Sew and Saw
02.04.2021

Sew & Saw

Lately, I found my typo in my self-introduction part on the front page, which made me blush! Just a letter turns a word into a completely different word. In my case, that was Sew and Saw. From Dictionary.com, the meanings of them are as follows: sew: to work with a needle and thread or with a sewing machine. saw: to cut or divide with a saw. Imagine that I listed one of them as my hobby; Other than learning languages, I like traveling, taking pictures, and sawing! Oh my goodness, that's not what I meant! I don't like using a saw, it's definitely not my hobby! I realized this typo …

01.21.2021

"〜도" means "〜 too"

This morning, an Instagram account (@1min_kankokugo) teaching basic Korean enlightened me about the meaning of "도". It's pronounced like door's "do". View this post on Instagram A post shared by 1分で話せる韓国語 (@1min_kankokugo) When I saw the third slide, which is explaining "저도 & 나도 mean 'me too' ", suddenly one phrase came to my mind, then sank in. The phrase was "나도 날 모르겠어", the sound is like "na do nal molgesso". I remember this phrase from BTS's song called "FAKE LOVE". Somehow, I like the melody and the sound when they sing "나도 날 나도 날 모르겠어" around 2:55 - 2:59 in the video. I've been thinking that the …

food
01.21.2021

Self-introduction in Chinese

嗨!I'd like to post my first Chinese memo with my self-introduction:) These are the phrases that my dear Chinese friend told me how to introduce myself in Chinese. (Sorry that the pinyin is too small... ) Translation: Hi, I'm Emma. I am from Japan. I came here with my husband. He is a post-doc. I am so interested in learning languages. Now, I'm learning English and Chinese. I like cooking and watching basketball games. I also like watching Case Closed (Detective Conan). It's very nice meeting you. Vocabulary: 你好: hi, hello 我是: I am,他是: he is,你: you 来: come,从: from 日本: Japan, 中国: China,美国: USA,韩国: Korea,西拔牙: Spain 日本语: Japanese,汉语: Mandarin …