Hiatus Post      2020.03.31     Tuesday         

令和2年3月31日  　　火曜日

休けい時間　きゅうけい　じかん　　　　　Time of Intermission

Here is very important vocabulary for what’s happening now:

政府は「社会的距離確保」使ってますが、 

The government is using the phrase しゃかい　てき　きょり　かくほ　for “social distancing.”

Many people are using phrase in katakana, however.

ソーシャルディスタンス because these are new words for many Japanese people.

こんにち　は、みなさん。おげんき　です　か。I hope you are  in good health and safe at home with your families. 

****Very important!  ****

Please send me an email every day by 10 o’clock, or contact me through Skyward every day.  That way I will know that you have checked in and I will be able to mark you as present in class. 

Do that BEFORE you do whatever activities are scheduled for today.  If you don’t do that, you will be marked absent, and that would be ざんねん、unfortunate.

News from Japan is similar to our news here.  Mayor Koike, the mayor of Tokyo, has asked people to avoid gathering together to see the cherry blossoms, usually such an important activity at this time. It’s called 花見（はなみ, “flower + see”）in Japanese, and I am sure you recognize the character for “see” 見  .

During normal cherry blossom season, people go to the parks and have picnics under the trees.  I remember doing it myself.  The parks (like Ueno Park in Tokyo) were very crowded.  “Social distancing” was impossible.

So people may be trying to stay at home to celebrate in their apartments.  The Japanese Consulate here in Chicago has sent out information about doing crafts at home to celebrate.  If you have younger siblings きょうだい at home, they might enjoy doing these things, with your help. ( I plan to sing the song, “Sakura” myself, today. ) If you do this, please send me photos of your families’ creations, I’ll forward them to the Consulate and give you extra credit.

This is the post from the Consulate:  “Are you ready for today’s #JapanClassroom? “Why not create your very own garden of #Sakura, Japanese cherry blossoms? Click on the link for a series of cherry blossom crafts that are great for kids: https://bit.ly/2xzynIJ

“Make sure you share your finished creations with us [the Consulate]--

we love seeing them !”

Japanese 3-4

There are a lot of things we are not allowed to do now, but we don’t always know what they are.  Do you remember asking permission to go to the bathroom?  

おてあらい　に　行って　も　いい　です　か。

Let’s ask about other activities:

Is it OK to go to the library?     

としょかん　に　いって　も　いい　です　か。

Yes, it’s OK.  はい、いい　です。　

No, it’s bad/forbidden.   いいえ、だめ　です。

宿題　　　しゅくだい　　　Homework

　

A.  Read the following questions, translate them, and write answers in Japanese according to whether it’s OK, or bad/forbidden, to do these activities now.

　Example below

 はな見　を　して　も　いい　です　か。いいえ、だめ　です。Is it ok to do cherry-blossom-viewing?  No, it’s bad/forbidden.

1.     デパート　で　買いもの　を　して　も　いい　です　か。

2.     うち　で　まんが　を　読んで　も　いい　です　か。

3.     音楽　を　聞いて　も　いい　です　か。

4.     こうえん　で　あそんで　も　いい　です　か。

5.     友達　に　でんわ　を　かけて　も　いい　です　か。

6.     クッキー　を　作って　も　いい　です　か。

7.     おばあさん（grandmother）に　てがみ　を　書いて　も　いい　です　か。

B.  Yesterday I asked you to find a Japanese popular song that you like a lot and send me the link.  If you have not done that yet, please do so.  If you’ve already sent me your song, please send me a link to your favorite Japanese TV show available online.  I’ll make a list of those shows, too.

Japanese 5-6

There are a lot of things we are not allowed to do now, but we don’t always know what they are.  Do you remember asking permission to go to the bathroom?  

おてあらい　に　行って　も　いい　です　か。

Let’s ask about other activities:

Is it OK to go to the library?     

としょかん　に　いって　も　いい　です　か。

Yes, it’s OK.  はい、いい　です。　

No, it’s bad/forbidden.   いいえ、だめ　です。

宿題　　　しゅくだい　　　Homework　(Send this to me as an email attachment)

A.  Write questions 日本語で, asking permission to do the following things and giving the answers. Write the underlined words in 漢字  Example below

 はな見　を　して　も　いい　です　か。いいえ、だめ　です。Is it Is it ok to do cherry-blossom-viewing?  No, it’s bad/forbidden.

1.     Is it ok to take a nap?  (nap 昼寝　ひるね)

2.     Is it ok to read comics at home?

3.     Is it ok to write letters?   (letter  手紙　てがみ  hand + paper)

4.     Is it ok to go-out to the park?

5.     Is it ok to make a phone call to (your) friend?

6.     Is it ok to make dinner? (晩ごはん)

7.     Is it ok to write a letter in kanji to your grandmother? (letter  手紙　hand + paper)

B.  Yesterday I asked you to find a Japanese popular song that you like a lot and send me the link.  If you have not done that yet, please do so.  If you’ve already sent me your song, please send me a link to your favorite Japanese TV show available online.  I’ll make a list of those shows, too.