毎週(まいしゅう) けいかく: 二番目週（にばんめしゅう））

みなさんこんばんわ。

Below is my second "study plan of the week" for improving in PE and Japanese in general. すみません, parts of the study guide are in 韓国語 because it helps me understand more easily as the languages are similar. I will also try to record an extra conversation style PE over the weekend with a 友達:

Week of 12OCT16

Weekly Vocab/Phrases
Fun, interesting = おもしろい
Are Similar/비슷하다 = 似ています

teach = おしえます
Learn Actively (まなびます) vs Learn Passively (ならいます)

かぞくかんけいのたんご (i.e. 岡さん、おとさん、etc.)

My own family

1.	家族	かぞく	kazoku	Family / Family Members
2.	祖父	そふ	sofu	Grandfather
3.	祖母	そぼ	sobo	Grandmother
4.	伯父	おじ	oji	Uncle (Older than Parent)
5.	叔父	おじ	oji	Uncle (Younger than Parent)
6.	伯母	おば	oba	Aunt (Older than Parent)
7.	叔母	おば	oba	Aunt (Younger than Parent)
8.	両親	りょうしん	ryoushin	Parents
9.	父	ちち	chichi	Father
10.	母	はは	haha	Mother
11.	兄弟	きょうだい	kyoudai	Siblings / Brothers
12.	姉妹	しまい	shimai	Sisters
13.	兄	あに	ani	Older Brother
14.	姉	あね	ane	Older Sister
15.	弟	おとうと	otouto	Younger Brother
16.	妹	いもうと	imouto	Younger Sister
17.	夫婦	ふうふ	fuufu	Married Couple / Husband and Wife
18.	主人	しゅじん	shujin	Husband
19.	夫	おっと	otto	Husband
20.	家内	かない	kanai	Wife
21.	妻	つま	tsuma	Wife
22.	従兄弟	いとこ	itoko	Cousin (Male)
23.	従姉妹	いとこ	itoko	Cousin (Female)
24.	子供	こども	kodomo	Children
25.	息子	むすこ	musuko	Son
26.	娘	むすめ	musume	Daughter
27.	甥	おい	oi	Nephew
28.	姪	めい	mei	Niece
29.	孫	まご	mago	Grandchild
30.	義理の兄	ぎりのあに	giri no ani	Brother-in-law (older than you)
31.	義理の弟	ぎりのおとうと	giri no otouto	Brother-in-law (younger than you)
32.	義理の息子	ぎりのむすこ	giri no musuko	Son-in-law
33.	義理の～	ぎりの～	giri no ~	~-in-law

Someone's family

1.	ご家族	ごかぞく	go kazoku	Someone's Family / Family Members
2.	お爺さん	おじいさん	ojii san	Grandfather / Old Man
3.	お婆さん	おばあさん	obaa san	Grandmother / Old Woman
4.	伯父さん	おじさん	oji san	Uncle (Older than Parent)
5.	叔父さん	おじさん	oji san	Uncle (Younger than Parent)
6.	伯母さん	おばさん	oba san	Aunt (Older than Parent)
7.	叔母さん	おばさん	oba san	Aunt (Younger than Parent)
8.	ご両親	ごりょうしん	go ryoushin	Parents
9.	お父さん	おとうさん	otou san	Father
10.	お母さん	おかあさん	okaa san	Mother
11.	ご兄弟	ごきょうだい	go kyoudai	Siblings
12.	お兄さん	おにいさん	onii san	Older Brother
13.	お姉さん	おねえさん	onee san	Older Sister
14.	弟さん	おとうとさん	otouto san	Younger Brother
15.	妹さん	いもうとさん	imouto san	Younger Sister
16.	ご夫婦	ごふうふ	go fuufu	Married Couple / Husband and Wife
17.	ご主人	ごしゅじん	go shujin	Husband
18.	奥さん	おくさん	okusan	Wife
19.	お子さん	おこさん	oko san	Children
20.	息子さん	むすこさん	musuko san	Son
21.	お嬢さん	おじょうさん	ojou san	Daughter
22.	お孫さん	おまごさん	omago san	Grandchild

How do you ask for directions and answer direction questions?

• http://www.dummies.com/languages/japanese/how-to-ask-for-and-understand-directions-in-japanese/
• https://tokyocheapo.com/living/basic-guide-directions-japanese/

Learn Actively vs Learn Passively?

Weekly Particle

ので vs から

• ので = more polite から (a.k.a more formal because)

Weekly Grammar Rule

• How to use AよりB
• Ways to say "and"/connect words in Japanese
• と for nouns
• ...but や is used when there is a variable/unknown length like 
• "キーボードやマウス、それにLANケーブルとかもいるかも"
• (we need) keyboard, mouse and probably LAN cables also.
• ~て is used with the て replacing parts of word that is not root
• avoid the complexity of using the te-form by making independent sentences. You can use それから between the new sentences from split original sentence.
• ～たり is used to connect two verbs and is used in the sense of giving examples
• ～くて is used to connect to adjectives
• ～し is used to connect two adjectives, with exclusive positive or negative senses
•  ～かつ～ = plus ..../not only... /but also ...
• たり＝ 나열하여 서술할 때 쓰는 말： 혹은…, 혹은…; 또는…, 또는…; …고, …고.…거나; …든지.

