My first reading!

Today I downloaded and read a book in Hiragana!  It was bloody hard, especially as I don’t know the words (although there were a few sounds that were familiar, and I was able to recognise them).  Kaoru had the idea of a childrens book, as that was about all I could get that is in just Hiragana (ie, no Katakana or Kanji).  I put myself in David’s shoes as he does his readers – although he at least knows the words!  Kaoru was very patient, correcting me as needed (which was quite frequent).  All in all, I think it was a great experience.  It allowed me to learn exceptions (such as “Ha” becoming “Wa” under some circumstances), and much more enjoyable than looking at single letters on number plates.

Other than that, we didn’t do much.  I worked, we went grocery shopping, went for a walk…