Hello ~ How are you?
It's been a while my friends. Hehe. It's almost the end of 2014! How crazy is that? I just want to say really quick to all my readers: 友達でいてくれて有難う。いい年だたな。(Thank you for being my friend. It's been a good year.) It's been one h-e-c-k of a crazy year too, but I'm glad that I was able to mature and grow alongside you guys (well... most of you. ;] jokes). Let's make more memories together in 2015. :] #gg2014 #glhf2015 #newyearnewme
With that aside, my previous extra blog post addressed the start of my Japanese journey. My Japanese knowledge has definitely expanded since then; I have mastered reading hiragana, the characters used for native Japanese words. Most of the time, I don't know what the heck I'm reading, but hey! I can read! I can be a bit rusty, but with more practice, I'll be reading in hiragana as fast as sonic can run. I'm so lame, I know. Now, I just need to master kanji, Chinese characters used in Japanese writing, and katakana, the characters used for foreign words [ex. ice cream would be アイスクリーム(aisu kuri--mu). Foreign words are written in katakana based on phonetic sounds, not the spelling.]. Let's all wish me good luck because that's a hell of a bulk to memorize.
As to understanding words, I haven't advanced as much as I should have. I picked up a couple of new words by responding to my friends in Japanese (which annoyed them to no end), but that's pretty much it. I know, everyone should be disappointed in me. I am disappointed in myself too, but I have reasons! I've been busy with life matters and other things, so I didn't have the time to enrich myself with the input I need to learn. Haha. Joking. I have had plenty of free time once winter break hit, but I chose to spend my break reading books, playing League of Legends, and watching Korean dramas. I haven't immersed myself in anything Japanese. I don't know. I guess it's because I'm so accustomed to Korean pop culture that I find it a little difficult to switch. It's okay though, my precious anime. I will watch you once my Korean craze dwindles down.
Building onto the topic of my Korean craze, if you know me well enough, you are probably aware of my k-pop obsession and love for k-dramas. I'm all into that Korean pop culture, and my love for it just rekindled recently. This break, I binged watched k-dramas, finishing up a drama within three days (mind you, a korean drama has an average of 16 episodes that are each an hour long. I had no life this winter break.). I've watched so much that when I would hear people talk in English, my brain would recognize it as Korean. It was weird.
Of course, with all this Korean input, I was able to acquire a ton of Korean vocabulary and phrases. If you gain linguistic input from things you enjoy, like television or songs, you'll be able to pick up words of that language faster and easier. So basically, I kind of know more Korean than I know Japanese. I mean, hey. I guess I can learn two languages at the same time. More fun, right? I guess this will mark the beginning of my Korean journey. 하나, 돌, 셋, goooooooo~! (one, two, three, gooooo)
... [time lapse]
So, if you watched the video, you probably picked up a couple of Korean, didn't you? C'mon. Tell me at least you picked up the word "andwaeyo" which means "no" or "joa" which means "I like it." Those words were repeated a numerous amount of times and the subtitles provided meaning, so they probably stuck to you. Yayyy~ you have now officially acquired some Korean. Good job.
Well, I'm going to clock out now because it is currently 2:00 AM and I'm tired. Sorry if my words get all jumbled and you can no longer comprehend what I'm saying.
じゃね～
See you~
P.S. Yo, shout out to my mentor Karen Russikoff though because your girl got a B in her 300 class! I know, it's not an A, which makes my inner overachiever cry, but hey. I got a higher grade than 80% of the class, which is pretty impressive considering the fact that I had to cram for two finals that day and the class is a 300 class nevertheless.
