“And the classes aren’t like Spanish in school, that, where you’ll have like 50 million kids. It’s only you and your teacher usually and they make it really, really easy."
My name is Bailey. I’m 9 years old. I’m in fourth grade. I’m studying Japanese at Berlitz and it’s really, really fun. Daddy works for a bank and he told me my uncle goes to Tokyo, Japan, twice a year. So I wanted to learn a language ‘cause so far I only know that he goes to Tokyo, Japan, twice a year. I wanted to learn Japanese, so I’ll be able to like ask for directions or say, “What time is it?” or something like that.
The easiest thing I learned in Japanese was counting. So far I only know 1 through 10. And 1 is ichi, ni – I mean sorry – 2 is ni, 3 is san, 4 is yon, 5 is go. Kind of sounds like go. 6 is roku, 7 is nana. Well, there’s another option but I can’t remember that one. 8 is hachi, 9 is kyu, and 10 is jyu.
Hello in Japanese is konichiwa. A lot of people get it mixed up with Chinese or they usually say ni hao, which is Chinese not Japanese. It’s Japanese and konichiwa is Chinese, and it gets, and .... That’s not it. Ni hao is Chinese not Japanese. I want to use them to like be able to talk a language.
I also want to learn like a lot more, like French, German, Portuguese. I want to learn Spanish, but I want to learn more than that. And I also want to learn Chinese, Brazilian, and whatever they speak in Egypt and .... a little more.
I say I think you should study at Berlitz because it’s really fun and a nice place. They’re not too far from my house. They’re like 7 minutes away. And the classes aren’t like Spanish in school, that, where you’ll have like 50 million kids. It’s only you and your teacher usually and they make it really, really easy.
- Bailey Mooney
Began beginner Japanese classes at Berlitz in October 2008.