Grad Messages 2008

Messages from my graduated students--romanized Japanese (with katakana English translated to English) first, followed by my English translation (only of the Japanese parts):

From the boys:

- Hello! How are you? I'm very happy! I like your lesson. Melissa wa, itsumo akarui hito deshita. Dakara, bokutachi ga kurai toki meccha akarui Melissa no okagede, bokutachi mo dondon tension UP!! shitekite suggoku tanoshikatta desu. Melisa no okagede eigo no toki ga meccha tanoshikatta desu. Arigatou ne, Melissa-sensei.

(Melissa was always a cheerful person. When we were gloomy, thanks to Melissa's cheerfulness we were able to become more and more energetic and to have a lot of fun. Thanks to Melissa, English was very fun. Thank you, Melissa-sensei.)

- ...Melissa to wa hantoshi kurai issho ni manabete totemo tanoshikatta desu. Sore wa, Melissa no tension ga itsumo takakatta kara desu. Thank you very much. Tokoro de, mada ni Melissa no nihongo no nouryoku ga ki ni natterun desu. Hontou wa pera pera shabererun desuka? Moshi yokattara Melissa no nihongo wo kikitaidesu. Sonouchi.

(The half year I/we learned English together with Melissa was very fun. That's because Melissa was always psyched up (for class). Thank you very much. By the way, I'm still bothered about Melissa's Japanese ability. Can you really speak fluenty? If so, I want to hear Melissa's Japanese. Someday.) <- LOL My JTE gave the class the impression that I'm really good at Japanese, but you'd think that after listening to my horrible mix of English and Japanese during jishu gakushu (extra English, taught by me) they'd KNOW my Japanese is still pretty bad. =P

- Hontou ni ichinenkan arigatou gozaimashita. Melissa no English no jugyou wa, totemo interesting de totemo benkyou ni narimashita. Kore kara mo ganbatte kudasai. Never give up! Thank you very much.

(Thank you so very much for the past year. Melissa's English classes were very interesting and educational. Please continue to do your best.)

- Thank you for taught us English. I could learn many things from you. Because I want to say "Thank you" for you, but I can't do it. So, I write "Thank you" for you. (No translation required! ^_^ )

- Thank you teach us English. Melissa-sensei wa teinei ni bokutachi ni eigo wo oshiete kuremashita. Jugyou ya jishu gakushu no jikan ni oshiete kite kureta game wa totemo tanoshikatta desu. Mata hiruyasumi de atta toki no genkina "Hello" to iu aisatsu wa totemo boku wo genki ni shitekuremashita. Mata, eigo wo machigatteiru toki wa, shinsetsuni oshietkuremashita. Hontou ni arigatou gozaimasu.

(Melissa-sensei conscientiously taught us English. The games you taught us in class and extra English were very fun. Also, your cheerful "Hello" when we met during lunch break made me very happy. Also, you kindly taught me when I was mistaken in English. Really, thank you very much.

From the girls:

- Watashi wa Melissa to sugoshite, sugoku tanoshikatta desu. (Nihongo de gomennasai) Watashi wa Melissa wo miteiru uchi ni, "Watashi mo Melissa mitai ni naritai" to omou youni narimashita. Watashi wa mada eigo no chikara mo hikui, komyunikeishon (communication) no chikara mo tsuiteimasen. Demo kore kara koukou ni itte, takusan benkyoushitei to omoimasu. Melissa mo, itsumo egao de ganbatte kudasai.

(The time I spent with Melissa with very fun. (Sorry for using Japanese.) When I see Melissa, I think "I also want to be like Melissa." My English level is still weak so my communication is also poor, but from now on, as I enter high school, I will study very hard. Melissa too, please keep on smiling.)

- Hi!! Konnichiwa. Attoiumani, chuugakkou sanjikan ga sugimashita. Sensei to wa, kekkou takusan ohanashi dekita to omoimasu. Speech contest no toki mo arigatou gozaimashita. Tanoshi game mo takusan shite moratte, saikou deshita yo. Demo, motto motto sensei to kaiwa shitakatta desu. Koukou ni itte mo, watashi nari ni eigo de oshaberiirunna hito to shitai to omoimasu. Ato, Valentine no cookie hontou ni oishikatta desho yo. Kore kara mo, karada ni kiotsukete ganbatte kudasai. Hontou ni arigatou gozaimashita.

(Good afternoon. In less than no time, three years of junior high have passed. I think I can say many good things about you, sensei. Thank you for (your help with) the speech contest. You made many fun games for us--it was crazy. But, I wanted to have more conversations with you. I think that in high school I want to become a person who can make conversation in English. Also, the Valentine's Day cookies were delicious. From now on, please take care! Really, thank you very much.

- Hello Melissa. I LOVE you. <3>_< (Warau <3 ) Kore kara mo genki de ganbatte kudasai... (I can't quite figure out what she wrote at the end ^^;; )

(Thank you very much for (your kind help in) English time. Thank you. Warm ups (i.e. games) were always very very fun. (laugh) From now on, please take care...)

- I love you. <3 Ima made, irunna koto wo oshiete kure de arigatou gozaimashita. Melissa wa itsumo akarukute, omoshirokatta desu. Kore kara mo akaruku genki ni ganbatte kudasai. Watashi mo akaruku ganbarimasu. Ima made arigatou gozaimashita. I love you. Thank you. <3

(Thank you for the various things you've taught us up to now. Melissa was always bright (cheerful) and interesting. From now on, please continue to be bright and cheerful. I will also do my best to stay cheerful. Thank you for everything up to now.)

- Hi! Genki desuka? Melissa wa, eigo no jugyou de, game wo shitari shite kurete, totemo tanoshikatta desu. Melissa no okagede, iru iru to eigo ni tsuite shiru koto ga deki yokatta desu. Thank you!

(How are you? The games you made for us were very fun. Thanks to Melissa, I could learn many things in English.) <- This is a very bad translation!! m( _ _ ) m (bows in shame) Sorry!

- Melissa wa, waratta kao ga kawaii naa to omotte imashita. Mata, wakaranai eigo wo isshoukenmei oshiete kurete arigatou gozaimashita. Watashi ga mou sukoshi eigo wo hanasetara takusan hanashi, shitakatta kedo anmari hanashi dekinakute zanen deshita. Melissa wa, itsumademo kawairashi arinomama no ALT deite kudasai.

(I thought that Melissa's laughing face was cute. Also, thank you very much for doing your best to teach us what we didn't understand in English. I still can only speak a little English and I know it's too bad that I can't speak very much. Please stay an adorable (hard to translate this word!), straightforward (this one too!) ALT forever.)

- Ima made, yaku ichinenkan watashitachi no tameni English wo oshiete kudasatte, arigatou gozaimashita. Melissa ga itsumo wakariyasuku, yashiku oshiete kudasaru node, totemo tanoshiku jugyou ga dekimasu! Watashi mo haru kara wa koukousei nanode, kiri chuu de gakun dekita koto wo mune ni ganbarimasu! Melissa mo okarada ni okiotsukete kudasai! See you!

(Thank you for teaching us English for almost one year up to now. We could have very fun classes because Melissa always taught us kindly in a way that was easy to understand. Since I will be a high school student in the spring, I will do my best with what I could learn at Kirita. Melissa, please take care of yourself too!)