Stephen In Japan

I'll post some thoughts, observations, and discoveries about Japan and the world at large. Please dialogue with me via the comment system.

November 17, 2005

Visitor

Carey arrives tomorrow. She's been studying Japanese in preparation, and I'm surprised at how much she's learned. This is just the right time to see 紅葉 (kouyou), that is autumn colors.


November 10, 2005

Khayng Update

The language is really coming along. I think I'd like there not to be a "to be" verb (so hopefully, there will be no equivalent of "be, is, are, am, was, were"). I think it's possible. At least I've heard of languages that don't have a be-verb. Instead of "The shirt is red", the adjective would actually be a verb, so it would be more like "The shirt reds". Of course I'll still have a verb meaning "exist".


November 6, 2005

Small news

My email is back up.
I've resumed work on my language (Khayng), so I hope to have updates on the website in a bit.
Tomorrow I go hiking in the mountains with 4 men from my seniors English class.