#30daylanguagechallenge

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30 day language challenge part 5!

5)  お気に入りの季節は何ですか？それはどうしてでしょうか？

What is your favorite season, and why?

秋も冬も大好きだけど、その中で秋が一番大好きだと思います。暑い天気がなかなか嫌いなので、やっと涼しくなると嬉しいです。秋の紅葉は本当に美しくていつも写真をいっぱい撮ります。

その上、秋といえばハロウィンでしょ？楽しい祭りだけど大学生になる以来ハロウィン夜はなにもしないことになりました…ガッカリ…

えーと。とにかく。

秋には、新学期も始まる時なので、わくわくな感じがします。でも、学期の中でさらに遠くに行けば、行くほど忙しく苦しくなるので、楽しいことをする時間が少なくなる。たとえば、友達とスモーキー山脈にハイキング予定があったけど、勉強もバイトもしなきゃいけなかったからできなかった。

時々、秋の現実よりイメージが好きだと思います。ちょっと悲しい。

調べた単語とフレーズ

紅葉　こうよう leaves turning red (in autumn); autumn colors

その上 in addition; furthermore

「ｘ」の中でさらに遠く行く　to go deeper into something

スモーキー山脈　さんみゃく Smoky Mountains

イメージ image (in one’s mind); idea (of something)

[c-h-studies]

30 Day Language Challenge (day 1) : Write about your favourite animal

Words that are in blue are words I had to look up.

Mon animal préféré, c'est la guêpe, ou plus spécifiquement, les membres de la famille Polistinae, parce que je suis un peu confus par si «guêpe» peut aussi signifier des certains types des abeilles ou des fourmis (j'aime les abeilles aussi, mais les fourmis non). Les guêpes sont très intelligentes; le type qui est très-commun dans mon état, elles peuvent distinguer des visages des personnes spécifiques et les rappeler, et elles me semblent aussi des animales très-curieuses et très-interactives; il y a quelques études récentes sur si elles peuvent jouer selon les classifications qu'on a développé, et les conclusions ne sont pas certains, mais je pense que oui, ou au moins elles semblent d'avoir une capacité d'aimer explorer des nouvelles choses dans leur environnement pour aucune autre raison que la curiosité.

Les deux photos que j'ai attaché, je les ai pris des guêpes qui vivaient dans mon jardin, et c'est pas la meilleure photo, mais dans la première tu peux voir un peu de ce coloration rouge/marron que quelleques-unes ont et que je trouve très beau.

Please feel free to correct any mistakes if you see them!

[chrystainfern]

Lets try this again!

Ok, so it’s been awhile since I last posted anything on here and there are a couple reasons why.

1) School has been kicking my ass majorly over the past few weeks and even more so the past fews days with finals, words can not express how much I hate finals! BUT, thankfully I will be officially done with finals today after I submit a few things for my online class! So with that done and out of the way I’ll have 3 full days a week to commit to other things like learning languages!!!

2) Life has also been playing a huge role in why I just haven’t had the motivation to do anything. Recently a family member of mine past away and it really started to affect me a lot more than I thought it would. However, things seem to be looking up and I feel much better now than I did before, so I’m going to use these feel good feelings to my advantage and tackle some things I haven’t had time for.

I’ve decided that starting in June I’m going to participate in a 30 day language challenge and see how much I can learn in 30 days. I like this idea much better than my very failed attempt at the 100 days of productivity lol 30 days just seems less intimidating and attainable to me so I’m going to start small with 30 days and hopefully build some good habits that I can carry on over the rest of the year. Who knows I may revisit the 100 day challenge again at some point but as of right now I don’t think it’s for me. 

Anyways, for my June 30 day language challenge I will be focusing primarily on Japanese but I also really want to learn Hangul during this time as well. I’m pretty sure I can get the Hangul down in no time if I just sit and study them but for Japanese since I can already read Hiragana and Katakana, my main focus here will be on improving my reading speed (I sound like a 4 year old) and to learn more kanji. I’ve kind of always been intimidated by kanji because there are so many of them but I’m starting to realize that a huge part of why my reading skills are so bad is because I can’t read kanji. So yeah those are my plans for the most part, and hopefully during this time (June) I can update this blog more too and share my progress. Lol I’m trying so hard to keep this poor blog alive despite my very inconsistent posts. See you in June! 

[languages-and-tea]

@spraakhexe

[1/30] 30 day language challenge

Day 1. Write about your favourite animal

J'aime les chevaux. Ils sont mes animaux préférés. Je pense qu'ils sont précieux et puissants. Je sais beaucoup de choses sur l'éthologie de les chevaux parce que j'ai lus beaucoup de livres. Je pense que les gens ne comprennent pas que les chevaux sont très sensibles et intelligents, et tu ne peux pas les sous-estimer ou traiter comme une voiture.

