Monday, September 17, 2012
The Beginning
はじめまして。おおのです。どうぞよろしく。As of right now, that's close to all I can say/write in Japanese; I guess you have to start somewhere. I have decided to start taking Japanese relatively late in my Princeton career because, having spent my childhood in THE whitest state in the country (Maine), I am eager to explore and embrace the Japanese part of my heritage (my father was born in Japan). I'm excited to learn enough Japanese so that I can, at the very least, survive a future trip to Japan on my own and hopefully be able to have at least a basic conversation or two with my obaa-chan (おばあちゃん perhaps?) in her native language. What I have been finding most difficult is reading the hiragana quickly. The characters are just so new to me that even if I know the meaning it takes me a little while to process them. Hopefully practice will make it easier. Well, I'm excited to begin.
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Processing information and speaking Japanese at the speed of a native speaker is hard too. がんばって下さい！
ReplyDeleteほんとうに？？
ReplyDeleteI didn't believe your state was whiter than mine, so I looked it up and it is true!
That's so cool you'll be able to speak Japanese with your relatives. :) They'll have you speaking like a native in no time heheh.
Hey おおの、 はじめまして！毅（たけし）です。わたしもはんぶんにほんじんです！ ちちもにほんからきました。でも、わたしはカリフォニアのサンフアンシスコからきました。ははもカリフォニアからきました。
ReplyDeleteコロンビアだいがくのよんねんせいです。
どうぞ よろしく。
P.S. Does your grandmother speak English? Mine doesn't, so にほんごをべんきょうしましょう！