sophie in life!

わたしはペンシルヴァニアしゅのピッツバーグにいきます。うちにかえります！いもうとはたんじょびです。いもうとはじゅうごさいです。だから、きにょうびにレストランにいきます。わたしはレストランでばんごはんをたべます。それから、どようびにかいものにいきます。おちゃとチョコレートをかうます。それから、カフェにいきます。Kyomatchaカフェがだいすきです！でも、わたしはたくさんえります。げつようびにノートルダムだいがくにかえります。

 When thinking of what kinds of katakana words to research and find where they come from, I thought to see if there were any words borrowed from Spanish and learn the history of why! I found that there aren't that many borrowed words in Japanese from Spanish because the Spanish presence in Japan was very brief, and they were expelled by the shogunate at the time. Because of this, Japanese has more loanwords from Portuguese, especially since Portuguese Jesuit priests and traders entered Japan to introduce Western ideas and developments.  This is an example chart of some of the words from Portuguese that are now borrowed by Japanese. It is very interesting to see how many of those have direct ties to religion in this chart.  These loanwords reflect the early trade connections established by Portugal and Japan in the 15th and 16th centuries, where food, religion, and other items were exchanged between the two cultures. Many words that were thought to be Spanish entered ...

みなさん、こんいちは！ わたしはよくごぜんはちじごろにへやでおきます。あまりごぜんくじにしょくどうであさごはんをたべます。ときどきテレビをみます。Genshin Impactがすきです。でも、あまりGenshin Impact をします。ぜんぜん、コーヒーをみます。わたしはまいにちみずをみます。わたしはまいにちごぜん１じごろにねます。

 わたしはまいにちごぜん８じにおきます。ときどきわたしはあさおちゃをのみます。クラスにいきます！まいにちとしょかんでべんきょうします。わたしはごご７じにしょくどうでばんごはんをたべます。わたしはごぜん１じごろにねます。

こんにちは！ わたしは　Vocaloid 　がすきです！ For this week's blog post, I wanted to share music from a really fun game I used to play a lot in high school! The game's full name is Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage, but people usually just call it Project Sekai instead. A rhythm game similar to piano tiles, the game consists of both commissioned songs and covers from many Japanese artists who make music in the style of Vocaloid!  Vocaloid music is a genre created using voice synthesizer software, allowing people to generate vocals by typing lyrics and melodies, so they don't need a human vocalist. It utilizes voicebanks recorded from real singers who are represented by virtual character mascots, with Hatsune Miku herself being an example! While it is associated with just J-pop music, the style covers a wide range of genres, all touched on by the songs you can play along to in the game! This specific song is called Tondemo-Wonderz, which translates to Outrageous Wonders! It is one of the more dif...

こんにちは！ わたしのしゅみはおんがくとゲームです。わたしは マリアッチ (Mariachi) おんがくのクラシック (Classical) おんがくがだいすきです！　 For today's blog post I wanted to share my love for playing violin! I have played violin for 10 years, and I always did Orchestral Ensembles, focusing on classical music until I got here to Notre Dame! I wanted to explore new forms of music, as well as connecting with the Mexican side of me so I joined Mariachi ND!  I had the opportunity to play with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra twice in High School, getting to play one of the coolest pieces ever composed, Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Márquez! I highly recommend it if you're interested in exploring a combination of contemporary sounds with classical music. I used to not be very great at playing violin, but I worked really hard in high school to practice and learn from those around me who were better than me. It was always so much fun!  Laufey played on this stage a few months after I got to!! (I love Laufey!!) Side-by-Side with the Pittsburgh S...

こんにちは！ はじめまして。わたしのなまえはソフィア ・ サラゴサです。だいがくせいです。いちねんせいです。せんこうはけんちくがくです。わたしのしゅっしんは アメリカのピッツバーグです! しゅみはおんがくとゲームです。 ゲーム がだいすきです！ どうぞよろしくおねがいします！