二年生の日本語 by Donglun He

発見＃１： There is no V sound in Japanese 片仮名, instead V sounds all become B sounds. 発見＃２： There is no Zi sound in Japanese 片仮名, instead Zi sounds all become Ji（ジ） sounds 発見＃３： Word ends with t, the t is pronounced as to（ト） 発見＃４： Words ends with d, the d is pronounced as do（ド） 発見＃５： Words ends with k, the k is pronounced as ku（ク） 発見＃６： Words ends with g, the g is pronounced as gu（グ） Vocabulary: 発見、はっけん、discovery, findings 片仮名、カタカナ

みなさん、こんばんは！ わたしのしゅうまつは　おもしろいです。 きんようびのごごくじに　ラーメンを　たべました。 そして　にほんごのテストを　べんきょしました。 ごごじゅうにじはんに　ねました。 どようびのごごにじに　としょかんで　しんがくのしゅくだいを　しましたか。 でも　とけいのテストを　べんきょしませんでした。 そして　ごごろくじに　トヨグリルで　うどんを　たべました ごごはちじに　えいがを　みました でも　フットボールゲームを　みませんでした にちようびは　としょかんで　べんきょしました。 じゃあ　また！

こんばんは！ わたしは　がくせいです。 ごぜんはちじはんに　おきます。 わたしは　あさごはんを　たべます。 そして　くじはんに　じゅぎょうが　あぃます。 ひるごはんを　たべません。 わたしの　クラスは　ろくじにじゅっぷんに　おわります。 そして　がっしょうのリハーサルに　いきます。 ごごはちじはんに　ばんごはんを　たべます。　 としょうかんで　べんきょうします。 ごごじゅういちじに　シャワーを　あびます。 ごごじゅうにじはんに　ねます。

こんちわ！ When people talk about Japanese Anime, they usually bring up Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, or Detective Conan, but my personal all-time favorite is Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師), the 2009 version. It was first written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa ( 荒川 弘 ) as a manga series. It was adapted to anime twice and I prefer the later one. It attracted great attention once it was released and it still considered to be one of the best anime. In this series, all characters are depicted very carefully and designed to be memorable like the arrogant but very capable Roy Mustang, but my personal favorite would be Edward Elric (エドワード・エルリック). He and his younger brother Alphonse Elric experienced extreme grief and pain when their father left them and their mother passed away.  They tried to revive their mother by performing the worst taboo among alchemists, the Human Alchemization (人体練成), but they failed. Because of this, Alphonse lost his whole body and Edward lost one leg and an arm...

こんにちわ わたしわHeです、ちゅごくじんです、いちねんせい（一年生）です。わたしのせんこう（専攻）わ、せいじがく（政治学）とけいざいがく（経済学）です。 私わアニメが好きです。私わ鋼の錬金術師本当に好きです。 どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。

I was a Spanish learner last year because everybody was telling me that Spanish was extremely useful and could build up your resume. Soon I discovered that I could not learn Spanish well because there was no context in my life to force me to use Spanish everyday. I took the class, I passed the test, but I had learnt nothing after one semester. After that, I realized that I should always learn something I am interested in and have context to live in. That's why I choose to learn Japanese this year. I watch lots of anime, I read manga, I know a little about Japanese Idol, I am interested in Japan's history and overall, I am curious about Japanese culture. Been to there last summer, I felt that this country has a special quality that I can definitely learn from. All these together brought me to this Japanese course. I am really excited to see how does my former experience with Japanese add up in this class and how this course will influence my future interaction with Japanese....