コンサート！

빈지노 (Beenzino)のコンサートにともだちと行きました。とてもすきで、コロンビア大学にも行きました！Below are some photos of the event!

 

手紙 (12/18/15)

(Non-kanji version)
はじめまして。スタンフォード・リウです。どうぞよろしく。 私はちゅうごく人ですが、にほんごとかんこくごをべんきょうしています。いまプリンストンだいがくのいちねんせいです 。げんごをべんきょうするのがすきなので、かんこくでりゅうがくきぼうしゃです。あきやすみにニューヨークでともだちにあいいにいって、こうちゃを一はいのんでコンサートにいきました。そしてともだちのうちにいってともだちのりょうしんとばんごはんをたべました。にほんごをべんきょうするのがすきですが、しゅくだいがたくさんあってすこし むずかしいですね。らいしゅうまつにほんにいきますよ。よろしくおねがいします。おせわになります。

Blog post 12/3

最近テストと宿題がたくさんあって、とても忙しかったです。秋休みニューヨクに食べて、買い物にしに行きました。友達はニューヨクの大学で勉強しって、今あそこにいますよ。今週末もニューヨクに再び行きます。友達とコンサートに行きます。私は韓国語の先生とよくあいうので忙しですよ。韓国に留学するつもりです。そしてあそこで日本語も勉強します。今2時で、寝るつもりです。おやすみなさい！＾＾

PE 7 Reflection & Revised goal (11/12)

In the first half of the semester, I've definitely accomplished some of my goals but could definitely still need to keep working to improve my Japanese.

So far:

1. I can somewhat replicate what a native speaker says assuming the speed isn't too quick and the vocab isn't too complex
2. I have increased my speed in speaking Japanese since the beginning of the year (obviously).
3. I can understand general parts of a sentence even if I do not fully comprehend the meaning by listening for the particles that segment a sentence.

What needs to be improved on:

1. I think I could build more confidence in speaking in order to develop a more natural and personalized tone and flow.
2. I definitely need to sort out the differences between Japanese grammar and Korean grammar (ie. I always forget to put a の between the location and a location word).
3. I think I still could do more to practice Japanese such as attending language table or speaking with some of my friends who are better at Japanese than me. By doing so, I can improve my natural speed.
4. I also need to practice speaking so that it doesn't take as long to say a sentence. Sometimes I'm still stuck in the process of piecing the parts of a sentence together when I'm speaking. Of course this is something that disappears after more than just one year of class.

じゃあ、また！

Asian Food!*

I recently went to New York and ate all different types (Chinese/Canto, Korean, Japanese) food! Here are some pictures of what I saw...

As you can see... おやつは美味しいね。

About Myself (11/11)

おはようございます。(こんばんは?)

Goals and Plans (10/2/15)

Goals:

1. By the end of this academic year, I would like to be able to understand and speak basic Japanese so that I could survive in Japan.
2. I want to be able to replicate what a native Japanese person says even if I don't really understand the meaning. 
3. I want to achieve a good enough basic background, so that I can start exploring different areas of Japanese language (vocab, grammar) or culture on my own free time.

Plans:

1. Since I'm not too interested in anime, I plan to watch one or two episodes of a Japanese drama every week in order to practice my listening comprehension and pick up more colloquial expressions.
2. When I search up names of Japanese shows or any other content, I will try to switch to the Hiragana keyboard to practice my spelling and help distinguish tricky phrases こんにちは（Wrong: こんいちわ）
3. I plan to spend 30 minutes to an hour every day studying Hiragana and Katakana or memorizing and using vocabulary.
4. Since intonation and pitch patterns can be complicated, I will visit Shibata sensei once or twice a month to correct any errors that I might not notice.

じゃね！

ひらがな (9/29/15)

こんばんわ！ わたしは　Stanfordです。 いまPrincetonだいがくのいちねんせいです。せんこおは　すうがくです。わたしはアメリカじんです。にほんごのいちねんせです。Princetonからきました。いまじゅういちじです。

9/18/15

Hi, I chose to study Japanese because I would like to learn another Asian language while at Princeton. Moreover, I have more of a preference for learning Asian languages than other languages such as Spanish or French. I'm excited to learn enough Japanese to survive after this year. As for the long term, it'll be interesting to be able to speak Chinese, Korean, and Japanese (fairly well) after I graduate from Princeton. The first few days of class have been more difficult because we haven't done extensive speaking practice yet, and Hiragana also is too curvy for me. ではまた! (dewamata: See you later!)