just a chill day

daily language quests

after finishing off yesterday's blog by 11.14, i picked up my phone to go through my daily quests of maru and busuu.

japanese: elementary a1 - 5.1 saying goodbye

japanese	romanised	english
ありがとう！ じゃあ、 また！	Arigatou! Jaa, mata!	Thanks! See you later!
しつれい します。	Shitsurei shimasu.	Goodbye / sorry.
たなか さん、 ありがとうございます！ さようなら！	Tanaka-san, arigatougozaimasu! Sayounara!	Tanaka-san, thank you! Goodbye!

japanese: elementary a1 - 5.2 discovering different forms for 'i'

japanese	kanji	romanised	english
おれ わ あきら です。		Ore wa Akira desu.	I am Akira.
おれ	俺	ore	I (strongly masculine)
ぼく わ あきら です。		Boku wa Akira desu.	I am Akira.
ぼく	僕	boku	I (mildly masculine)
わたし わ あきら です。		Watashi wa Akira desu.	I am Akira.
わたし	私	watashi	I

japanese: elementary a1 - 5.3 hiragana: na ni nu ne no

hiragana	romanised
な	na
に	ni
ぬ	nu
ね	ne
の	no

japanese: elementary a1 - 5.7 hiragana: ha hi fu he

hiragana	romanised
は	ha
ひ	hi
ふ	fu
へ	he
ほ	ho

when i went to start my french busuu lessons, i was shocked to see 'discovering french swear words' as a lesson. for obvious reasons, i won't be including them in this blog. though, i guess it's good to learn about cultural slang.

french: elementary a3 - 3.2 discovering new family members

french	english
l'oncle	the uncle
la cousine	the cousin (female)
la nièce	the niece
la tante	the aunt
le cousin	the cousin (male)
le neveu	the nephew
Le neveu d'Éric va habiter au Royaume-Uni.	Éric's nephew is going to live in the UK.
le père et la mère	the father and the mother
Ma tante habite à Paris.	My aunt lives in Paris.
Mon oncle a habité en Turquie pour le travail.	My uncle lived in Turkey for work.
Notre nièce va partir en Colombie cet été.	Our niece is going to Colombia this summer.
Nous sommes allés au Canada pour voir mon cousin.	We went to Canada to see my cousin.
Sa cousine va en France pour faire du ski.	Her cousin goes to France to ski.

german: elementary a2 - 3.2 arranging sentences with time phrases

german	english
Diesen Monat bin ich faul.	This month I'm being lazy.
Gestern habe ich viel gearbeitet.	Yesterday I worked a lot.
Letzte Woche hatte ich Besuch.	Last week I had visitors.
Letzten Monat habe ich viel Sport gemacht.	Last month I did a lot of sport.

german: elementary a2 - 3.3 'perfekt' with 'sein'

german	english
Anna ist zu Besuch gekommen.	Anna came to visit.
fahren - gefahren	to drive - (have) driven
Gestern sind meine Eltern zu Besuch gekommen.	Yesterday my parents came to visit.
Ich bin heute drei Kilometer gelaufen.	I ran three kilometres today.
Ich habe Sport gemacht. Ich bin im Park gelaufen.	I did Sport. I ran in the park.
Im Lockdown bin ich nie U-Bahn gefahren.	During lockdown I never took the metro.
kommen - gekommen	to come - (have) come
Letzte Woche sind sie einen Marathon gelaufen.	Last week they ran a marathon.
Wir sind heute einen Halbmarathon gelaufen.	We ran a half marathon today.

and by 12.18 i had finished language dailies.

comic strip or comic page?

recently, i watched the anime short film called look back. it boosted my motivation to draw, and i quite liked the idea of drawing a 4 panel manga strip a week - i ended up filling a whole page instead!

16.14 - i finished there for the day since the next day we would be taking an early train to london, and starting something after dinner would require a lengthened sleep.