My Japanese dream
暑い日が続いておりますが、皆様お元気ですか。
ようやく朝晩は風の中に秋を感じますね。
この秋、何かお楽しみはありますか♪
今回はGo to Englishの講師Wilsonに、ブログを書いてもらいました。
トピックは”My dream”。
（こちらの記事は中級者向けになります。ご質問があればいつでもレッスンで聞いてくださいね！）
英語を含む６か国語を操るWilson。
語学に対する興味や情熱はどこから湧いてくるのでしょうか。
For some reason, some people have a hunger for different languages, but the motivation may differ; in my case small things like poetry, food, fashion, and music led me to learn new languages.
The first language I learned was Portuguese motivated by poetry and novels, then English and French highly influenced by music, and pop culture. Then food led me to learn Spanish and Japanese. It sounds strange to learn a new language because of food, however, it is something fascinating for me.
8 years ago, I was invited to a party organized by the Japanese embassy somewhere in this wonderful world, and I tried “Tempura.” This was my first word and was very familiar with a Spanish and Portuguese word “tempura” meaning spice or seasoning powder.
When I came to Japan 5 years ago, I had zero background in Japanese. As I didn’t have any contact with anime or manga before, everything was new to me, and a wonderful journey started. I learned Japanese language at Osaka University for 6 months, but it took me 1 year to learn how to read hiragana, and I am still struggling with katakana.
My dream is to be able to speak Japanese fluently. It will be my 7th spoken language on my short list of languages that I have mastered in this journey of existing on this planet.
“It always seems impossible until it's done," and "A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” Nelson Mandela
【notes】
For some reason
どういうわけか
have a hunger for
～に飢えている、～が欲しくてたまらない
in my case
私の場合
led me to
lead me to 「私を～するように導く」の過去形
It sounds strange to learn a new language because of food
食べ物のために新しい言語を学ぶなんて変わっていると思われるでしょう。
it is something fascinating for me
私にはとても魅力的なものです
be familiar with
聞きなれている（よく知っている）
I had zero background in Japanese
I have a background in～ で、「～の経験がある」「～の知識がある」になるため、この場合は「日本語を全くかじったこともなかった」という意味になります。
everything was new to me
何もかもが目新しかった。
it took me 1 year
一年かかった
be still struggling with
まだ奮闘（苦労）している
“It always seems impossible until it's done." and "A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
「何事も成功するまでは不可能に思えるものだ。」「勝利するものは決して諦めない夢想家である。」ネルソン・マンデラ
