I’m studying for my Japanese final which is tonight, and as I go over the grammar stuff, which is probably where I’ll mess up the worst, I noticed something. A lot of the grammar that I learned in the first few chapters is second nature to me. I just know to write or speak using it. I know that I had issues with Italian and trying to remember all the damn grammatical rules, and it’s obvious why. Because there’s way too many damn irregular verbs, and way too many tenses, and just too much weirdness. Damn you Latin based languages. Seriously, if English hadn’t been my first language, I don’t think I’d ever bother to learn it. Too confusing. I think the thing that makes Japanese seem so difficult to people is that you have to learn a new writing system. As I’m sure I’ve said at one point, the hiragana isn’t difficult at all because it’s used to often, and eventually I’ll get the katana down, more than what I use for my name. Kanji…it isn’t too bad I guess, maybe…it’s just hard for some of them because they have so many different meanings. And there are a few that are read different in specific words, like 今日。The first character is normally read as either こん（ｋｏｎ） or いま（ima), which is the word for now. And the second character can be read as　に、にち、か、じつ、ひ、or び。　But combined the two characters are きょう、the word for day.
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