Japan 111R Third Class

Here we are, already at our third class, 1/4 of the way through the term. Full details below.

Like always, its has been just alot of repeating after the professor and occasional presentation of a couple of lines between my partner and I. The presentations are getting more difficult with new words learned and the need to memorize. Of course, the professor still helps you with the words, if you get stuck. But I try not to.

As for the difficulty, it has definitely gotten harder. We're at a point where there are actual things I hadn't known/studied before. For example, that when you say minutes, sometimes you use fun, other times is pun, all depending on which number is said right before it. For example, 1 = ippun while, 2 = nifun.

More memory work !! argh !!

We did do something interesting today though. Although not that great. We had something called the Hiragana Bingo. Yes, its bingo, instead of numbers, we picked our own hiragana and put them into a 3x3 and 4x4. We played Bingo twice. Winners got some Japanese chocolate. I didn't win. Boo.

Finally, here is what we learned today:
- How to use ano/sono/kono
- How to read time (hours and minutes)
- Ask what time "nan ji"
- Learned kara/made, for "from"/"until"
- More nouns
- Events (meeting, working, partying, etc)
- Places (Department store, super market, restaurant, etc)