Hello!
My name is Allison and I am a first-year Japanese student at Columbia University. I'm writing this blog to practice and get feedback on my Japanese writing. I'm taking Japanese because I love learning Asian languages. Being so different from English makes them really interesting to me. I took Chinese in high school, but decided to try something different in college. I also have a lot of friends who are learning Japanese, and I think the culture is really cool. Especially sushi, which is my favorite food!
The hardest part of taking Japanese so far has been speaking. It's hard for me to remember grammar structures and vocab quickly enough to talk fluidly. However, I think I'm doing pretty well with writing Hiragana. I'm excited to learn Katakana and Kanji, and hopefully get comfortable with speaking. The class is a lot of fun so far, so I'm looking forward to another two years of this language!
Thank you for reading!
-Allison
Hi there Allison, I'm a first-year Japanese student at the University of Notre Dame, where we're doing a similar blog program. Your post made me curious about the differences between Chinese and Japanese, and it'd be awesome to hear your opinions on how the two are different from one another. Sorry for posting in out of the blue, but after seeing your post I couldn't help but ask XD
ReplyDeleteI, too, am a Japanese student at Notre Dame. I have a few friends who know Chinese so we compare the languages on occasion. It's very interesting! がんばって！
ReplyDeleteHi guys, it's great to hear from you! I'm finding that Chinese and Japanese are actually very different. As I understand it, a given kanji character means the same thing in both languages, but that's about where the similarity ends. Chinese has no phonetic alphabet, words are said completely differently, and the grammar is very different as
ReplyDeletewell. For instance, Chinese has no verb conjugations- you use the same form of a verb for every tense. There are a few particles in Chinese, but usually you don't need any. Also, the basic sentence structure in Chinese is actually Subject + Verb + Object- the same as English and nothing like Japanese. Sorry if I just nerded out a lot. Let me know if you guys have any other questions!
Hello, my name is Junya Nakakoji. I’m 19 years old. I’m a first-year student at Ritsumeikan University. I live in Nagaokakyo city in Kyoto. Kyoto is very beautiful place, so I recommend that you come to Kyoto. My hobbies are reading books and watching movies. I like sports, especially soccer. I’m a member of soccer club team in Ritsumeikan University.
ReplyDeleteこんにちは、ぼくのなまえはなかこうじじゅんやです。きょうとにすんでいる19さいです。よろしくおねがいします。
Hello, my name is Junya Nakakoji. I’m 19 years old. I’m a first-year student at Ritsumeikan University. I live in Nagaokakyo city in Kyoto. Kyoto is very beautiful place, so I recommend that you come to Kyoto. My hobbies are reading books and watching movies. I like sports, especially soccer. I’m a member of soccer club team in Ritsumeikan University.
ReplyDeleteこんにちは、ぼくのなまえはなかこうじじゅんやです。きょうとにすんでいる19さいです。よろしくおねがいします。
Hello, my name is Junya Nakakoji. I’m 19 years old. I’m a first-year student at Ritsumeikan University. I live in Nagaokakyo city in Kyoto. Kyoto is very beautiful place, so I recommend that you come to Kyoto. My hobbies are reading books and watching movies. I like sports, especially soccer. I’m a member of soccer club team in Ritsumeikan University.
ReplyDeleteこんにちは、ぼくのなまえはなかこうじじゅんやです。きょうとにすんでいる19さいです。よろしくおねがいします。
Hello, my name is Junya Nakakoji. I’m 19 years old. I’m a first-year student at Ritsumeikan University. I live in Nagaokakyo city in Kyoto. Kyoto is very beautiful place, so I recommend that you come to Kyoto. My hobbies are reading books and watching movies. I like sports, especially soccer. I’m a member of soccer club team in Ritsumeikan University.
ReplyDeleteこんにちは、ぼくのなまえはなかこうじじゅんやです。きょうとにすんでいる19さいです。よろしくおねがいします。
Hello, my name is Junya Nakakoji. I’m 19 years old. I’m a first-year student at Ritsumeikan University. I live in Nagaokakyo city in Kyoto. Kyoto is very beautiful place, so I recommend that you come to Kyoto. My hobbies are reading books and watching movies. I like sports, especially soccer. I’m a member of soccer club team in Ritsumeikan University.
ReplyDeleteこんにちは、ぼくのなまえはなかこうじじゅんやです。きょうとにすんでいる19さいです。よろしくおねがいします。
Nice to meet you! I hope to visit Japan one day, if I do I will be sure to go to Kyoto. I also like books and movies, what are your favorites? Thank you for reading my blog!
ReplyDeleteSounds good! I think you should visit Kyoto at once.
ReplyDeleteI like Japanese novels, and my favorite movies are Ocean's 11 and Mission Impossible. How about you?
I also like both those movies! But my favorite movie is Inception, and my favorite book series is Game Of Thrones. I haven't read any Japanese novels, maybe I will be able to when I get better at the language :)
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