I was looking for books about memory improvement and was shocked by one of the random things that come up in a search. What the?!? A “complete guide for cruising sailors??” From McGraw-Hill?? I suppose I should not be so quick to thoughtless colloquialisms. It turns out to be a book about how to sail a catamaran. It gave me quite a laugh indeed.
So, I’m going to AjALT ((ajaruto) – the school that made the Japanese for Busy People series of books) and started yesterday for their ‘Beginner Foundation’ course. It’s MWF with a specific teacher for each of the days. It’s at exit three from the Hibiya line Kamiyacho if you’re interested. It does seem to be a great school with no recourse to “childish or classroom-only” language. The class completes the first volume of their text from introductions, business cards to going to a party. It seems incredibly well structured for dealing with Japanese society. For example, last time I went to Billboard live we met the manager … introductions, introductions of friends, business cards … it’s a perfect fit for reality. At risk of being overly ambitious, I will try to put notes up on here. This is for me to remember and not to be construed as advice upon any language of any kind.
Ch1. Introductions
どなたですか？
こちらXYZ Corp のRandall-さんです。
はじめましてRandall です. よろしくおねがいします。
Some time ago someone was mentioning the main thing that sucked about the Mac laptop keyboard was the lack of a forward-delete key. I had no answer, until now. “Funtion-Delete” is the “key” … ahem … two keys. That’s ‘fn’ and the usual ‘delete.’