Movie Night

Movie night will start from next  week.
September 19 is Hana yori dango final.

９がつ１９にち、ムービーナイトがあります。
えいがは「はなよりだんこふぁいなる」です。

ブログのしゅくだい (Blog HW)...due 9/18 (W)

みなさん、だい３かには　たくさん　どうし(verb)が　あります。
ブログのしゅくだいです。

• Please complete the following 1-2 by 9/18 すいようび。

1. Write a short paragraph about your daily routine/typical day in にほんご。

• Use various verbs (present tense affirmative/negative form).
• Use particlew を、に（へ）、で。

2. Please comment on the blogs of your classmates (at least three).

• Try to write at least one sentence/question in Japanese in your comments.

がんばってください！

Ghibli Movies

こんにちは、

Starting Saturday, Debartolo Performing Arts Center is showing movies of Studio Ghibli. Two movies will screen: Porco Rosso is on Saturday and Pom Poko is on Sunday. 
Other movies of Studio Ghibli is comming soon. You can check from the web site.
http://performingarts.nd.edu/nowshowing/index.aspx?k=cinema

ブログのしゅくだい (Blog HW)... due 9/9 (M)

1. Write a brief　じこしょうかい in にほんご.
Please write your self-introduction in Japanese.
It should contain:
- at least 3 affirmative sentences (year in school, nationality, etc)
- at least 1 negative sentence
- at least one 「の」

2. Post in えいご
Introduce a Japanese person or object that you like/ know (song, movie, artist, food, store, place, history, art, etc.) in English. Please try to include picture(s)/ video(s).

3. Write comments
Please comment on the blogs of your classmates (at least three) in English. Try to use にほんご in your comment if you can.


* If you are to use にほんご that we haven't covered in class, please make sure to mention the English meanings, so your classmates will understand your post.
       

ならのしか (deer)

みなさん、こんにちは。

これは、なら(old city in Japan)のしか(deer)です。おもしろい(interesting)ですよ。He may have studied with Nakama 1 Chapter 1.

Do you have any questions for Japanese?

こんにちは、TAのおおもりです。

This is Omori. I am TA of Japanese.

Do you have any questions for Japanese?

Do you need to practice Hiragana,  Katakana and Kanji?

Do you need to practice speaking in Japanese?

Do you want to talk about anime or Japanese pop culture?

Anything is fine. Feel free to come my office, 152 at Decio.

My office hour is from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Monday to Friday except Thursday.

よろしくおねがいします。

ひらがなビデオ

みなさん、ひらがなのれんしゅう(practice)は　どうですか？ How is your Hiragana practice going so far? Here is a video showing how to write ひらがな with a calligraphy brush and ink. Hopefully this will give you ideas how to make 'stop' 'release' and 'hook'. Spend your time practicing ひらがな this week!