わたしのスケジュール

げつようびからもくようびまで、まいあさ、しちじはんにおきます。はちじからくじまでべんきょうします。わたしはじゅうじからごじじゅうごふんまでクラスへいきます。わたしはじゅういちじはんにフェッリスしょくどうでひるごはんをたべます。ごごろくじにばんごはんをたべます。うちでごはんとたまごをたべます。それから、しちじからじゅういちじまでべんきょうします。じゅうにじにねます。

しゅうまつ、きんようびとどようびとにちようびあさべんきょうします。きんようびのよる、ともだちと、ええがをみます。どようびのよる、ともだちと、ダウンタウンへいきます。ときどき、レストランでばんごはんをたべます。にちようび、いつも、わたしはべんきょうします。

くま！

こちらはくまちゃんです。くまちゃんはわたしのいぬです。Kuma is a Newfoundland-lab mix. My family and I wanted to name him "Bear" because he looks so much like a black bear. However, we couldn't in good conscience name him bear because of the issues that would arise if we yelled "BEAR!" after him on a hiking trail in AK, so we named him Kuma. Kuma is "bear" in Japanese. Now, we only occasionally scare Japanese tourists when we call him Kuma.

Please enjoy these pictures.

Why I Am Studying Japanese

I am studying Japanese because I have always had an interest in learning many languages. I am interested in Japanese specifically mainly because my parents have been speaking it around the house my whole life. They spent three years living in Japan and are very proficient speakers. They used it as their "secret" language while my siblings and I were children. My parents speaking the language and their profuse praise of Japanese culture piqued my interest.
In addition, I have heard so many good things about Columbia's language programs that this seemed like the ideal time to learn it, even though it is a bit difficult to squeeze a 5 credit class in to my heavy course load. I hope to learn Japanese as well as I can and hopefully attend the Kyoto Consortium Summer Japanese Language Program after the 2018-2019 school year. I plan to take Japanese for the rest of my time at Columbia :)

はじめまして

はじめましてわたしはエリン・シーグレンです。じゅうきゅうさいです。アメリカじんです。アラスカのジュノーからきました。コロンビアだいがくのがくせいです。にねんせいです。せいぶつがくをべんきょうします。どうぞよろしくおねがいします。