tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post3577207816303408065..comments2021-03-22T11:18:21.028-07:00Comments on Keiko Amano's Blog: Reincarnationkeiko amanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-35351479172187179872011-05-29T03:29:12.154-07:002011-05-29T03:29:12.154-07:00The racoon song is here.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...The racoon song is here.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v2FBNLxulQ<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNhofn2WDhYkeiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-37197190163288047752011-05-29T03:11:04.552-07:002011-05-29T03:11:04.552-07:00Kathabela,
I envy you. I wish I can be in China ...Kathabela,<br /><br />I envy you. I wish I can be in China for one month. I don't know Shanghainese, but can you hear the difference? <br /><br />I love old Japanese children songs. We often use onomatopoeic like ho ho hotaru koi. My most favorite is the racoon song. <br /><br />Sho sho shojoji, shojoji no niwawa, tsun tsun tsukiyo de minna detekoi koi koi koi!keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-42903888263642973812011-05-28T05:49:41.290-07:002011-05-28T05:49:41.290-07:00Hello from Shanghai, Keiko, my ears are full of Ch...Hello from Shanghai, Keiko, my ears are full of Chinese here, but all the lectures are in English. Still, lots of the students speak Chinese to each other. We have Chinese cell phones here, since we will be here a month. At the conference banquet all the nationalities sang in their own language -- there were so many you would have loved it! I sang in Japanese, and Italian and English! I was Kathabelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659451892262424448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-86814986193416147232011-05-21T06:48:46.490-07:002011-05-21T06:48:46.490-07:00Rebb,
About the Russian language, it’s fascinatin...Rebb,<br /><br />About the Russian language, it’s fascinating to think about how it was developed to be a major language and literature. Apparently, the language is relatively young, and created by the writers who spoke, read and perhaps wrote multiple languages. I enjoy imagining how things were then and Tolstoy and other writers were talking like those men you saw in the café, and went home keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-74759149366298150252011-05-21T04:10:22.864-07:002011-05-21T04:10:22.864-07:00ZACL,
I'm excited.
Ma of Maglia is the same...ZACL,<br /><br />I'm excited. <br />Ma of Maglia is the same as Maoyi. Although it's understandable because all these languages belong to the Indo European language, I'm still thrilled to find similarities. It must be very very very old element of the language.keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-72670393639003476542011-05-20T09:01:07.428-07:002011-05-20T09:01:07.428-07:00Keiko, I enjoyed your poetic expression and apprec...Keiko, I enjoyed your poetic expression and appreciate your passion for language and learning. When I go to work in the mornings, I pass a large coffee shop and there are always a group of three of four men smoking and talking. On the outside, they could be American, but when I pass, Russian sounds come out of their mouths. I would love to know what they talk about because they seem to talk aboutRebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117210892683574784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-16329550129374377832011-05-18T05:40:44.892-07:002011-05-18T05:40:44.892-07:00I was trying to say maoyi...I assume it is pronoun...I was trying to say maoyi...I assume it is pronounced as written - ma-o-yi.<br /><br />It reminded me of the Italian word Maglia (silent 'g') with a similar meaning.ZACLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289333819869440699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-8706913793513983942011-05-18T04:54:42.670-07:002011-05-18T04:54:42.670-07:00yifu and yifuku are both 衣服.
It means clothes.yifu and yifuku are both 衣服.<br />It means clothes.keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-80556082022651526582011-05-18T04:47:44.102-07:002011-05-18T04:47:44.102-07:00ZACL,
Yes, I hope it would be like gymnastic in m...ZACL,<br /><br />Yes, I hope it would be like gymnastic in my head to keep me young. Yesterday, my Chinese teacher wore a beautiful light purple sweater. I almost completely forgot how I could say that, but I remember maoyi (sweater) because mao is mao (hair or wool) of Mao tse tung, and yi is yi of yifu which is similar to Japanese, yifuku. I was excited. So, with a little help from the keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-77765542200002681912011-05-18T04:27:42.058-07:002011-05-18T04:27:42.058-07:00kristieinbc,
I just checked the Rosetta Stone pro...kristieinbc,<br /><br />I just checked the Rosetta Stone program. That's not cheap. My weekly Chinese class is only 5000 yen a month, and the teacher is great. I enjoy our conversation at our tea and osembei(rice crackers) break. With only 1000 yen more, I can take one more lower or higher class. I took two last year, but if I don't study, it doesn't do much good. I know it'keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-73551957021264437302011-05-18T01:50:51.811-07:002011-05-18T01:50:51.811-07:00Interesting thoughts about linguistic gymnastics.Interesting thoughts about linguistic gymnastics.ZACLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289333819869440699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-72948848849134534072011-05-16T06:47:05.298-07:002011-05-16T06:47:05.298-07:00You sound like me! I wish I had studied languages ...You sound like me! I wish I had studied languages when I was younger. I am attempting to learn Chinese using the Rosetta Stone program, but it is not easy. I plan to try a couple more languages with Rosetta Stone, but I am having a hard time narrowing the list of "want to learns" down.kristieinbchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08620113214111945592noreply@blogger.com