The Class Where Nobody Speaks

なくあれば　－＞　なければ

しみがおちる　to remove a stain (the stain falls)

This post will just be a huge rant on how nobody wants to talk in this class (save for a few). How the hell are you going to learn a language if you have no intention of actually speaking it. Are you so good at it that you don't need to practice speaking? Bullshit. If it's THAT easy for you, it would be as common as breathing and I personally would be more annoyed/bothered that we are sitting around DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in a class which we are paying for.

I would not be able to bear that especially since it's not like you will get marked down by saying something wrong. If anything, you'll only get better. This is a freaking college course and people are still worried that they'll make a mistake and they won't be as highly respected by their classmates or something like that. GGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEE!

I don't understand how people can just SIT and STARE at their book the entire fucking class period and contribute absolutely nothing at all.

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

So anyways, we went over the ~ba form and the ~noni form. I won't go into detail on them because it's in the book.

No homework for the weekend (YES!)

Here are some presents from AJ/Renee.

Mr. Drinking Piss Water blah blah blah....

... is the quote of the day thanks to our gracious spokesperson.

We got our tests back today, Nancy got a 98... damn her... Renee and I both got the same, below average score... and AJ didn't fare so well so perhaps that will reflect in his drawing today.

The lecture today primarily discussed usage of "~という" to describe things. It's used to clarify things and shouldn't be used to say "I like the food called bread. It's great! We eat it! We love it!"

Following that was pre-masu "～やすい" and "～にくい":

「あさ」はいいやすいです。
「あたたかい」はいいにくいはずです。

Next up was last Friday's homework "～ないで':


Laziness counter:
Renee:
I
Nancy:
I
AJ おじさん:
III
AJ :
I


I had a feeling that today's drawing had something to do with me so I intentionally messed with the focus!

Having Lots of Orgies

We started off today by reciting introductions for a company.

Brandon listed the title as one of his "hobbies".

Discussion transitioned to usage of the humble form (eg: お会いします).

WE DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ALL DAY!

Renee wants to point out that Takeshi's boss sexually harasses him. The following picture is proof!


And of course, a drawing from our group's spokesperson...

Sadistic Bastards

We started class off today with everybody in class attempting to murder some poor bastard in a game of hangman.

As we try to delay his execution by requiring random features like eyes, mouth, hair, etc, I began to wonder if people realized that they were calling out the same syllables or not.

It was only when the poor bastard had almost no parts left to draw that it was found out that our teacher neglected to put a crucial き on the board when it had been called earlier. So thus, the man with a death sentence lived due to a technical error.


The main discussion today are Extra-modest Expressions (ていねいご).

AJ needs to find Japanese study sessions so he can study. He has a bunch of Japanese friends but they don't have time for him, apparently.

Renee hates her used book... because all the answers are written in it. I wouldn't mind if the answers were all in my book...

AJ is once again going off on a tangent about random crap and money. ("WHATEVER!")


While practicing these expressions, Renee noticed something interesting in this picture. I'll just leave this here.








Up next we practice asking and saying things politely. I made the mistake of using extra-polite when I should have been using honorific verbs to ask what a person's name is:

お名前はなんと申しますか vs. お名前はなんとおっしゃいますか

Somehow discussion shifted to ask (politely) if someone has an older sister. It became only slightly awkward as discussion drifted to asking for her number and if she has a boyfriend. To make it slightly less awkward we are supposed to say "do you have siblings" "兄弟がいらっしゃいますか'

AJ is drinking some disgusting sewage water known as Ramune. I'm surprised he hasn't choked on that marble yet. It's all good though, water is better for us anyways... right, Nancy? Nancy? ...

As a closer, here is another drawing from our group's picasso.

AJ + 3

Today in class, we started off with checking kanji cards.
Nancy, Renee, and AJ all had these flash cards on keyrings.
Despite that, AJ remembered only 1 and 3/4 of the kanji on the quiz today.

After that, AJ started drawing.
Instead of doing work as usual.













We're currently working on a seemingly hard worksheet and Nancy is writing all these crazy kanji so nobody else can read it according to AJ.

Just now, AJ confirmed that you aren't supposed to use めしあがる for the keigo verison of "to drink" but rather お飲みにいらしゃる.

AJ messed up with the report because someone forgot to write the last part down...

That's all for today. Excuses are flying around the group. good night