春休み

みなさん、おはようございます。


今年の春休みは　私と　ラグビーチームも　香港（ホンコン）に　行きました。

友達と　たくさん　美味しい　香港のたべもの　食べました。ゆめいな　点心（てんしんーdimsum)の　レストランに　食べに　行きました。

 

毎日　ラグビーのれんしゅを　しました。　そして　水曜日と 土曜に　ラグビーのゲームを　しました。

友達と　大仏（ビッグブッダ- Big Buddha)に　行くて　香を たきました (burned incense). 

 

さようなら。　~(=^‥^)ノ

Reflecting on the Semester

Now that the semester is already halfway over (how did that happen so fast???) it's time to reflect on my goals and activities for the semester.

First of all, I'm not much of an anime person so I still haven't found a second anime that I want to watch but instead I have been listening to some Japanese music. I found a band I like that does nice, soft, generally slow music. It's called コトリンゴ if anyone is interested in checking it out.

I like this song by them a lot.

I've been doing better about studying vocab more frequently this semester, but I find it piles up right after breaks (so right now) and I'm still struggling with Kanji. That is something that I will just have to continue with every day.

I have found more opportunities to practice speaking Japanese this semester, and I was actually able to use it a bit when I was in Hong Kong for spring break. I would like to spend more time practicing speaking but Language table isn't an option for me due to scheduling conflicts. Someone told me recently that there are Japanese tutors available through Princeton (fellow students) so I may look into that as a way to practice.

私の家族

私の家族は 八人家族です。私のステップお父さんと　お母さんと　兄弟は　アーカンソーで　すんでいます。　兄弟は五人います。

姉が一人います。　なまえは　アンジェリカで、　二十一さいです。大学の三年生です。昨年の12月は　けっこんしましたか。せが　ひくて　かみが　ながいです。

  

妹は二人います。　なまえは　エリンと　レイチェルです。　エリンは十七さいです。高校の三年生です。せが高くて　かみがくるいです。　えを　かくの大好きです。　レイチェルは八さいです。小学校の学生です。ブロンドのかみ人です。

弟二人います。六さいです。　そして　双子です。なまえは ディランと　ワイアットです。　イアットの　方が　せが高いです。小学校の学生です.

Semester Goals

こんばんは　みなさん、

Coming into this semester I would like to focus more on listening comprehension and conversational fluency. I feel like we've learned quite a bit, to the point where I can hold basic conversation, but I struggle to come up with things quick enough to hold natural conversations with people.

So, I think the best way to remedy this is to try and speak more Japanese. I can't go to Japanese language tables because of schedule conflicts :( so I want to speak more with friends who know Japanese this semester.

I also want to focus more on being motivated to study vocabulary daily (I have to do a big refresher of last semester's vocab now that we've come back from break). This way vocab can't pile up and get overwhelming.

I will also continue trying to watch at least one episode of anime a week to see if I can pick out words and phrases I understand. I watched Attack on Titan last semester but sadly I finished all of the episodes... so if anyone has any recommendations that would be lovely.

さようなら。　~(=^‥^)ノ

私の好きな な食べもの

こんばんは　みなさん！

私は　ベジタリアンです。　そして　私は　たくさん　たべものが　たべられません！　たとえば、　ぶたにくや　ぎゅうにくを　ぜんぜん　たべません。

でも　たくさん　おいしい　たべものを　たべます。私のともだちと　よく　タイレストランに　たべに　いきます。そして　私は　よく　カレーを　たべます。　私は　カレーが　大好きです！

プリンストン大学のがくしょくに　やすいや　とうふを　たべます。　がくしょくで　たくさん　おいしい　ベジタリアンのたべものが　あります。

私は　ベジタリアンですが　おすしが　大好きなので　ときどき　私のかれしと　おすしを　たべに　日本のレストランに　いきます。

私は　ファストフードを　あまり　たべませんが　チックフィレーのフライドポテトが　大好きです。しょっぱい　たべものが　好きです。たとえば　フライドポテトや　ラーメンが　大好きです。

Reflections at the End of the Semester

ヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノこんばんわ

Now that we're done with the fall semester it's time to look back on my goals and activities and to see how I did...


Goals:

• To achieve basic conversational fluency
• I'm still working on this (slowly...)
• Natural pronunciation
• My pronunciation has definitely improved but I still have a ways to go.
• To be able to read hiragana and katakana at a reasonable pace (I read super slowly right now)
• Yes!
• To familiarize myself with the sounds of the Japanese language
• Yes! (For the most part)

Activities:

• Practice pronunciation at least once a week with friends who know more Japanese than I do
• This hasn't been happening as often as I'd hoped (mostly because it's hard to coordinate schedules)
• Pick a new Japanese song every week to listen to repeatedly and attempt to learn some (if not all) of the lyrics
• Yea this didn't happen :( I did listen to Japanese music but I never sang it (couldn't find any slower songs that I liked)
• At least 30 minutes of daily vocab study
• Yes! But I think I should ramp it up more for the next semester.
• Practice reading passages of hiragana and katakana at least twice a week for 15 minutes
• I've done this every once in a while, but not as often as I'd hoped.

I'd say overall I accomplished my goals maybe 75% of the time? So not perfect, but I'm working on it. Here's to having more success next semester!


じゃ・また ~~~ヾ(＾∇＾)

ふゆやすみのけっこんしき

ふゆやすみに　私のあねは　けっこんしました！

12月20日に　アーカンソー川で　けっこんしました。

私と　あね　いっしょに　はなたばは　つくりました。

 たくさん コールドですが きれいなでした。

これは、私と 私の姉妹で あります. 　私は　くろの　ドレスを　ちゃくよう　します。