Blog # 14

the first half of intermediate Japanese has been a great learning experience. Intermediate is a faster pace course than beginning Japanese. i can conjugated the A時、B, which means ~When. A前、B which means~before and A後、B means ~after. i know the difference between  と思っています and と思います.  と思っています means already decided on a situation, while  と思います means on the spot, to think. i know how to use てあげる・～てもらう・～てくれる properly. あげる means i do something to someone. もらう means i received action from someone. くれる means someone do something for me. To improve for the next half of the semester i hope to clearly identify the kanji, and to properly conjugate present negatives and past negatives for certain verbs and adjectives.

blog #13

落ち込んだ時, 私は音楽を聞きます.

Reflection of when movie

i understood the 「A時、B。」video. it was entertaining and easy to follow. "When" can be used for before or after something. you choose which one makes sense in the sentence. In a sentence, when i go to japan, i will buy a ticket. You have to purchase the ticket before you can go to Japan. So with before you use 時 , (toki) in present short form. If in a sentence, i overslept, i will take a taxi. its impossible to take a taxi before you overslept. so with after you use 時, in past tense. some sentences can be interchangeable but chose the one that makes the most sense.

Blog #12

Over the course of intermediate Japanese i learned a lot. i actually can remember what i learned and use it in the future for when i continue on with this course.when i like the teacher i receive the information more easier. Overall, i felt like i did fairly well in this course with participating, homework, and attendance. Parts that i know i could approve on would probably be Kanji quizzes, learning the right way to write it and just remembering what they mean. what i would do differently would be just taking time and studying or making Kanji flashcards. using a method like flashcards, i feel can really help remember and it can stay in my head concrete.

blog #11

this week i learned あげる which means to give (others)・もらう which means to receive and ・くれる which means someone gives to me. the most fun thing that happened this week was asking our partners what we viewed ourselves doing in 20 years. most didn't even see themselves out of Akron.  the great success i had this week was being able to take the vocabulary quiz pushed back. 

                                                        私は、このブレスレットがほしいです。

1. クリスマスに、彼がこのブレスレットを、私にあげるかもしれません。
2. クリスマスに、私は、彼にこのブレスレットをもらうかもしれません。
3. クリスマスに、彼が私に、このブレスレットをくれるかもしれません。

blog #10

this week, i learned なら which means i haven't been there BUT I HAVE been to... the なら comes after the noun in the explanation sentence. also i learned Xがほしい, which means to want something. the most fun thing i did this week was work on my newspaper, i enjoyed using what i learned over the past weeks and writing stories. it involved surveys of my fellow classmates and even an interview of a guest we had come in. the greatest success this week was answering questions in class and just participating. no great challenge this week so i will try to keep that up.

1. 私の母は,バースデーにゆびわをほしがっています。
2. 子供のとき、私は、動物のぬいぐるみがほしかったです。
3. お金がほしいので、ストレスの少ないです。

blog #9

this week i learned そうです, which means it looks like. its just a guessing statement. For い-adjectives, you just drop the い and add そうです. な-adjectives stays the same but just add そうです. the most fun thing i did this week was learning new material. the greatest success i had was when i was able to understand and answer correctly when sensei asked me a question. i did not have a challenge this week but I'm always learning and its ok to make mistakes.

• このチョコレートのケーキはおいしそうです 。    
• このは、おいしそうなチョコレートのケーキです。

• この車は速そうです。
• このは、速そうな車です。