Days of the Week and Years | Japanese From Zero! Video 24

[@japanesefromzero]

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[@naienkinneas]

Somedays I feel like giving up! I feel like I can't learn and that my memory is crap. I've watched this video 4 times in a row trying to remember the content and by the 5th time, boom...I got it and I feel awesome.

[@japanesefromzero]

Spar3rib - Repetition is the mother of knowledge - Russian proverb. There is a Japanese proverb that says "read a book 100 times and the book flows from you".

[@naienkinneas]

Learn Japanese From Zero! I'm far too stubborn to give up, so if I have to watch each video 100 times to have this book "flow from me" then I'm gonna do it! Grrrr!!

[@pandie4555]

Spar3rib how did it go?

[@moebacca]

@@naienkinneas How did it go V2?

[@moebacca]

@@pandie4555 wonder how it went lol

[@gensischronicles1148]

I feel special since I'm watching this nearly 5 years after it was posted 😂

[@ryuk6461]

8years here

[@csillademeter4037]

おたんじょうびおめでとう！As I'm reviewing this lesson, it's your birthday! You're the best Japanese teacher I could have asked for. Thank you for everything.

[@JamGuy]

George, you have to consider doing stand up comedy! I love your videos, they are a very good learning resource (along with the books), and you are a great entertainer! Thank you!

[@SM-ok3sz]

Tchoin Don’t give him any ideas! We still need book five videos!

[@maryem3860]

Right!

[@maryem3860]

@@SM-ok3sz Well I think he's right!!!

[@glob567]

this is a dark episode, hopefully things cheer up in the next season

[@brucecarson1778]

2020 is the darkest season yet!! Lol regards from 2041.. also ps jo-ji died in 36 :/

[@マルタ-t8e]

Lol

[@jeupii]

Coincidently, it's your birthday today while i'm watching and learning with this video. Thanks for sharing. I hope your books are not that expensive and will look out to buy them. おたんしょびおめでとう。🎉

[@japanesefromzero]

Thanks! I am reading your comment ON my birthday!

[@pussdesttoyer17]

You forgot the dakuten

[@user-ri3up7ru4g]

“Hey what the - what day is the day” “Oh it’s Mon. It’s Tuues. Yo yo dude yo it’s Thurs.” XD that’s so funny omg

[@yaochen315]

George is really a good guy and full of sense of humor. I really enjoy these videos and get lots of useful stuff. When I watch the video, I also take some notes at the same time.

[@maryem3860]

That is good!

[@salierisneighbor9736]

Yeah I love george, it's really sad that he will have died in a tragic bus accident a few years from now

[@orchidcolors]

In English we do abbreviate days of the week...but only in writing. Like on a flyer for something, it might say: Sat 1:00pm. But you still read it as: Saturday at 1:00pm. It's interesting that you can use such short versions of the day of the week (in Japanese) at all. :)

[@aquilazyy1125]

In japanese they often put the corresponding kanji in a bracket for abbreviations, e.g. (月), which are commonly seen in broadcast timetables for anime XD.

[@faith17178]

when im feeling not bothered to do my study, I just come here and feel motivated again, keep up the good work future George!

[@zawette]

i've just had an existential crisis after watching this vid

[@Son0fSmallFace]

I just had a search for it and can't find it (sorry, no link) but have you seen that video by the cartoonist who made a video every year since like 1980 (he also visited Japan at some point) that seriously gave me and existential crisis. (it was trending on 9gag for a while)

[@zawette]

Son of Small Face yes i did .. i wish i could stop the time

[@VigilantR]

Man..even though he's still alive this video makes me sad. ジョージ死なないで :(

[@japanesefromzero]

Got a few years left! - George of the future

[@ShadowriverUB]

Once you will learn kanji you can remember days of the week easier, just remember which kanji is associated with which day, (starting from moday) moon, fire, water, tree, gold, soil, sun and as somebody mentioned in comments they indeed linked to planets (+ sun and moon) as all planets from sun to saturn (except earth) use same kanji pattern (just in diffrent order)

[@daveshusband2606]

*im not looking forward to kanji that's for sure*

[@ShadowriverUB]

@@daveshusband2606 once you understand it you will refuse to read without kanji, trust me.

