Japanese conjugation made easy! The super-simple key to all conjugations.

[@aliss8559]

Wow! Thank you so much. I cannot believe how you manage to deliver such profound explanations of Japanese grammar in such a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand manner. I have been learning Japanese for a few years now, and only after watching your videos, I am grasping the logic behind certain grammatical structures that before I only route memorized and hoped that I would “get” later. It all starts to come together once you learn the principles behind them. I truly agree with you that the bad rap Japanese gets about being "difficult" is purely due to the fact that people are not taught the true fundamentals of the language. Your way of teaching is absolutely revolutionary, and I wish I happened upon your videos earlier! I have just purchased your book and am excited to learn Japanese the right way, as well as clear any misconceptions from faulty teachings of previous textbooks. I hope your channel and website grows, because you offer such a wealth of priceless knowledge. I am definitely sharing this with all my Japanese-learning friends!!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you so very much for your kind words. I truly believe that what I am doing is revolutionary, and in saying that I have no intention of boasting. It _shouldn't_ be revolutionary. It should be being taught everywhere but it just isn't. I can't claim any credit for making Japanese structure simple and logical. Japanese structure _is_ simple and logical. Why this doesn't appear to have been noticed by the humans who spend their lives teaching it, I really can't imagine. Perhaps because it seems so fantastical to question the entire edifice of Western "Japanese grammar" people have shied away from doing so. And yet for the sake of everyone learning Japanese I believe it is necessary.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

PS - If you could pop a tiny review for the book on Amazon I would be really grateful. It helps us to get the good word out there!

[@tikarambhandari9377]

thanks

[@fincy3461]

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 Not sure if you'll notice a reply to a 3-year old comment, but I just received your book from amazon as well! I'll definitely leave a nice review, thank you for writing this book!

[@aklokoth]

@@fincy3461 they probably never ended up seeing your review. Ded

[@Rollcollarpunk]

This is likely the most helpful video on japanese grammar ever made.

[@gabrieltamm1572]

Kanjilink already made a video like this much earlier.

[@lyingcat9022]

@@gabrieltamm1572 link?

[@hasu6706]

it's like a goddamn cheat sheet. amazing.

[@seisan2000]

Thank you, sensei. It saddens me to know I won't be able to speak to you, but I'm happy that I found you and that I still have the posibility to learn from your videos. They've been of great help to me. You have my respect and gratitude. May your soul rest in peace.

[@katya5573]

Wait! The creator passed away??

[@seisan2000]

@@katya5573 Sadly, that seems to be the case. But their teachings and lessons are still up, and have been organized so they can still be useful for people who want to learn. They were and still are useful for me. I think in the last video there are links to an external site, but I'm not sure.

[@AlanZenezi]

@@seisan2000 I really, really hope that the death is just for the character, some other thing in her life must have stopped her from making more videos, i really REALLY hope that the "system faliures" and "lab visits" aren't the roleplay way to say she got sick and then stopped posting content because of her real death... She continued posting content on her patreon until the year you first commented this, and later two more posts were made on her blog which is still on-line (are they still paying the servers or they are free? i dont know...) I saw on her comment she saying that she didn't left us, and hopes we didn't left her too, unfortunately seems like everything on her patreon is now deleted, maybe people left her because she stopped making videos, and she saw no more reason to keep up since she was unable to teach in youtube anymore. Seriously man... I really dont know I just hope that the worst didn't happened

[@Subfightr]

Naw, she was clearly a passionate hard working person who really enjoyed teaching, I can't imagine anything could have kept her away this long except for death :(

[@naumbtothepaine0]

@@AlanZenezi Unfortunately we have to accept the reality, it's saddening but there's nothing else we can do, RIP Cure Dolly sensei

[@EspressoCreampuff]

Before this video: could barely put some verbs in the formal form. After this video: can say any verb I want any way and know what I'm saying. This is an absolutely phenomenal explanation!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you so much. I am always happy when I have helped people to understand Japanese more clearly. It really is easy when you know how isn't it?

[@nihongobenkyo3102]

How are you managing that? I became confused half way through:(

[@jonathanwalkerpiano]

@@nihongobenkyo3102 The creator of this video series passed away two years ago (2021), so she (RIP) won't be able to respond. Like many other commenters here, I found this video to be the best clarification of the Japanese "verb system" I've ever seen. The main idea presented in the video is that with the godan verbs (the "-u" verbs), the last hiragana character of the dictionary form shifts across the columns of the table she provides, depending on what you want to "stick" to the stem. That thing could be a verb (like "reru"), or an adjective (like "tai") or a noun (like "mono"). She's suggesting that you look at the system in a way that has little to do with what you expect from verb conjugation, but which is much more elegant and logical, and therefore much easier to use for learners. Try watching a few times, with the subtitles on, and maybe with the speed set to 1.5, and should all soon be clear.

