Thursday, February 9, 2017
私の中休み
こんにちは、皆さん。
この中休み、私は大学の友達と一緒にヨーロッパに行きました。どうしてですか？友達と旅行するのはとても楽しですよ！
私たちの旅行はとう日間くらいでした。1月27日から２月６日までノルウェーとドイツとオーストリアとチェコとデンマークに行きました。
ヨーロッパは古い建物がたくさあります。歴史的な建物ですよ。
オスロ市はとても小さくて静かです。そして、あそこにはレストランが少ないです。
ベルリンとドレスデンはドイツの町です。あそこは大きくて立派ですよ！特にドレスデンはとてもきれいな町です。この町はWWIIの後また建てました。
次はプラハとウィーンです。その町はこの旅行の一番古い町です。バスで行きましたよ。ドイツより安いですよ。あそこもとてもりっぱな建物と公園がたくさんあります。
ついにデンマークのコペンハーゲンに行きました。そこが私の一番好きなまちでした。コペンハーゲンはきれいで、りっぱで、大きい町です。海の横にあるの町ですから、風があって天気がいいでした。そこには、みんなは自転車で出かけますよ。それから空気もいいです。そして、全世界の一番いいレストランはコペンハーゲンにありますよ！名前は「NOMA」ですけど、高すぎるからそこは今度に！
とてもいい旅行しました。
Thursday, January 12, 2017
PE Evaluation
PE進歩の評価 #2
My goals for this years were simply put:
1. Speak like a native in terms of fluency of tone, speed of conversation, as well as plenty of confidence.
2. Improve my handwriting.
3. Be able to get around in Japan.
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1. Speak like a native in terms of fluency of tone, speed of conversation, as well as plenty of confidence.
2. Improve my handwriting.
3. Be able to get around in Japan.
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After 13 weeks of Japanese, I re-evaluate my progress!
1. Compared to the midterm, I believe I have improved immensely! Although I did less anime PE for this second half of the semester, I practiced more dialogue based PEs, and I think that has helped me a lot. I feel confident talking, just not with native speed yet. But that will come with hopefully just a few more years of practice. PE's far-reaching effect will manifest itself in PII.
2. My handwriting is officially better in Japanese than Korean. My Chinese writing also helps my Japanese. I think I am making good progress!
3. This one will be tested this summer at Kanazawa. I am beyond excited to go, and what better way to test my new skills than to go to the country. I can practice and learn there while using the little bit of fluency I gained from doing PEs. I am very grateful for Shibata sensee's guidance in my pronunciation!
Thank you for a wonderful semester.
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
プリンストンに雪が降ります
こんばんは、皆さん~
あけましておめでとうございます。
今年もよろしくお願いします！
今は２０１７ですね。おとといに雪がすごい降りましたよ。これを見てください。
きれいですね？ここは僕のりょうの近くです。僕は、とてもきれいだと思います。
うちがテキサスにあるので、僕はあまり雪を見ないんです。それから雪は僕に少し新しくて楽しいですよ。
今週は少し寒かったですけど、今日は暖っかたですよ！
Friday, December 16, 2016
End of Semester Blog Entry Revisions!
こんにちは！
1. The past negative form for い adjectives is くなかった not くないかった.
2. Connecting nouns require usage of と, such as in my self introduction post from the beginning of the year.
3. On my post with the guitar tabs, when indicating "like" for a song, the proper particle to use should be が: 私はこの歌が好きですから...
I fixed some other mistakes, but these were the major ones.
良いお年を!
Monday, November 28, 2016
秋休みにニューヨークに行きましたよ
みなさん、こんばんは！
この秋休みに両親と一緒にニューヨークに行きました。授業がありませんから両親が僕に飛行機で行きましたよ。テキサス州からニュージャージー州まで飛行機で3時間半ぐらいかかります。このマップを見てください。
ニューヨークはとても賑やかでしたよ。私たちは美味しい食べ物を食べにここに行きました。だから晩ご飯後に日本のレストランで食べました。あのレストランは日本式に料理をしましたよ。それを食べましたね、いわしと酒とイクラどんですよ：
この秋休みに両親と一緒にニューヨークに行きました。授業がありませんから両親が僕に飛行機で行きましたよ。テキサス州からニュージャージー州まで飛行機で3時間半ぐらいかかります。このマップを見てください。
ニューヨークはとても賑やかでしたよ。私たちは美味しい食べ物を食べにここに行きました。だから晩ご飯後に日本のレストランで食べました。あのレストランは日本式に料理をしましたよ。それを食べましたね、いわしと酒とイクラどんですよ：
とても美味しかったです！「あぶりやきんおすけ」に行って見てください。
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秋休みは早く終わりました。でも、両親と会って嬉しかったです。クリスマスの休みまで会いません。
じゃね〜
Thursday, November 10, 2016
進歩の評価
My goals for this years were simply put:
1. Speak like a native in terms of fluency of tone, speed of conversation, as well as plenty of confidence.
2. Improve my handwriting.
3. Be able to get around in Japan.
I am halfway through this semester, and so it is important to evaluate my progress.
1. Even though this may sound overly ambitious, the point here isn't that I become a native. But rather, as I have put it above, the point is to simply speak as if I am very comfortable with the language. Considering I still have about 6 weeks to realize this goal, I think I am on the right track. My PE exercises have been getting good feedback, and my speaking feels more and more natural. I have not found enough time to listen to Japanese via other mediums outside of class, however, so I will need to find time to do that.
2. My handwriting improved a lot. It is actually already much prettier than my Korean, so I am happy with my progress. My Chinese is still prettier, though, but I think I can change that by the end of the semester. Maybe then I should work on the other languages. It is important to have good handwriting!
3. I am planning to study abroad in Japan this summer, therefore this is especially important to me. I have never been there and so I want to make sure that when I finally find the chance to, it will be an experience where I can get the absolute most out of it. One small additional effort that I am attempting is to skip out of year one 2nd semester + year two 1st semester, that way I enter spring semester as a second year student. This, however, will be difficult, and so I am just trying my best. I am making good progress, though.
Here's to another 楽しい 6 weeks!
1. Speak like a native in terms of fluency of tone, speed of conversation, as well as plenty of confidence.
2. Improve my handwriting.
3. Be able to get around in Japan.
I am halfway through this semester, and so it is important to evaluate my progress.
1. Even though this may sound overly ambitious, the point here isn't that I become a native. But rather, as I have put it above, the point is to simply speak as if I am very comfortable with the language. Considering I still have about 6 weeks to realize this goal, I think I am on the right track. My PE exercises have been getting good feedback, and my speaking feels more and more natural. I have not found enough time to listen to Japanese via other mediums outside of class, however, so I will need to find time to do that.
2. My handwriting improved a lot. It is actually already much prettier than my Korean, so I am happy with my progress. My Chinese is still prettier, though, but I think I can change that by the end of the semester. Maybe then I should work on the other languages. It is important to have good handwriting!
3. I am planning to study abroad in Japan this summer, therefore this is especially important to me. I have never been there and so I want to make sure that when I finally find the chance to, it will be an experience where I can get the absolute most out of it. One small additional effort that I am attempting is to skip out of year one 2nd semester + year two 1st semester, that way I enter spring semester as a second year student. This, however, will be difficult, and so I am just trying my best. I am making good progress, though.
Here's to another 楽しい 6 weeks!
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
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