Me oh my, the time has finally arrived for me to figure out what the heck I'm gonna write my literary narrative on. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......perhaps learning some Japanese through the watching of Naruto and Soul Eater? Through many dozens hours of these shows, I can now fairly easily distinguish between Japanese and Chinese, (yes, there is a difference, its not all the same, I promise) and know a couple of phrases and the like. Some are easy, like "Konoha Hinge" or (Hidden Lotus), a really nifty jutsu (technique) that Rock Lee pulls off on Gaara. Shinra Tensei (Almighty Push), "Arigato", (Thank you), and, here's a weird one,"Ohayou Gozaimasu"
( Good morning), etc. Knowing these kinds of phrases prrrrrobably wont help me if I'm stuck in Japan too much, but at the very least it'll help to have at least a rudimentary understanding of Japanese before I take official classes on it. Latin, my foreign language, might also be another possibility. I started Latin in 6th grade, and to this day, am amazed that I can read any of that gibberish. It was a journey, coming form 2 declensions to 5, passive periphrastic, the ablative and genitive and dative and vocative cases.......Man, I could probably go pretty far on that idea. Whatever my choice, thanks for stumbling through this veritable quagmire of Japanese and technical terms.
-Charles
I feel interest in this blog and creativity. It's just that it shows little to no information on your literacy narrative but more on foreign languages.
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