にほんごのクラス

Japanese class is going well so far. I understand much more vocabulary than when I first started. Now I can tell time, ask about items in department stores, and talk about what I did on each day of the week. Some aspects of Japanese is actually easier for me to understand because pronunciation of words are similar to Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese. While I am not experienced in Chinese, much of Japanese Kanji is simple to understand. Hopefully that will give me an advantage when learning and I will not struggle with the Kanji. We have dabbled a bit in Katakana, but have not formally learned that alphabet yet. I have already learned many of the characters, so it will just be a refresher for when we do learn it. 


The Japanese midterm is next week; I will be reviewing what I have learned in these four weeks and keeping my fingers crossed that I do well!


さよなら！

Hello!

My name is Kelly, and I am a freshman at Columbia University. One of the classes I am most excited about taking is Japanese I, as I have always wanted to study this language. After travelling to Tokyo and Kyoto last summer, my interest in Japan strengthened. The culture, history, food, fashion, and technology of Japan...they have all intrigued me for years.


As of now, I am currently in my second week of classes at Columbia, and enjoying everything about the school. The experience of living in New York through a rich campus life is very exciting. Japanese isn't too challenging right now, but the fast pace of the class motivates me to keep up. Learning the vocabulary can be tricky, as well as learning the kanji in the future. I hope to learn conversational Japanese so I can communicate with native speakers, and also learn how to read and write Japanese. I look forward to what this class has to offer!

こんにちわ！

わたしは Kelly (ケリ)です。アメリカからきました。Columbiaのだいかくせです、いちにえんせです。１８さいです。このblogわたしです。どぞよれしく！