mr coe's class wrote:
How do you say:
Ireland ???
Japan nihon
Store (convenience store) konbini
Mother (my mother) haha (your mother) okasan
School gakko
How do you count numbers?
1 ichi
2 ni
3 san
4 yon
5 go
6 roku
7 nana
8 hachi
9 kyu
10 ju
Sienara Danielle wrote:
Hi mr. coe I know about Japan from Mrs. landers
tell me about japan
I am in mr. Baron
thx for the note. i think it's neat that so many people in our school have been able to visit japan. i hope my experiences add to our ability to appreciate and connect with this unique, faraway culture.
Hi mr. coe I know about Japan from Mrs. landers
tell me about japan
I am in mr. Baron
thx for the note. i think it's neat that so many people in our school have been able to visit japan. i hope my experiences add to our ability to appreciate and connect with this unique, faraway culture.
mr coe's class wrote:
What room is the room called that you take off your slepers?
i think you're talking about the tatami room, a place in many japanese households that i'm sure i'll learn more about. for now, i understand that it's a room in the house that can be used as living space during the day, and as a place to sleep during the night. I've also read that you're supposed to take off your surripa when you enter this room because the floor is covered with woven mats called tatami mats.
Are you nervous about going to Japan?
wouldn't you be? not only is it a looong way away (about 4600 miles), but mrs. coe isn't allowed to go with me, and i can't speak the language, and i can't read the signs, and, to top everything off, i can't help but wonder (as much as i might try to forget) about threats of terrorism that might make it hard for me to get home; sure i'm nervous. but i'm not going to let nervousness keep me from doing something i think is important; and i think this trip is important.
All of us in the class want to know how to say computerin Japan?
don't know yet but i'll look it up in my phrasebook.
Do you know if you are going to the bike race in Japan?
sure gonna try. i think there's a track near tokyo. i'm just wondering how hard it will be to find a particular place in a city as large as tokyo. you can be sure i'll tell you all about my experience if i'm able to attend a keirin bicycle race.
We also want to to know how to say internet in Japan?
i'll look it up soon, too.
THANKS for asking such GREAT questions today! (nice job typing them, georgia!)
What room is the room called that you take off your slepers?
i think you're talking about the tatami room, a place in many japanese households that i'm sure i'll learn more about. for now, i understand that it's a room in the house that can be used as living space during the day, and as a place to sleep during the night. I've also read that you're supposed to take off your surripa when you enter this room because the floor is covered with woven mats called tatami mats.
Are you nervous about going to Japan?
wouldn't you be? not only is it a looong way away (about 4600 miles), but mrs. coe isn't allowed to go with me, and i can't speak the language, and i can't read the signs, and, to top everything off, i can't help but wonder (as much as i might try to forget) about threats of terrorism that might make it hard for me to get home; sure i'm nervous. but i'm not going to let nervousness keep me from doing something i think is important; and i think this trip is important.
All of us in the class want to know how to say computerin Japan?
don't know yet but i'll look it up in my phrasebook.
Do you know if you are going to the bike race in Japan?
sure gonna try. i think there's a track near tokyo. i'm just wondering how hard it will be to find a particular place in a city as large as tokyo. you can be sure i'll tell you all about my experience if i'm able to attend a keirin bicycle race.
We also want to to know how to say internet in Japan?
i'll look it up soon, too.
THANKS for asking such GREAT questions today! (nice job typing them, georgia!)
YOU ASKED FOR IT!!!
mr. coe's class wrote:
Dear Mr.Coe,
Thank you for translating our requests. We want to know what color your slippers are? Write back soon!
TAH-DAH!!! here they are:my house-sandals. fascinating, aren't they. to answer your specific question: they're black and they say "adidas" on them.
any more questions?
geesh...
mr. coe's class wrote:
Dear Mr.Coe,
Thank you for translating our requests. We want to know what color your slippers are? Write back soon!
TAH-DAH!!! here they are:my house-sandals. fascinating, aren't they. to answer your specific question: they're black and they say "adidas" on them.
any more questions?
geesh...