[salutonriano]

Langblr 30 Day Challenge (1/30)

(Okay so I’m having some difficulty picking one language as I’m learning 3, at various levels. Maybe I’ll change languages throughout the challenge.) Mijn lievelingsdier is de greyhound. Ik heeb er twee van. Nouja, eigenlijk hebben ze mijn ouders. Om precizer te zijn, behoren ze mijn moeder toe (mijn vader wilde geen honden). In elk geval, zijn Greyhounds super liefe dieren. Zij slapen meer dan 18 uur per dag, wat iemand misschien zou kunnen verrassen. Deze honden hebben een erg slank lichaam en lange beenen. Met zo een lichaam kunnen Greyhounds extrem snel rennen. Daarom gebruiken ze sommige mensen voor wedrennen. Ik vind dat een beetje verdrietig, vooral omdat ze degene, die als niet goed genoeg gelden, bevrijden, indien jullie verstaan, wat ik bedoel. Echter zijn ze goede huisdieren. Ze zijn vriendelijk en rustig. Eigenlijk zijn ze lui haha, wat perfekt voor mij is.

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30 day language challenge (i am not following the 30 days as you can see LOL) part 4!

4) お気に入りの映画について話す。

(talk about your favorite movie)

ちょっと久しぶりですね　；ｗ；

それに、日本の文法はまだ自信がないから間違いがあったらすみません　

お気に入りの映画はあまりないから、最近見た映画について話していきます。

先月友達と遊んでた時、「as above, so below」というファウンドフッテージのホラー映画を見たんだけど、面白かったです。

基本的な構想は、亡父の一生探求を続けるために、若い考古学者は小さなグループでパリカタコンベの立ち入り禁止部分を調べて、賢者の石を探そうとする。期待している通り、あんまり上手く行かないで早く致命的な旅行となってしまいます。

ネタバレ言わないようにさらに説明しないけど、すごく険悪で閉所恐怖的な映画だと思います。

ウィキペディアで検索したら評価はなんだか低いんだけどとにかく楽しかったんです。

ホラー映画はもっとみたいな

調べた単語とフレーズ

基本的な構想　きほんてきな　こうそう basic plot

亡父　ぼうふ deceased father

探求　たんきゅう research; investigation; search

考古学者　こうこがくしゃ archaeologist

カタコンベ catacombs

賢者の石　けんじゃのいし philosopher’s stone

期待する　きたいする to expect

致命的　ちめいてき lethal

険悪　けんあく tense

閉所恐怖　へいしょきょうふ claustrophobia

評価　ひょうか review

[chrystainfern]

4/30

Journal topic: 自己紹介

4日６月19年   はじめまして、名前はシシリです。２６さいとカリフロニアに住んでいます。びじゅつ大ガッくせです。私は一つが弟と二人いもとがあります。KPOPと朝ごはん食べ物が好きです。

Yeaaaaah I struggled with this one lol. Even though I chose a topic to write about I haven’t had to write a self intro in Japanese in awhile so I couldn't think of what to say. I know I made a few mistakes but we all have to start somewhere. Anyways today I mostly worked on a few pages from my Try N5 book and then made some flashcards on Quizlet for some of the kanji I need to study for N5. Honestly I think I may just forego using quizlet for kanji studying mostly because of the amount of info I need to include for each card and I also want to include the stroke order as well, which I cant do on quizlet so I think at some point I’ll end up creating a physical flashcard set for my kanji review. Aside from that it was a pretty easy day, but still managed to get in my 1 hour of study time! 

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3) お気に入りの曲を目標言語に翻訳する。

translate your favorite song into your target language.

this was a challenge! for the sillies i translated It's Been So Long by the Living Tombstone (AKA the man behind the slaughter song) and I'm pretty happy with the results. It probably doesn't sound 100% natural but it's probably understandable. probably.

何を考えていたか知らないよ

nani wo kangaeteita ka shiranai yo

私の子を取り残すなんて

watashi no ko wo tori nokosu nante

呪いで苦しんで今盲目の私

noroi de kurushinde ima moumoku no watashi

怒り、咎め、悲しみ、このすべてが

ikari, togame, kanashimi, kono subete ga

永遠に取りついてくるから

eien ni toritsuite kuru kara

川の果てにある崖は待ちきれない

kawa no hate ni aru gake wa machikirenai

探しているのは復讐か

sagashiteiru no wa fukushuu ka

それとも仇を���ってくれる人か？

soretomo kataki wo totte kureru hito ka?

