My name is Ricardo, and I am very excited about learning Japanese. Brazil has a very large Japanese immigrant population, especially in Sao Paulo, where I come from, I myself am a quarter Japanese. Having always had some exposure to Japanese culture, I have always wanted to learn the language.
It is my first year in Columbia and started Japanese as soon as I could, however I was made to drop it because I was exceeding my credit limits and had to take all the other courses for my Majors ( Pre-Med and Anthropology).
I have just been able to re-take Japanese, and I am so happy. But I have a lot to catch up with! Hiragana, Katana, Grammar and Vocabulary, I lost a whole month of that!
So far, I like the way Japanese is so modular: the particles and verbs are really easy once you get use to them. I also find the words Japanese "borrows" from English very funny.
Yay! I'm so happy that you are back in our class! I love the background of your blog! I had no idea there were so many Japanese people in Brazil! I hope to visit there one day! COOL BLOG! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post, Ricardo san! Where did you get the title from? It sounds really beautiful and suits the weather now. I am glad you could continue the Japanese! I hope you enjoy the class :)
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Thank you so much Kaylen and Ishikawa-sensee. I am very glad to be back too! The first thing I noticed in Columbia were all the Ginko leaves everywhere! I was surprised by how green our campus was considering we are in NY. I can’t remember when I learned the word Komorebi, but I always liked it so much since it is so hard to translate but still such a beautiful thing that happens all the time.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I misspelled Icho, I have to figure out how to fix that!!
Kaylen, you really should come to Brazil! We would have so much fun! I will try and post some pictures of the Japanese neighborhood in Sao Paulo- filled with cheap and good sushi!
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