Hello again!

Hey guys! My name is Mari Funabashi and I'm a first-year Japanese student! This blog is for my Japanese class, and I hope that you (whoever you are) enjoy it! My father is Japanese and my mother is Chinese, but I was never allowed to learn either language growing up, as my parents were afraid that I would speak English with an accent and be ostracized. But I've always wanted to learn Japanese since I was little. My sister fulfilled her desire to learn Chinese in college, and now that I'm in college, I'm finally taking Japanese! To say that I'm ecstatic to learn Japanese is seriously the understatement of the year. I’m absolutely thrilled to finally, finally (19 years in the making) learn Japanese. I don’t know if it’s the thought of being one step closer to fulfilling my dream of talking to Hayao Miyazaki or Joe Hisaishi in Japanese, the culmination of years of watching anime, or simply visiting Japan and not feeling like a complete outsider; but whatever the reason is, I’m finding Japanese a pure joy to learn. Of course it’s definitely a challenge, as it’s my first non-Latin alphabet language, but I’m relishing the simplicity of the grammar. The other language I’m taking is German (my fifth year now), and for those who know German, the grammar is pretty crazy. But I digress. I love Japanese and I’ll be writing more posts! じゃ、また！

 

One more thing! I’m a sophomore at Columbia University majoring in Music with a specialization in Composition! If you want to check out my work you can do it here: https://soundcloud.com/marifunabashi 

Thanks!

きょねんわたしはかぞくとひこうきでドイツへいきました。
わたしはいちばんみぎです。

さくぶん いち

こんにちわ。はじめまして。わたしはふなばしまりです。にほんごのがくせいです。アリゾナのフェニックスからきました。にっけいアメリカじんです。じゅうきゅうさいです。コロンビアだいがくのにねんせいです。まいあさごぜんしちじにおくます。じゅうじにがっこうへいきます。がっこうへあるいていきます。げつようびからきんようびまでがっこうへいきます。よじにうちへかえります。まいにちごごろくじからごぜんじゅうにじまでべんきょうします。はたらきません。まいばんごぜにちじにねます。どうぞよろしく。