BEES!

もしミツバチ（bees）がいなかったら、たぶんせいかいですべての人間がそんざいしません（not exist）。だから、たくさんの生物学者(biologists)はミツバチが一番だいじなどうぶつだと思っています。

                                           　　テディベアのミツバチ、　かわいい！！！

けれども、今、アメリカで、たくさんのミツバチはしんでいます。六十年前に、二百億ぐらい(20　billion) いて、カリフォルニアだけに百五十億いました。でも、おせんなので(polution)、今、アメリカにミツバチは十七億います。もしミツバチのじんこうは十七億になったら、いくつかのたね(some species)はしんでしまうでしょう。それで、食べ物はとても高くなるでしょう。そして、せいかつはとてもむずかしくなるかもしれません。それはとてもわるいです！

                                                      ビーフライ　とてもとてもかわいい！


もし出来たら、ミツバチをたすけて下さい！ミツバチは私たちの友達ですよ！

高校の時に、スポーツをたくさんしたり。。。

今年の一番好きなイベント

私の一番好きなヘヴィメタルバンドはゴッドスマックですよ。今年、このバンドはおおきいツアーをしますから、わくわくしています！たくさんのヨーロッパの国でゴッドスマックはコンサートをして、ブルガリアにも来るそうです。だから、ソフィアに帰るとき私はチケットを買うかもしれませんよ。コンサートは夏休みの六月にあるから、私はブルガリアにいます。これはゴッドスマックの一番ゆうめいなうたですよ。大好きですよ！あなたは？

うんよく、私の夏休みのしごとは七月からですよ。だから、ソフィアでたくさんのことをしたいです。友達と会ったり、家族とあそんだり、本をよんだりします。そのあと、オックスフォードにぶつりがくのリサーチをしにいきますよ。オックスフォードにたくさんの友達はすんでいますから、たぶんとてもたのしいでしょう！私の親友もイギリスにすんでいるけど、そこからとおいです。だから、週末に親友はオックスフォードにくるかもしれませんね。

とてもとてもきれいだと思います。あなた、どうおもいますか。

Goals and Tips Again Again Again

Goals:

• Be able to talk fast without thinking as much and taking such a long time
• Knowing more vocabulary from reading books
• Be able to understand 70% from a daily conversation about the whether, family, etc.
• Learn enough Japanese and grammar to be able to talk about complex topics, using a dictionary
• Become better at casual speech and intonation (controlling my pitch)

Activities:

• Go to Shibata-sensei's office every week (unless there is some time-conflict)
• Go to Japanese table at least 3 times until the end of semester
• Watch anime and actively listen to catch words and mimic speech patterns
• Talk to a friend who knows Japanese at least once every 2 weeks
• Talk to myself in Japanese and try to catch errors
• Mimic textbook exercises

私のりそうの家族

The Script

私のりそうの家族は四人家族です。子供が二人いて、女の子と男の子です。なまえはエリザベスとユジーンです。お母さんもお父さんもあたまがいいですから、大学のきょうじゅです。きょうじゅですけど、じゅうようなリサーチもします。ひかくてきゆうめいで、あまり金もちじゃないですけど、とてもしあわせです。ヨーロッパのスイスで人が一番やさしいから、その家族はそこにすんでいます。スイスでＣＥＲＮがあって、両親はＣＥＲＮにもつとめています。しょうらい子供も先生になります。

レストランバルカニカ

私の一番好きなレストランはニューヨークにあります。なまえはバルカニカです。ブルガリアりょうりとちちゅうかいりょうりがありますから、ブルガリアの学生よくそこに行きます。ブルガリアりょうりはちょっとからくてしょっぱいですけど、たくさんあまいたべものもあります。

バルカニカはたかくないけど、とてもとてもおいしいです。一番好きなしょくじはバクラバです。これはトルコのデザートですが、とてもあまくてすごいですから、ブルガリアでたくさんの人バクラバが好きです。

バルカニカには、おいしいワインもあります。ときどきそこで友だちとワインを少し飲みます。

たいていそこでブルガリアのみんぞくおんがくをききます。ブルガリアの一番ゆうめいなうたはこれです。

Goals and Tips Again Again

Goals:
(Considering the fact that I was not able to fulfill most of my goals last semester such as understand 80% of the animes I am watching or engage in conversations with strangers, I would like to try to be modest this time)

• I want to be able to talk to a Japanese person for 20 minutes on a non-engaging topic such as hobbies, schedules, weather, Princeton, etc.
• I want to understand the topic of a conversation between two native speakers and generally what each person's claims are
•  I want to learn more vocabulary that is used in everyday speech between teenagers such as girlfriends/boyfriends, parties, classes, etc.
• I want to have a slightly less noticeble foreign accent when I talk in Japanese

Activities:

• Go to Japanese table at least every other week, although I will probably come more frequently and talk to the students there
• Talk to my friends who have taken more advanced Japanese classes
• Go to Shibata sensee's office at least 4 times this semester
• Talk to the exchange grad students that I see so often in the dining halls in Japanese
• Watch anime every other week and identify single words by matching them to their translation in the subtitles
• Anime shadow while doing this
• Eavesdrop on conversations between Japanese people in the East Asian Library

プリテレ

日本のシリ

 

たのしんで下さい！

М.Р.М.К.