[@mculbert1467]

RIP Dolly Sensei I hope your contributions remain here on KZbin.

[@ローラ-q2y]

JAPANESE CONJUGATIONS 00:01- 02:11 : introduction 02:21- kana chart ------------------ ●☆02:35- う row 03:15- examples ------------------ ☆03:33- あ • い • え • お "sticky stems" ------------------ ●☆03:57- い stem 04:19- い stem + ます 04:56- い stem + たい 05:18- い stem + nouns 05:47- い stem on (ichidan/る) verbs ----------------- ●☆06:16- あ stem 06:53- あ stem + ない ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^💫 07:27- あ stem to the causative/passive form || other videos (causative: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKWah2mAf8-Eq5Y) ("passive" kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3rSqnSQrLWksJI) . >>07:51- (causative form) あ stem + せる/させる || 09:03- causative examples . >>09:29- ("passive" form) あ stem + れる/られる vvvvvvvvvvvvv💫 10:24- あ stem || finishing -------------------- ●☆10:58- え stem 11:21- え stem + る/られる -------------------- ●☆12:37- お stem 12:53- お stem + う/よう 13:46- い stem + ましょう ------------------- 14:14- finalization 15:22- finishing

[@UCantNinjaMe]

Thanks

[@smudge8882]

Thank you! This is very helpful!

[@almondbutton]

Also theres the gu ending verbs, amd the command form, for godan just use the e stem, for ichidan, attach ro.

[@ichorren3388]

I’ve just found this channel after already getting to about N4 level on my own, and I’ve found all these videos to be concise and clear, with a good perspective of what the language is actually doing. This honestly makes learning so much easier by explaining the logic behind it all. Thank you so much, this channel deserves so much more attention.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you so much. I would really like this information to become better known so I keep working at it! I think it takes time for people to become aware of new things (although it isn't _really_ new - it's all there in the Japanese language!

[@雨-v6p]

Shortcuts: 0:00 - Explanation on verbs and "conjugations" 3:08 - う row 3:58 - い row 6:17 - あ row 10:58 - え row 12:36 - お row 14:14 - Conclusion Thank you Cure Dolly, the amount of information that you share is mind-boggling, I owe you all my Japanese learning days. Rest in peace, I pray for your soul

[@hshenriquesaporito]

You've just made yourself my hero! 🙂

[@マイケル-v8t]

ありがとうございます。

[@IrakleiosTheGreat]

I can't believe how brilliant this is!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you!

[@egosirius]

_R.I.P., Cure Dolly. I heard you passed away and I couldn't thank you in time. Even so, I thank you for your teaching and for your enlightening explanations. I will not ever know what happened to you, what you were getting through... It doesn't matter in the end. what matters is that while in darkness you were leading us with your flowers. Wherever you are, I leave this comment symbolizing a farewell flower. Thank you for sharing your wisdom to us. Thank you for be this beautiful being. I hope your deeds will never be in vain. Rest in Peace._ 🌹

[@justcommenting5117]

Isn't she just taking a very long break, with no prediction of coming back?

[@egosirius]