THANKS for writing back, class!!!
here are the words and phrases you asked me to translate into japanese for you:
My friend is _____. (I would like to introduce you to _____.) ______ ni go-shoki shimasu.
waterbottle suito
pencil empitsu
gum chuingamu
My name is _____. Watashi no namae wa _____ desu.
paper kami or Japanese paper washi
food tabemono
pet (animal) dobutsu dog inu cat neko fish sakana
sport supotsu
(to) sleep nemurimasu
slippers surippa
boat boto
(to) drink nomimasu
shower shawa
homework ???
pyjama ???
pizza ???
i will do my best to find out the last three when i get to japan.
any other words you want translated? lemme know!
here are the words and phrases you asked me to translate into japanese for you:
My friend is _____. (I would like to introduce you to _____.) ______ ni go-shoki shimasu.
waterbottle suito
pencil empitsu
gum chuingamu
My name is _____. Watashi no namae wa _____ desu.
paper kami or Japanese paper washi
food tabemono
pet (animal) dobutsu dog inu cat neko fish sakana
sport supotsu
(to) sleep nemurimasu
slippers surippa
boat boto
(to) drink nomimasu
shower shawa
homework ???
pyjama ???
pizza ???
i will do my best to find out the last three when i get to japan.
any other words you want translated? lemme know!
yesterday we learned several japanese words that i'm likely to use to tell you about my daily activities when i write to you. how many can you recall? discuss the meanings of as many words as you can as a class.
what would you like to learn to say in japanese? email me, using the email address as the bottom of this journal entry, let me know what you would like to learn.
what would you like to learn to say in japanese? email me, using the email address as the bottom of this journal entry, let me know what you would like to learn.
a photographer from the Arizona Daily Sun came by our classroom today to take my picture. i guess they intend to use it alongside the columns i am writing for them during my study-tour.
also: got my tickets fed ex today. my schedule goes something like this (ignoring the suggestion to arrive at every airport 2-3 hours before i fly):
leave phx on 11/11 @ 1035am
arrive sanfrancisco 11/11 @ 1154am
leave sanfrancisco 11/12 @1140am
arrive tokyo 11/13 @ 350pm
leave tokyo 11/30 @ 700pm
arrive sanfrancisco 11/30 @1050am
leave sanfrancisco 11/30 @ 1245pm
arrive phx 11/30 @ 332pm
whew...
also: got my tickets fed ex today. my schedule goes something like this (ignoring the suggestion to arrive at every airport 2-3 hours before i fly):
leave phx on 11/11 @ 1035am
arrive sanfrancisco 11/11 @ 1154am
leave sanfrancisco 11/12 @1140am
arrive tokyo 11/13 @ 350pm
leave tokyo 11/30 @ 700pm
arrive sanfrancisco 11/30 @1050am
leave sanfrancisco 11/30 @ 1245pm
arrive phx 11/30 @ 332pm
whew...
good afternoon, boys and girls. welcome to computerlab and, likewise, welcome to my BLOG. a blog is an online journal that's really easy to use from almost any computer, anywhere in the world. with a blog, making a journal entry is as simple as clicking a button and typing, once you're online. so, even if things go horribly wrong (keep your fingers crossed for me and my computer, okay), and for some reason i'm not able to get online from my hotel room, i should be able to write to you on my blog from just about anywhere. i'll just need to find a library or an internet cafe or someplace like that to log on to the internet. blogs are kinda neat, don't you think?
why should you read my blog everyday? well, i think you should read it for lots of reasons. one: i think you'll enjoy reading about what i'm doing. two: my blog will have lots of links to pictures i've taken and places i've been to; so you can experience japan for yourself right along with me. three: my blog is a part of my larger website, which is where i will be putting TONS of info about my trip and about the people i'm traveling with, and about the nation of japan in general. so, there's lots of reasons for you to read this blog; hopefully it will be a little different everyday.
how can you find my blog? simple. just click on the links in the text above, OR click on one of the buttons in the big red menu at the top of the page, OR just start netscape on any computer in the school building that has my picture and the EMAIL MR. COE NOW sign on it, OR (finally), log onto the christensen elementary school website from home and follow the Mr. Coe's Fulbright Trip to Japan links on our homepage. but, regardless of how you log on, i REALLY, REALLY, REALLY hope you do: OFTEN!
why should you read my blog everyday? well, i think you should read it for lots of reasons. one: i think you'll enjoy reading about what i'm doing. two: my blog will have lots of links to pictures i've taken and places i've been to; so you can experience japan for yourself right along with me. three: my blog is a part of my larger website, which is where i will be putting TONS of info about my trip and about the people i'm traveling with, and about the nation of japan in general. so, there's lots of reasons for you to read this blog; hopefully it will be a little different everyday.
how can you find my blog? simple. just click on the links in the text above, OR click on one of the buttons in the big red menu at the top of the page, OR just start netscape on any computer in the school building that has my picture and the EMAIL MR. COE NOW sign on it, OR (finally), log onto the christensen elementary school website from home and follow the Mr. Coe's Fulbright Trip to Japan links on our homepage. but, regardless of how you log on, i REALLY, REALLY, REALLY hope you do: OFTEN!
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