Question de nuance: です vs あります, は　vs が J'aimerais confirmer si j'ai bien compris les nuances. Est-ce que la liste ci-dessous est juste? C'est une chaise 椅子です Il y a une chaise 椅子があります C'est une chaise dans le coin 片隅には椅子です La chaise est dans le coin 椅子は片隅にあります Il y a une chaise dans le coin 片隅に椅子があります

まちゃ - どこ?丼な?

こんにちは!

 

日本に昼に旅行をします。あそこでまちゃを買いに行きます。どこでやすくておいしいまちゃをかいますか？丼なですか？

 

Hi!

 

I will travel to Japan in Spring. There, I will go and buy some matcha. Where can I get cheap and good tasting matcha? What kind should I get?

 

ありがとう!

Thank you!!

ノルディックスパ 昨週末シェールブルークに二人いもうととハイキングをするに行きました。 Last weekend, I went to Sherbrooke to do hiking with my 2 little sisters. それから、わたしたちはノルディックスパに行きました。 After that, we went to the nordic spa. その場所が知りますか？ Do you know about that place? そこで熱いお風呂と冷たいおふろはたがいちがいに入ります。ショックです。 In that place, you alternatively go in hot and cold baths. It's a shock treatment. ---- I will continue describing what a Nordic Spa is like in my next entry :)

先生 Sensei みほこ先生は日本人です。 かれと一緒には先生のうちで日本語を勉強します。 難しいですでもずっと面白いですよ。 Translation: Mihoko sensei is Japanese. My boyfriend and I are studying japanese at sensei's home. It's difficult, but really interesting! [I am using space bar for kanji completion a lot, so words can look weird if the completion isn't accurate. Let me know if that happened! Thank you.]

Using 私 or not using it I have learned that using 私 is very presomptuous and that I shouldn't use it unless I absolutely have to (for example 私の。。。). So, I have not been using it when I'm simply talking about myself. But... I wrote notebook entries where I was corrected : the correctors added 私 where I omitted it. So, should I use it or not? When is it concidered presomptuous, self-centered, arrogant? I'm lost.

私のいもうと 私のいもうとは次の市にいしゃに会いますから、こんばん私のいもうとはうちに来ます。My little sister is coming to my home tonight because she will see a doctor in the next city. いもうとのあたまにはりがおちました。A beam fell on my sister's head. (wanted to add "2 years ago" somewhere, but I don't know how to say it) それ以来、おげんきでしたから、けっかをしんぱいさせりません。She's been fine since then, so I'm not worried about the outcome.

When to use : に or で ? If someone could tell me the difference... 図書館で本を読む。 and 図書館に本を読む。 I learned で specifies context in which the action is performed (or by way of what). I also learned に points to a target towards which the verb is going, its destination. So I'm wondering when to use one or the other in this situation.

Do you know websites where I can learn kanji? I'm looking to learn them by level, as japanese students do. I imagine it is simpler this way than beginning with every random kanji I encounter. Or maybe I should concentrate on the kanji required for the JLPT (though I am not currently planning on taking the test)? Your thoughts? The websites I currently have are : http://www.kanjisite.com/ With multiple kanji batch for JLPT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gakunenbetsu_kanji_hait%C5%8Dhy%C5%8D For japanese student kanji http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dy%C5%8D_kanji Joyo kanji

かいぞくのえいが 今日はいいです。９時におきました。 Today was a good day. I got up at 9. メリッサさんのせんせいはくるぶしをねんざしましたから、メリッサさんはクラスとすしをしてもよくなかったです。 Melissa's teacher sprained her ankle, so Melissa couldn't make sushi with her classmates. でもそれはよかったです。そのかわりにメリッサさんはともだちとまんがのけいしょくどうへ行きました。 But that<s fine. Instead, Melissa went to a manga cafe with a friend. どうじに私はメリッサさんのうちにかんじをれんしゅうしました。 At the same moment, I was practicing kanji writing at Melissa's home. 今晩えいがかんにかいぞくのえいがを見ましたから、かいぞくのふくそうをしました。 Tonight, I dressed like a pirate because I went to see a pirate movie at the theater. たのしみました。I had a lot of fun!