Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Japanese: Plural and Singular

Okay so, I've been thinking about languages a lot recently. Mostly about English in comparison to Japanese. In English we has all these little oddities in out language that would make it really difficult to learn if you weren't a native speaker. I'm starting to wonder about the difficulties of Japanese language. In America we have the pular forms and agreeing verbs and what not, but in Japanese plural and singular is the same unless your using counting numbers. In Japanese if you want to show plurality who would say 'some apple' or ' a few apple'. In English you can say Apples but if you use the phrase 'a few' or 'some' you also have to make the noun plural.
EX: 'some appleS', 'a few appleS'
English is a lot more difficult then Japanese in this way. The hardest thing of an American of native English speaker is wrapping their minds around these ideas. Their small details but it make a huge difference when it comes to learning a new language.
I'm still beginning, but I will continue to post the difference I learn from Japanese language and the English lanuage.

I hope this has helped someone.

Jaa ne.

Monday, March 24, 2008

Clock Life


Life is like a clock always ticking along. Ticking along until suddenly everything stops. You reflect on your life and you no longer see the long hours of waitting, but the seconds wasted.

I want my life to be full of meaning and purpose and I want every second to reflect that!!

What about you?