@@justcommenting5117 she said in her patreon: R.I.P. Cure Dolly Most of you will be aware that for some months Cure Dolly has been experiencing severe malfunctions. She underwent extensive repairs, many of which were successful, and she seemed to be improving, but unfortunately the strain was considerable and she has now completely ceased to function. This is a great loss to us all. As long as she was able, Cure Dolly continued to teach and to answer questions about Japanese, even when she was unable to type and had to dictate. Her dedication was remarkable. She often said that she loved her students, and she would wish you all well on your continuing journey to learn the language that was her passion. Tomorrow we will let you know what will happen next, but for today we would like to share a few of the very many grateful comments Cure Dolly received on her work. She was very happy to have made such a difference to so many people's experience of learning Japanese. ______________ Cure Dolly I must say you have been, no exaggeration of the word a complete blessing to me, thank you so much for incredibly well thought and precise videos. I want you to keep in mind that similar to me you have helped thousands and thousands of people. I truly lack the words and I'm not sure words could describe just how grateful I am for you. I'm so glad I got recommended this as an absolute beginner. I only started Japanese 9 days ago, so after learning Kana, I went straight to this. I feel really lucky to have access to essential knowledge like this very early on. Seriously, you make videos on Japanese that I've been wanting for literally years and years. I've always been interested in why things mean what they mean, as it helps me remember them, and you explain things in ways that honestly make more sense than any textbook or usual lesson I've heard in the past 10 years, at least. Please know you're doing something great for Japanese education and your effort is greatly appreciated. I keep coming back to your videos. Love how you breakdown concepts into logical components. Love your video always clears up all the fog when I'm doubting a Japanese concept! キュアドーリーほんとにありがとうございます！キュアドーリーが宇宙で一番先生！ I cannot believe how you manage to deliver such profound explanations of Japanese grammar in such a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand manner. I have been learning Japanese for a few years now, and only after watching your videos, I am grasping the logic behind certain grammatical structures that before I only route memorized and hoped that I would “get” later. It all starts to come together once you learn the principles behind them. I truly agree with you that the bad rap Japanese gets about being "difficult" is purely due to the fact that people are not taught the true fundamentals of the language. Your way of teaching is absolutely revolutionary, and I wish I happened upon your videos earlier! I have just purchased your book and am excited to learn Japanese the right way, as well as clear any misconceptions from faulty teachings of previous textbooks. I hope your channel and website grows, because you offer such a wealth of priceless knowledge. I am definitely sharing this with all my Japanese-learning friends!! Best of wishes to you and your noble, selfless endeavors, Cure Dolly. I bow in deep heartfelt thanks to such a clear, concise, crystalline explanation. You are a wonderful teacher and a treasure to many of us Japanese learners. It blows my mind how simple you have made this language seem compared to every other resource I've seen. We miss you Cure Dolly! You are the best teacher and kindest person ever, and I hope that whatever you are doing, you are having a great time, resting and knowing you made so many people's lives 100000 times easier with your videos. 心から、どうもありがとございました。 ___________ Thank you to Taz Spark for the artwork.

[@steamline432]

I like her teaching style because she is very precise and absolute with her word choice and phrasing, which allows me to not only trust her, but trust myself while listening to her, because I know the things she says are true and that I will understand them in a true way. I like this because it allows me to be earnest in that I understand the things the way I hear them instead of having to strategically invent new meanings for what I hear in order to approximate an understanding of what is being said. I think this type of honesty is really healthy for me and I wish I could experience more of it in real life.

[@vyhuynh1229]

I still can’t believe it is THAT simple. Such an excellent teacher and lesson! Subscribed

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Welcome aboard

[@DanneoYT]

Had a breakthrough moment today. I was thinking about my favourite song ‘Unravel’ and realized that right before the chorus he says ‘こわせる’ ‘こわせない’ and that made me remember this lesson. I think this is simple for people but is a big discovery for a noob like me

[@mPDC-gh8jy]

I'm an old Japanese guy and I have to say that this is the video used closest to the method that children be taught by their teacher in Japanese elementary school. (The difference is, they don't use Romaji because both teachers and students are all Japanese people.)

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

I worked out a lot of this for myself, and then when I looked at Japanese school textbooks I was delighted to find that is just how they presented it. I learned more from them too. Some of what I do is tailored to helping people who speak English to understand Japanese (the zero-pronoun concept is really made for explaining how Japanese does what English uses pronouns to do), but in this case I don't think the classic Japanese explanation can be improved upon, even for non-Japanese.

[@mPDC-gh8jy]

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 By the way, do you know the actual meaning of "dan" used in "ichidan-verb" or "godan-verb"? If yes, I think that you should use the Kana-chart written in vertical (instead of horizontal one) in this topic and it would make understanding those terms easier.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

​@@mPDC-gh8jy I did stand the chart on its side because I wouldn't have been able to fit all the information into the wide-screen format if I'd presented it the standard way. I mentioned that I'd done that in the video. This is why I refer to "あ-row" etc. even though it looks like a column, not a row, on the screen - because I'm aware that it really _is_ a row and want my viewers to realize that too.

[@mPDC-gh8jy]

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 I understand, and thanks for the explanation of the reason.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

@@mPDC-gh8jy I think if I were ever to re-make this video I would show an animation of the chart turning on its side to make it clearer what I did.

[@danjf1]

Seven lessons into your "Japanese from Scratch" video list and I've come to understand the Japanese language so much better. Brilliant. I hope this "system" has come to be recognized in the Japanese language learning community. It deserves much praise. Thank you!

[@momochichiify]

The creator passed away two years ago :(

[@koopanique]

The fact that masu, reru, seru, etc, are helper verbs blows my mind a bit. Especially considering that this fact is apparently already known in Japanese grammar, so it's surprising that western textbooks never mention it.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

They stick to the European-based "conjugation" model which they seem to think makes things more "familiar" to Western learners when it really just overcomplicates everything.

