School subjects, Adjectives, and More Hiragana.

Wow, the first quarter is already behind us. It seems hard to believe how fast we are moving along.

This week and last week, we covered the school subjects and how to describe the subject using an adjective, and how to describe their school teachers using an adjective.

I was very glad to hear that most of the students said "NIHON GO WA OMOSHIROI DESU." (Japanese class is interesting.) or "NIHONGO WA TANOSHII DESU." (Japanese class is fun.)

The adjectives they learned to describe the school subjects are:

OMOSHIROI "interesting"
TANOSHII "fun"
TSUMARANAI "boring"
MUZUKASHII "difficult"
YASASHII "easy"

Most of the students said that "KAGAKU WA MUZUKASHI DESU." (KAGAKU is diffucult.) and "REKISHI WA TSUMARANAI DESU." (REKISHI is boring.) What are "KAGAKU" and "REKISHI"? Ask your child!

Then, I introduced how to describe their teachers using other adjectives, such as KIBISHII (strict), YASASHII (nice/kind), OKASHII (funny), and HEN (weird).

Everyone told me that "SUUGAKU NO SENSEI WA YASASHII DESU." (The math teacher is nice.) Gee, how come not me!

Also, we covered more hiragana:
た /TA/, ち /CHI/, つ /TSU/, て /TE/, と /TO/,
だ /DA/, ぢ /JI/, づ /ZU/, で /DE/, ど /DO/,
な /NA/, に /NI/, ぬ /NU/, ね /NE/ and の /No.

Finally, it was wonderful to share this past Thursday with parents who joined their son/daughter in the class. I appreciate your involvement. If you are interested in sharing your feedback regarding Thursday's visits, I would love to hear about your experience.

Thank you for your continued support!
ARIGATOO GOZAIMASU!