Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Kelli-son "Go"!

So I have been trying to learn a little Japanese seeing that it is very difficult to always communicate by hand gestures and pictures! Also, I don't want to be giving the wrong hand gestures, so here I am learning some Japanese! This is what I've learned so far...Japanese people add the "son" onto a surname which represents Mr. or Mrs. So in my title I wrote "Kelli-son" which translates into Miss Kelli. It's a respectful thing to do just like in the States. The word "Go" I learned means language. So basically my title for this blog post means Ms. Kelli's language! My co-workers were joking that since I pronouce a lot of Japanese words with a Spanish accent I am making up my own language, so they say "Kelli-son, go!" I think it's pretty cool! I've also learned how to say, "Excuse me, I don't understand the Japanese language..." Then I say the word "english" in Japanese and hopefully the clerk will speak English or get someone who can speak English. I haven't tried it yet, but plan on trying it out tonight! hahaha, it should be interesting!

1 comment:

Michelle said...

Kelli-Just caught up with your blog. Thanks for posting. It's so great to hear about your experiences as you go. Good for you for learning that magic phrase in Japanese ("I don't speak the language..."). When we were in Paris I learned the exact same phrase in French and "Voila!" people would try to help me in English. In another blog you posted that you felt unqualified. We had sermon at church awhile ago that taught us the Lord doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies those He calls. That's you, girl:) Praise God for your faithfulness. Keep posting!!!