[@giancork1656]

I bow in deep heartfelt thanks to such a clear, concise, crystalline explanation. You are a wonderful teacher and a treasure to many of us Japanese learners.

[@favoriteanony7252]

I wish I found this sooner! Hopefully, I will have time to process some of these "rules" in time for my midterms (just the ones for the test, for now), but I'll definitely have a handle on them for the finals exams. THANK YOU!!! Between learning from two very different textbooks, 3 different schools, and attempts at self-learning, I realized I had a massive problem. Japanese was harder to learn, not easier! This has made a HUGE, HUGE difference! Your videos will continue to help many others. May you rest in peace 🕊️

[@nik4670]

aaaaaaaa tHIS IS SO HELPFUL!! THANK YOU!! my teacher teaches it like: "te-base, ta-base, base-1, base-2, memorize, memorize all these forms, etc..." and it's really confusing;;;; i can't believe it's actually so easy;;; tHANK YOU!!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

I'm so happy to have helped. It's a pity that the older systems are so unnecessarily complicated!

[@NotMilesPrower]

This video is incredibly helpful, I've only been learning Japanese for about 6 months now but I had never found a clear, concise explanation for the different 'conjugations' until now. Thank you so much!

[@ohnoitswynne]

OOH MY GOD THIS MADE THINGS SO MUCH EASIER thank you so so much for this!!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you!

[@amadhia]

Wow! This makes sense!!! Looking at it this way, Japanese “conjugations” are _elegant_, economical, and so logical I’m floored! Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing insights like these!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you so much. Though the credit really belongs to the Japanese language!

[@1august12]

I watched it once, didn't get it, then returned after watching some more videos and now I get it completely. Suddenly I understand what I'm reading in japanese, like I just unlocked the language. Thanks a lot!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

That's wonderful. Thank you for commenting!

[@Giraffinator]

I'm glad I'm learning all this in terms of how the hiragana change, rather than thinking " _u_ becomes _eru_ ." This makes way more sense.

[@kaylanobaka9112]

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I was so frustrated trying to figure out the pattern. I spent hours scouring the internet for some kind of chart/explanation, and happened upon this. This is phenomenal. I can now make my own chart and feel confident in conjugating the verbs. Thank you so much!!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you for your kind appreciation. Seeing how they really work makes it much easier, I think,

[@soyobrie]

This has been the simplest and most effective verb conjugation method imo. Others took an hour or two in explanation and i also agree that textbooks make it seem complicated. Now i truly understand why a lot of Japanese learners vouched for you! 先生、ありがとうございました！

[@chunqiu17]

Enlightenment! The moment I've come to your channel is a real revolution of my understanding of Japanese! Can't thank you enough! 💞💞

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you for commenting. I am so glad to have helped you.

[@thebookishmarauder9236]

Thank you so much for the lesson, Sensei!! It's so hard to believe I could learn so much of Japanese grammar in just a little more than 15 minutes. Because of you, I'm making significant progress in Japanese every day by watching your lessons and taking notes. I seriously can't thank you enough!! ♥ note to self: date of lesson completion: 11th November' 2020 Wednesday (India)

[@ucankushincorporations1318]

As a person whose native language is Turkish, these videos help me a lot since I've been thought the language this way when I was a child and this method is immensely more versatile than the other textbook methods.

[@ninkitita]

I can't believe how simple it all is. Thank you so much for all of the lessons ❤️🌹

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Amazing isn't it? And the books make it so complicated!

[@Sajal89]

Out of the Galaxy!!!!!! Super Awesome. Please keep it up.. I had already purchased Unlocking Japanese book on kindle (Ga is always present proofs) :D. later I found these videos.. Books and Authors make it so difficult. Thank God you are here.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you so much for your kind appreciation! I keep making a new video every week so be sure to subscribe!

[@krusher9977]

wow. this video is pure gold. congratulations if you found this.

[@ericad7681]

I just wanted to know how to make verbs negative, but I came away with so much more! Mind-blown.

[@pycage]

