Sunday, October 10, 2010

Oh, why isn't the weather outside frightful? LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW

Hey girls, it's Sunday!
I hate Japanese class. I hate this class with a burning passion and one day I will kill everything that the Japanese language stands for. I don't know if y'all know the fundamentals of Japanese, but I will tell you.
There are three alphabets in Japanese (I KNOW! THREE??!! it's ridiculous!)
Hirogana - the normal and most used one. it's the first you learn
Katakana- the second one that you never quite understand why you need it. It's for American words to be Japanized.
Kanji- If I ever decide to kill myself, Kanji will be the reason why. This is the third alphabet. It literally never ends. It is complicated. You need to know the stroke order. And guess what, NO ONE KNOWS WHY YOU NEED IT! It's simply a more complicated version of words you could write in Hirogana or Katakana.

I will now teach you several helpful words and phrases in Japanese.

May I go to the bathroom?

わたしわおてあらいにいつてもいですか。
wa-ta-shi-wa-o-te-a-ra-i-ni-i-te-mo-i-de-su-ka


Hello. How are you?
こにちわ。どうですか。
ko-ni-chi-wa. do-u-de-su-ka


My name is Katie. What's your name?

 わたしわケイテイです。あなたわですか
wa-ta-shi-wa-ke-i-te-i-de-su. a-na-ta-wa-de-su

Now that may possibly look cool and fun, but that's the simplest it gets. I think this might be my last year of Japanese class. I really wanted to make it to AP, but I really don't like our new teacher because I can't understand her 50% of the time. 
Another thing that bothers me about Japanese: the verb "to like" is an adjective in Japanese....
Jasmine I'll read you tomorrow!

Less than three,
Katie Z

Listening to: Frosty the Snowman
Last Watched: The West Wing (RIP Mrs. Landingham)
Reading: The Picture of Dorian Grey... the amount of time I have to read is nominal
Last Movie I saw: The Social Network (it was good, go see it)
Quote: "CRIMITY CAKES! I HAVE TO BLOG!" - me

4 comments:

  1. Also, HAPPY DAVID TENANNT DAY!!!!!
    And I forgot to put ka at the end of the last romanji japanese sentence, sorry 'bout that.

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  2. Do you have to learn Japanese?

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  3. no, I just decided to in seventh grade and never stopped. I'm thinking this will be my last year

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  4. KATIE... YOU SOUND SANE... Don't listen to her, Sarah; it would be in her best interest to give it up, but she's too much of a masochist to do it.

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