Edie イヂちゃん あたしのむすめのなまえはイヂです。二年生です。いっしょにちょっと日本語を話します。イヂの好きなえいがはポニョです。もうトトロが好き。楽しい子供ですよ。

はじめまして。朝で　会いましょうか？ I am a native English speaker, learning Japanese. Can we skype together? If you speak fluent Japanese, let's meet on a Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday morning (Japan time) between 7:30 and 10:00. We can speak some Japanese, and some English. My Japanese is not really good, so you can have lots of English practice! Please comment on this message and we can set up a time to talk! どぞ　よろしく。

新しい形容詞 New Adjectives 昨日　えいがを　見ました。日本製のえいが　でした。美しい風景　ありました。男が　寂しかった　ですが　おもしろかった女を　あって　いました。えいがが　易しかった　ですが　詳しくなかった　です。複雑じゃないと　思います。 明日、店え　行きましょうか？丈夫な箸わ　ほしい　です。CD も　買いましょう。にぎやかのわ　ほしい　ですか？　しずかのわ　ほしいですか？

To Japanese Language Learners (English speaker shares resources) I started learning Japanese six years ago, but have not studied continuously. I had a year of classes in college but these were spread out and at the time I didn't really know what I was doing. This year, I had started really focusing on learning Japanese, and I've already explored some resources I didn't know about before. It turns out, I don't have to go buy more equipment because there are a lot of resources online! These are some of the ones I've found helpful for early review, as well as building out my beginner vocabulary a bit. Mango for Libraries: http://krlrpa.krl.org:2108/libraries/1115/lessons This program introduces conversation skills and basic grammar in an easy format. Supposedly comparable to Rosetta Stone for conversational fluency, and is very easy to use. Does not include practice for reading and writing Japanese, though. Offered free through the Kitsap Regional Library to library members. Kana Practice: http://kana.icann.se/ Really simple, helpful drill for memorizing hirigana, katakana, and special combinations of both. I had a really hard time learning katakana before, and I only needed a few days drilling with this program to refresh my hiragana and learn the full set of katakana. Kanji Flashcards online: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ik2r-myr/kanji/kanji1a.htm Another straight-forward memorization tool, this one for learning Kanji. It goes in the same order as tuttle flashcards, introducing 60 new kanji at a time. I've enjoyed learning with this one, but it does not allow you to add your new kanji to the ones you've already learned, so to review your old ones you need to move back a level. It also doesn't have any component to help learn stroke order, which you'll need to know in order to use dictionaries. I like it as a supplement to my tuttle flashcard set. Conversation Partners: http://www.italki.com/my/ This website features an online community of language learners. It's like a facebook where you can search for friends based on what language they speak natively and what language they're learning. Many people on this site are on skype and will share their contact information. Of course lots of other languages are available here too.

Family おはようございます。きょ私の家族で話します。あの私の家Manetteにです。父はサラりマンです。母は毎日店え車で行きます。夫は船大工です。わたしのジョブは作家と先生の子供です。もにつの児ちゃんです。も家族の家Manetteにあります。あそこに私の叔母といとこ住んで言います。 父の犬あります。一つの魚もあります。小さい家族じゃありませんが夫と私すぎに子供を持つですね！ A little ambitious vocabulary... I had to make up some grammar to match. If it says something crazy, please don't be offended!

melodyadele's notebook entry: Jun 15, 2010 おは世ございます。アデラです。セアトにすんでいます。2005の夏わ 広島に行きました。私の日本 に家族のなまえわ　谷中　です。もがっくに日本語おべんきおしました。日本語のほんとテレビわ好きです。てがみ尾書いてください。どぞよろしく。

melodyadele's notebook entry: Jun 14, 2010 Hajimemashite, Adele desu. Seattle ni sunde imasu. 2005 no natsu, Hiroshima ni ikimashita. Watashi no Nihon ni kazoku no namae wa Taninaka desu. Mo gakku ni nihongo o benkyo shimashita. Nihongo no hon to terebi wa suki desu. Tegami o kaite kudasai! Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.