Week of Jan.3 -6

Konnichiwa Mina san

 新年 あけましておめでとうございます

   Shinen Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu

(Happiness to you on the dawn of a New Year)

This means Happy New Year in Japanese of course!

I hope that we can meet on Wednesday after school and every Wednesday following that. However, at this time, there may be changes, so for now, please listen for announcements and check back to this webpage for updates on meeting times.

We will discuss O-shogatsu (the new year and the Japanese customs), as well as get back to studying 'Nihongo' and learning to speak some key phrases!

 Sugu ni au to ii desu!
(Hope to see you soon.)

Dec.14th & 15th

Konnichiwa Mina-san!

To make up for having to cancel Japanese club last week, we are having two special club meetings this week to watch an amazing movie: "Memoirs of a Geisha".

It is a fantastic movie based on a book that describes the life of a young geisha and everything she goes through. It gives an amazing insight into the beauty of this traditional, and soon-to-be lost art. Please be in my room by 3:05pm on Wednesday and Thursday so we can get started right away! We will watch the first half of the movie on Wednesday and then finish the movie on Thursday. I'll bring the ocha (green tea) and senbei (Japanese crackers)!

Eiga wo miru koto ga tanoshimi ni shiteimasu!
(I'm looking forward to watching this movie!)

See you on Wednesday!

Mata ne!

Dec.6th NOT 7th

Konnichiwa!

Hi everyone, I just wrote out a nice, long,detailed and well-formatted message regarding this week and somehow it didn't save. I lost everything. Unfortunately I don't have time to rewrite it all now so I'll just put the facts in point form. I apologize!!

• Club is canceled Wed. Dec.7th (I have a doctor's appointment)
• We will meet only briefly instead on Tues. Dec.6th after school to vote on days to meet next week
• We will vote on which days to meet next to watch a movie: Dec.13th & 14th  or 14th and 15th. Majority rules. I will bring green tea and maybe some snacks. Please be there to vote on the 6th or send me an e-mail.
• Pauline, Erica, Trevor and Mumui, eat your lunch quickly tomorrow (Mon. Dec.5th) and be in my room at 12:25pm SHARP to meet our Japanese guests!! DO NOT BE LATE!! It is considered VERY RUDE in Japanese culture to be late, so if you want, bring your lunch down to my room at the bell and eat there so you can't be late! :) Practice introducing yourselves in Nihongo! ;) 

Hope to see you on Tuesday Dec.6th to vote!!


Mata ne.

Nov.30th Meeting

Konnichiwa Mina-san!

This week we will of course continue with Hiragana....many of you are really starting to get the hang of Hiragana so I don't want to stop practicing now.

I also want to review and teach you some basic phrases, especially for those who are going to be meeting our Japanese guests on December 5th!

If there is time remaining, I can show you some more videos from Japan!

I also think we should talk about watching a movie for the last two meetings before the break!

Mata Suiyobi!! (See you on Wednesday!)

November 23rd Meeting

Konnichiwa Mina-san!

This week we will practice reviewing hiragana again, possibly using the computers or my real flash cards as well.

I also have more videos to show you about life in Japan, that I haven't shown anyone yet.

Also, I have a special announcement about our Japanese visitors and will need your help with something! You'll have to come to our club meeting though to find out!

Hope to see you on Wednesday!

Mata ne :)
-Ms.Sundin

November 16th Meeting

Konnichiwa!

We will have a short meeting this coming Wednesday November 16th. I actually can't stay all that long this week either, but I didn't want to cancel another meeting. We will review some Hiragana on the computer and using flashcards. I will also show you some videos from Japan as promised, which will be a nice break from studying the Japanese syllabary! :)

See you this week!

Nov. 9th Club Meeting

Konnichiwa Mina-san!

I regret to inform you that I unfortunately have to cancel the next club meeting: Wednesday Nov.9th. I have to get home right after school on this day, so cannot stay for club. I really am sorry because I enjoy our meetings so much! The rest of November is looking good though, so I don't foresee any other cancellations this month.

Use this time to review and memorize your Hiragana chart!! I encourage you to go out to the dollar store like I suggested and buy some recipe cards to make your own flash cards. There are also links to online games/quizzes on the right-hand side of my webpage! Please try them! They are fun and a great way to practice! You should also take this time to review the handouts I gave you on numbers and counting.

When we meet again on Nov. 16th I have some videos from my time in Japan to show you. I also think we should talk about watching a Japanese movie in the near future!

Again, honto ni gomen nasai (I'm really sorry) for having to cancel on you, but sometimes life and schedules get in the way.

Until next time, Nihongo wo benkyo shite ganbatte!(Good luck studying Japanese!)

Mata ne!