Tag Archives: Japanese
日本語: Basic Japanese
The best way for me to learn (and retain) something is to ‘teach’ other people. Since I can’t afford going to school right now but don’t want to give up on my goals, I’m trying to study Japanese on my … Continue reading
私のかぞく
I thought I may as well share “my speech” that I wrote for my final project for my Japanese class. Usually we present in groups for the final projects, doing a skit or something, but I will be absent for … Continue reading
日本語：And
A guy in my class today asked how to say “and” in Japanese. I’ve been thinking about it and came up with a few different ways I’ve learned so far. The best way for me to retain information is to … Continue reading
日本語: Going To and From
Here’s what I (re)learned this past week. （に）のります get on (vehicle) のる のって （を）おります get off … Continue reading
日本語: て-form
I decided to post bits of what I’m currently studying, ’cause… why not? Right now, I’m re-learning how to conjugate verbs from ます-form to て-form. (There is part in here how to conjugate from dictionary form but I don’t really get that. … Continue reading
Let’s
I wrote this back in 2010 and just found it in my email. ~~~~~ I love the idea of the Japanese verb ending ~masho, meaning “let’s~” such as “tabemasho” = “let’s eat”. As Peter from J-List said, “These statements subtly … Continue reading
Hiragana & Katakana
I don’t know if I’m going to have roaming turned on when I go to Japan. I assume not, but JUST IN CASE, wouldn’t it be helpful for me to have some Japanese at my fingertips? Yes. So this is … Continue reading
Travel Phrases
This is a list of phrases I had ready to go last time… Not sure how helpful they will be this time considering I have forgotten 95% of the Japanese I learned. 😦 These aren’t the phrases you would think … Continue reading
Old Facebook Groups
Remember back in the early days of Facebook? I used to have a “group” for people who were in my Japanese class at U of T. It lasted a little longer than the actual school year but was eventually deleted … Continue reading
