An opportunity to use new phrases

わたしはきのうねませんでした。orz

わたしはごぜんじゅうにじからごぜんはちじはんまではたらきました。□＿ヾ(･_･ )

つかれた。(;´ρ`)

わたしははたちです

わたしはおそくなりました。すみません。m(_ _)m

わたしのたんじょうびは 9/24 です。

わたしははたちです! ∑(O_O；)

おもしろいこと

これはわたしのしゅみです。



じゃまた。

Musical post

Here's a video of a song that I really like. It's called Sousei no Aquarion by AKINO, and it the opening song to an anime by the same name.



Interestingly enough, the chorus of the song goes as such

いちまんねんとにせんねんまえからあいしてる
はっせんねんすぎたころからもっとこいしくなった
いちおくとにせんねんあともあいしてる
きみをしったそのひからぼくのじごくにおんがくはたえない

I knew this song from a year or two ago, but I didn't know much Japanese then. Now after learning a bit, I can understand the lyrics a little more and a couple number related things stood out...

いちまんねん = 10,000 years
と = and
にせんねん = 2,000 years
いちまんねんとにせんねん = 12,000 years

はっせんねん = 8,000 years
いちおく = 100,000,000

This helped me study for the quiz the other day. ^_^

Introduction

Hello! My name is Stephen. I'm a junior at Columbia University majoring in computer science. I chose to study Japanese because I really enjoy Japanese culture, such as Japanese music and anime, so I wish to learn the language. I'm very excited about being able to finally understand and speak Japanese and be able to read and write it. The things I have found most difficult after the first 2 weeks of class are remembering all the hiragana (I am already dreading learning katakana and kanji :P) and being able to remember numbers immediately such that I can recite them naturally instead of needing to count to remember. I am greatly enjoying this class and looking forward to the rest of the semester.

Stephen

ひとつ

みなさん　こんにちは、はじめまして。わたしは　Stephenです。どうぞよろしく。わたしは　ころんびあだいがくの　さんねんせいです。わたしの　せんせいは　さとうしんじです。これからおせわになります。

Stephen