ごんちゃん

2016/01/24 20:12:36

Hi!Ana chan!
A child loves snow in Japan too. A snowman is made in the neighboring house. And,by a plastic sled, they glide in the bankside and play.
See ya!

ごんちゃん

2016/01/23 19:54:21

Hi! Ana chan!
We put up an umbrella even by snow in Tokyo. In Japan of around 1, 500 millimeters a year it rains.
I think it relate to precipitation.
See ya!

ごんちゃん

2016/01/23 19:31:35

Hi! Ana chan!
I watched Kiki's Delivery Service of the Ghibli yesterday. I was healed by contents and the beauty
of the scene.
Then, The weather has changed from a mild winter to snowscape!
Recently the primary schoolchildren are going to school 2 hours late.
See ya!

tsuchen

2016/01/23 16:03:49

We want to spend rainy day stylishly and comfortably.
There are many umbrellas with various design in Japan.
And sometime we enjoy choosing a favorite.
I like to use a folding umbrella.

Carrie

2016/01/21 09:49:48

おそろね！＾＾
And I know you are now in front of your computer, not your phone!Lol

Carrie

2016/01/21 09:42:13

You are right!
We Japanese are really health consious people, so we put up umbrellas for avoiding any sickness.
I'm now worried about PM2.5, which is coming to Japan from China.
It's said to be in the air, so I don't want to get it through my skin when raining. >_<
Talking about ultraviolet rays, it's said to trigger skin cancer, so I use my parasol anyway in sunny days.
It's really interesting to know that you are almost always have colds and don't care about it much.
It could be a characteristic difference between American and Japanese. ^^

サファイヤ

2016/01/20 23:53:13

こんにちは～！アナさん

雨に濡れると風邪を引いてしまうのです。
用心して傘を指します。

日本では雨期があって２ヶ月間くらい雨降りが続きます。
ですから、傘が無いと過ごせません。

Carrie

2016/01/20 09:53:46

That's why I use my English too~^^ I love making friends all over the world.

コミュニケーションを取れる英語は身についてると思うから、今はちょっと変わった単語や言い回しを勉強しているところよ。英語検定試験に出るかも、なの。
この検定試験に受かると、英語通訳の資格も取れるのよ～！
東京オリンピックで通訳ボランティアできるかも。
というのが、私が今英語を勉強している理由よ。＾＾

Carrie

2016/01/20 09:46:39

I know you posted your message from your phone this time! Lol^^

As I came to think about it, じゃん is like an additional word like ね.
You can say やったじゃん or やるじゃん instead of やったね or やるね.
I think じゃん is used as verbs as well as adjectives.
We say 最高じゃん！きれいじゃん！おもしろいじゃん！,but also say 良くできたじゃん！良かったじゃん！

I can use Japanese without much thought. So it's interesting to think about how my mother language is made!^^

Carrie

2016/01/19 20:26:51

A dialogue between you and me.^^

Carrie: え！”じゃん”の使い方わかったの？やったじゃん！
Ana: それに”でしょ”の使い方もわかったもん。
C:　やるじゃん。”だろう”の使い方は？
A: 　え？教えてもらったっけ？
C:　あ、まだじゃん。
A: 　”だろう”の使い方は、きっと簡単だろうね。
C:　あ、使えてるじゃん。
A: 　え？使ったっけ？・・・・・ほんとだ！使ってるじゃん。
C:　日本語の勉強を始めて、まだ数年だっけ？２０歳の頃には日本人みたいになってるだろうね。
A:　そしたら日本に遊びに行くもん！飛行機代、出してくれるんでしょ？
C:　え？そんなこと言ったっけ？言ってないじゃん！(笑)


ああ～なぜだろう？いつまでたっても会話が終わらないじゃん～～！
こういうの考えるの、楽しいもん～＾＾(笑)

Carrie

2016/01/19 17:34:03

でしょ is the same as でしょう, a bit casual. And じゃん is also used the same way.
Actually, じゃん is a Yokohama direct, which may have been spread to nationwide.
I'm from Yokohama, so I use じゃん a lot! Lol

もん is an additional word to make the word cute.
You can say 「やだもん」 instead of 「やだ」. やだ sounds too straight while やだもん sounds a bit childish.

これで少しわかったでしょう？やったじゃん！うれしいもん♪＾＾

Carrie

2016/01/19 09:54:09

Oh, yes. Most of the women here use umbrellas when sunny to avoid the rays.
Well, it may be called parasol, and it used to be white. But now it's become very colorful.

Your way of using でしょう is perfect!!! So natural~^^ Amazing! How did you learn it?

Oh, really? To tell the truth, I don't really like this hairdo.Lol I'm not used to seeing me with this one, so I changed to the previous one~^^

Carrie

2016/01/19 08:51:02

BTW, I like your hairdo. So pretty~^^

Carrie

2016/01/19 08:50:13

Yup! We use umbrellas rain and shine.
When I lived in the U.K., I was surprised to see the British people running in the rain without putting up their umbrellas even they brought them! O.o
As for me, I use it so as not to be exposed to acid rain and ultraviolet rays.
Maybe we are kind of like umbrella addicts. Lol