Composition 3 Final Draft

ニ+ねんごのわたしおもしろいせいかつがほしいです.そしてにぎやかなせいかつがほしいです . ニュ-ヨ-ク のうちがほしいです .ニュ-ヨ-クがすきです .とてもにぎやかです. おおきいうちがほしいです. うちはちかとつのちかくにがほしいです.かいしゃいんなりたくないです.おんがくをします.ジャズとクラシックをしますがからおけをしません.スポ-ツがしたいです.やきゅとテニスがしたいです.かないがほしいです.そしてふたりこどもがほしいです.がふたりおとこのことひだりおんなのにがふたりほしいです.そしていぬがほしいです.せいかつはとてもいいです.いいてんきがほしいです.

Katakana Literary Works Final

セんりゅう:
ホテル パ-ティ-
びるへいきます
どこですか
hotel party
I go to the building
where is the party
からおけはすきですけれど
ともだちと
karaoke
I like it but I
never do it aloneムスタング　
じどうしゃとても
たのしいです
Mustang
automobile very
enjoyable


I used katakana for ホテル and パ-チ- because they are loan words from English to describe a hotel and a party, so I felt like they word convey the meaning better than trying to find the same meanings in hiragana.
I used katakana for ムスタング, Mustang, because it is an American made car, and I'm pretty sure this is how it would be spelled in katakana.

Composition 3: Me Twenty Years From Now

ニ + ねんごにわたしせいかつがおむしろいです.そしてせいかつがにぎやかがほしいです . ニュ-ヨ-ク のうちがほしいです .ニュ-ヨ-クがすきです .わとてもにぎやかです. うちがおおきいがほしいです. うちかえにちかとつがほしいです. かいしゃいんがほしくないです. おんがくをします. ジャズ とクラシックをしますがほしいですがからおけをしません.スポ-ツをしますがほしいです.やきゅとテニスをしますがほしいです.かないがほしいです.そしてふたらこどもがほしいです.ひだりおとこのことひだりおんなのひとがほしいです.そしていぬがほしいです.せいかつはとてもいいです.いいてんきがほしいです.

Katakana Literary Works

セんりゅう:
ホテル パ-ティ-
びるへいきます
どこですか
hotel party
I go to the building
where is the party

カラオケは
すきですけれど
ともだちと
karaoke
I like it but I
never do it alone
ムスタング　
じどうしゃとても
たのしいです
Mustang
automobile very
enjoyable


I used katakana for ホテル and パ-チ- because they are loan words from English to describe a hotel and a party, so I felt like they word convey the meaning better than trying to find the same meanings in hiragana.
I used katakana for ムスタング, Mustang, because it is an American made car, and I'm pretty sure this is how it would be spelled in katakana.

かたかな Composition 2

はじめまして。オコーネルです。コロンビアだいがくのがくせいです。コロンビはきれいです。そしておおきです。コロンビアのせいかつはにぎやかです。にほんのせいかつもにぎやかですね。わたしのかぞくはしんせつです。そしてにぎやかです。やまださん、あなたのかぞくはどんなかぞくですか。にほんのたべものはおいしいですね。にほんのだいがくはどんなだいがくですか。にほんでろくがつよっかにいきます。よろしくおねがいします。

かたかな analysis

   I found the word スナック, snack, and I think it's interesting that the idea is a loan word from another language, because I'd expect most every culture to involve snacks! I think it's written in かたかな　rather than ひらがな because the small snacks themselves, like potato chips and pretzels, are foreign to Japan, so the かたかな is used to advertise that the food will be foreign. スナック also describes the place where you eat snacks, a social bar, so maybe the connection between food and activity is the reason for using かたかな, a sort of activity onomatopoeia.
   Another word I found was　マンション, mansion, which describes an apartment building rather than a conventional mansion.  The word might be borrowed just to mean a very large living space, as both a mansion and an apartment building fit this idea. The word could then be meant to advertise an apartment building positively, as large, or spacious. Similarly, the word ヨット describes a "yacht", but really means a small sailboat.  Both of these show that the words might describe the general idea, but not be a direct translation.
   A celebrity magazine used the word かたかな word アートレス, artist, to describe one of the celebrity artists being interviewed.  What's interesting here is that the kanji word 歌手 has the same meaning as the word  アートレス, but the magazine is using the かたかな word because they think it will attract a younger audience who think that かたかな is more "hip" and "cool" than using ひらがな or kanji, because  かたかな is closer to English.  This is sort of a loan culture then, as the  かたかな is being used to evoke the culture rather than supplement an actual word.  I think this is an interesting difference from the loan words, because it shows how the different alphabets are put into effect by the modern culture and media.
    かたかな seems to be mostly used for loan words and direct translations of words, however there also appear to be other uses for it.  It is mostly used depending on the context and what the speaker is trying to convey.  I like how most かたかな words are very similar to the original words in the language they adapt from, yet have a distinctive Japanese tinge to them, I think it's a really cool way of adopting other culture's into your own.  Hopefully I develop the same interest in kanji soon, because at the moment it's really tough!

べんきょします かたかな

おはよおございます！
せんしゅう、わたしたちへはじめませんべんきょしませんかたかな。かたかなわてごわいです！わたしわべんきょしますひらがなまいにちいつわうちへいきます。こんしゅう、わ　べんきょしますかたかなもまいにち。きんよおびとどよおびわたしわやすみます！
かたかな、てごわいですね？

My dream

My dream is to be able to understand Japanese enough to watch an anime or Japanese movie without subtitles, and understand everything.  I think that would mean that I understand enough to hold a complex conversation, or be able to travel Japan and understand everyone who talks to me.  I also think that would help me understand the culture better, because I would be viewing it in the original way it was created, in Japanese.  This way I'd be interpreting the ideas based on their Japanese meanings, not English meanings.
 I also want to watch Japanese game shows.

Studying Japanese

I chose to study Japanese because the language seemed very fun to learn and speak, and also because I am very interested in the culture.  Japanese culture has very detailed history, and learning the language will help me understand the culture. I am excited to be able to have a conversation in Japanese, and be able to speak with a friend at UCSD who is learning Japanese. After the first two weeks, I find it difficult to remember all the hiragana characters both in writing and reading.

Self Introduction

はじめまして、 

ブライアンです。どうぞよろしく。Columbiaだいがくのがくせいです。Oaklandからきました。アメリカ（あめりか）じんです。まついせんせいのがくせいです。おなまえは？