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i went to my first japanese class last night. pops went last week when the class actually started and i think he expected to be able to teach me what i missed, but i ended up helping him with his grammar and pronounciation. he's such a perfectionist, but because of the week he's had (grandpa's brain surgery is today and grandma was recently put into assisted living) he had no time to study except for the few hours with me on wednesday. he was really nervous on the way to class, so we ran over the grammar and hiragana sounds in the car. i also suggested that we start using the grammar as much as possible, so i said "oyasuminasai!" to him instead of goodnight and it took him a moment to reply. aw, pops.
it was a lot of fun, though! the teacher brings in a japanese snack each week and pretty much forces us to try them. XD this week was a... i don't even know. they looked like churros, but they were kind of the consistency of cheetos and soy sauce flavored. i liked them, but pops is not very fond of soy sauce, so i ended up eating the other half of his along with mine.
there's a few people in class who are that kind of student. the ones who have self-studied and are ready to flaunt their knowledge at any opportunity. one of them sits next to pops and he's constantly saying things before the teacher can finish and using vocabulary we haven't learned yet. and it's not even impressive vocabulary - it's random words that don't really even apply to what we're learning. ugh. we do have a sixteen year old girl in class who is pretty precious. she's apparently studying a few languages at the same time. i would get so confused. D:
the teacher praised my pronunciation a few times in class, which i was a little surprised about. i completely credit that to the sheer amount of japanese variety shows i watch, which is pretty sad, actually. she also told me that i did a good job at the end of class when we were saying goodbye. when she realizes that i'm almost at the end of my japanese knowledge, she'll change her tune. haha.
my favorite part of the night was when nakamura-sensei was talking to us about one the characters in our dialogue because his name was shingo. she said something like "shingo! a man's name. NEVER A WOMAN'S NAME." all i could think of was
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT, SENSEI?
it was a lot of fun, though! the teacher brings in a japanese snack each week and pretty much forces us to try them. XD this week was a... i don't even know. they looked like churros, but they were kind of the consistency of cheetos and soy sauce flavored. i liked them, but pops is not very fond of soy sauce, so i ended up eating the other half of his along with mine.
there's a few people in class who are that kind of student. the ones who have self-studied and are ready to flaunt their knowledge at any opportunity. one of them sits next to pops and he's constantly saying things before the teacher can finish and using vocabulary we haven't learned yet. and it's not even impressive vocabulary - it's random words that don't really even apply to what we're learning. ugh. we do have a sixteen year old girl in class who is pretty precious. she's apparently studying a few languages at the same time. i would get so confused. D:
the teacher praised my pronunciation a few times in class, which i was a little surprised about. i completely credit that to the sheer amount of japanese variety shows i watch, which is pretty sad, actually. she also told me that i did a good job at the end of class when we were saying goodbye. when she realizes that i'm almost at the end of my japanese knowledge, she'll change her tune. haha.
my favorite part of the night was when nakamura-sensei was talking to us about one the characters in our dialogue because his name was shingo. she said something like "shingo! a man's name. NEVER A WOMAN'S NAME." all i could think of was
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT, SENSEI?