Neue Deutschlehrerin...

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- Still can't get enough of the "Hi hi" emoticon.. Weee.. -

I don't know what's gotten into me but, I just missed Ma'am Roorkee del Rosario - Ong... . :) (Sooo sorry ma'am Jeanne.. But I just feel like it.. Haha.. ;) ) I've seen her again this morning.. And she still knew us... Haha.. Yey... Actually, they're both my favorite profs... Haha.. I treated this subject as one of my major this semester.. Haha.. (Even greater than my Physics 104 which I really hate.. Haha.. :P ) Hmm.. I am really satisfied with the way they handle the class... (Hmm.. Just like the SET's.. ) I just feel researching about her.. hahaha.. (on the internet.. :) )

I just learned that Frau Ong is an Assistant Professor at the Department of European Languages, College of Arts and Letters.. She's teaching German and French.. She taught us German while Frau Arroyo is in Germany for two weeks.. Haha.. (Actually, I thought that I would have a hard time with her because she's talking in German too fast.. hahaha.. unlike Frau Jeanne.. :) But it turned out, the two of them are the same.. They're both great.. haha... )

I really enjoyed studying German.. Really looking forward to learning German 14 & 15 with Ma'am Ong... (If only I could skip 12 & 13.. haha.. ) Maybe I could be minor in German and major in Computer Engineering.. Hahaha... I wish I could go to Germany now and work there.. :) Think I'll serve my country first... Yet I've still got a long way to go.. :D

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Spirited Away

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

7:05 AM

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Guten Morgen!

Ich habe ein film finden. Es trägt den Titel "Spirited Away" by the Japanese director, Hayao Mizaki. It is one of his award-winning films the others being, Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke and many others.

The Film, Spirited Away, is the story of a girl, forced to survive in a bizarre spirit world, who works in a bathhouse for spirits after her parents are turned into pigs by the sorceress who owns it. Released in Japan in July 2001, the film broke attendance and box office records with ¥30.4 billion (approximately $300 million) in total gross earnings from more than 23 million viewings. It has received many awards, including Best Picture at the 2001 Japanese Academy Awards, Golden Bear (First Prize) at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival, and the 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

I really love the film because it has a German subtitle aside from English! Haha.. :) Now I can watch a Japanese Animation while practicing German.. :D Actually, I haven't watched the whole film yet but at the start of the film, many German words caught my attention. I realized that now, Ich verstehe meist wörter besonders über Schule. Haha.. I'm really happy about it. :) Hmm.. Es ist jetzt halb acht vormittag.. Ich muss jetzt bereiten, nach der Uni zu gehen. Ich muss jetzt studieren. Ciao! :D

--- Deutsche Wörter Gebraucht (Sprachschatz)---

Sprachschatz [m,sg] - vocabulary

trägt (tragen) - carries/bears

berechtigt (berechtigen) - entitled

besonders - especially

meist - most

bereiten - prepare

--- Sources ---

Hayao Miyazaki

--- Questions ---

Hmmm.. I don't know if I would use berechtigt (entitled) for the title of the movie or trägt den Titel (carry the title) but I think the last one is more appropriate.. >.< Haha.. Ist meine Grammatik richtig? Bitte helfen Sie mir. 

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Das Stimmt! :)

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Last Saturday, I really felt so bored on the way home. Since I really don't have anything to do while on the bus, I decided to answer a part of my Kursbuch in Deutsch.. :) Actually, I didn't even realize the time. It took me the whole trip just to answer only one page.. Haha.. (It's not even the whole page. Just one paragraph.. :)) )

Hmmm.. Well today in class, we studied the page that I answered. Hmm.. I guess it was really worth.. We actually devoted all our time to only one page.. Hahaha.. :) I just wanted to take a few notes here of what we learned today.. :D

• The difference between weil and denn... The two words are used for explaining, providing reasons and the likes.. Weil means "because" while Denn means "for". When using "weil", you need to put your verb at the end of the sentence while when using "denn', you can create your sentence normally. Your verb will be at the second position. 

• Next, the use of perfect tenses is introduced. We used the word "getroffen" meaning, "had met." Notice that the bestimmter artikel is used as Akkusativ. (I don't know why really.. haha..)
• Das ist die Frau, die ich gestern getroffen habe.
• Das ist der Mann, den ich gestern getroffen habe.

• Next, the difference between "müssen" and "dürfen." "Müssen" means "have to" while "dürfen" means "may have to." The first expresses more conviction than the latter..
• Ich            -Darf
• Du            -Darfst
• Er/Es/Sie   -Darf
• Wir           -Durfen
• Ihr            -Durft
• sie/Sie       -Durfen

• Lastly, I learned a new way to say the expression "Tama!" (with the correct intonation.. hahaha..) Instead of saying "Richtig", you can say "Das stimmt." still with the proper intonation... :D Actually, on the way to our next class, Lor,Carl, MJ and I can't stop saying this expression again and again.. haha :)

I guess I've written quite a few things here.. :) I just wanted to keep an extended copy of my notes.. Just in case I wanted to look at it in the future.. Haha.. :D Guess that's all for today.. See yah.. 

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