February 4, 2009:
Konnichiwa! O Genki desu ka? Well I'm great!
This week in class we reviewed what we learned from the previous lessons, and then we did some cool activities. First we went over our numbers and colors. My favorite number is Go, and my favorite color is Akai. Go means 5 and Akai means Red.
We also learned how to say our seasons:
· Fuyu desu, means it's Winter
· Haru desu means it's Spring
· Natsu desu means it's Summer
· Aki desu means it's Fall
After we got through our lessons, we got to dress four of our classmates (two girls and two boys) in Kimonos! It was so much fun! We got to see what kind of socks and shoes they wore. Something interesting that
I learned was that they wear one shoe size smaller than what their real size is. Ouch, that must hurt! Both of the girls that were dressed in kimonos looked awesome, and really pulled it off. I know it must have been hard to walk in those shoes. The boys were also very cool looking in their shorter Happi’s. A Happi is a kimono for a male and the difference is that their shorter and they usually don't tie them up in big fancy bows like they do girls. I'm sure you'll be able to see the kimonos and our classmates in them, in photos we will post up. Well, that's all for this week, it was so much fun and very unique! I hope we do something like that again!
Until next time! Sayonara!
~ Caroline
Konnichiwa! O Genki desu ka? Well I'm great!
This week in class we reviewed what we learned from the previous lessons, and then we did some cool activities. First we went over our numbers and colors. My favorite number is Go, and my favorite color is Akai. Go means 5 and Akai means Red.
We also learned how to say our seasons:
· Fuyu desu, means it's Winter
· Haru desu means it's Spring
· Natsu desu means it's Summer
· Aki desu means it's Fall
After we got through our lessons, we got to dress four of our classmates (two girls and two boys) in Kimonos! It was so much fun! We got to see what kind of socks and shoes they wore. Something interesting that
I learned was that they wear one shoe size smaller than what their real size is. Ouch, that must hurt! Both of the girls that were dressed in kimonos looked awesome, and really pulled it off. I know it must have been hard to walk in those shoes. The boys were also very cool looking in their shorter Happi’s. A Happi is a kimono for a male and the difference is that their shorter and they usually don't tie them up in big fancy bows like they do girls. I'm sure you'll be able to see the kimonos and our classmates in them, in photos we will post up. Well, that's all for this week, it was so much fun and very unique! I hope we do something like that again!Until next time! Sayonara!
~ Caroline