Thanks for another great video! I justed started watching your content since I found it thanks to your awesome book "Unlocking Japanese". I would like to shed some light on the "exception" with 買わ, which also isn't an exception at all. To explain this, you'd have to look back at Japanese from before the reform to modern Japanese. I'm using Hepburn's Dictionary from 1867 for this (which is still available in reprint). This book is interesting because it uses an early form of Hepburn-Romanization based on pronunciation, but shows Japanese text as it was spelled back then. There one can see the discrepancy that grew between spelling and pronunciation over the centuries, which was only fixed with the reform to modern Japanese later. So if you look at the entry for 買う, you'll see "Kai, -au, -atta, カフ, 買". Note how this is the ハ row here, even though it's being pronounced "kau". Today's 買わない used to be spelled as カハナヒ or カハヌ. There are still the particles は and へ left in modern Japanese that are pronounced like "wa" and "e". And since you're into video games, you might know the name 不知火 (Shiranui), spelled as シラヌ ヒ, since "hi" within a word may also be pronounced like "i". In fact, "pure" vowels within a word used to be from the ハ row (買う　カフ, 帰る　カヘル), or the ワ row (香り　カヲリ) originally. In fact, the modern ア row of pure vowels includes some kind of merge of the ハ　ヤ　ワ rows (that is why the ヤ and ワ rows are incomplete nowadays). Hepburn, for example, does not list any words beginning in "e", only "ye" in his dictionary, as those did not exist. I hope this excourse into the history of the language was a little bit interesting and helped to get rid of another "exception".

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you. This is extremely interesting. Of course it is easier for learners to regard this as an exception than to go into the history. But it is fascinating to know that even this one exception isn't really on.

[@srajanverma9064]

Before Meeting Cure Dolly, I learnt the textbook method for 4 months... and couldn't understand a single sentence I heard or read.. Now it has been only two months and only 8 lessons (from this playlist), and It seems like I can understand each and every sentence (to a good extent)... Now, while listening japanese songs, I can appreciate not just the beauty of music, but also the beauty of lyrics...Thank you sensei (PS: No necessity to reply if not possible)

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

So happy to have helped you. Please enjoy the wonderful world of Japanese music.

[@kerry.gallagher]

This is a phenomenal explanation, you’ve basically distilled multiple chapters in books into 15 minutes (and made infinitely more sense).

[@hugoleroi4250]

mind blowing Japanese language lesson channel!!! 8 minutes and I learned so much! Such brevity and clarity yet complete!

[@pwdersluj]

I found one of your videos by chance just yesterday. I've watched several of them already and I'm just mind-blown. Adding to the effectiveness of your explanations, the ambiance of your videos is absolutely enthralling. Japanese is, to me, the most beautiful language of the world: it is simple, logical and sound. Thank you for feeding this love.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Yay! I am so glad to be helping you understand the "real Japanese". That's my mission and the most wonderful part of it is when someone suddenly realizes how clear and logical and beautiful Japanese is. And I'm so glad you like the videos themselves too. I get a certain amount of "hate" as you may have noticed. But I am really moved by the support I also get (especially since I started my Patreon). So I'm hoping there's a silent-ish majority that likes me as well as my work. But in the end I'm not the star of the show. The spotlight shines on a certain noble lady: ancient but beautiful, proud but always humble, and able to do with an elegant wave of her fan what other languages strain in a most ungainly manner to achieve.

[@zoelu2719]

This deserves a linguistic academic award 🙏🏻

[@YokaiTheGameGuy]

Taking a rewatch on all of your videos and it still doesnt seem real that you're gone, Sensei! I'll most likely be leaving comments to you as I go through the videos, I hope you dont mind. Thank you for making these concepts so much easier to understand! The rest of my journey is dedicated to you! ありがとうございました 先生！

[@ellecxy9285]

ありがとうございました、ドリー先生。 These days my eyes are too tired from working at home looking at the computer. So when i have free time I just close my eyes and watch your videos, could'nt thank you enough Dolly sensei.✋🥺

[@bandman83]

I deeply appreciate this video. I searched restlessly for an explanation of Japanese conjugations without the use of romanji. Every textbook and Japanese teachers are always explaining it from there. Its frustrating. But as you said, this makes total sense and its far more logical.

[@tylercsm4690]

I wish I could still ask you questions. These videos have been a major help and I only discovered them after your passing. RIP Cure Dolly.

[@fincy3461]

Always thought Japanese verbs were scary, impossible to understand, and overly complicated. But using the kana-chart makes so so so much sense, it's honestly even satisfying to see such a simple system for verbs. My native tongue, Dutch, could never with it's many strong and some irregular verbs... Looking forward to learning from your book I bought this week and your videos as I continue with my 日本語勉強の冒険 (Not sure if this makes sense in Japanese) !!

[@Nic0Flores]

This video is pure gold! thank you very much sensei =). I'm really really glad i discovered your channel, all my intuitions have finally are being systematized. Finally I started to feel more like i'm understanding what i'm doing instead of guessing what to do next. Really appreciate your efforts dolly-sensei

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you, thank you. It always makes me happy to know that I have been able to help.

[@androbi4550]

For me this is the best explanation of this subject out there. I wonder why no one else explains it in this fashion. As a physicist I have always suspected some logic behind all these forms - here it is pointed out!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Outside of Japanese material (for Japanese people) this never seems to get mentioned - I think it is because they keep one foot in romaji and so don't see how it is all based on kana-relations.

