おんなの人とねこのストーリー

おんなの人がいます。

おんなの人のなまえはミシェールさんです。

ミシェールさんはとてもきれいです。でも、ミシェールさんはいつも一人です。

一人で朝ご飯を食べます。一人で昼ご飯を食べます。一人で晩ご飯をたべます。

一人でおはなみをします。一人でしゅくだいをします。一人でしゃしんをとります。

一人でびょういんへ行きます。一人でりょうこうをします。一人でかえります。

ある日、ミシェールさんはしろいとくろいねこにいっぴきあいます。しろいとくろいねこはミシェールさんのドアのまえにいます。

このねこはすこししずかですが、とてもカワイイです。このねこはミシェールさんとかえります。

ミシェールさんはねこをききますから、ねこのなまえは"ニャーニャー"です。ミシェールさんはこのねこがすきです。

そして、毎朝ニャーニャーとたまごをたべます。毎日ニャーニャーと昼ご飯を食べます。毎晩ニャーニャーとステーキとバニラアイスクリームをたべます。

いしょにおはなみをします。いしょにしゅくだいをしますが、ニャーニャーは日本語がぜんぜんわかりまえん　（ニャーニャーえだけをかきます）。いしょにたくさんしゃしんをとります。

いしょにびょういんへ行きますが、ニャーニャーはびょういんがちょっとキライです。いしょにベニスへいきますが、ニャーニャーはみずがぜんぜんすきじゃありません。そして、みずはあまりありませんから、いしょにラスベガスへいきます。それから、いしょにかえります。

ミシェールさんはげんきですね！ニャーニャーもげんきですよ = )

P.S.  The ねこ in the しゃしん is actually a ゆうめいな Youtube personality.  His name is まる.  Definitely check him out - he's とてもかわいいです ^^"

Composition 2

山田さん、おげんきですか。


山田さんの家族はどうですか。いま日本はあついですか、さむですか。


わたしはケリーです。はたちです。カナダからきましたが、いまうちはニューヨークです。あにといもうとがいます。あにはやさしいひとです。そしていもうとはきれいなひとです。


わたしはすこししずかです。おんがくがすきです。ジャズとミュージカルがすきです。たべものはとてもおいしいですから、たべものがすきです。わたしは日本りょうりがあまりとくいじゃありませんが、日本りょうりがすです。えが好きですが、わたしはとてもいそがしいです。じかんがありません。ときどきびじゅつかんへ行きます。びじゅつかんはたのしいところです。


コロンビアだいがくはわたしのだいがくです。わたしは三ねんせいですが、日本ごの一ねんせいです。日本ごのクラスのともだちはしんせつですから、日本ごのクラスはおもしろいです。コロンビアもおもしろいです。キャンパスはちいさいですが、にぎやかです。がくせいのせいかつはいそがしいですが、たのしいです。コロンビアはいいだいがくですが、たかいです。


いまニューヨークはとてもさむいです。


わたしはろく月よっか日本へ行きます。


これからおせわになります。どうぞよろしくおねがいします。　じゃまた！


１１月９日　　ケリー

かたかな Analysis Draft

Below are the かたかな examples that I found:

Sign that says "McDonald hamburger" in かたかな 

In this sign, かたかな is used to write the loan words, "McDonalds" and "hamburger."

A menu that has "Dessert" and its list of desserts written in かたかな

Again, the かたかな words used here represent loan words.

A ドラえもん comic strip that uses かたかな for sound effects

The かたかな words here are " ごくり ," which represents a gulping sound; and " ポイ ," which represents the sound of someone carelessly throwing something.  These かたかな  words are onomatopoeic.

A children's book with かたかな in its title

This is the cover of an アンパンマン storybook.  アンパンマン is a ゆうめい anime hero in children's stories.  His name comprises three parts: "あん," which means "red bean paste"; "パン," the Portuguese loaned word for "bread"; and finally "マン," the English loaned word for "man".  Basically... he's a man whose head is made of bread with red bean paste inside    (アンパンマンをたべます!  Hehe, jk =P).  Even though "あん" is a regular Japanese word that's usually written in ひらがな, it's probably written in かたかな here because the rest of アンパンマン's name is in かたかな, and this keeps things consistent.  This also makes アンパンマン seem more like a superhero, since other famous heroes names' are usually written in かたかな (i.e スーパーマン = superman).  "マーチ" is the loan word equivalent of "March," but I suspect the "マーチ" here is actually the ひらがな "まち," as in, "town."  If so, this would be a regular Japanese word written in かたかな for emphasis.

A ドラえもん scene with the words "rubber ball" in かたかな

This is super かわいいです！ドラえもん has hands which look like rubber balls, and his ともだち, のび太さん, always takes advantage of this when the two play "rock, paper, scissors".  Because of ドラえもん's rubber-ball hands, he invariably seems to put up "rock".  そうして  のび太さん always puts up "paper" - we know who wins XD.  ドラえもん frantically tries to explain that "rock, paper, scissors" just isn't a cool game for someone with rubber-ball hands.  In this case, "rubber ball" is written in  かたかな for emphasis.

 From these examples, I learned that かたかな is generally used to write loan words, onomatopoeic words, or emphasized words.  Nevertheless, each textbook explains かたかな usage differently.  This is probably because loan words, onomatopoeic words, and emphasized words can appear in myriads of situations.  