あけましておめでとうございます！

 

じゃ、また。

М.Р.М.К.

My Slightly Uninteresting Thanksgiving Holiday

私のサンクスギビングの休みはちょっとつまらなくて、いそがしかったです。たくさんしゅくだいがあるので、日本のアニメをぜんぜんみませんでした。

水曜日のばん友だちとえいがをみて、たのしかったです。えいがはフツラマでした。これはアメリカのアニメです、とてもおもしろいです。でも、きょねんこのアニメはおわって、かなしいです。私はアメリカのアニメがあまり好きじゃありませんが、日本のアニメは大好きです。ところで、月曜日に私のたんじょうびで、友だちはギフトをかいました。小さいトトロのかばんで、とてもかわいくて、きれいでした。

これはトトロのかばんです。

サンクスギビングの休みにニューヨークに友だちにあいにいって、友だちのアパートをみました。友だちはブルガリアじんなので、たべものはおいしくて、たくさんがありました。ムサカやバクラヴァやパタトニックがありましたよ。私の一番好きなたべものはパタトニックです。ベジタリアンなので、パタトニックの中ににくがありません。パタトニックの中にパンきじとたくさんポテトとハーブがあります。とてもとてもおいしいですよ！

これはパタトニックです。

バクラヴァはとてもあまいです。

さようなら、

М.Р.М.К.

わたしのあきやすみ！

わたしのあきやすみはとてもすごいです！たくさんアニメをみました、とてもよかったです！シュタインズゲートもみました！そのアニメはわたしのすきなアニメです！シュタインズゲートにたくさんタイムトラベルとぶつりがくがあります、そしてしゅじんこうはマッドサイエンティスト！わたしはそのひとがとてもすきです、なまえはりんたろうおかべです。そのアニメはとてもおかしいです。そしてすこしロマンチック。こちらはしゅじんこうです：

ロマンチックですね。

あきやすみには、そしてナイアガラにいきました。ともだちとくるまでいきました。しちじかんかかりました。わたしは、ホステルでねました、でもともだちはホテルでねました。ホステルはきれいです。ところで、そこにひとはとてもおもしろいです。ナイアガラのたきはすごいです！！！

これはたきのしゃしんです！ボートには、すずしいです！

М.Р.М.К.

Goals and Tips... Again

Reflection:

• I am now slightly better at speaking in a faster pace and mimicking the pitch pattern of long words (and not confusing it with stress)
• I have also improved the skills to nasalize my speech in order to sound a bit more natural.
• I have been attending the Japanese table and plan to continue to do so
• Anime shadowing on my own once every week was a bit too whimsical, as I could manage it only once every two weeks

Goals/Activities (I guess my goals have become more ambitious now):

• I want to eventually reach a stage in which I can understand 80% of an anime without subtitles
• And... engage in simple conversations about which character is better: Naruto or Sasuke
• Also, I want to be able to read manga in Japanese, it shouldn't be that hard, right?
• In order to do that, at least once a week I will read aloud my textbook and listen to all of the audios, trying to match the intonation 100%
• A super cool thing that I discovered last week is talking to myself: So, I just come up with a Japanese question that has something to do with the chapter and I ask Bo and then Bo responds and asks me a question.  すごいですね！

Noooooooooo, Naruto is ending... But it's so cool, but it's ending, but it's so cool, yet it's ending. Two chapters left...

http://www.mangabee.com/Naruto/698/

さようなら！

М.Р.М.К.

ハジースカさんは、しゅうまつになにをしましたか。

ええと、きのうはどようびでしたね。どようびにソードアートオンラインをみました。これはファンタジーのアニメですそさいごのアークがとてもすきです。そのあと、ともだちのりょうにいきました。ともだちとべんきょうしましたそしてにじごろにひるごはんをたべました。きのうのあさあさごはんをたべませんでしたでもぎゅうにゅうをのみました。しちじにフォーブスでバードさんとばんごはんをたべました。きょうにほんごとげんごがくのしゅくだいします。げんごがくは、テストがありますでもブラックボードにテストがありめせん。なぜ、わかりません！けさピーイー５しました。ピーイー５はアニメシャドウインです。アニメはしんげきのきょじんです。クラスメートとにほんごのアニメのカラオケをしますでもあまりよくないです。いまクラスメートはわたしのへやにきました！じゃあね！

これはアニメのカラオケのうたです！あまりふるくないです。

ソードアートオンラインのアークはとてもあたらしいです！すごいですね！！！

М.Р.М.К.

