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[kittydesade]

Ask your classmates (or the voices in your head, hell) if they have had anything to eat or drink to-day.
Ａ：　スミスさん、　今日　何か　食べましたか。
Ｂ：　いいえ、　食べませんでした。
Ａ：　何か　飲みましたか。
Ｂ：　ええ、コーヒーを飲みました。
Well, that's not very healthy.

なかむらさん、　今日　何か　食べましたか。
ええ、　パンケーキを食べました。
何か　飲みましたか。
ええ、　ミルクを飲みました。

きむらさん、　今日　何か　食べましたか。
いいえ、　食べませんでした。
何か　飲みましたか。
コーラを飲みました。


Ａ：　何か　飲みませんか。
Ｂ：　いいですね。
Ａ：　何を　飲みましょうか。
Ｂ：　ジュースは　どうですか。/じゅーすを　のみましょう。

Ａ：　何か　食べませんか。
Ｂ：　いいですね。
Ａ：　何を　食べましょうか。
Ｂ：　ピザを食べましょう。

Ａ：　どこかに　行きませんか。
Ｂ：　いいですね。　
Ａ：　どこに　行きましょうか。
Ｂ：　こうえんに　行きましょう。

Ａ：　何か　しませんか。
Ｂ：　ええ、　いいですよ。
Ａ：　何をしましょうか。
Ｂ：　映画を見ましょう。



No, Jag, you do want to do your Japanese homework, because you want to speak the language, and you are not going to learn it by beating yourself in the head with the textbook. Stop that.

I've been having a massive amount of caterpillar today. Caterpillar, for those of you just tuning in or who have forgotten or never cared much, is when my brain goes "wait, you've studied how many chapters and grammar points and vocabulary words and so on in how many languages? NO ONE CAN LIVE AT THAT SPEED!" and then it falls over on itself and I can't think in almost any language. Today it started first with Russian, then with Japanese where it collided full-on with the feeling of I'm never going to learn all this so why bother.

No. That is not the answer. At all. Ever. I bother because trying and studying and trying some more is how we learn, not sitting there staring glumly at a pile of textbooks. I bother because learning languages is calming for me, and even doing lines in a notebook helps. I bother because talking to other people in other languages is fun for me, learning the differences, the way culture affects language and vice versa, because I love being able to talk with people in general and breaking down the language barrier one language at a time deeply appeals. So, I try. No, I won't get it right the first time. Yes, I will probably annoy people with incessant questions and occasional bull-headed stubbornness. But I will learn. I want to learn, because what I want can't be achieved without effort and studying and learning. So there.

And all that aside, if I can possibly manage it, I need to get to bed early tonight. I am verging on too damn exhausted and because we have two craft fairs/shows this weekend and ALL THE COUSINS, I'm not going to get a weekend. It's good on the money and bad on the Jag not falling over of exhaustion. Ah well, it'll also be fun, too, with the spinning and dyeing and things.