[@gabrieltamm1572]

Kanjilink and jptalkfulable made videos on this very topic way earlier actually, so this isn't the first video about conjugation... tbh I prefer those videos because they acknowledge 3 groups of Japanese verbs whereas this one doesn't.. not all ru verbs can be treated the same way by simply removing the ru. Depends on verb group.

[@ta4music459]

@@gabrieltamm1572 Think of it as いる／える verbs instead and you have moved a whole bunch of so-called "ru"-verbs to where they should be - in the group explained by the chart.

[@elireyna9464]

this is literally the best japanese video ive ever seen

[@markspyrison9659]

I love the fact that you compartmentalize these syllables or stems. This is comparable to being taught music notation and scales rather than listening to a musical phrase and wondering why that phrase works in a given key.

[@vtv4373]

I wanna cry at how simple it is. THANK YOU

[@israelosilva]

I cannot thank you enough , contrasting all there is in one single video really helped me to see it as a whole now , not something scary nor difficult. now I only need to get the grip of te form and ta form and I have already come across one of your videos and think it will be amazing to know all about verbs in such a short period of time and how they work in a concise manner .

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

This one is a little more advanced but shows how the stem/helper system works across the whole of Japanese (not just verbs) and including the て/た stems. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6DNZp9uYrWjrdU

[@flavio3486]

Wow... I’ve never met anyone who could blow my mind like this and continue to do so. Oh, Cure Dolly, you sound like a blessed soul. I really hope you are doing well. If the news of your passing is true, I will never forget you. Thank you so much

[@sofialmeidah]

it's so much more simple than I thought it would be, thank you so much, you were the only person I found explaining it in such a simple and easy way to understand

[@oredaxmc2871]

It's a lot of information, but it makes sense, thank you. All the grammar I know is naturally picked up, so I don't know any rules and I don't necessarily know what everything means, but I'm making my way through the playlist in hopes that I'll finally understand grammar

[@angelfernandomartinsanchez5164]

You completely destroy the myths about Japanese, thanks a lot Cure Dolly!

[@amadhia]

Wow! That is brilliant - absolutely brilliant!!! I'm speechless, (and incredibly grateful for you having shared this insight)!!! Again: Wow!!! 💖⛩

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

I am so happy to have been helpful. Thank you ೭੧(❛▿❛✿)੭೨

[@aitenini]

Thank you so much!!! I just found this video. I've been trying to learn these things for years and now i feel like I've been enlightened so much. thank you!!!!!!

[@ownbeyscott7686]

This video is the best explanation regarding this topic. The explanation in this video has to be one of the most important things to understanding a lot of the nuances behind the language, and you effortlessly explained it where so many others have utterly failed. Thank you very much, I am going to be coming back to this video every-now-and-then to refresh my mind, but yeah, this video was great!

[@tim4u2uTube]

Wow the best explanation i ve seen . Ill have to watch this a few time .before it sticks into my thick head. Thank you. You deserve a medal from the emperor.

[@LightoLuka]

I come back to this video over and over again because it’s so useful but I forget so easily bc it’s hard to pay attention to the staticky voice for me lol. Still so grateful to have found it!🖤

[@AesculapiusPiranha]

This video gives you knowledge in exchange for your feelings of being creeped out and annoyed... I'm sure we've all had teachers like that anyway.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Fair exchange. I'll take those feelings and build a sandcastle with them. On second thoughts - no, you can keep them. Who wants a grouchy ol' sandcastle?

[@11mazatl]

I love your videos, these are very insightful and show a deep understanding of japanese, and also linguistics in general. and your voice is so calming! thank you

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you so much!

[@Sam-so4cy]

I know you probably won't see this but THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO MUCH

[@Levendo]

Thank you for these videos, they're making the process of learning this language a lot easier for me!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

And thank you for taking the time to comment. I am happy that I am able to help.

[@TheLongestConfidence]

It's such a bummer that I didn't discover Cure Dolly while she was still here. I feel like I learn more about Japanese from each of these videos than all of the other resources I've used put together. RIP to a real one.

[@camw4747]

as someone who also learnt spanish to a degree of fluency, i’m so glad conjugation in Japanese isn’t flooded with irregular verbs. Irregular verbs made learning spanish so frustrating.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Yes. Japanese is much more regular in many ways.

