日本語 勉強 中 です。(My Japanese Study)

こんにちは!!!
Hello friends!

I am here doing my monthly blog post super early in the month so I don't nearly forget it in the future!!! /wink wink/ 私は　速い 　そして　私に 　賢い。（I am fast and I am smart)

 So, as you can tell, I have been learning some Japanese. Obviously, if you pop those characters into a translator or get a Japanese friend to translate my sentences for you, you won't get perfect Japanese. It's a work in progress, but hey, I'm learning and that's all that matters.

 Now, some of you guys are probably wondering, "Japanese? Why are you learning Japanese?" Because I want to. Duh. Ever since I was little, I was always fascinated with Japanese culture and language. I blame anime for sparking up my interest. I tried teaching myself Japanese when I was ten years old, but I never got as far as I wanted to because I get easily distracted. However, now that I am doing my senior topic on language acquisition, my interest for learning ACQUIRING languages is at it's peak. Of course, there are so many languages that I want to speak, but Japanese was calling to me after I took this picture:

Probably one of my favorite photos of me.

 Before I posted this photo in instagram, I thought to myself "How funny would it be if I captioned my photo in a language that no one understands?" I thought it would be pretty amusing. Since I'm holding a Japanese umbrella in the picture, I downloaded a Japanese keyboard on my phone to type in romanji. With the help of google and a numerous amount of yahoo answers, I was able to type up my ingenious caption in romanji. This was way back when I was just starting my Japanese journey so now that I have a better grasp on the language, my caption doesn't even make sense. "The American ji it is to become it to be possible, Be this" What? It doesn't even make sense nor was it close to what I wanted it to translate to. It should be:白いアメリカ人はこれに触れることができない。Find a translator and pop that in if you're truly curious as to what I wanted to put.

Ever since then, I just expanded my Japanese knowledge by watching anime with English subtitles to pick up new words and annoying my friends by replying to them in Japanese phrases. On Snapchat and Instagram, I would type things with my new Japanese keyboard.

Japanese and Chinese intermixed. /gasp/

Learning Japanese is pretty interesting and with the language tips my mentor gave me, I'm able to facilitate my learning experience. Hopefully, I'll reach intermediate fluency soon so I can learn Korean.

Also, an update on my Independent Component, YOUR GIRL GOT A 87% ON HER MID-TERM. I'M PASSING. However, I'm kind of upset at my score because I was 2 questions away from getting an A. The overachiever in me cries in disappointment.

じゃあね！！！（See you!)

ーAlyanna