Japanese with Maia

みなさん、 こんにちは！ I'm actually really happy with this semester's Pronunciation Exercises on Speak Everywhere. Although I have been going to less office Hours even though I should have gone to more, I have been listening to Japanese music and I have started SEASON 2 OF "ATTACK ON TITAN" YAAS. IT'S SICK Y'ALL. This semester really went by quickly, huh. We covered so much new grammar, vocabulary, and kanji; and it's crazy to think that this is only the first year of Japanese and we have so much more to still learn. Anyways, I hope every has a good one, we're out of school in less than two weeks! Hope the end of the year goes smoothly like these horses riding off into the sunset. 🤗

週末はとてもよかったです！I went to a fencing competition in Baltimore, Maryland to compete in America's Division 1 Championships. I fenced and came in second! This is good because now I can qualify to compete in a Senior World Cup in Moscow, Russia in June. The person I lost to was Ibtihaj Muhammad. ムハンマドさんは アメリカの初めヒジャーブを着ているのオリンピア人。とても有名な人です。I'm glad I was able to get to know her after the competition. 

みなさん、 こんにちは！ はながとてもきれいなきせつですね (this is such a beautiful sentence we learned today in class)。Happy Spring, everybody! So, anyone else feel like this right after spring break? Because I sure do haha. Even though it's only the first week back from spring break, Princeton really goes full force when getting back into the grind. As for my midterm, I'd personally rather not talk about it...  Overall, I was very disappointed with my time management. I spend too much time thinking about the grammar (time to study up on this!), so this causes me to fall behind during the test, and I was unable to complete the essay section.  In order to do better, let's look at the goals I posted earlier, shall we? I did not go to office hours at all this week. But I know I have a lot of work to do in terms of speaking and presenting because my anxiety causes me to under-perform. I will stick with my goal from now on to go to office hours twice a week and to have a plan going ...

みなさん、 こんにちは！ 今日、私の　家族の　トッピク について　 はなします！ 私の家族は　3にん家族です：私とちちとははです。 ちちは オーストラリアじん で 、エンジニア で 、そしてしたからにばんめです。  かおがながくて、かみがみじか くて ちゃいろくて、くちがちいさいです。 じてんしゃをするのが上手です。私は 毎日曜日ちちと じてんしゃを します 。 ははは マレーシアじん で 、 かいしゃいん で 、そしていちばんうえです。 せがひくくて、かみがみじか くて　 くろくて、かおがあかるいです。 りようりが 上手です。私はははのりょうりがこいしいです！ ひとりっこです が、 私が子供だったとき 、きょうだいがほしかったです。 でも今、たくさん友達があるので、だいじようぶです。  

みなさん、 こんいちは！ 今、日本語１０１の学生じゃありませんです、日本語１０２の学生です！ New semester, similar goals (Plus a few extra). Here they are below: 1) Office Hours Last semester, I achieved my old goal and went over to office hours at least once a week. However, I usually went into office hours without a plan. This semester, I will still go to office hours at least once a week, but will also go with a focus. For example I could go over homework and tests, or a certain grammar structure. 2) Anime/ Japanese music Shadowing Last semester I only focused on anime but now I wish to branch out to Japanese music as well. I need to immerse my ears in perfect Japanese accents of all different kinds, and listening to anime and Japanese music is a great and easy way to do that. Repeating what I hear will also improve my accent and fluidity. 3) Practice my conjugations for nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Perhaps I can do this in office hours, or I can study with the worksheet in my dorm. It is just s...