one of my lecturers printed us a step-by-step guide to writing an essay for an assignment we had. i decided to type it up and share it with you guys. i think for the most part it is really useful and a super simple way to break down your essay. hope this helps :~)
me: i spend 90 minutes a day learning french, and now i am able to read Harry Potter in french without problem
also me: i forgot the word paper towel in english i don't know who i am anymore
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十月: じゅうがつ (juugatsu) - October/ month 10
十月十日: とつきとおか (totsukitooka) - babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year’s Day/ normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)
秋: あき (aki) - autumn/ fall
草枯れ: くさがれ (kusagare) - autumn/ withering of the grass
秋日: しゅうじつ (shuujitsu) - autumn day/ autumn
紅葉: こうよう (kouyou) - autumn colors/ leaves changing color/ leaves turning red/ red leaves/ leaves turning yellow/ yellow leaves
紅葉: もみじ (momiji) - (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)/ venison
秋季: しゅうき (shuuki) - autumn season
秋風: あきかぜ (akikaze) - autumn breeze
秋色: しゅうしょく (shuushoku) - autumn scenery
紅葉狩り: もみじがり (momijigari) - autumn-leaf viewing
オカルティック (okarutikku) - occult/ spooky/ eerie
気味悪い: きみわるい (kimiwaru) - unpleasant/ uncomfortable/ creepy/ spooky
お化けの話: おばけのはなし (obakenohanashi) - spooky tale/ ghost story
物の怪: もののけ (mononoke) - (vengeful) ghost/ specter/ spectre
鬼: おに (oni) - oni, ogre, demon/ spirit of a deceased person/ ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.)
魔: ま (ma) - demon/ devil/ evil spirit/ evil influence/ someone who habitually performs some negative act
魔女: まじょ (majo) - witch
南瓜: かぼちゃ (kabocha) - pumpkin (Cucurbita species)/ squash
お菓子: おかし (okashi) - confections/ sweets/ candy
キャンディ (kyandi) - candy
コスプレショー ( kosupuresho) - costume party
コスチュームプレー (kosuchu-mupure-) - cosplay/ period drama, costume drama, costume play
i need someone to read me a language textbook like a bedtime story every night
Japanese saying of the week!
泣き面に蜂 (なきつらにはち) When it rains it pours; salt in the wound; adding insult to injury
A saying for when something bad happens and then something ELSE bad happens on top of that.
泣き面(なきつら/nakitsura) crying face
に(ni) at, on, in
蜂(はち/hachi) bee, wasp
So literally bees at a crying face
that is BRUTAL
Like, you’re ALREADY crying
AND THEN BEES
Today and the next two days are going to be focused on weather. These are just some terms of weather. I hope you enjoy! The weather here lately has been nothing but rain. I wish for you all to have good weather where you are!!
行きます|つもり|ようと思う Hey guys, it’s been a while since I’ve made a post on this blog! I’ve been so busy with university and then as soon as my last exam was over I traveled back home to see my family! I finally have some time to myself so I thought I’d make a new post! This is all about how to say doing something in Japanese. This post won’t go into too much depth regarding these sentence patterns, so feel free to look them up for more information on how to use them! 行きます・Going to do: To say, “I’m going to__” in Japanese, you can follow this sentence pattern. Sentence pattern = subject+を+verb stem (ます form without the ます) +に+行きます・行く。 e.g. 何をしますか? What are you doing? 映画を見に行きます。 Going to see a movie. つもり・Plan to do: But what about how to say you intend on doing something, or you plan on doing something? In that case, you can use つもり! Sentence pattern = verb dictionary form+つもり+です・だ。
e.g. 明日は何をしますか? What will you do tomorrow? カラオケに行くつもりです。 I intend to go to karaoke. ようと思う・Think I’ll do: To say that you’re thinking of doing something, you can follow this sentence pattern: Sentence pattern = verb volitional form+ようと思う e.g. で今晩こそ早く寝ようと思う。 I think I’ll go to sleep early tonight.