Music Playlist (memorable song and lines to shadow)

つばさ(Anime Arslan Senki: Fuujin Ranbu Theme)
https://itun.es/us/mnmkdb?i=1126745126

http://www.lyrical-nonsense.com/lyrics/eir-aoi/tsubasa/

Anime/Film/Drama of the Weekend (memorable words & lines to shadow)

All About My Siblings 若者たち　episode 1

*すみません、I did not find time to watch last week so this is a repeat

Questions of the week?

What are some titles for people besides せんせいと先輩？ (i.e. professor, boss, etc.）

Referring to self

• わたし = I 
• あたし =  female I
• おれ = informal male I
• ぼく = male 'me'
• わたくし = extremely formal I
• わし = what old people call themselves
• じぶん = insistent, expressive, "내 자신은 이렇게, 자기주장 표현할때" I

Referring to others

• ~さま is equal to ~님 (i.e. when someone hands you your purchase at department store they may say "キムサマ here is your 'somthing'")
• ~くん can be used for young boy, for boyfriend or between co-workers, close friends
• ~たん is used by young children as variation of さん.
• っち = young people's colloquial 
• おまえ = you
• あなた = you
• あんた = informal you used by females
• おなた = 당신
• しゃちょう = 사장님/your boss
• [Interesting fact] さん can be added behind name of company that is your client

What is the difference between れい, まる and ゼロ?

• れい = more formal, used for exceptions like temperature
• まる = colloquial
• ゼロ = common use

読んでくれてありがとう。

じゃあ、またね!

たんご: More Qualifiers for Actions

みなさんこんばんわ。

こんしゅう we learned how to put qualifiers for actions in with さとう先生ととくます先生. The following are the ones we covered:

ぜんぜん - never 

あまり - not very often 

ときどき - tokidoki, sometimes 

よく - often

たいてい - usually

いつも - always

でも。。。

I've found a couple other qualifiers that could be useful to know as well as understand. I hope my understanding of the たんご are correct:

1) 普通(ふつう)は/に = "usually" or "normally."

i.e.

私は普通に車で仕事に行きます。 (わたしはふつうにくるまでしごとにいきます)

"I usually go to work by car."

*普通 is also apparently used at train stations to indicate a regular or local train.

**Apparently there is another way to say "normally" or "usually" is 普段 (ふだん). 

2) 常に(つねに) = "always" or "constantly."

i.e.

火は常に危険だ。(ひはつねにきけんだ）

"Fire is always dangerous."

読んでくれてありがとう。

じゃあ、またね!

あきとふゆ = ネオさむらいファッション?

みなさんこんばんわ。

此の頃の天候は (このごろのてんこうは) どんどん寒くなってきています (どんどんさむくなっています)。 How about staying warm with some ネオさむらいファッション instead of 詰まらない(つまらない) North Face or Patagonia ジャケット？

Below are some example photos of the products available online I found!!!

...also link to かんれんきじ (article at the bottom also links to website for purchase): 
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/10/10/modern-samurai-coats-from-japan-are-back-for-winter-with-new-colors-fabrics-and-paired-pants/

d=(´▽｀)=b    かっこいいですね    d=(´▽｀)=b

ファッショナブルですね。。。

せんれんとオートクチュールされファッションですね

読んでくれてありがとう。

じゃあ、またね!

日にちを覚えるがむずかしいですね...

みなさんこんばんわ。

日にちを覚えるがむずかしいですね...

Below is a song that's been helping me through the difficulty and I thought I would share it with みなさん。

役立(やくだ)つことを願(ねが)います。

長崎(ながさき)

みなさんこんばんわ。

私は幼(おさな)い時(とき)からにほん旅行(りょこう)を. 福岡(ふくおか)と東京(とうきょう)と札幌(さっぽろ)と関西(かんさい)を旅行(りょこう )してみました. 今日は長崎を致(しょうかいいた)します。お次(つぎ)は私のお祖父(じい)さんが作ったきねんビデオです。 

ながさき Trip Part 1. (ちゃんぽん noodles, 出島 island and グラバー園 (Madam Butterfly Opera))

ながさき Trip Part 2. (ハウステンボス Canal Tour)

ながさき Trip Part 3. (たんじょび at the 温泉(おんせん))

ながさき Trip Part 4. (Samurai Theme Park)

読んでくれてありがとう。

じゃあ、またね!

NHK EASY NEWS!

みなさんこんばんわ。

For anyone interested improving their reading/たんご a great resource I've found is the easy news website provided by NHK (also a great opportunity to learn about Japan!). It also has recordings and annotations for all its articles so you can improve your pronunciation as well.

The following is the link:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/index.html

The following is the english translations subreddit if you have a difficult time understanding the article:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NHKEasyNews/

*There is also a tab to the website on the side of this ブログ。

よみます！！！

読んでくれてありがとう。

じゃあ、またね!

