Language Acquisition #4: Time To Learn Katakana
Konnichiwa! Yoroshika onegai shimasu. I haven’t made a whole lot of progress as far as my vocabulary. However, I am happy to report that I am hearing a lot more … Continue reading
Language Acquisition #3: Training My Ear and Tongue
Konichiwa! Genki desu ka? Genki desu. I spent four hours putting together a video just for you! I can’t begin to explain how much of a pain it is to … Continue reading
Musings #26: Help Me Identify This #Karuta Deck
Is there anyone out there who can read japanese and can identify these cards? I know some hiragana, but obviously that doesn’t help when you are only at the … Continue reading
Language Acquisition #2: I Can Read Hiragana!
Well, most of them. The important thing is that the random strokes are beginning to form strokes that make sense! I was wasting time on YouTube when a Japanese Children’s … Continue reading
Language Acquisition #1: Making Sense of Squiggles and Foreign Sounds
You forget what a toddler world must feel like until you start trying to learn a language. Know why toddlers cry and scream and throw tantrums so easily like they … Continue reading
What’s Up Doc #7: I Am Teaching Myself Japanese!
Hello everyone! I have something different for you today (because my blog needs to stay unfocused and haphazard just the way I like it)! I have created a YouTube video … Continue reading
That’s Totally Random #8: Cat Stealing Coin “Piggy” Bank
So my husband sends me this link to this cat piggy bank the other day and now it is the thing that my heart most desires. There seems to be … Continue reading
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