日本の地理。名所と名物。

アメリカ
あなたの国はアメリカで名所がメキシコです。メキシコはたくさんタッコーがあります。ほとどの採用の人はメキシコからの。アメリカでくすりのはっぱは名物のでたくさん弱い人々。

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北海道
ほか移動には人気が名所のたくさんこうえんがあります。名物はとても寒い冬がある。

Tobira

It came in the mail today, its probably about a week early!

Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese, Learning through Content and Multimedia
上きゆうへのとびら来んテンスとマルチメデイアで学ぶ日本語
You can get it Here

Topic for Presentation

I was talking with my roommates and one gave me this Idea....how much more U.S.American can one get?

Native American!

http://www.wikihow.com/Find-out-What-Your-Spiritual-Animal-Is

Chapter 23 Grammar Explaination

Causative-Passive form is the form in which you use to show that someone is making you do something and you do not like it, or just have a negative feeling towards the outcome. ~させられる。

て-form + も is used  like たら. However, たら is If A then B, where ても is Even if A then B. Basically stating against the odds or even if you'd think otherwise then B.

Short Form + ことにする is when a decision is made about an idea, whether it is decided to do something or not to do something. Likewise, ~ことにしている means that you've decided to something regularly as a practice, or become more aware of it.



Japan and U.S.A. cultural differences

According to the reading we did in class on review of Kanji different expressions are read differently in other countries.  Slight differences in the way a face looked were read as angry for US Americans and sadness for Japanese people. There are other differences in things like this too, in the USA there are inappropriate words just based on context even though they might not be directed at anyone that could get offended by it. Japan does not have words like this, but there are still words, related to a persons body, that are inappropriate to mention in public. As far as the internet goes. Japanese people use more elaborate ways to show emotion in what they say while US Americans seem to do it by showing small and quickly communicated ideas such as laughter or happiness. I believe this is because the Japanese language does not have as wide of a range in tone and emotion is usually conveyed in what someone says and not how they say it, but there are many exceptions.

反省Class Reflection for the Week of 10月17日11年

英語で

一  What did you learn in this week in Japanese class?

We did Kanji practice for Chapter 23 in the book, and it had a lot of reading, more than what we usually have to read. In one class. We did a quick review of ~ても and learned and reviewed ~ことにする, ~ことにしている, and ~ことにしよう but we really didn't study more of ことにしよう and hot to use it properly. I understand it, we just didn't review it.

二  Most fun things you did in this week in Japanese class?

I can't think of anything, again.

三  What is your great success in this week in Japanese class?

四  What is your greatest challenge in this week in Japanese class?

Aside from the issues I'm already struggling with, in comparison, I think this week was OK...my head didn't hurt too much and I felt like I retained more.

五  What do you want do in order to overcome #4?

(see: last week)

反省Class Reflection for the Week of 10月10日11年

英語で

一  What did you learn in this week in Japanese class?

We did more on Causative-Passive form and added two more grammar points to our list of things we need to know. AまでB which is Until A then B, where B's tense can change but A's but always be present-short. て-form + も (AてもB) means even if A then B will still happen. Where たら is just if A then B. 

二  Most fun things you did in this week in Japanese class?

I can't think of anything.

三  What is your great success in this week in Japanese class?

I didn't have one...I did terrible in the Kanji, turned in homework late and just felt like a terrible student.

四  What is your greatest challenge in this week in Japanese class?

Kanji...its always Kanji although because we never practice vocabulary in class and the chapters only repeat the new ones once or twice, it makes it very difficult, so I'm always worried about that.

五  What do you want do in order to overcome #4?

I don't know, I try and practice Kanji soo much and still feel like I fail at it, I don't really have time to take other vocabulary into consideration, I do learn some vocab from other students, but I feel like I need to dig deeper and be forced to learn more words and Kanji.


Choosing a Topic for Presentation


The topic I would like to do is 5 easy steps on how to take over the world. Not sure how to do it or what steps really show, but I think it would be interesting since I have no other ideas.

反省Class Reflection for the Week of 10月3日11年

英語で

一  What did you learn in this week in Japanese class?

I need to get the Tobira book that we were told to get, but now I need to since we are on the last Genki chapter. We learned and review Causative passive and after some confusion 「〜aさせられる」is the correct was to conjugate う-verbs. We also started the kanji: 顔, 情, 怒, 変, 相, 横, 比 and 化.

二  Most fun things you did in this week in Japanese class?

Aside from leaving class due to running out of material for the day (which was nice because it gave me a change to absorb some information). We had some more Japanese students come and introduce themselves.

三  What is your great success in this week in Japanese class?

Making a new 四コマまんが that was apparently very funny.

四  What is your greatest challenge in this week in Japanese class?

With 2 other projects in other classes Japanese will actually just generally be a challenge, but...

五  What do you want do in order to overcome #4?

...its the only class I actually care about so I will do my best.

私の四コママンガ

「宇宙人は世界に来られました。人々をころした。幸せじゃない。食べ物。。。ありません。住めない。私たち。。。宇宙人に食べ物を作させられました。食べ物は。。。私たち。」


I only posted this for fun. Maybe I'll put up the scanned image later XP


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日記のエントリ

二千十一年十月五日

　　　きのう、授業の後で、クラスに私のぼうしと手ぶくろをわすれられた。クラスにもを見つけるにかえったが、ドアをはがきをかけてありました。オーフィスに手伝うのをたのむに行った。とてもたさしい女の人は私にてつだったから、わたしの事をもちます。じゃあ、銀行に百五十にドーラをよ金するにいった。けんたろさんとアシアリさんはすしいしょうにたべた。午後二時十五分に哲学の授業に行ったけど、授業で寝られた。
　　　哲学の授業の中間に、新しいベッドを配達した。幸せになった。今、ベッドの上にねられる！茶とキルクとシリアルとホットドッグを買ったし家に帰ったしねむかったから、ねたのに、宿題をするのに忘れた。