As promised, here is a list of some of the vocabulary you may find when you change your phone to German! I’ve actually gained so much from just changing the language on my phone to German. Hope this vocabulary list helps!
Verbs: bearbeiten - to edit löschen - to delete abbrechen - to cancel anmelden - to log in abmelden - to log out eingeben - to enter (password) verbunden - to connect bloggen - to blog suchen - to search abonnieren - to subscribe herunterladen - to download
Nouns: Der Kommentar - the comments Der Beitrag - the post Der Anhang - the attachment Die Fotografie - the photograph Die Einstellungen - the settings Die Internetverbindung - the internet connection Die Seite - the site Die Email - the email Die Nachrichten - the news / messages Die Bilder - the photos Die Mitteilungen - the messages Das Iphone - the iPhone Das Ladegerät - the charger Das Video - the video Das Netz - the network Das Telefon - the telephone
Phrases/Other: Jack folgt dir jetzt: - Jack now follows you Molly hat dich in einem Kommentar erwähnt: - Molly has mentioned you in a comment Die Batterie fast leer - The battery is almost dead Hannah gefällt dein Beitrag - Hannah liked your post Gefällt – mal - – likes (usually featured on a bottom of a social media post)
The basic translations for “cute” are either: niedlich or süß (the second one also meaning sweet like in taste) and here are some phrases and other words you might encounter or want to know! :) Some synonyms: drollig - cute and funny, derpy (like when a cat does weird but cute stuff) flauschig - soft and fluffy (in a cozy way like for a blanket or any animal you wanna touch) fluffig - fluffy (like an angora rabbit or a cake) klitzeklein - really small, very tiny knuddelig - cuddly knuffig - small and cute, cute so you want to hug it because it’s helpless and harmless lieb - lovely, kind, well behaved herzallerliebst - really very lovely and kind and cute (lit. heart-all-lovely) putzig - cute (can include animals wearing cute things), “not pretty but still or therefor cute”-cute, smol and cute weich - soft winzig - tiny zum Knutschen - cute so you wanna kiss it (knutschen=küssen - to kiss) Wie niedlich!/Wie süß! - How cute! Wie niiiieeedlich!/Wie süüüß!etc. - How cuuute! (you know, more vowels = more cuteness) (niedlich) aussehen (sieht aus, hat ausgesehen) - to look (cute) der Piepmatz - small and cute (song-)bird die Schnute - (belittlement of die Schnauze - snout) small and cute mouth (like of a cat) Diminutive (belittlement): Add -chen (sometimes -lein) to almost any noun. All nouns ending in -chen are neuter. Pay attention to vowel changes that usually occurs: a -> ä die Katze -> das Kätzchen (cat -> kitty or kitten) a final -e often disappears o -> ö der Vogel -> das Vögelchen (bird -> birdy) u -> ü der Hund -> das Hündchen (dog -> puppy-dog) u -> ü das Buch -> das Büchlein (book -> small book) au -> äu die Maus -> das Mäuschen (mouse -> cute tiny mouse) e, i, ei and eu don’t change. For example: e -> e die Ente -> das Entchen (duck -> duckling) e -> e das Ferkel -> das Ferkelchen (piglet -> smaller piglet) i -> i der Fisch -> das Fischchen (fish -> small fish) ei -> ei das Schwein -> das Schweinchen (pig -> small pig or piglet) There are also rather childish suffixes like: -leinchen, -i, -ilein, -ileini, -ileinchen, which are almost only used in speech. And regional suffixes like: -le. For example: Hundi (my aunt had a dog named like that… :D ) Hundileini (this is what a 5yo might refer to when they talk about their really cute and lovely dog) unser Katerle (our dear and lovely male cat) I probably forgot some stuff (like always) but those are some basics. And of course it’s not very easy to describe the exact difference between all those “cute"s. I’ll make a list of belittled/cute verbs later.
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Just a person learning Japanese. Self-learner. If you're also studying Japanese and want to practice with someone (and you're also very much a beginner) then message me! はじめまして! さびーなです。よとしく!
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