25.4.08

Language lessons today after school. I was very tired by that point, and had been feeling off for most of the day. Still, went ok, I understand the concepts and can follow them when communicating, but recollection is hard, along with all that vocabulary. Also, Japanese has a lot of words that are almost the same, but mean different things depending on context. はし (ha-shi) is a good example, as it means either 'chopstick', or 'end' depending on the context. It can be written as two different kanji but the sound is almost the same with just an up-note or a down-note of the second syllable. But ya, lots of words sound the same but have different meaning, moreso than just the english their-there-they're.

1 comment:

pjc said...

I'm very proud of you for trying to learn such a different language!