Macdonald + Japanese

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  ぼくの　しゅみは　すうぽつ。さっかあと　バスケットボールと　エフワンが　だいすき　です。 I grew up playing all kinds of sports. Now as an adult, I watch even more kinds of sports. There is something I find particularly intriguing about how we all pick a player or team, promise to root for them forver, and spend all our lives watching them compete and wishing them success. I also enjoy watching other teams I don't like failing. For this blog post, I chose 3 sports that I am currently obsessed with right now. The football world cup is around the corner and I am excited to watch all 32 competing countries go at it for the football's most prestigous trophy. The F1 season is just kicking off and I am excited to see which of my favorite drivers will drive the best and have the fastest car. Basketball (the NBA particularly) is now about to conclude the season and I am exicted for the dramatic few games remaining. Sport will continue to be a big part of my life. I look forward to exploring Japanese sport and hopefully attendin...

  はじめまして！ ぼく わ　じゃリマ　(Zharima)　です。 ノートルダム だいがくの　よねんせえ　です。 ぼくの　せんこおは　コンピューターこおがく　です。 しゅっしんは　ジンバブエの　ビクトリア・フォールズ　です。(Victoria Falls、Zimbabwe) しゅむは　すぽおつと　おんがく　です。 どおぞ　よろしく　おねがい　します。

  I am not a huge fan of anime, but I watched a few when I was younger. My favorite was by far Dragonball Z. I don't normally rewatch shows, but I have probably rewatch Dragonball Z and some of it's spinoff movies over 3 times. I chose this video because it reminded me of the excitement I used to feel everytime the show started. I do not think I'll ever watch more anime (maybe I'll rewatch some more Dragonball Z), but I appreciate how it is the one of the most populat aspects of Japanese culture. Anime and manga are huge reasons why young people are interested in Japanese culture. I look forward to exploring Japanese culture even more

  Japanese gameshows were a part of my childhood. I still don't know how or why, but one of the national tv channels back in Zimbabwe used to broadcast Japanese gameshows from the 90s. There wasn't much else for me and my sister to watch, so we fell in love with the gameshow. I chose this one because it most closely resembles what my sister and I watched back then. It made me a bit nostaligic. It was also very funny. My favorite thing about these gameshows (and really most aspects of Japanese culture) is how you do not need to understand the language to have fun. Things like anime have avid fans from across the world who don't know any Japanese (some enjoying watching subbed versions to make it a more immersive experience). I admire Japenese culture for how the Japanese have exported it across the world and have made it easy for all of us to participate

Konnichiwa! Hello! My name is Macdonald. I am a computer science senior from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Everyone close to me knows I love to brag about how I know how to speak 4 languages. As a child, I found it easy to learn languages given the communities I grew up in and the environments my parents placed me in. I think knowing 4 languages is pretty impressive, but I my goal is stretch myself and see how far I can go.  For my fifth language, I chose Japanese because I grew up watching some anime and game shows and was fascinate by all things Japanese. I vividly remember watching Dragonball: Super! back in high school before the dubbed version was released. I had to watch the subbed version instead, wishing I understood Japanese enough to follow along without having to do so much reading. Now that I have decided to start working on my fifth, I had to choose Japanese. I am excited for this challenge because I know it will not be easy. Japanese is drastically different from all the ...