はじめまして！

Here is my video!

おねがいします、

М.Р.М.К.

Goals and Tips

Goals:

• To produce the pitch pattern of longer words (three moras or more) correctly and be able to recognize it. 
• To learn how to follow the pitch pattern of longer sentences.
• To mimic the rhythm of words containing nasals as moras better
• To sound more natural when producing individual sounds.

Activities:

• Do anime shadowing of short phrases when watching the new episodes of Sword Art Online and Hunter x Hunter.
• Go to Japanese language tables every week (unless there is an emergency)
• Engage in conversations with some of the sensee
• Try to memorize pitch patterns of words

And because this post would be too blunt without some music:

じゃあね、

М.Р.М.К.

How do I say "I like anime"

So let's imagine for a second that I am a super self-centered and loquacious person, or let's use the Romance language noun "parlanchina" for lack of a better term in English. So now put that new "me" in a situation where I have to introduce myself to someone and be rather thorough in doing so. Here's what I would say:

はじめまして。ハジースカです。どうぞよろしく。
わたしはブルガリアのソフィアからきました。プリンストンだいがくのにねんせいです。せんこうはぶつりがくです。
はがねのれんきんじゅつしとコードギアスとハンターハンターとソードアート・オンラインがすきです。

Now let's hope that I will be able to reproduce that ^^ on the recording.

じゃ、また！

М.Р.М.К.

Next destination: Japan

Еха, неочаквано приятно е да пиша на родния си език за мястото и културата, които така силно искам да опозная, за да успея (най-сетне) да задоволя необяснимо силния си интерес към страната на вишневите дървета さくら, чиито цветове падат тъй живописно със скорост от 5 сантиметра в секунда (Makoto Shinkai, 2007). Не че и така нямам достатъчно убедителни причини да съм толкова привързана към този сърповиден остров, разположил се източно от континенталната част на родна Евразия. Разбира се, че имам. Имам милиони причини да искам да посетя това място от въображението си - и ги имам от толкова дълго време, че вече забравих кога точно са се формирали в съзнанието ми: дали e било с първите филми за средновековните さむらい и тяхната неизменна чест и благородство, или с телевизионното шоу さすけ, което излъчваха, когато бях малка, и което ме караше да вярвам, че един ден и аз ще участвам, a ентусиазираният коментатор японец ще крещи след мен すごい すごい!

И все пак мисля, че интересът ми към бойни изкуства е виновникът, който зачена моята любов към тази култура. Първият ми умишлен опит за досег до бойната атмосфера на Япония беше дублираното аниме なると, но много скоро открих, че съвсем неосъзнато съм се пленила по-скоро от моралните ценности, които то промотираше във всеки епизод: безкористната обич към ближния, загърбването на Аз-а в името на останалите, усещането за достойнство и чест, постоянството на духа. И ей така, отникъде, започнах да имитирам протагонистите в това あにめ и да търся още представители на тези морални устои. Нататък събитията след началното ми запознанство с Япония се струпаха като лавина: всяко аниме, което изгледах събуждаше интерес след себе си за поне още 7, и ей така, бързо и неусетно, вече бях изгледала 50 японски продукции, когато осъзнах, че искам да посетя тази държава за неограничено време и да говоря с местните на този богат и емоционално оцветен език. Оттам историята е ясна, оставаше ми само да натисна бутона ENROLL... И ето ме тук, безмерно удовлетворена от факта, че започнах да уча японски!

The rest of this blog entry is going to be in English since I do not particularly trust the translating skills of Google Translate yet and want to have at least one portion of this text that is relatively coherent and sensible.

Contemplating on my first formal encounters with the Japanese language in the past three days, I could come up with 5 things that made my heart flutter with excitement: 1) having to memorize the Hiragana syllabaries in a short time; 2) listening to pure Japanese speech by Sato~sensee for a pretty long time and actually recognizing certain phrases from anime; 3) being able to talk about things I love because now I have an "academic" reason to do so; 4) studying a non-Indo-European language with the hope that it might satiate my immense linguistics hunger; 5) hopefully meeting other people with similar interests to finally make some friends at Princeton.

To be frank, the best thing about the course so far is repeating after Sato~sensee phrases that I have heard millions of times in Japanese TV shows but have never been able to reproduce correctly myself. I am very hopeful about this course, and I believe that if it continues to flow so well as it did those first three days, my dream of journeying to Japan this summer to brush up on the language and absorb some of the かわいい culture and mentality of the people might come true.

And since this blog entry seems a bit dull to me and slightly obnoxious with this assemblage of three sharply differing writing systems, and if that is the case for you too, I would like to try to change your first impression of me by attaching this beautiful piece of music that I discovered can help me a lot with stress before exams:

JUDY AND MARY - Brand New Wave Upper Ground (2000)

Jaane! Until next time.

М.Р.М.К.