For instance, a loan word may appear in a sign, on a book cover, or as a brand name.  Onomatopoeic words can express naturally occurring sounds (eg, moo, meow, tick tock, etc.) or a manner (eg. squiggly).  Moreover, all sorts of words can be emphasized.  Because かたかな is used to cover so many different type of words, it would seem cursory for a textbook to simply divide its usage into "loan words, onomatopoeic words, and emphasized words."

An example where these three categories alone would not suffice is with many Japanese company names.  These are generally written in かたかな, but may not consist of loan words or onomatopoeic words.  Of course, we can say that a company wants to emphasize its name... but how can we know for sure that this かたかな usage is an emphasis?  As far as I can tell, we can't.  As a result, textbooks try to account for these subtleties to the best of their writers' abilities, and the end product is varying explanations of かたかな usage.

Fascinating, no?  Now if only I can figure out the fool-proof way of figuring all this out... ^^"

ハッピーハロウィーン =D

みなさん、


ウィークエンドになにをしますか?  日曜日はハロウィーン!  ^ ^  みなさんはパーティへ行きますか?  Trick-or-treat をしますか?   わたしは trick-or-treat  がすきですなぜなら, わたしはちょっとおさないです =P

これにほんのキャンデーはわたしのだいこうぶつです：

    Pocky (ミルクとストロベリーと抹茶がすきです）

 にほんのマシュマロ (they come with all sorts of yummy fillings ^^)

Meji's Meltykiss チョコレート (in precious coacoa or 抹茶 flavor はとてもおいしいです!)

森永ミルクキャラメル (You can get them at M2M =P)

もちアイスクリーム =  heaven in a bite

どらやき: ドラえもん's favorite =D

These are all おいしいです。If only more people gave them out as treats ;_________;

みなさんはどんなにほんのおかしがすきですか?  Please comment below so I can go try your favorites!

Your ともだち,

ちいさいぶた (The little piggy)。

しょうかをたのしむ ♪ ♫

しょうかをたのしむ ♪ ♫ 


みなはべんきょうしますか？

やすみませんか？　いっしょににほんごのミュージックをききましょ。

このしょうかはすきです　＝）　みなもすきですか？

これはみずのあかしです：



これはあおぞらです。　わたしはエアー (Air, the anime) をあいする　<3





このしょうかはプリティですね？

ハッピーしゅくだいをします!　> <  + <3  + =D

おねがいします ^^"

みなさん、
How to embed a Youtube video on my ブログをみせてください 。。。

どうも ;______;

The current unfortunate condition of Wein's おてあらい...

My dear  フレンズ、

きょう there is a water shutdown in Wein, the dorm I live in.  We were warned of this water shutdown, warned that the sinks in our rooms and washrooms wouldn't be working.

So after class, I needed to pee (this is probably too much information for わたしのにほごのぶろぐ... so feel free to stop reading if you'd rather not hear about the state of dormitory toilets ^^").  Anyway, dysfunctional sinks weren't going to prevent me from answering to a call of nature.  I know, I should wash my hands, but I figured some hand-sanitizer would do the trick.

Unfortunately, いま the toilet bowls in our floor おてあらい are... soiled.  I should have connected the dots.  No running water = no flushing toilets, right?  I can't speak for the boys, but there were at least three other girls who also didn't realize that our toilets aren't flushing. 

The first of these three girls chose one of the three stalls on this floor, did her business, then realized that she couldn't flush.  The second girl saw that one of the stalls wasn't clean, so chose a stall from the two remaining stalls, did her business, and then realized that she couldn't flush.  The third girl probably looked at the two dirty toilet bowls, muttered bitterly to herself that some women are "just disgusting", chose the last stall to relieve her bladder, and then realized that she couldn't flush.

I heartily forgive these three girls.  Yes, maybe they could have asked someone how they could prevent all the other girls from having to confront their bodily disposals, but we have classes to go to, homework to finish, dates to go on... they figured, no one will know it was them, right?  The point is, these three girls didn't mean to be gross, so even though I'm grossed out, I can sympathize.

But seriously?  From what I just witnessed in the ﾄｲﾚ... those three girls were definitely not the last ones to sit on those three toilet seats.  Maybe I'm just too prissy, and that's why I had to run to the としょかん just now to pee in a place where I could actually flush the toilet afterwards.

I just can't help but wonder though, were all these other girls who used the bathroom on my floor needing to go so badly that they just decided to use dirty toilets, and make them dirtier?  Did they not want to run to the library because it's raining outside?  Am I just too prissy? O________o||


This incident reminds me of questions that I often find myself asking when I frequent public bathrooms: why do people leave bathrooms in such unseemly conditions?  Couldn't people just pee inside toilets, as opposed to on them?  Why don't some people flush?


What are your thoughts on this issue?  Do you have gruesome bathroom stories to share?  Are you one of those people who don't flush the toilet?  If so, is it because you're trying to conserve water?  Or are you afraid of loud noises in the dark, and so don't flush at night (my sister had this problem when she was a little girl)?  Are you just being lazy?


I'm in no position to tell you how you should manage your feces, but if - just IF - you are ever one of those non-flushing people, I hope that next time you visit the おてあらい , you'll at least remember that the presents you leave in the toilet bowl may gross out little prissy girls like me.  Just remember that, okay?  If you choose not to flush anyway, at least you'll have a good laugh thinking of the expression on my face when I happen upon whatever it is that you left behind.


じゃまた =)