let it slip. I didn't so very well on my presentation, but there is no helping with that really. What I must do is do well on this test! I believe this study group that the class is doing will be a big help, sense I have missed two days of important class! I am already planning that after the class I am going to practice my volcabulary everyday, little by little, and include proper sentences in order to retain everything. I am a bit of a slow learner, but I have learned so much in this one month of class, than the 4 to 5 years of self teaching I have done. Although when nervous everything seems to fly out of my mind, if I practice practice practice, just like with my drawing, I will become fluent in no time! Throughout the semester we have done so many projects, bonded, and laughed along with learning a language which each of us want to learn. Having common ground is always the best start, and we are all so different, and yet we've come together these last 5 weeks. I have learned how to talk about myself, and introduce my name, major, school, age, grade, and say greetings within the first week of school! Than we learned of volcabulary, and how romanji isn't really the best way to learn, but it help when just starting. We just need to remember that in Hiragana it is spelled differently. Like Sensee is せんせい and etc. We than started to learn about the particles, I still am having troubles with this, but slowly and surly I am getting it down. Rereading the text book is helping me as well. の is not only for possessive, but also it is used to connect two nouns. Noun1 の Noun2. は is for (Is/Am) as well as making sure you know that the noun before it is the Topic/Subject. を is after an Object in the sentence. What the Subject is talking about. と is to connect objects and nouns, と is the aqivalent of And in Japanese. も is also, わたしもねこすきです。I've missed apparently some very intensive days with kanji and learning of Arimasu and imasu. Arimasu is for objects while Imasu is for people. Arimasu= There is/Are. Everything so far has been a big help, I am sadly suffering having things try and fly from my mind, but refreshing it helps. I hope I'll do well on the test...I'm going to study right before a nice long nights sleep! I can't afford to be sleepy tomorrow! じゃまったね!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

7/6/11


Today in class we've learned of some new things, and as for me I have learned what everyone else has learned while I was gone, about です、でした。 Desu is for present while Deshita is for past (was). Also, Adjectives too have tenses the same as Ru and U, and Irregular verbs, but with different rules.

い Adjectives : +です、Xい +くありません、Xい +かったです、Xい +くありませんでした
な Adjectives : Xな +です、Xな +じゃありません、Xな +でした、Xな +じゃありませんでした
Irregular Adjectives: いい=よい いいです、よくありません、よかったです、よくありませんでした

As for the presentations I am not sure I know of exactly what everyone had said, but I shall do my best.

Ryan: His high school is Basscarde/ Where he goes to drink Sake(Alcohal)
Melody: Hudson is her home town.
Kat: In the super market there is a place where she drinks.
Maria: Lives in Middlefeild.
リヤンさんはこうこうバサカラデです。ドコにおさけです。
メロデのもしにフヅソンです。
マリアのもちにミデレフェイデです。
キャイトはスーパーでいますのみます。


Also, a helpful tip that Melodyさん gave helpful advice which I plan on using to my advantage. Write everything in Romaji and memorize it, and than remember the Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. It's the perfect plan! And now that I have some idea of what we were suppose to do with the presentation, it'll help me a lot! Though I need to stop adding things I haven't learned yet. 
As for the presentation, it has certainly taught me to try my best to work with my grammar, sense everyone will see it as well as hear me say it as well. Trying to put all of the requirements in the slides is more of a task than I believed, but it helps me to think up more ways to make something into a sentence. I am still bad at grammar, so this is good practice for me I believe. Making us speak live and on the spot is what you do in real life, so it is very good for practical proposes.
じゃまったね!!

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

7/5/11

In the middle of class which was when I have arrived, Yuki Sensei was teaching us some more Kanji and told us how it was that you read the characters in two different ways. The Chinese way and the Japanese way. We were taught the strokes and how to write the days of the week in Kanji. Learned new verbs and also how like verbs, Adjectives have different conjegations as well!! Such as いとな (I) and (Na) at the end of them. Last night I spent most of the time doing my power point, could not finish it but I had done my best to before finishing my workbook pages which were also for homework. While working on my own I've discovered about how to write adjectives as well as いますとあます。Though I was having trouble with finding the right volcabulary. I'm not so sure I have everything as together as I like, but I am doing the best I can.

Monday, July 4, 2011

7/1/11


I know that this is a late post, crazy stuff has been happening and such. But today I went was interviewed by a live broadcasting and I did a bit of my introduction. I was too nervous and didn't do the complete intro, but they seemed to like me, and the broadcasting is through the internet and many wished to be my friend when I come to Japan. it felt nice, and I used whatever Japanese I did say correctly. I will be studying my Kanji, although I do not know how I will do the powerpoint and any other homework I owe. Also I got everyone a gift! ありがとございます!!Thank you for letting me come to AX Yuki Sensei!!

Friday, July 1, 2011

6/30/11




Today was the long long day of waiting in line to get tickets. I'm very glad I decided to go early. After a long while and finally finishing everything with my cosplay, I've realized and read that the class has learned quite a bit. About negatives such as ません as well as how to talk about things in your own or others rooms. That I will try my best to get, but I am not sure it'll be right.

わたしのへやにえんぴすがあします。
バザのへやにかばんがあします。
わたしのへやにほんだながあします。
バザのへやにまんががあします。
みずがのへやにあします。

アンターニーさんおのへやにテリビがあします。
ベンさんのへやにでんわがあします。

I am getting very very tired now, have been awake sense 8 am すいようびにです。I shall be doing the Kanji and I have read over page 79 to 80 in the text book. I am gonna look over the Kanji later in. おいやすみなさい!