Svenska + 日本語 ＝ Svens語

Last week-end I discovered that there are a forum on postcrossing.com, where different RR's are organised. One of RR is "World Languages RR", where groups of 5 people send each other postcards written in some specific language. Japanese language group had been already completed, but Scandinavian language group had one slot. Two days I was making up my mind to join this RR :)) It was like Usagi's "Mamoru!!! =) English! :`( Mamoru!!! =) English :`(" *gg* On Monday I said myself that I am a brave girl and writing Swedish is not a big deal (at least it is not Hindi! *gg*), and joined this RR.
But it is a preamble. What I do want to say is...
I am trying to write Swedish. Yes, I have already selected postcards which I will send, and now I am trying to write a draft. And when I reread what I just have written, I always see "demo" (でも), "dakara" (だから), etc.

My Japanese study

Being ill at the beginning of the month, I totally forgot about my tutor salary at LingQ, and now I almost did not have points... But I am too lazy to calculate...

I am a "diligent" lurker of the Japanese Open Forum and some Japanese blogs. But last days there were so many (for my Japanese reading speed) updates. Nevertheless, I have learnt kanji for (oops, my desktop does not have Japanese yet) taihen :)

Also this week I downloaded some audiofiles. They are without transcript, so they are not very useful for me right now. But sometimes it is interesting to listen them and check whether I can catch some phrases or not :) I understand Baseball academy *gg*, kodomotachi and some phrases like sou desu ne :) But I am going to use these files as the indicators of my Japanese progress :) So, I will liisten them one more time somewhere at the next week - perhaps I will catch more :)

A new postcard

Yesterday I received a postcard from Finland. It was written in Swedish. (Actually I received 2 postcards. Another one was from the UK.) And I understand it quite well without dictionary. I did not understand one word, but I guessed that it is "texts of the songs" and I was right. Of course, it is not a big deal to understand written Swedish if you know English and some basic Swedish grammar and pronunciation (it really helps, because some words sounds a little bit like English ones, but have a completely different written form). But anyway I was happy and proud :) The last time when I listened Swedish at my mp3-player was on a plane to Vladivostok! October, 5... I will definitely restore my Swedish learning as soon as I separate English and Japanese in my mind :) I still think that it is the most beautiful language I ever heard.

The first Japanese dream :)

It seems that now "Japanese Dreams" is a more appropriate title for my blog! :)
Today I had a dream that I called to a client and he was japanese! %)
The client: もしーもし
I:　こんにちは。　ラサナ　です。
The client:　こんにちは。　・・・　です。
I:　はじめまして!　
I was going to say 「げんき です か？」, but my alarm-clock rang. And I was so self-confident in this dream. During Japanese conversation I am not so confident. I must learn from myself-in-a-dream :)

てがみ (手紙)

It seems I become a fan of Angela Aki. This weekends I've found Tegami video at youtube. The first time I did not watch the video, just listen the song. By the end I began to cry, I did not know why I began to cry - I understood only "Arigato" and "Keep on believing"... But then I found video of "Tegami" with Japanese school girls... And they are crying too!

My recent goals

My goals for this week:
- 4 Japanese writings;
- 2 English writings.

And the same goals for the next week.

If I do not do this, I will... Hmmm, I don't know :) Ok, if I do this, I will buy a banana-stuffed pancake for the lunch :) And strawberry compote :) And even that very expensive cake.

:(

I have to do two Japanese writing submissions and three English ones... If I'll not submit them till Monday, there will be three Japanese and four English %)

There are 10-days long holidays in Russia. From January, 1st to January, 10. On Sunday, Jan.11, Russians will work. But my holidays are only 4-days long, and next week I'll work 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11. And then 12, 13, 14, 15, 16... So, my writing "debt" will be increased, I think...

P.S.
Hmmm... Today I learn Japanese a lot, and it seems that I have totally forgotten English %)

Russia wa さmuい deす か?

Today we (the excellent Japanese tutor Emma and I) have the second conversation.

Kyoう, Nihon wa さmuい deす. (Today Japan is cold.)
Russia wa さmuい deす か? (Is it cold in Russia?)
Haい, さmuい deす. ( Yes, it is cold)
とてmo さmuい desu か? (very cold?)
いいえ, あmari さmuく あrimaせn (No, it is not very cold.)

This our dialogue (honestly, I said only "hai, Russia wa samui desu") reminds me of dialogue with one brazilian on June :)

Jun. 28th, 2008

Вчера зарегилась ещё на одном "языковом обменнике", вышла вечерком в их голосовой чат... За 3-4 часа пообщалась с шестью молодыми людьми... француз, испанец, перуанец и три (а что ты хочешь, если твоя лучшая подруга Кариока?) бразильца...
Только зашла в чат - стучится ко мне бразилец. Принимаю приглашение, оказывается он изучает русский и уже вполне сносно понимает. Поэтому я не заморачивалась и говорила по-русски, а он по-английски. В очередной раз меня научили, португальским oi и tchau. В очередной раз для меня это было открытием :)
Но это всё так, лирическое отступление (или вступление?..) Я совсем другим хотела поделиться... Этот бразилец, что с русским языком, говорит мне, что у них сейчас зима, очень холодно... +14С... А я ему в ответ: "А у нас лето и +13С"...

Блин, бразильская зима теплее нашего лета...