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[twincityhacker]

The day did not continue to get better.

Linguistic structures will not be canceled, because it's mostly filled with grad students. I still have to learn the entire hiragana system in two weeks. But since I had my copy sheets out before my GLU meeting, someone who took Japanese kindly pronounced a few characters and I was able to note down the pronunciation in IPA, which makes things easier. Especially since the professor wrote "r = D, like in pity" and I finally realized it was a flap he was talking about. I'm still freaked out about the class, but not as much as I was this afternoon.

So it's been a nerve wracking day. I have some tea, and I'll watch Rachel, then go to bed. Considering an hour ago, that list included "taking a xanax and curling up in my duvet" I'm doing better.

Comments

[the-crazy-lady.livejournal.com]

The best advice I can give for learning hiragana is flashcards. It's easily doable in two weeks if you practice with flash cards every chance you get. Also, start one row at a time, and once you get those five down good, move on to the next five. That's how we learned it, and I can still read it pretty well, despite not having taken any Japanese class for almost two years.

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

The row by row approach definatley works. I'm doing half flash cards half practicing writing the characters, as the professor wants knowledge of the signs plus good penmanship in two weeks.

Honestly, I'm still a little 0_o at the "do this all in two weeks" part.

[the-crazy-lady.livejournal.com]

Yeah, learning to write them might be a bit much for two weeks, though it's probably still doable. That does kinda suck, though.