About a month ago I stated I would be going to Japan for a couple of weeks. It's starting to look like the Summer of 2010 may be the ticket. Time, circumstances, and money seem to be making a perfect cross at that time (either June or August).
So I began to memorize the Japanese Alphabet (first step in learning any language). First 10 Hiragana were a piece of cake, so I kept at pace of memorizing 5 a day. I'm memorizing up to number 20 today and I began to hit some memory block. Forgetting some between "ka" and "ko", one's I had learned on day 2!
Did this happened to anyone else? How did you get over it?
Name:
kuzu(｡◕‿‿◕｡)kuzu2009-11-06 6:25
a - looks like an antenn'a'
i - looks like two of the letter i, spelling the sound 'i'
u - looks like a rock hitting the back of a hunchbacked old lady in the rice paddies causing her to make the sound 'uuu'
e - [i forget this one]
o - looks like a golf putting green, with the ball landing in the h'o'le
ka - looks like a 'car' going over a cliff
ki - looks like a 'key'
ku - beak of a 'koo'kaburra
ke - takes the shape of a beer 'ke'g
ko - a mouth 'co'ughing
sa - looks like a 'sa'murai sword
shi - 'She' has long hair (look at the shape)
su - the seed and roots of a plant that is 'soo'n to grow
se - a couple sitting watching the sun 'se't
so - messy 'so'cks (this is a bad one, I know)
ta - looks like it is spelling 'ta'
chi - a sitting 'chi'cken
tsu - looks like a nose about to sneeze aaaaa-'tsuuuu'
te - looks like a snapped 'te'nnis racket
to - a spinning 'to'p
na - looks like a 'nu'n crouched and praying to a cross
ni - the shape of a 'knee'
nu - 'noo'dles through a chopstick
ne - a tennis 'ne't that has sprung loose
no - forming a 'kno't
ha - ho without his 'ha't [see below]
hi - the shape of someone's gaping jaw as he laughs 'hee'heehee
fu - looks like Mt 'Fu'ji
he - an arrow pointing to 'he'aven
ho - a crouching man wearing a hat because it is 'ho't
ma - [i forget this one]
mi - 21 that is 'me'
mu - looks like the face of a 'moo' cow
me - ra'me'n noodles without the loop present in nu
mo - [i forget this one]
ya - [i forget this one]
yu - [i forget this one]
yo - an unretracted 'yo'-yo
ra - the face outline of a 'ra'bbit (see bugs bunny)
ri - the character for i, only 're'versed
ru - no ruby is stolen [see ro below]
re - a man sitting down with knees up 're'sting
ro - the 'ro'bber stole the ruby
wa - the open mouth and teary eye of a crying baby 'waaaaaaa'
wo - [i forget this one]