I'm now three weeks into, or one third of the way through, my intensive Japanese class. We're covering an entire year of Japanese in nine weeks; that means we're doing the equivalent of ten weeks, or one school term/quarter, in three weeks. That means that the big test I took yesterday was the equivalent of a final exam.
My main problem with Japanese is the little things. I'll forget a particle here or there; I'll leave off a trailing "i" or a small "tsu" in the middle of a word; I'll miss a stroke on a kanji. Details, really, though not unimportant ones. My test yesterday was almost entirely multiple choice. That was a great relief. Recognition is much easier than reproduction. I think I did pretty well.
Class, homework and studying eat up most of my free time during the week, but I've managed to start developing a new comic, late at night and in short class breaks. It'd be a six issue mini-series; a theme piece, really. It incorporates a lot of the stuff I've learned about Aum Shinrikyo and it's title is inspired by part of something The Ogre™ once said to me. It's called "Truth and Madness".
Comments (4)
I'll forget a particle here or there...Details, really, though not unimportant ones.
Gah! Missing a particle is totally important!!!Granted, missing a particle like "mo" is less drastic than missing "wa" or "ga" but it still changes the meaning of the sentence.
Posted by Bekah | July 10, 2005 7:53 AM
Posted on July 10, 2005 07:53
(PS, this is me agreeing with you about particles.)
Posted by Bekah | July 10, 2005 7:56 AM
Posted on July 10, 2005 07:56
Umm...huh?
Posted by The Ogre | July 17, 2005 7:45 AM
Posted on July 17, 2005 07:45
"What?" said The Ogre. "I speak the truth. And madness. Truth and madness."
Posted by Jason | July 17, 2005 11:49 AM
Posted on July 17, 2005 11:49