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Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!

June 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

Cover of Where Are You Going? To See My Friend! I basically abandoned both my Chinese and Japanese texts as of this post and its sleep-inducing adventures learning Chinese at Seton Hall University.

I’m seeing the wisdom in Khatzumoto’s principle: if it’s not something you’d voluntarily read in your L1, why bother with it in L2? Read/watch the fun stuff first; it’ll help with the boring stuff later.

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Grandma’s Crazy Phrasebook #5: Mom Gets Mad

March 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

“Mom just blew up at me.”

媽媽剛剛對我大發脾氣.
Ma1 ma3 gang1 gang1 dui4 wo3 da4 fa1 pi2 qi4.

さっきお母さんが私を怒ったんだ。
Sakki okāsan ga watashi wo okottanda.

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Today I Make Your Head Explode: 今

February 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

今日わ日本語勉強します。
Kyō wa Nihongo benkyō shimasu.

“Today I am studying Japanese.” I hope. Otherwise, it’s the next edition of Unintentional Multilingual Self-Humiliation.

And today, 今 is making my head explode.

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