Japanese Lessons: COVID Edition

Japanese Lessons: COVID Edition

By Izzy 

8/2/20

    Even though we didn't get to go to Evanston for our annual summer trip this year, this weekend we still got to do a little bit of Japanese with Jiji. Normally, Ethan and I would sit down with Jiji everyday and follow the lesson he planned for us. We would typically have our lessons after tennis camp for about an hour and Jiji taught us the basics--the alphabet, writing and speaking, numbers, etc. Jiji also taught us some fun traditional Japanese songs.

    This weekend Jiji gave us a Japanese assignment. We had to read the Hiragana alphabet aloud and write all of the characters. We also had to read and say the times that were shown on clocks. I learned that there are two ways to say 4, 7, and 9 and which ones to use when telling time. We only really get Japanese lessons once a year but it was a good refresher because it came back to me. Even though we didn't get to go to Momo and Jiji's, it was nice to do a little Japanese lesson and feel like something was the same. My mom had to help us with it and it wasn't nearly as fun as being with Jiji. :) I learned that Jiji is a really patient teacher and I definitely won't take our Japanese lessons for granted again. 

My Hiragana alphabet