[@daveshusband2606]

@@ShadowriverUB I hope I get to the "understanding part" :^

[@AlexisAlexander646]

@@daveshusband2606 You should honestly probably start learning right now, check out a website called Wanikani and just start because I hear from the people who do or did study kanji that one of their biggest regrets is starting to learn it so late because kanji is not necessarily difficult, but it is something that is long-term and takes a lot of time to remember. So even just learning radicals (the symbols that make up kanji) or any kanji at all, in addition to your usual Japanese learning of grammar and other words to actually utilize in a sentence, you'll be making great progress! TL:DR, start studying now because kanji takes lots of time to master

[@JCRoalein]

二千二十三年です。 ありがとうございます for all your efforts. I really appreciate it. I am almost finished with the first book and am excited to start the second along with the one for kanji. I hope this message finds you well :)

[@chahakyeon4944]

George, I admire your efforts with learning so many different languages! I'd like to study linguistics in college.. This will be my motivation to keep learning new languages!😎💕 the world is absolutely beautiful.. I think it's rlly a good thing to be able to communicate with others from another country. Soooooooo I'll keep up the good work! Your lessons are extremely helpful!! I've wanted to learn JAP for the longest and could never find the right resources until I found your videos! You explain them in a way that's easy to comprehend! Can't wait to build upon my Japanese with you!😊🇯🇵💕

[@robertbrozewicz8003]

I think you are Korean. Am I right? I learn some Chinese, Japanese and Korean. I find many common points. With English too. Very interesting. Maybe you can speak Chinese and Japanese. Maybe even more. I am sure you can learn many languages too. Koreans are very good at learning. I think so. I need to improve my typing in Korean it is hard. For me.. still.

[@heartmedes3609]

Dont use Jap 😉 JPN at least instead

[@hey-fv2gg]

Robert Brozewicz yeah, it is really interesting how people who have the same native language will often speak English on the same way, mostly because they will try to translate expressions that are widely used on their natives tongues to English, I often read “I will keep up with the good work” from Koreans and Japanese and although it is really cute you won’t find people from others nationalities saying it

[@joon6452]

George, your system of teaching Japanese is amazing. I truly learn the language, bit by bit as you say. I am very grateful to your work. Thank you.

[@Moyano__]

16:20 Well, I'm watching this on 2023年. Greetings from アルゼンチン!

[@mrlucius57]

George-sensei i love your videos and your humor so much. Eternally grateful

[@lunatickle6295]

For everyone out there that knows the Gwiyomi song in Korean, the days of the week fits perfectly with it!! My version of the Lyrics: 🎵Monday in Japan is "Getsuyoubi" Tuesday in Japan is "Kayoubi" Wednesday in Japan is "Suiyoubi, Suiyoubi, Su-Suyoubi" Thursday is Japan is "Mokuyoubi" Friday in Japan is "Kinyoubi" Saturday in Japan is *smooch sound effects* "Doyoubi, Doyoubi!!" 🎵 That was really helpful for me, lol. Sunday isn't in there, but Oh well XD

[@00SeBoL00]

I already knew all the things you teach until this video, but it's a big pleasure to watch all your videos, because in my opinion you are the best japanese teacher I ever saw on youtube. Never stop ! I go to the next lesson, and by the way, otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu with a few minutes late ! :) Greetings from France !

[@foxyninjaa]

I JUST SAW THAT VERB CONJUGATIONS ARE A FEW LESSONS AWAY! I'm so excited

[@takumui3332]

Well I asume you already watched the video by now. How was it?

