Dinner with Kame in my Japanese Textbook
I could barely contain my laughter while sitting in Japanese class on Thursday as Kame peeked out from my Japanese textbook. I was dying, and I couldn't share it with anyone!! I was snorting with each new sentence, looking around the classroom to see if anyone caught me/was with me. I will translate a part of the passage we read in class (or attempt to translate, anyway), so you can see what I mean. C'mon, laugh with me!
The scene: Amy-san is having a nabe (pot) dinner with her host family and has an omoshiroi keikan (interesting experience). I'll use the characters we are supposed to know. (Kame was left as hiragana, and I put him in bold XDDD)
Kame=かめ=亀=turtle
ある日、ホストファミリーと晩ご飯を食べに行きました。 なべの中にやさいや肉がたくさなりました。 私は「これは何の肉？鳥の肉？」と聞きました。 お 父さんは「食べてみて。 おいしいから」 と言いました。 「どう？おいしい？」 「はい、とても。 でも、何ですか？」 みんなはニヤニヤして、何も言 いません。 私はちょっと不安になりました。 でも、おなかがすいていたし、おいしかったので、たくさん食べました。 「ごちそうさま」 「エイミーさ ん、じつは、これはすっぽんですよ」 「すっぽん？」 「すっぽんはかめです」 「えっ！······」 私は気分が悪くなりました。 お父さんはしっぽん体によくて、高い食べ物だと言っていました。 これは一生に一度のとてもおもしろいけいはんでした。 国に帰って、友だちに「かめを食べたことがある」と言えます。 かめはおいしかったです。でも、やっぱり、もうかめをたべたくありません。
My (bad) translation:
One day, I went to eat dinner with my host family. In the nabe, there were lots of vegetables and meat (and such). I asked, "What meat is this? Chicken meat?" <---(hehehe, never a good question)
"Try eating it, because it's delicious," said [host] Father.
"How? Delicious?"
"Yes, very. But what is it?"
Everyone grinned but didn't say anything. I became a little uneasy. But because I was hungry and it was delicious, I ate a lot. "Thanks for the food!"
"Amy-san, as a matter of fact, this is suppon."
"Suppon?"
"Suppon is turtle (Kame)"
"Eh!?!?!"
I began to feel sick. Father said suppon (Kame!) is good for the body and is expensive food.
This was a very interesting once-in-a-lifetime experience. When I return to my country, I can say to my friends, "I have eaten turtle (Kame!)" Kame was delicious. But, after all, I don't want to eat Kame anymore.
WAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! ZOMFG. Awww, Amy-san! Kame was delicious (and tastes like chicken XD). But no more, thanks. XDDD Oh lord. I love it.
ETA: This is completely unrelated, but I finally broke down and bought two months of MegaUpload Premium. It's sooo luxurious.
The scene: Amy-san is having a nabe (pot) dinner with her host family and has an omoshiroi keikan (interesting experience). I'll use the characters we are supposed to know. (Kame was left as hiragana, and I put him in bold XDDD)
Kame=かめ=亀=turtle
ある日、ホストファミリーと晩ご飯を食べに行きました。 なべの中にやさいや肉がたくさなりました。 私は「これは何の肉？鳥の肉？」と聞きました。 お 父さんは「食べてみて。 おいしいから」 と言いました。 「どう？おいしい？」 「はい、とても。 でも、何ですか？」 みんなはニヤニヤして、何も言 いません。 私はちょっと不安になりました。 でも、おなかがすいていたし、おいしかったので、たくさん食べました。 「ごちそうさま」 「エイミーさ ん、じつは、これはすっぽんですよ」 「すっぽん？」 「すっぽんはかめです」 「えっ！······」 私は気分が悪くなりました。 お父さんはしっぽん体によくて、高い食べ物だと言っていました。 これは一生に一度のとてもおもしろいけいはんでした。 国に帰って、友だちに「かめを食べたことがある」と言えます。 かめはおいしかったです。でも、やっぱり、もうかめをたべたくありません。
My (bad) translation:
One day, I went to eat dinner with my host family. In the nabe, there were lots of vegetables and meat (and such). I asked, "What meat is this? Chicken meat?" <---(hehehe, never a good question)
"Try eating it, because it's delicious," said [host] Father.
"How? Delicious?"
"Yes, very. But what is it?"
Everyone grinned but didn't say anything. I became a little uneasy. But because I was hungry and it was delicious, I ate a lot. "Thanks for the food!"
"Amy-san, as a matter of fact, this is suppon."
"Suppon?"
"Suppon is turtle (Kame)"
"Eh!?!?!"
I began to feel sick. Father said suppon (Kame!) is good for the body and is expensive food.
This was a very interesting once-in-a-lifetime experience. When I return to my country, I can say to my friends, "I have eaten turtle (Kame!)" Kame was delicious. But, after all, I don't want to eat Kame anymore.
WAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! ZOMFG. Awww, Amy-san! Kame was delicious (and tastes like chicken XD). But no more, thanks. XDDD Oh lord. I love it.
ETA: This is completely unrelated, but I finally broke down and bought two months of MegaUpload Premium. It's sooo luxurious.