自身の逆説で立ち往生していて、自分を自由にしたい。

jishin no gyakusetsu de tachi ouujou shiteite, jibun wo jiyuu ni shitai

彼らが止めようとする前に追っかけて探すべきかもよ

karera ga yameyou to suru mae ni okkakete sagasubeki ka mo yo

人形になるまで長くかからないから

ningyou ni naru made nagaku kakaranai kara

最後に息子に会ってから

saigo ni musuko ni atte kara

凄く長かったよ

sugoku nagakatta yo

そのひどい人に失われた

sono hidoi hito ni ushinawareta

虐殺を犯した男に

gyakusatsu wo okashita otoko ni

君がいなくなってから

kimi ga inaku natte kara

自分の正気を問うように

jibun no shouki wo tou you ni

このくだらない歌を歌っている

kono kudaranai uta wo utatteiru

現在に過去の間違いの賜物で

genzai ni kako no machigai no tamamono de

生きることができたらいいのに

ikiru koto ga dekitara ii no ni

でも未来が蛇の群れのように尾けてくる

demo mirai ga hebi no mure no you ni tsukete kuru

君のかわいい小さな目、小さな笑顔

kimi no kawaii chiisana me, chiisana egao

しか思い出せないの

shika omoi dasenai no

そのあいまいな記憶が機嫌を混乱する

sono aimai na kioku ga kigen wo konran suru

正当化が私にとって殺害

seitouka ga watashi ni totte satsugai

でも殺害は正当化されない

demo satsugai wa seitouka sarenai

息子に何があった？

musuko ni nani ga atta?

怖いよ

kowai yo

頭に残る思いは

atama ni nokoru omoi wa

だんだん大きくなって

dan dan ookiku natte

ごめんね、愛しい子、そばにいたかったよ

gomen ne, itoshii ko, soba ni itakatta yo

最後に息子に会ってから

saigo ni musuko ni atte kara

凄く長かったよ

sugoku nagakatta yo

そのひどい人に失われた

sono hidoi hito ni ushinawareta

虐殺を犯した男に

gyakusatsu wo okashita otoko ni

君がいなくなってから

kimi ga inaku natte kara

自分の正気を問うように

jibun no shouki wo tou you ni

このくだらない歌を歌っている

kono kudaranai uta wo utatteiru

words/phrases I looked up (there’s a lot)

取り残す to leave behind

盲目　もうもく blind

咎め　とがめ guilt

取り付く to haunt

崖　がけ cliff

敵を取る　かたきをとる to take revenge

逆説　ぎゃくせつ paradox

立往生する　たちおうじょうする to get stuck

追っかける　おっかける to chase; to run after

虐殺を犯す　ぎゃくさつをおかす to commit slaughter

正気を問う　しょうきをとう to question (one’s) sanity

賜物　たまもの gift

群れ　むれ  herd; pack

尾ける　つける to stalk; to tail behind 

正当化されない　せいとうか not justified

殺害　さつがい murder

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2) お気に入りの年代を検索して短い説明を書く。

Research your favorite time period and write a short segment on it.

２０００年代は興味を引き付けます。その期間は小さな子供だったので何が起こるかあまり知らなかった。だから、生命の一番楽しい時だと思いますｗ

ウィキペディアによって２０００年代はインターネットの成長、グローバル化、地球温暖化の認識、ＬＧＢＴＱ＋権利の拡大が大事な特徴です。

私にとって２０００年代のポップカルチャーが一番面白いです。ファッション、技術、音楽、アニメやテレビ番組、すべてが懐かしいですね。

日本語で「２０００年代」を付けた色々の検索語を検索して、好きな画像をここに表示しました。

Words/phrases I looked up:

興味を引き付ける　to draw interest

成長 せいちょう　growth; development

グローバル化 globalization

地球温暖化　ちきゅうおんだんか global warming

認識　にんしき awareness

権利の拡大　けんりのかくだい expansion of rights 

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Starting a 30 day langblr challenge because I need to write more in Japanese!