[@17kimseokjin]

there are days that George's face is paused in my screen (for hours) if I don't feel like continuing studying. It's just there while Spotify's playing. But everyday I go back to this channel because it is the best Japanese teaching video for English speakers, period. I'm not being racist or anything, but if the teacher is Japanese, even if he speaks English, somehow my brain doesn't process it too well. thank you George sensei! Anyway, I tried speaking the days of the week on Google Translate so I can see how it's written since I know some N5 Kanji already. And I noticed each day has diff meanings and it's related to Chinese elements so it would be easier to memorize. :)

[@animeleepocket7984]

LMAO man, you really remind me of my hilarious teachers when I was still in school. I'm glad you make these videos, it's really nostalgic for me.

[@dropletmoth]

its 2021 and you're still alive and healthy, GOOD! it feels like i'm talking to you from the future lol.

[@vrws4608]

+1

[@rkcst6503]

Yo bro it's thurs.

[@maryem3860]

Well now it's tues!

[@MrZoomPC]

Can verify three years later its thurs

[@maryem3860]

@@MrZoomPC Now its Fri!!!

[@MrZoomPC]

@@maryem3860 :-D it is! Hows your studying going?

[@Brunnch]

@@maryem3860 it definitely is

[@carolinecostaBR]

Stay with us forever Georgie! We love you

[@potatotomato2457]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE!!!!!!! LOVE FROM THE PHILIPPINES!!!

[@さいとう-c6b]

i wish you live happy, longer & healthy life.

[@robertferguson4279]

I had no Idea your channel had been going so long ! I wish I could have done your courses before I worked for Nova! Using them as a refresher now is great. Thanks

[@kylo0979]

Me watching this in 2022 to learn Japanese, still one of the best videos about Japanese out there.

[@Jeremy_Hopkins]

I have a hard time remembering some words, so it's nice to have ways to connect words and concepts. Some people are paid on Friday. I saw somewhere that gold is きん, so I remember きんようび as gold (pay) day.

[@SoniaDekker]

You cracked me up so good at around timestamp six where you were saying the shortened version of American days. A literal lol. 😂 thank you for the laugh, I needed that.

[@AllenTsuna]

I agree, I actually talk to a lot of japanese people in chat now, to improve my pronunciation and just to get used to it as a whole, although sometimes I still do get a little bit confused/caught up by the negation forms (kunai, janai), etc, but that's just a matter of time and practice. I did notice that I've had a way easier time to instantly come up with the sentence that I wanted to say/the question that I wanted to ask, without having to think about how it's built for a minute.

[@milkyidonothavealastname6168]

Our days of the week are: pondělí, úterý středa, čtvrtek, pátek, sobota, neděle. There is on "den" (day) in it. So you cant really make it shorter but we use PO, ÚT, ST, ČT, PÁ, SO, NE in like calendars.

[@_ninja_nic]

Finally I‘ve found your amazing channel in 2020 😂😅🙏🏻

[@trghost786]

I found it on 2021 (2025 is not soo far )

[@Melbester9]

Thanks for the videos George. Very helpful. Nen I would remember for years quickly because I like Hunter x Hunter and Nen is the aura that the characters use when they fight. My way to remember it.

[@calequiso]

Watching this on October 29th, Happy Birthday George! 🎂🎉🎊

[@japanesefromzero]

Thank you for the birthday wishes. 52 snuck up on me.

[@user-cyberqueenie]

I appreciate these videos so much! I just bought the book and can't wait to get started!

[@rem8134]

Hows ur japanese going?

[@kumoric]

still good 7 years later

[@SoniaDekker]

Haha love your acting, stories, and impersonations (yo dude, it’s Thurs), but you are the FIRST person I have ever heard of that likes Mondays.

[@maryem3860]

Same! First person who hates Fridays too! XD or Fris XD

[@frawding9438]

pleased to say you're still alive man

[@Kerskjee]

Happy birthday George!! hope you have a good one :) おたんじょうびおめでとうございます！たのしんでください:) Hopfully i didn't mess that up, I learned it special for you.

[@japanesefromzero]

Perfect! Thank you.

[@sailorpoon]

watching in ニ千ニ十つ四ねん and george is thankfully still with us 😭😂🙏🏽

[@マルタ-t8e]

Your videos are great, you helped us a lot. Thank you.

