Blog #10

This week we learned how to describe how something looks or doesn't look. This same grammar is used to say that "I guess I can do X" or similar sentences. Below I have included pictures and example sentences to show the grammar.
This week we also practiced for the kanji quiz that would happen next week. Memorizing Kanji is, by far, the most difficult part of Japanese for me. I intend to try my best on this quiz not only because i need a good grade, but the stronger I become with this lesson's kanji the quicker I become at writing in Japanese.
To prepare for the quiz I am going to practice writing each kanji as well as make sure I understand the sentence structures that were on the practice exam.


このステキはおいしそうです。

これは高いそうなとけいです。

Blog #9

Unfortunately, I missed lass class. This is distressing since that means I will need to make up the quiz we missed.

Anyway, what I would have learned during the class period I missed was how to use し to give multiple reasons for something. This seems to be an easy enough piece of grammar, and I should be able to catch up pretty quickly.

Also, we're having a visitor from Japan come into our class apparently. We need to come up with three questions to ask him.

にほんのたべものは、なにがきらいですか。

がいこくのどこにいきました。

がいこくごをはなせますか。

These are the questions I am going to ask next class. Hopefully these questions are grammatically correct. I had similar questions I thought about asking but wasn't quite sure how to ask them in Japanese, but these questions are basically the same.

Blog #8

So we got our exams back. I didn't do too bad, but I really could have done better on the kanji section. I only new a couple of the obvious ones but had to leave a majority of them unanswered.
In the future I should probably make flash cards for kanji, since that is typically how I try to memorize vocabulary.
The study sheets were how I did most of my studying though. I would say that the effective ways of studying for the exam were doing the study sheets, reviewing the handouts, and checking the textbook in case anything wasn't clear by the first two methods.

Anyway, last class we learned about how to say we have the potential to do something. For る verbs, the る is dropped and られる is added. For う verbs, the う is dropped and える is added. For irregular verbs, such as する, it becomes できる.

For example:

わたしはにくおたべられます。

ビールを飲めます。

買い物をできます。