later in life i feel frustrated sometimes because it's kind of hard for me to pick up the japanese. true i'm by myself right now with it and it's later in life for me but still. AHHHH!

understand well/speak well I'm having a bit of a hard time with understand well/speak well. yoku wakarimasu/ jouzu ni hanashimasu. My poor brain isn't wanting to accept that it isn't yoku hanashimasu! On the other hand I've got a,i,u,e,o/ ka,ki,ku,ke,ko/ sa,shi,su,se,so/ ta,chi,tsu,te,to down pat in both both katakan and hiragana. I've also made the decision to pursue a degree in foreign studies this fall. With an emphasis on Japanese of course. Wish me luck!

alphabets are killing me!! so far I have memorized a i u e o/ ka ki ku ke ko/ ga gi gu ge go in both hiragana and katakana. I have also learned to say that I understand/ don't understand/, the weather is good/bad, and I can say that I'm not Japanese. I'm seriously the whitest cracker you have ever seen and nobody is going mistake me for Japanese! I feel like I'm getting there though. I have actually been devoting myself to it everyday. Feels good. I'm going to get to Nihon eventually. I know I can do this.

I cleaned today. watashi wa kyo de soji desu - I cleaned today. I'm not sure if I got that right. I'm trying very hard to start getting my particles right.

Japanese sentence structure for dummies I feel liked it's sad when Japanese for dummies is what really puts it into perspective for me. VERB AT THE END! VERB END! VERB END! Particles don't always translate. Remember their general functons. WING IT A BIT! You will only get corrected. This is not a test to determine what you're going to do with the rest of your life. They aren't going to stone you and sacrifice your first born to their heathen gods. I ate sushi and sashimi. Watashi wa sushi to sashimi o tabeta.

married anata wa kekkon shite imasu ka Hai. watashi wa kekkon shite imasu