Hooked On!!

*Japanese Word of the Day*
最近（さいきん）、絵(え)を描（か）くのにハマ（はま）ってるんだよね。
/saikin, e wo kaku no ni hamatterun dayone/
I'm recently hooked on painting a picture!!

*最近（さいきん） /saikin/ recently, these days

*絵（え） /e/ a drawing, a painting, a sketch, a illustration
― 絵（え）を描（か）く /e wo kaku/ to draw/paint a picture

*～にハマ（はま）っている /...ni hamatte iru/ to be hooked on, to be into
When we speak, this い is often omitted.

You may thought what の between 絵を描く and ハマってる means. It's one of the particles! It's added after a verb to change it into a noun. Sometimes we use こと instead of の. (Or, we use の instead of こと sometimes?? I'm not sure...)

◎ 絵を描く　の　にハマってる。
◎ 絵を描く　こと　にハマってる。
× 絵を描く　に　ハマってる。

Read this post to know the other usage of の. :)
→ の＝of ?



Actually, I'm into painting with oil pastels! I recently upload some of my paintings on Pinterest. Please visit my page if you're interested. :3

And I want to add one more phrase today.
最近（さいきん）、ハマっていることはありますか？
Guess what it means, and let me know your answer! haha





By the way, I found a very interesting blog post!!
How to Write in Japanese - A Beginner's Guide
This is a step-by-step guide to reading and writing Japanese, Kana and Kanji.



That's all for today! Thank you for reading. See you next time! :)

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