stupid story
No pictures today, but I thought I’d regale you all with (what I consider) kind of a humorous story.
When I first got to Japan, I started teaching the next day. Of course, I’m a bit nervous, but trying to act cool about it. When I go into the office, I get introduced as the new teacher, of course. In Japanese, “kore wa atarashi sensei desu.” Then the (all female) staff members start saying “kawaisou desune?” I recognize “kawaii,” which means “cute,” and am thinking I’ve already made a big hit in the ol’ office. Now, here comes the grammar: usually the “~sou desu” ending means “looks like/seems like~” (e.g. “muzukashisou” is “seems difficult,” “oishisou” is “looks delicious”). Bearing this in mind, you would THINK “kawaisou” means “cute looking,” and if you thought that, you would be wrong. It actually means “pitiful” or “pathetic.”
In reality, everyone was trying to sympathize with the fact that I had to teach with no training. Ha ha ha, I felt pretty dumb.
Comments
benjamin wrote on :
awww, well *I* think you look really cute nathan. DO ME, BABY!
ad@m wrote on :
DON'T TOUCH HIM! HE'S MINE!
chalupa wrote on :
whatever, as a man of morris I do believe he belongs to the MOO....forever
ad@m wrote on :
no.
Tyler wrote on :
did you all forget, he actually belongs to me?
ad@m wrote on :
no... never.