[@Goldy109]

Cure Dolly, I cannot overstate how useful your videos are!! You are the reason Japanese grammar is finally making sense to me! I would've been none the wiser otherwise. :-)

[@adsim92]

I'm 6 years too late, and I wish I could thank Cure Dolly personally for these videos. There's very few other resources online, for free, of this calibre. She was truly someone who had a deep love, and deep understanding of the language. More than that though, she was someone who was an expert in delivering complex information concisely, and that's a skill that not many teachers can claim to have. I hope her family and friends can take some solace in the fact she helped pass along her passion for Japanese to so many people.

[@SquahBrackah_M_SquahBrackah]

Wait, did she pass away?? And when?

[@frankhooper7871]

LOL - when you were saying "i-row" I heard (at first) "色"

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Sorry if that colored your impression. Glad it's clear now!

[@kenkawakami1566]

And did you hear エロ too?

[@JegErN0rsk]

Incredibly helpful. Thank you, Dolly ❤️

[@gristen]

this really helped alot! in the past i would learn just one form of conjugation at a time and kept having the thought "oh god theres more 😥" every time i came across a different one. its nice seeing them all together like this! i feel like a lot of beginner japanese lessons try maybe TOO hard to not overwhelm early learners by giving them too much information, but i think that leads to a lot of confusion later on. not saying they should make beginners learn everything all at once but it would be nice if more lessons would group similar things together or at least mention information thats not necessary to learn and master just then but will be relevant down the line, like pitch accent or formal and informal forms. i want to be told everything ill need to learn in the future at the very beginning so i'll know what it is that i DONT know yet when it comes time to learn it lol.

[@jayyoon8129]

Oh my god I was looking for this !!! Thank you soooo much it is sooo clear now ! And much more convinient !! Thank you Cure Dolly-san !!!

[@scarletttruffle7506]

i had no idea about conjugation and this is literally my first time i didnt even know you had to change forms and shit but broi understood right away BROOOOO

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Happy to hear that. I think if people learn this from the beginning without ever hearing about the "conjugation" nonsense, that is by far the best way.

[@robertwilsoniii2048]

This video explains many, many things. Holy cow. Very good indeed. This even explains lots of stuff in Old Japanese, including why the 1st person pronoun あれ becomes あり as the "be" verb. I'm not sure if they thought of it as eing an adjective or not, tbh

[@user-uc3xo7mu7n]

When I started studying Japanese, I remember suddenly realizing how simple these verb "conjugations" actually are, even though it was never taught in any of the materials I used. It just clicked in my head and made everything so much easier, I don't understand why language learning is made so hard when it doesn't need to be. Thank you for these videos, they are very helpful and interesting. I just stumbled upon your site today and already think I need to buy your book.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

I don't understand it either. Why make something so complicated when it is actually so simple? Not just the verb-stem system, but many other aspects of Japanese also. I think it is partly a belief that by "Europeanizing" Japanese with Western grammar concepts and romaji-based structure-concepts they are making it more approachable for students - when in fact they are just making it far more difficult than it actually is. Some students end up getting an intuitive grasp of the real structure despite all that, and some don't. Thank you so much for buying my book! I hope you like it (I'd be really grateful if you could pop a teensy review on Amazon - it helps us to get the word out there!)

[@stopthelawsuits]

This is what I was trying to find, everywhere else they either only show one tiny part of it and you have to hunt down the other parts or they just kind of vaguely speak around it without ever saying how it works. I kinda started to feel like I was looking for something that didn't exist even though it seemed like such a basic thing. Thanks for making this

[@dappershinx9234]

This might actually be the last comment she hearted...

[@stopthelawsuits]

@@dappershinx9234 :c

[@emmagatto9596]

Can we all give sensei Cure Dolly a big "thank you" for all the hours of frustrating study she has just spared us?

[@PCs454]

this is the only channel that explained this secret i would have thought motsu will become *motsimasu*

[@AK-gt6om]

Brilliant, Brilliant Cure Dolly sensei! My problem with your videos is that I understand too quickly because of your perfect explanations as well as a history of exposure to Japanese, including having lived there. Therefore I have become addicted to your videos and the playlist makes it like a challenge to finish it all!! A beneficial challenge for someone as lazy as me. Well done Cure Dolly sensei!!

[@srajanverma9064]

so let me tell you guys, I am not gonna learn from the textbook...I am gonna learn from Cure dolly sensei in the first place.. I am a beginner

[@user-hf6jm4tv2v]

Okay, this clears up the actual meaning of 考える, through in 「ただ今考え中」I am slightly unsure if 『考え中』 means in the middle of thinking or something slightly different.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

い-stem of a verb (which is its noun-form) plus 中 creates a compound noun meaning the middle of doing the first verb, so you are right. More on this here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laLNao2hdqhlqqc

[@mia-gl8ub]

this.is.logical 🤯 I just couldn't get it in my head with the textbooks I have but this is just perfect. thank you so much 💚

[@TRAM22]

Wonderfully clear.......clarity where there was confusion....thank you for your sticky -stems and helpers CureDolly...

