Day 2: September 18, 2014

Today, we learned how to write basic vowels and other things in hiragana （ひらがな）. We also noted that katakana (ｶﾀｶﾅ) is typically only for foreign words. We were taught the stroke orders for each basic kanji in hiragana and how to spell each in romaji. Hiragana and katakana are types of Japanese calligraphy while romaji his japanese calligraphy in Roman characters.
We combined the kanji to create more complex words. However, these combinations are still fairly basic.  Along with learning of these types of writing, we learned the meanings of the combination of the basic words. It was challenging to write the calligraphy to the best of my ability. However, to me, it was fairly calming and I enjoyed writing. We also began learning how to say the time on a clock in Japanese. Although, I still need to absorb the information I received  beforehand. I was asked by a member of the SSF Rotary Club to compile a message from all of the exchange students and I'm looking forward to doing it. I'm extremely excited to learn more but, for now, here are my notes:

Here is my work:

じゃあね!

-Justin Tse

-Time logged: 1.60 hours
-Total time logged: 3.19 hours