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