Hello, everyone.
I am happy that I am in this Japanese class. There are several reasons why I study Japanese.
First, Japanese language and culture are quite fascinating. It encourages me to explore a new different culture.
Secondly, I am from China. There are strong ties between Japanese and Chinese languages and cultures, which prompt me to find out the similarity and difference between them.
Thirdly, studying Japanese will help me in reading research sources written in Japanese language and advance my academic work.
But as you know, Japanese is one of the most difficult languages I have ever known, especially grammar. After two weeks of study, I feel difficult in telling which vowel should be long vowel sometimes. Otherwise, it is all good.
Hope everyone enjoys this class as I do :)
こんにちは！ I agree with the whole "Japanese and Chinese" having strong ties because I feel like Japanese and Korean have similarities as well.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that it is very difficult to tell which vowel should be long and which ones shouldn't!!
Good luck!! :)
じゃまたあした。
ぺんさん、
ReplyDeleteはじめまして！I have trouble distinguishing the long vowels from the short ones too ;____;
加油~ =D
はじめまして ナムです。かんこくじんです。 どおぞよろしく。Korean also has strong ties to Japanese as well. It was also one of my reasons for learning Japanese.
ReplyDeleteSpanish doesn't seem to have many ties to Japanese, but its sounds/pronunciation ARE almost identical to that of Japanese. So I've got some help there... Unfortunately, pronunciation isn't the most difficult part of learning Japanese... :-/
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