Day 1-2: こんばんは(it's night time now). On the first day, I was introduced to my instructor Fuse-sensei. The first day was intense, for me that is. Fuse-sensei started the class speaking in Japanese. Although I am somewhat familiar with the language from my anime and manga pastime, I could not understand most of the words he said. I self-studied written Japanese in the past during the height of my anime and manga addiction so hiragana and katakana were not difficult, however, having never met a Japanese person before, I had absolutely zero skills in speaking and listening.
I learned greetings such as おはようございます, こんにちは, and こんばんは. When the class ended, I had issues switching my thoughts back from Japanese to English for the rest of the day.
The second day (today) was similar in a way, but we just learned a lot more vocabulary and some hiragana. Today, I learned something astonishing, I have been writing hiragana and probably katakana too in the wrong way. It turns out printed and handwritten Japanese hiragana are different. This will take some time to adapt to.
じゃあ、また
It is very nice to keep a record of what you learned in class.
ReplyDeleteTo write Hiragana/Katakana properly is the very first step to learn Japanese, and it will help you communicate with Japanese people in writing.
Children in Japan also learn how to write them correctly in elementary school. you took the same step.
you defenitely adopt to it soon.
you study very hard, I'm very impressed!!