Hiatus Post 2020.05.04 Monday
休けい時間 きゅうけい じかん
令和2年5月4日 月曜日
People have sometimes
asked me if I dream in Japanese. At a
certain point, after I had gone to Japan for graduate studies, I began to dream
in Japanese if the people I was dreaming about spoke Japanese themselves. Some students have told me that they dreamed
in Japanese after going on an exchange trip to Japan.
Dreams are important are important in Japanese culture, just
as they are in many cultures. When you say you dream in Japanese, the idiom is 夢（ゆめ）を見る。
I have seen articles online and in
various publications saying that people are dreaming more now, during “shelter-in-place,”
possibly because of increased anxiety, possibly because daily life is more
boring at the moment and dreaming is one way of escaping and getting outside!
The
most important dream in Japan is the one you have at New Year, at
O-shougatsu お正月。We may have talked about it in January.
“In Japanese culture, Hatsuyume (初夢) is the first dream
one has in the new year. Traditionally, the contents of such a dream would
foretell the luck of the dreamer in the ensuing year. In Japan, the night of
December 31 was often passed without sleeping, thus the hatsuyume is often
experienced during the night of January 1.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsuyume
Japanese 3-4
You
will be doing the class assignments created by Yoko Sensei from now on. Send them /post them to me, however, as I
will be grading them in Skyward.
Japanese 5-6
We can use vocabulary and grammar from Chapter 11 of Nakama to talk
and write about experiences we have had while dreaming, and to talk about the
various things we do in dreams. You
remember the plain-past-tense expression we learned for talking about having
had experiences.
You might be asked, “Have
you ever climbed a mountain?” 山にのぼった ことがありますか。 And your answer
might be, “I have never climbed a mountain.” 山にのぼった ことはありません。
Now we’re going to learn another way to use the plain past tense. This time we will add り
to at least one verb in the plain past tense form. And then the sentence-final verb is します・する。We will be
talking about doing activities during the same period of time, but not
simultaneously. Is this confusing? Let me show you some examples.
ふゆ休みに 私 は 写真 を とったり まんが を 読んだり しました。During winter vacation I did things like taking
photos and reading comics.
日曜日に 私 は テレビ を 見たり 寝たり しましが。On Sunday I did
things like watching TV and sleeping.
ファッション・ショー の 時 私 は 友達 に 会ったり モデルさん を 見たり しました。At the time of
the Fashion Show, I did things like meeting my friends and watching the models.
****Be sure to look at Flipgrid***: Here is the link to the new assignment, due today, on Flipgrid. https://flipgrid.com/c68218ac Your code for Flipgrid is nihongo5634. Access Japanese
5-6 flipgrid with your school email address ending: @student.oprfhs.org ,
宿題 しゅくだい Homework (due WEDNESDAY)
A. Based on the explanation and examples above,
you should be able to understand the sentences be.low. Please copy the 日本語のぶんしょ, and then write 英語で.
Please note that in all cases below, the final verb is しますor しました does/do
or did. For the actions
themselves, you have to look at the plain-past-tense verbs with added り
きのう 兄 は じてんしゃ に のったり、手紙（てがみ）を 書いたり しました。
こうえん で 小さい子供 は あそんだり、わらったり、ないたり しました。
五月 の おてんき は あたたかい です から、私 は どうぶつえん で あるいたり、カフェ で アイスティー を 飲んだり します。
大学生 は 勉強 したり、パーティー に 行ったり します。
B.****Please
look at Flipgrid***: Here is the link to the speaking assignment
(due today) on Flipgrid. https://flipgrid.com/c68218ac Your code for Flipgrid is nihongo5634.
Access Japanese 5-6 flipgrid with your school email address ending:
@student.oprfhs.org
There are actually 2 assignments now on
Flipgrid.
The first is to tell about your (possibly
fictional) weekend, using specified verbs in the past tense.
The second is to tell about experiences
you have had using the pattern
Dictionary-form-verb こと が あります、ある、ありません、ない
C.Here's the link to the Nakama textbook,
online:
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