miércoles, 16 de marzo de 2011

Help Japan!


Today, I write with incredible sorrow because of the tragedy that Japan is suffering now. I have some friends and their families and I don't know anything about them yet. The last day I had contact with them was the last Saturday and they were ok, but worried.
In addition to the devastation of the tsunami and the earthquake, now there are under a nuclear threat. 180 workers have decided to stay in the nuclear plant even though the radiation levels are deadly, I must say I respect them deeply, they are heroes and I hope their effort will be useful and the reactor can be shut down.

Those who love the Japanese language, love the culture as well and I am pretty sure that we have a profound admiration for the country. They are needing our help, please let us not be indifferent to this tragedy and let us pray for Japan. For those who can give a little more, the red cross is helping and the donations can be done online, they start from 10 USD, which I am sure is not going to make us poor but will help people who are needed.

I hope everything gets better and I am sure the Japanese will overcome this situation, but meanwhile they do let us help them with whatever we can.

sábado, 12 de marzo de 2011

Kanji Goi 1

Hello.
Sorry, I have been busy and have not been able to update the blog as I would like.
We have seen our first 15 kanjis, but there are many words that can be formed with these 15 kanjis. Let's take a look:

These are words written by a single kanji:

人:ひと: Person
木: : Tree
本: ほん: Book
水: みず: Water
目: : Eye
山: やま: Mountain
口: くち: Mouth
川: かわ: River
竹: たけ: Bamboo
手: : Hand
耳: みみ: Ear
言う: いう: To say
車: くるま: Car
語る: かたる: To tell

And these are written from a combination of kanji:

日+=日本: にほん: Japan
日++=日本日: にほんじつ: Today (formal) , (Japan+sun=today)
日++人=日本人: にほんじん: Japanese (people) , (Japan+person=person of Japan)
日++=日本語: にほんご: Japanese (language), (Japan+language=Japanese)
言+=言語: げんご: Language, (to say+language=language)
口+=口語: こうご: Spoken Language, (language+mouth=language spoken)
人+=人口: じんこう: Population
水+=水車: すいしゃ: Watermill, (Water+Car= car moved by water... watermill!)


Ok, I hope you learn them by heart.
See you soon!