オルリナ

My favourite subject is Philosophy:
私の好きな科目は哲学です。　Watashi no sukina kamoku wa tetsugaku desu.

I hate History and Geography.
私の嫌いな科目は歴史と地理です。 Watashi no kiraina kamoku wa rekishi to chiri desu.

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I’m beginning to become rather crazy about Japan’s culture. My friends think I’m crazy because I’m always listening to J-music, or (now) japanesepod101’s podcasts^^ (i’m so addict :p)
I’d love to learn more about Kitsuke when I’ll have time.

It would be fun to have those lesson translated in French. A have a few friends of mine who would be interested in learning Japanese, but…well…, they kind of suck at English.

Talking about that, i wanted to thanks Peter, your English is so clear, so easily understandable that it make it all so much easier for me!

オルリナ

I had to come to Toronto, Ontario, Canada to discover the Japanese language. Like you, I was first only interested in the language. I then started with karaoke to improve my pronunciation. Through the Japanese karaoke club I became a member of, I discovered Bon Odori (a type of Japanese line dancing, performed during the Obon Buddhist festival), and through that, I discovered Buddhism and Nihonbuyou (Japanese classical dancing), from there I went on to discover kitsuke (the art of kimono dressing) and wasai (Japanese tailoring).

Keep it up, and you may become just as crazy about the Japanese language and culture.

As for your name, since you are French, I would write it the way you did: Orurina, or in Katakana: オルリナ。

Your original language is important, I believe. If my name were English, it would be written as バート (ba-to), but since I am Flemish, it is supposed to be written as バルト (baruto).

I’m in a period of exams; I’m quite busy and out under stress, but i can relax listening to your japanese lessons!
I’ve been learning a lot these two past weeks, and I know there is a lot more to learn.
I’m not planing on going to Japan but i do like this language, I’ve been fascinated for years, and now, thanks to you, i’m actually able to…well…manage to say a few things^^

So once again arigatou!

I didn’t listen to all my podcasts, so i don’t know if you had already cover this subject, but i would really like a lesson about school. I mean, how to say things like : “My favorite subject is philosophy”. “I hate History and Geography” (well, this kind of thing)
And, if you’ve already taught it, forget it^^

And, you know what is really amasing about those lessons for me?
I can improve my english while learning japanese^^ (and once again, sorry for my bad english^^)

Orlina( by the way, how can I pronounce my nickname Orlina in japanese, is it “Orurina” ?)

Erklären spells it イァクレーレンin Japanese which seems a sensible approximation. Even German speakers vary in their pronunciation with an ‘r’ that ranges in pronunciation from something that approximates the French ‘r’ to something that approximates the Spanish or Russian ‘r’.

Jonas

If you’re really concerned, though, I heard from the other podcast members that they’re accepting Ritalin donations on his behalf. (It’s a joke, Peter )