Saturday, July 12, 2014

My Head is Full

Japanese class has been getting more and more difficult. I do my best, but it is really hard.  This week, we had an exercise using to ki as a connector to make two sentences into one.  The example was something like: He eats rice. He uses chopsticks. When he eats rice, he uses chopsticks. Gohan o taberu to ki, hashi o tsukaimasu.

We go around the table taking turns making sentences from little cartoon pictures.  I was happy when I saw the picture for my turn because I thought I knew what to say. The picture showed a woman with lines coming out of her head, putting a pill in her mouth and holding a glass of water.  I was sure it meant “Her head hurts. She takes medicine.  When her head hurts, she takes medicine.”  I said “Atama ga ippai to ki, kusuri o nomimasu”.  My teacher was laughing because I said when her head is full, she takes medicine. What I should have said was “Atama ga itai to ki, kusuri o nomimasu.  (Ippai - full, Itai - painful)

My head is full.  Is there medicine for that?

3 comments:

Janie said...

What an adventure, you are very brave!

KimM said...

I admire your fortitude and sense of adventure.
xxx

Wendy said...

When I lived in France, I went to a neighbour's house for dinner. After eating she asked if I wanted another helping, I thought I said "no thanks, i'm full". I actually said "no thanks, I'm pregnant".

so there we go, it happens to us all!