Today was my 6th lesson in Japanese. It was a bit more difficult today. We reviewed the last paragraph of my first story and practiced the beginning of my second story in Japanese. We practiced answering various questions verbally and in writing hiragana. We also learned how to count people and children. I learned that in Japan, a person is considered to be a child until the age of 19 years old. In the US, a person in considered a child until the age of 18 years old.

This past week, I spoke with a friend of mine who lives Okinawa, through Skype. At the end of the our question I said, “しつれいします”。She was very surprised and touched by what I said. It was fun to hear her response.