毎週(まいしゅう) けいかく: 一番目週（いちばんめしゅう

みなさんこんばんわ。

One of my plans for improving in PE and Japanese in general was having a weekly study plan beyond the class curriculum. すみません, parts of the study guide are in 韓国語 because it helps me understand more easily as the languages are similar. So below is my first week plan:

毎週(まいしゅう) けいかく: 一番目週（いちばんめしゅう）

Week of 02OCT16

Weekly Phrases

• あそこ(저기)、ここ(여기)、そこ(거기)、どこ(어디)
• あれ(저거)、ごれ(이거)、それ(그거)、どれ(어떤거)
• どうやって(어떻게?) 
• 新宿までわどうやっていきますか = 신주쿠는 어떻게 가나요?
• いらっしゃいませ = 어서오세요
• Long time no see ＝ 久しぶり (hisashiburi) vs お久しぶりですね (o hisashiburi desu ne)

Weekly Vocab

• トイレ (toire) and 手洗い (tearai)
• 服 (fuku) = Clothes
• どうした？ (doushita?) = What Happened?
• どうして？ (doushite?) = Why?
• 警察 (keisatsu) = Police

Weekly Particles

• は (~은/는)
• 또는 동사 혹은 부사의 뒤에 붙어서 강조의 의미로 사용하기도 합니다. 예
• よくはない （요쿠와나이) 좋지는 않다.
• が(이/가)
•  예] 友達がいます。 (토모다치가이마스) -친구가 있습니다.
• を(을/를
• 예] 日本語（にほんご）を勉強（べんきょう）しました。 (니홍고오 벵쿄 시마시따) 일본어를 공부했습니다.
• の (~의)

EXCEPTIONS

• ～が <~을 잘하다, ~을 못하다>
•  ~ 上手（じょうず）~을 잘하다、だ 죠즈다 ～못하다 下手（へた）~을 못하다
• 일본어 조사 を(을/를)을 사용하고 싶죠?
• 그러나? -> 조사 ’が’
• 따라서, ~が上手(じょうず)だ・～が下手（へた）だ
•   한국어로 ~을 할 수 있다 의 경우! 조사 '을/를'을사용하죠?
• 하지만 일본어에서는 '~을 할 수 있다'를 나타내는 경우에 조사 を가 아닌 が  를 사용합니다
• 따라서,  運転（うんてん）ができる（운텐가데키루) (운전을 할 수 있다).
• ‘가능'을 나타내는 경우에는 무조건 조사 が를 사용합니다.
•  또한 ~을 타나, ~을 만나다 의경우도 조사 を가 아닌 に를 사용합니다!
• 예를들어 ->친구를 만나다를 友達を会う（토모다치 오 아우 ) 라고 하기쉬운데 !! -----> 틀린표현입니다. 따라서, 조가 に를 이용해서 友達に会う（토모다치 니 아우) 라고해야합니다 -----> 올바른 표현입니다>.< <~을 타다> ' ～을 타다 ' 의 경우입니다.
• 한국어로 '~을'이르모 역시 を를 사용하고 싶어지지만, -> ～に乗る（のる)(~을 타다) (니 노루) 와 같이 조사 に를 이용해야 맞는 표현입니다

Weekly Grammar Rule

•  ＿は＿だ　= _는 _이다 (informal ) vs  ＿は＿です　= _는 _입니다 (formal)

Weekly Song (shadow memorable song and lines)

•  薔薇のように咲いて桜のように散って

Anime/Film/Drama of the Weekend (shadow memorable words & lines)

• All About My Siblings 若者たち Episode 1 
• Link: http://www.viki.com/videos/1091694v-all-about-my-siblings-episode-1

Questions of the week?

• How do you treat titles and quote in Japanese?
•  Japanese punctuations in general? 

読んでくれてありがとう。

じゃあ、またね!

私のブログのデスクトップの背景

みなさんこんばんわ。

I just wanted to let みんさん know the reason why the background for my blog is a 竹林(ちくりん/bamboo forest) for anyone wondering. 私のブログのデスクトップの背景 is a 竹林 because bamboo grows strong and quickly. My hope is that I grow 伸び伸び (のびのび ) like bamboo in my Japanese learning. ファイト!

On a really tangentially related note, the following is an NHK provided recipe for たけのこ後はん (bamboo rice)．おいしい！:
https://www.nhk.or.jp/dwc/recipes/detail/54.html

がつがつ~~ (from アニメWorking!! ）

日本語テーブルをのための 食事(しょくじ)のマナー

みなさんこんばんわ。

Since tomorrow is the second Japanese dinner (夕食・ゆうしょく or 晩ご飯・ばんごはん) language table, I thought it would be nice to post on a related topic: Japanese table manners. Below is 日本に食事(しょくじ)のマナー説明(せつめい ) ビデオ made by レイチェルさんとジュンさん 。

*レイチェルさんとジュンさん make videos on various topics related Japan, Japanese culture and living in Japan as a foreigner. Their videos are very fun and informative videos. Go check out their channel!

読んでくれてありがとう。

じゃあ、またね!