So I’m realizing that I’m forgetting how to speak English properly. I’m used to speaking slowly using simple vocabulary and not being surrounded by English has my spelling going from bad to horrendous. A few of us find ourselves stumbling over our words when in a conversation with native English speakers.
This gave me the idea of a word of the day. I will post a Japanese word and its English meaning every day. Please e-mail me English words that I may have forgotten due to lack of use and I will post them on the blog.
4 comments:
It's really exciting that you're in Japan teaching -- what an adventure!
It seems to me that you're doing well and enjoying yourself and i'm glad =)
I must say I'm quite proud of you (picking up the language/doing word of the day etc)... I remember when you first asked me about the chinese number system (which is the same as japanese) and you were so confused and just couldn't comprehend it... you've come a long way =]
Cheers,
Sandy
I had the same kind of thing in England, except not with forgetting how to speak english, but definitely speaking with a Brummy (Birmingham) accent, which is a very distinct accent. It was SO weird coming home and being surrounded by the Canadian accents again - it sounded SO strange. I find especially when you're talking to little kids, you have to adapt your language so that they can understand you. You should get Skype so that you can call english-speaking friends back home for free to keep you speaking properly.
Jenn Stark
Hey Sandy!
Long time no talk! I have kinda learned the Chinese system.
In Japanese there is hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu, yottsu, itsutsu, muttsu, nanatsu, yattsu, kokonotsu, to. That is like a generic counter for 1 thing, 2 things... however there are sooo many different counters depending on the shape/size. Like ippon is for long and thin, ichimai is for thin things like paper/plates its crazy!!!
Good to hear from you! Thanks for posting!
Hahah, I think you would sound hilarious with a half Canadian half Brummy accent. Although I havent met anyone going from Canadian to British, I know plenty of people the other way around. I also know people who turn accents on and off like it was a lightswitch. Its really mindblowing to see a chinese person speak with a Canadian accent one second, then flip over into Jamaican maan!
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