[@dauntlessbonita9747]

Had fun watching your videos. I learned japanese 10 years ago but was not able to follow through. Its so amazing that I can still remember some of the words. Thank you for sharing

[@warrenkwok4911]

Today is 22 of September 2019. I watchedJFZ video 24. I will watch the whole series again in 2025.

[@bat3090]

I love your videos man !! it helps a lot !! Thank you very much !!

[@aruald7359]

i swear i will come back here in 2025 and comment to say hi ill be back

[@heinzmustermann8416]

me too :D

[@violet5188]

Precious Rights Same

[@zz394]

6 more years to go!

[@takumui3332]

Okay

[@mrAMMW]

@@takumui3332 sure

[@daryayudanta3935]

well here i am at 2020 and found this channel, now i だいすき it😆😆

[@sakyojapan8224]

I come from the future,We are still learning from your videos in 2024 george , and you're still alive

[@herie5590]

FR FR

[@latinalover71]

I will blow your mind cause right now you were pretty close, is 2021ねんで すand I am pretty sure you still with us sensei, still studying and follow your amazing lessons 👍🏻👏🏼👏🏼😷😷

[@japanesefromzero]

I am!

[@dogdays275]

Holy crap what a coincidence! Happy Birthday George :D

[@Amber184]

In English we don't say Mon, Tues, etc... but if you get a calendar that is small enough or in just short hand writing (granted it's writing only) sometimes the days of the week are shortened to Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun... It's kind of similar to, from what I've seen, where in Japanese they write it （月）（火）etc... I do find it interesting how they tend to shorten a lot of words, making it easier to get them out, but confusing if you're trying to learn. lol

[@inessyreni]

grateful I started watching in 2024 so George hasn't been hit by a bus yet and is still making videos

[@Coda-gg3zf]

OMG I had to stop because I was laughing soooo much !!! I do not want to be the one doing « spoiler alerts » so, I will not say why I was laughing that much, but you need to pay attention soon after the 11th minute of the video... You’ll understand ! Thanks George, you are so funny, as always ! :)

[@brendanjordan5485]

The beginning of the 3rd episode of the anime “Fairy Tale” has the use of listed days without the よび part! Just saying in case it’s something anyone wants to check out with context. It’s when she summons that cute snowman looking guy.

[@GI-hj7lq]

Happy birthday from Saitama George, keep up the good work!

[@qutro6607]

You’re the man George.

[@angst_]

Just a fun little fact that I learned about the days of the week. Their kanjis are cool. Like Sunday is SUNday, Monday is MOONday, and Friday is MONEYday, etc.

[@JPeeler-mu1kn]

今日は水曜日です！ジョージ先生、ありがとうございます！！！日本語は大好きです。 PS, I don't actually know any of these kanji. I'm using voice to text and it's making me feel a lot more advanced than I actually am 😂

[@milotictear]

Happy birthday George

[@عبداللهمسعود-و6ك]

In the Arab world we go to school in : Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday And Thursday, but we take a rest(weekend) at Friday and Saturday

[@orchidcolors]

Thank you for saying that. I was trying to remember this the other day. :)

[@hamzaelmjaiche3430]

عبدالله مسعود no just in egypt not all arabic countries ... here in morocco the week_end is saturday & sunday

[@juanservin6486]

I'm coming from the future just to say that this video still watchable at 2020. Thanks.

[@yoimati]

George san might has already mentiond it in some where past videos, names of 曜日（ようび） in japanese are related to the planets and the satellite moon;such as,月曜日（げつようび） is realted to the moon, monday. 「月」 means the moon.火曜日（かようび） mars, a day of fire, tuesday. 水曜日（すいようび） mercury, wednesday, water. 木曜日（もくようび） jupiter, wood, thursday. 金曜日（きんようび） venus, (precious) metal(s), money, friday. 土曜日（どようび） saturn, soil, mud and earth, saturday. 日曜日（にちようび） the sun, sunday.

