Exciting News!
I kissed a girl last night. I also got a lot of my Christmas shopping done. All in all, it was a very productive Wednesday.
Flirting in Japanese is weird though. For one thing, the words all mean different things. We spent maybe ten minutes working out the differences between the English phrases “I like you” and “I love you” and the Japanese 好きです (sukidesu) and 愛してる (aishiteru). I normally hear them translated as “like” and “love” respectively, but as it turns out they're more like “fond of” and that annoying middle-school-ism “like like”. There's tons of stuff like that though – words where the implications are different in the two languages.
She's very nice. I will bring pictures home at Christmas. I still don't know how to say “love” in Japanese, but I suppose I have some time to find out.
Labels: Japan
posted by Matt @ 11:59 PM
2 Comments:
"Apocalipto" is the newest Mel Gibson's Anti-Jewish movie :P
i'm kdding. it's a movie about the dawn of Mayan civilization, about the degraded Aztecs sacrificing human insanely so they think they could revive their bug infested farmland, and at the same time the begining of the Spanish exploration of South America.
Just like Passion of the Christ, this movie is just as gory, and cultural reflective, totally not a regular Holywood crap. The story is totally filmed with the old Mayan language, with English subtitles, and nearly naked Mayan people. I recommand it if you have time to spare on movies and if Japan has it.
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heh, way to go Matt
you kissed a girl? omg!
you need to hook me up man!I seriously need channels to meet girls~ you mind introducing me to some? LOL XD
as for "love", maybe 愛している? it's kinda strong though~ its like hardcore love kinda~ LOL
I don't know whats the proper phrase for "I love you" in Japanese~
anyways, enjoy your "flirting" Christmas! (no offense XD)
PS: btw, is it snowing down there? where are you now anyways?
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