Pronunciation - I don’t really get it yet but I’m sure I will with more exposure.
Grammar - I learned how to make nouns plural using the long vowel/syllable rules, as well as pronouns, to have/to be and forming questions.
Vocab - OK one of the immediate downfalls of this book is that there’s no rhyme or reason to the vocab learned?? I really would have appreciated an overview of definite and indefinite articles but noooooooooo that’s week 2 work and instead I’m learning what the word for lion is (de leeuw). It’s really just teaching me vocab I’ll need for the exercises instead of common words and idk how I feel about that, very ‘learn this list of pencil case items that you’ll rarely, if ever use again’ first year French vibes.
Some sentences:
Ja, ik ben moe (yes, I am tired)
Zij is mooi (she is beautiful)
Hij heeft de maan (he has the moon)
Hebben de boren een leeuw en een boot in de tuin? (Do the neighbours have a lion and a boat in the garden?)
I’m very glad I took the extra time to really learn the vocab properly, since I feel like I have a very strong grasp on the content and I can write basic sentences with them, but I think I need a more efficient method so I can get through a chapter in the book in less than 2 months. Maybe adding the vocab to Anki before I properly go through the chapter, and adjust my Anki settings as well? I’ll have to see how this goes :D
i haven’t posted in a while, i’ve been super busy with courses and thesis writing. i’m happy to say that i have actually got a lot of stuff done in these past few weeks! i passed japanese, completed all the assignments for the research methods course and completed all thesis interviews and also managed to properly start the thesis writing process. it’s been much sunnier lately, even if it’s still kinda cold. i hope everyone is having a nice spring so far and getting to enjoy some sunshine!
, 30 | this post has been sitting in drafts FROM. A. MONTH. This month was crazily busy yet I somehow managed to do nothing, quite disappointed in myself tbh but looking forward to may to get my life together
I posted recently about opening up some commissions for social media icons and the response has been lovely. It’s been such a joy getting to draw my friends! Drawing someone is a really wonderful way to take a moment and look at them, see them, in a way you don’t get to do otherwise. When you draw someone, you have to spend a lot of time trying to notice all of the details of their face and what it is about them that makes them them. I always feel closer to someone after I’ve drawn them for exactly that reason. I know them just a little better than I did before.
I think of myself as a very simple person. Being more of an introverted person I like to be alone, I have very few close friends who I could tell my most intimate thoughts and secrets to (I could probably count them all on one hand). I do have friends who I view more as acquaintances who I would just have casual conversations with during classes, but I keep them at a distance emotionally; even though most of them are lovely and incredibly nice to be. This makes me feel a bit guilty because I’m not very good at forming attachments with people, I meet people get to know them but we drift apart and don’t speak. It’s happened with people I’ve known since I was a kid.
But I’ve more often than not find myself wanting to be alone, shying away from interacting socially with people, especially if it exceeds saying hello to someone when I’m paying for something. I feel so awkward when trying to make conversations with one of my (more distant) friends that I find she takes over the conversation which means I just say my input every once in a while.
But I’m more than happy to be alone, where I can do my assignments and revision in peace without being disturbed. People come and people go and I’ve found that it doesn’t bother me.