[@nope6021]

The bottom of the n hiragana is how I used to draw my r as a kid. I had to be ✨fancy✨ and add a swoop. It’s fun to do and n and swooping mi are my favourite hiragana to write.

[@SimplyObligation]

I caught myself saying ich sen kyuu hyacku nana jyuu ni just before you corrected me saying "sen kyuu". I'm getting much faster at recalling what words I want to say in Japanese as soon as I need them but I'm still not ready to have even a light conversation. Getting so close!

[@notnullnotvoid]

Woah! I had to do a double take on １０がつ２９にち because that's today when I'm watching this video... happy birthday, George!

[@japanesefromzero]

Thanks. It's funny because I feel like taking a 6 months break from releasing videos at the moment.

[@LuchezarIvanov]

Watching this in 2021, just checked and Jōji san is still alive!

[@melvyne2911]

Hi, I am just wondering if these types of videos will also be made for book 2 and onwards? Thank you :)

[@lareinelionne]

I use elements to help me associate which days of the week are which in Japanese. So for 火曜日 (かようび) I remember that か is the kanji for fire and fire is associated with Mars. The day that goes with Mars is Tuesday. So Tuesday is 火曜日. For 水曜日 I remember that the すい is for water and water goes with Mercury and the day for Mercury is Wednesday. You have to know how the elements in Japanese match up to the planets. (Thank you Sailor Moon for that one) They don't match perfectly to the English names for the days of the week though. I know French and they do match for those. It's just my weird association.

[@josephmealtfeld5032]

I suppose the names of the days of the week and planets are from Chinese idea that world is made from 5 elements tree,fire,soil,gold and water.days of the week's names are adding sun and moon. As for planets form Mercury to Saturn,they are assigned five element's names and other outer planets name is after greek myth

[@JHD42]

Indeed. I'm not really learning the kanji yet, but just knowing the meaning already helps. Now I'll just have to convince myself friday is a bit golden somehow, or perhaps Frigga is gol... look it kinda works, ok! Didn't know about Mercury and Wednesday. Interesting. But not sure going from water -?-> Mercury --> Mercurius --> Odin/Wodan --> Wednesday is going to help me remember. みずよび was it? :p

[@ThePepsiwiz]

Happy birthday George! :D

[@yojimbo7206]

Discovering this video one year too early lol

[@007mental]

Good to know you're safe and sound and still making videos 😁. Fingers crossed for 2025 lol.

[@jamieakajigen4372]

Who’s watching in 2020 during quarantine? My goal Is to be conversationally fluent by the end of this year! Just you wait George

[@mysticcc368]

How is it going? How far are you now in learning Japanese?

[@jamieakajigen4372]

@@mysticcc368 HEYA! I know all hiragana and katakana fluently and some kanji, I can read more kanji than write though, I’m trying to pass the JLPT N4 atm! I know how to conjugate all verbs. Etc. I’m still studying but I can understand a little conversation. I can follow a little in everyday stuff but the small talk I guess I’m okay at

[@mysticcc368]

@@jamieakajigen4372 That's great. 😊 I hope your learning continues to go well and you pass N4.

[@YamamotoTV2021]

So basically you could say something like ２０１７年は日曜日から始まりました。 or something like that?

[@reinerzufall1347]

Hi first of all i love your books and videos. I got a question about this lesson. In the drill there is the qustion "きょねんの にがつは さむかった ですか" because it is last year woldnt it be correct to say "でしたか" at the end? Hope you or someone can answer the question anyway thanks for your effort to teaching japanese. Great Job.

[@cholie992]

The way I memorized the days of the week is by remembering the kanjis. Ex. 火曜日ーかようび fire day is Tuesday. Plus, kayo in my language means fire. 😂 日曜日ーにちようび sun day is Sunday! 金曜日ーきんようび gold/money day is Friday. I get to know the kanjis too.

[@Likax100]

Same :)

[@matocarina]

what is your first language?

