Day 9 November 13, 2014

Today, we learned some u/ru verbs. They were okiru (to wake up), neru (to sleep), yomu (to read), taberu (to eat), nomu (to drink), miru (to watch), hanasu
(to talk), kiku (to hear), suru (to do), iku (to go), kuru (to come), and kaeru (to return). All these verbs are conjugated in dictionary form. Their base forms are formed by simply removing the ru or u. The dictionary form is informal. However, the present affirmative form is formal and is formed by removing the ru or u and replacing it with masu or the "-i" form and masu after it. However, suru and kuru are irregular. Thus, we have the present affirmative form of suru as shimasu and kuru as kimasu. As for the negative forms of the verbs, it is simply formed by replacing masu with masen. We also learned the stroke order of ra (ら), ri (り), ru (る), re (れ), and ro (ろ). We lerned that the period, in Japanese, is "。" I am excited about learning to write a sentence in Japanese. The most challenging part of this will be writing the kanji. Hopefully we can learn Katakana too! Also, I will be starting to work on a letter/message/article with my fellow exchange students to send to the South San Francisco Rotary Club which will also add to it and then send to Japan, as done annually by the various Rotary Club after a student exchange to constantly improve experiences. Look forward to it!


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Here is my work:

-Time logged: 1.64 hours
-Total time logged: 14.88 hours

Day 8 November 6, 2014

Today, we learned about kono (この), sono (その), and ano (あの). Kono means this, sono means that, and ano means that but it is something far away. Also, when the noun or subject is mentioned earlier, one does not need to restate it. For example, one might say, "Kono pen wa anata no desu," instead of, "Kono pen was anata no pen desu." Also, when responding to, "Kore wa anata no pen desuka," one might say, "Iie, anata no pen ja nai desu," also one might say, "Iie, anata no ja nai desu,"

 because it is assumed that one is referring to the pen. Further more, we learned that koko (ここ) means here, soko (そこ) means there, and asoko (あそこ) means there but far away. We also learned the stroke order for ya (や), yu (ゆ), and yo (よ). We learned that to write things like kya (きゃ), nyo (にょ), or chu (ちゅ), we add ya, yu, or yo after kanji. It is simply phonetic as a soon realized. For example, kya would be, in romaji, kiya (きや), as shown above. We learned that ya means arrow and  that yu means hot water. We also learned how to write Pikachu (ぴかしゅ). We also noted that chu (ちゅ) means to kiss. We learned that maru means circle and batsu means wrong, symbolized by a O and an X respectively.

Here are my notes:

Here is my work:

-Time logged: 1.67 hours
-Total time logged: 13.24 hours