So here’s day one:

1) お気に入り動物について書いてください

(Write about your favorite animal)

いつも子供の頃から猫と住んでいたので大好きな動物に��りました。面白い性格だし、毛がふわふわだし、耳も大きくて可愛いし、私にとって完璧な動物だと思います。

これは私の大切なさび猫のキットキャットちゃん♡

ちょっと いたずらっ子だけど可愛いよね

で、これはソルトちゃんです。世界で一番優しい猫だったと思います。今年5月は、17歳で腎臓病で死んでしまいました。本当に恋しいです。いつも私の思い出に生きます。

Words I looked up to write this:

さび猫　tortoiseshell cat

いたずらっ子　mischievous child; troublemaker

腎臓病　じんぞう��ょう　kidney disease

恋しい　longed-for; missed

[chrystainfern]

12/30

今日は漢字を勉強しました。

I think I should just admit that I suck at challenges lol Basically I have no excuse for why I haven’t posted over the past few days other than I’m in the process of leaving my very shitty job and potentially getting a waaaay better one as soon as next week. Anyways, today I decided to work on some kanji since my original goal was to study 5 new kanji each day, however I’m very behind on that. I’m going to try and get caught up before the end of the week so that I get back on track my original goal and keep going with this challenge. I’d also like to set up some sort of routine when it comes to my studies as well this week since I think it will help me stay focused more and have some idea of what I’m going to be doing when I sit down to study. But yeah that’s pretty much it for today, lol let’s see if I can make it to the end of the week!

[chrystainfern]

#30dol

I am so ready to start this challenge already! I’ve spent the past few days preparing everything, getting notebooks set up, looking up new source material to learn Japanese and reading posts about peoples experience studying for the JLPT N5/N4. Depending on how things go over the next 30 days it will determine whether or not I stick with my plan to take the N5 or just power through and aim for N4 instead. I think my biggest hurdle will definately be Kanji, but I feel like if I can learn around 5 a day for 2 months I would know all the kanji I need to pass N4. Aside from that I’m pretty confident in my ability to pick up grammar and picking up vocabulary has never really been an issue for me either, so really it's just Kanji! 

Lol on paper this all sounds easy enough, but we’ll see how it works out in reality. Either way at the end of the year I’m taking the JLPT! I’m tired of accumulating all of this learning material and books for Japanese and not having anything to show for it. I don't think my goal is fluency per say but rather just to be able to be to say what I want to say and be understood ..... is that fluency? lol I don’t know, but that’s what my goal is for now. Also thank you @studyblr for starting this challenge!!

[chrystainfern]

1/30

１日６月19年　仕事をやめたいです。嫌いですよ！

(Lol please feel free to correct my very short, yet to the point journal entry. I guessed on some parts, but I think my point was made regardless. )

Yay! So today’s the first day of the #30daysoflearningchallenge and even though I had a bit of a late start I still managed to get in my 1 hour of studying for 日本語! I spent some time going through my Try N5 book, highlighting words and kanji I didn’t know and then creating flashcards on quizlet for me to review later while I’m on the train to work or whenever I have idle time. I also tried to catch up on Memrise as well since I haven’t logged into that in forever and made some pretty good progress there as well. All in all for my first day of actual studying I think I did alright! 

[chrystainfern]

3/30

３日6月19年　今日は初めて電車で勉強しました。私は家で漢字も勉強しました。

Took me a while to create even this simple sentence but I’m getting there! I think going forward I’m going to start using journal prompts since I’m finding it slightly difficult to find things to write about each day. Also I want to start writing longer entries and I think having a set topic before hand will help me especially when it comes to vocabulary. Aside from that I spent the day again going through some old text books and highlighting key grammar points, after that I spent some time on memrise again (I’m on a 2 day streak! lol) then I took to the internet to try and find full kanji lists for both N5 and N4. I managed to find one for the N5 but finding a list for the N4 was slightly more difficult. My goal is still to try and learn around 5 kanji a day, however before today I didn't have a list of what kanji I needed to learn so I kept having to flip through text books to find them and it was taking too much time to do that every day to review kanji. Now that I have these lists it should make things go a lot smoother in terms of review. Honestly for it only being the 3rd day I have to say that I’m proud of myself for trying to incorporate some Japanese into my day however I can. Whether it be through textbooks, quizlet, memrise or looking up materials online I’ve managed to review or learn something new everyday which makes me really happy! I also set up a study Instagram account as well to help motivate me to post more of language studies as well! So hopefully I can keep that alive lol! Anyways if you’re interested in following me my IG username is @studywithfern :) 

[chrystainfern]

2/30

2日６月19年    私はとても眠たい！

Today felt so long but even so I still managed to get my hour of study! I did some more review on memrise, went through one of my old textbooks and highlighted vocabulary words I already knew so I can at some point go back and study all the words I don't know yet. I also managed to get in some reading practice which I really struggled with! I didnt realize how bad I was until tonight so that’s definitely going to be an area I pay more attention to going forward. But otherwise then that my studying for today was pretty simply and laid back. Since I haven’t studied 日本語 in awhile I feel like I’m slowly easing myself back into it and am honestly happy with any amount of studying I do. I know I have a lot of work to do before the JLPT but I feel like if can just make it through these 30 days then it will make it easier for me to keep going afterwards and through till the test date.