[@Minastir1]

Me too. Moon day Fire day Water day Wood day Gold day Earth day Sun day

[@alexstevensen4292]

I remember 'wo' by 'wow that thing is really difficult'

[@maryem3860]

XD

[@zaphod8810]

Hello, 2021. George is still alive it seems! And back then, he didn't even know about a global pandemic or any of that XD おめでとうございます.

[@davidmanabat9528]

lol. I am watching these videos and it is 2023. Will you please let me know if you're still alive George? Ahahaha Your videos have helped me a ton in my journey!

[@LCBS18]

Sorry George I'm 5 years early, but 来年は2020年です! Great videos, kudos!!!!

[@kruger.1]

i like how george called the 17 tea 16 tea like it is in japan after telling us about the korean 17 tea he has last lesson (idk thought it was funny) try translating that into japanese

[@Maya_Star8]

You will be alive up to 100 years old, if not 99 😂. Please long live as I am here waiting for your "Chinese from Zero" book lol 😂❤

[@andybrown8981]

Is there a lesson where you explain how to say an amount of days, months, years? e.g "how long will this take ? 1 year, 3 months, 5 days" etc?

[@japanesefromzero]

Yes but it isn't up on KZbin yet. It is Course 3 Lesson 1.

[@andybrown8981]

ah ok, im still on book and course 2 lesson 3, i have a little way to go yet then!

[@calequiso]

@15:40 I understand this is an example, but would it be more accurate to say "1950 nen no oishii desu" to say "The 1950 one is delicious"? Thanks in advance

[@beatles5445]

You would still use the が particle... が　おいしいです

[@vini6848]

Now it is 2024 and George it is still alive !! Hopefully George is still alive until 2025...

[@Organous]

I'm just a little bit confused regarding the number 4 here for 4 years. Would it be よんえん or よねん ? I've seen it the ん get dropped elsewhere, and not sure if it applies here.

[@pathfinder_strider]

That moment when after years of english, you realise you don't know days of the week.

[@maryem3860]

XD

[@maryem3860]

I wonder!

[@AgentCNero]

In Hungarian we also use the YYYY/MM/DD format :)

[@maryem3860]

Awesome!

[@MamboCat84]

Greetings from 2021, 2016 George! :D

[@EskChan19]

I've just realised how far we all have come since we started. I think this marks the first video in which we have pages that are entirely in hiragana. And we can read them. This kinda blew my mind, when i realised how so many little steps we took has brought us such a distance already. Whoever is reading this, i'm proud of you! Keep it up! がんばって！

[@maun6019]

watching now and you are still alive George San

[@vettorazzi]

I'm brazilian. Here we do DD/MM/YYYY but I actually name my computer files as YYYY/MM/DD so it can sort them properlly. Very good to know japanese use this form.

[@kenkensistoso]

This is the part where not having the book makes it a bit harder.. ive worked on hiragana on my own but the phrases make it hard for me since i only follow the videos

[@mysticcc368]

Try to get the books, if you can or just the first book to start with. There are extra things in the books like new words that aren't in the videos.

[@EyeOfAllah]

Did you sign up for Russian as well or did you decide on concentrating on Chinese? I enjoy watching your Japanese lessons even though I am now studying Post Soviet Georgian at home.

[@santiagosanchez362]

A message to myself in the future," Can you say , 'I love you santiago.'

[@gastonmartinez6316]

来年は2025年です。🎉🎉

[@dan22444]

Hi George, I don’t have your books but I love your videos and they have helped me get past the wall I was at with Japanese. I’m just curious about 1 thing. Is there a reason the Japanese period “.” is so big? It’s not a very serious question but I am still curious. Thanks again for everything you do! Look forward to hearing from you.

[@Darnokk15]

Probably so that they are more visible with the kana next to them. See for yourself which one looks better: ジョージさんが好きです。ジョージさんはわたしがすきですか？ げつようびは俺のたんじょうびじゃないです.あなたのですか？ As you see in the 2nd example the dot is barely noticeable

[@maiadraconica6488]

im frustrated cause in my native language, the sound for tuesday and thursday is flipped so i always mix them up, so now i have to translate the japanese weekdays to english and then to my native language to get it right.