topic 5

Konbanwa, minna-san! Genki desuka?

Today, we learn about ‘tabemono’(food). ‘nani ga suki desuka?’

We got some new vocab about food. ‘niku’(meat), ‘sakana’(fish), ‘yasai’(vegetables), ‘kudamono’(fruits), ‘tamago’(eggs), ‘pan’(bread) and others. We also learnt about drinks too such as ‘koohi’(coffee), ‘ocha’(tea), ‘gyuunyuu’(milk) and others. According to the audio that sensei played in class, we can know how to ask people about their favorite food politely. we talk about our favorite foods with partners. We learn some new connectors and refresh the connectors that we have learn during these past few lesson. Then, it is about time for our activity in class.. In Japan, they use connectors depend on their usage. We use ‘wa’ to say nouns after that word. And ‘wa’ for negative thought such as ‘sakana wa sukijanai desu.’ So, we need to use this connectors to make complete sentences. We can offer drinks to our friend by asking ‘koohii, nomimasu ka?’ ’itsumo ban gohan o tabemasuka?’ ‘itadakimasu’- use before we eat the food to show gratitude. ‘gochisosama’- use after we eat to thank the food for filling our tummy. Sensei told us that these are the manners towards food shown by japanese people. We can use connectors ‘nado’ to state food more than three. After we done talking about our ‘asa gohan’(breakfast), the class dismissed. Huhu so many new vocabs >_<

And we got to learn a little bit of kanji. Sensei give some introduction on kanji. Actually kanji is originated from China. So, mainly that’s one of the reason why Japan and China are not really in a good term as China thought that Japan stole their writings and make their own. Kanji that we learn today is sakana, niku, tamago, mizu, tabemasu, and nomimasu.

business card and family

We have assigned to do business card on our own. Sensei shown us tutorial on how to show and accept business card from others in polite way. Then, it’s our turn to start conversation with others and exchange our business card.  And then, we started our next lesson, about family ;) Sensei talks about her family. Her ‘otto’ (husband) , ‘musume’ (daughter). Last week, we were told to bring our family’s photo and show it to the entire class. But because of many of us just bring small size picture, sensei decided that we just do it in pairs. And then, we start communicate with each other while showing our family’s photo. ‘Kore wa watashi no kazoku no sashin desu’ haha am I right or not? huhu.. My partner is hana-san.. well,, I can say that she have a big family. ‘ooki desune..’ I got to know more about her and family. As my family consist of 6 members. ‘watashi no kazoku wa roku nin desu. kono hito wa haha desu. oikutsu wa yonjuu ichi sai desu. shufu desu.’ That’s are some of things that I said in the conversation. We also need to make short essay about our family to send in goals. I have so much fun in today’s lesson. We got to say all about our family in Japanese. So much fun that I got to learn this wonderful language. Arigato gozaimasu, sensei!

Yoroshiku

Another exciting morning class!

Hajimemashite. Jiha desu. Serangoru kara kimashita. Doozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

Basically, this is how I introduce myself in Japanese language in class.

As usual, we greet our sensei.. kirei desune >.< hehe.. Today, our next lesson is about ‘myself’. We learned how to give a simple introduction in japanese. Firstly, sensei gives us some preview on how Japanese people start greeting and end greeting and how they introduce themselves properly to each other. Based on the examples given and also help from notes, we were told to introduce ourselves in front of the class. Just use a simple introduction like the example given above. We use ‘hajimemashite’ when we first time meeting with that person.  There are also some polite way to ask people without being rude. And then, we learn about benkyoo-chuu desu. Kankoku (Korea) , Kankokujin (Korean people) , Kankokugo (Korean language). Next, we learn about oshigoto wa? (what do you work as?). As a student, we can answer ‘gakusee desu’. ‘shufu’ (housewife) , ‘enjinia’ (engineer) , ‘kaishain’ (company employee) and others. We play games about Japanese characters on hiragana. This game to test if we manage recognize the characters well. Well, I got about ten characters correctly. Huhu… Win ^^,, That’s all for today. The class end after sensei give us some homework and we greeted sensei before departed.