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! :)

Related post:
Kanji Lesson
Japanese is easier than you think!

How long do you stay?

*Japanese Word of the Day*
何泊（なんはく/なんぱく）する予定（よてい）？
/nanhaku(nanpaku) suru yotei?/
How many nights do you plan to stay?

三泊（さんぱく）四日（よっか）だよ。
/sanpaku-yokka dayo/
For 4 days and 3 nights.

You can say only 三泊（3 nights） instead of 三泊四日(4 days and 3 nights), but we usually say the latter. 泊 means "to stay" and it's pronounced as はく/haku/ or ぱく/paku/.

・一泊（いっぱく）二日（ふつか） 2 days and 1 night
・二泊（にはく）三日（みっか） 3 days and 2 nights
・三泊（さんぱく）四日（よっか） 4 days and 3 nights
・四泊（よんはく/よんぱく）五日（いつか） 5 days and 4 nights
・五泊（ごはく）六日（むいか） 6 days and 5 nights

*～泊する/...haku(paku) suru/ to stay ... nights
・一泊（いっぱく）する
・二泊（にはく）する
・三泊（さんぱく）する

*予定（よてい）/yotei/ a plan
*～する予定 /...suru yotei/ I'm going to ...

今週（こんしゅう）の日曜日（にちようび）何（なに）か予定（よてい）ある？
/konshuu no nichi-youbi nanika yotei aru?/
Do you have any plans for this Sunday?
明日（あした）は友（とも）だちと遊（あそ）びに行（い）く予定（よてい）。
I'm going to hang out with my friends.



I took a trip to Matsu Island, which is one of the small islands in Taiwan. It was a 4-day trip (三泊四日). I stayed in a pretty village, Chinbe Village, which has a beach right in front of it.

Chinbe Village

The hotel I stayed

It was foggy on the last day. All flights cancelled due to dense fog, so I tried to get a ferry ticket instead. It would take 7 hours from the island by ferry but it was the only way to go back. There were a lot of people in the small port. It was exhausting and stressful... I couldn't buy a ticket after all. They ran just one ferry a day, and they were close the next day.

I heard that there was another route to go back to Taiwan: Take a ferry to China first, and then take a plane to Taiwan. So I tried anything I could do. It was hard but a great practice speaking Chinese! :'D Unfortunately, the ferry also cancelled. I had to wait until the fog was cleared. I ended up staying 2 more days!


Anyway, it was a nice trip.