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you so much! Though really the strange thing is that (apart from the term "sticky-stem") none of this is my invention, it's just how the Japanese language actually is. I can't imagine why no one really explains this. Partly putting it in Romaji and partly clinging to the foreign concept of "conjugation", I suppose. Japanese is such a logical and clear language if you just look at it without importing concepts that don't fit. That is all I did. Even the names of the verbs (if you don't say the meaningless "u-verb" and "ru-verb") tell us how they work. They are called "ichidan" and "godan" referring to the fact that godan verbs have five stems and ichidan verbs have only one. They are named that way because that is the fundamental difference between them. Western "Japanese grammar" thinks this is so unimportant that much of the time it even changes the names. To something that is inherently meaningless: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHXQkoaAadhph9E Thank you once again. Even though I can't take credit for the logic of the language, I am very happy that my humble efforts can help people to see that it is there!

[@bude8234]

カワジャパ - おかえりなさい! 旅行はどうだった? This is the way I learned to "conjugate" verbs as well, and it was a very useful and logical approach you can use to reduce the amount of memorization needed. I'm actually taking a beginner's Japanese class now based on the 'Genki' series, and my main complaint is the way they introduce the various verb conjugations. So many students are confused when they see the dictionary form (or others), because the book never starts off with a basic understanding of the root / stem, and how everything derives off that form. Instead they start off with the 'masu' form, and then introduce the other forms in a somewhat piecemeal manner, and the learner never really sees the "big picture". BTW - your book was great! Was a very easy read, and definitely helped me understand the whole wa / ga confusion. Cheers! (or should I say かんぱい)

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

ありがとうございます。旅行は楽しかったです。いろいろ勉強（べんきょう）になりました。 Teaching masu-form first is one of the stranger things the majority of Western textbooks do. I understand the motive - that it will seem rude to speak to adult Japanese people you don't know well in plain form. However one isn't going to know enough Japanese to hold conversation with Japanese people until one is at least conversant with the basic forms of verbs (and if one does one's Japanese will be so limited that they won't worry about things like that), so that consideration seems rather pointless. In return for that initial too-early formality, as you say, students get a very confusing view of how verbs are actually constructed. Many think that the masu-form _is_ the base-from of the verb and that makes it very difficult to understand what is really going on. "Deconstructing" -masu in order to make a "conjugation" instead of starting from the base-verb is really doing things the hard way! On a little note, かんぱい (乾杯) literally means "dry-glass(es)", hai/pai being the counter for glassfulls. It is like the old British drinking expression "bottoms up" (which implies "drain your glasses") so unlike English "cheers" it can only be used in drinking situations. I am happy that you learned verb "conjugations" the logical way. It really helps doesn't it? and very happy that you found my book helpful. You are off to a flying start with Japanese, so がんばってください。

[@JerryFlowersIII]

This is almost unbelievably helpful.

[@DanteAlighieri100]

This is secret knowledge, royal knowledge, eye opening :D arigatou!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you. Yes this is how it really works.

[@HughStew]

Thanks for your quick response. I actually thought it was artificial speech! I will use the subtitles now to follow your interesting lessons. I agree that Japanese is mis-taught in many cases and is much easier than it often appears. Thank you for your insights.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

A few people have said this (about my speech) which always surprises me. But then I guess I'm not _quite_ human. I always think I pass for human on a rainy night thoughʕ•ᴥ•ʔ I am very happy that you find my work helpful. I'm really looking forward to the new series in which rather than just correcting bits here and there, will try to model Japanese more organically from the ground up.

[@minhmeo1209]

The saddest part of all is I never get to simply tell Cure Dolly-sensei: "Thank you!".

[@noizusagi6901]

I will always come back if I get confused. Thank you very much.

[@pazispeace]

I was in your 50th video, but I'm rewatching your series for a deeper understanding thanks for everythingド リ ー 先生。

[@pazispeace]

I left japanese for about three month for college reasons, but I am taking up Japanese again. I never stopped studying vocabulary and now I can recognize several Kanji. I hope to see progress again and be more constant, thanks for your lessons!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

@@pazispeace Thank you for staying with the channel and good luck! がんばってください.

[@pazispeace]

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 Thank you!!

[@mischiefgaming]

Thank you so much for this video I have been having so many issues with conjugations and this helps so so much thank you. You explained it beautifully 😁

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you for taking the time to comment. I am so happy to be able to help you. If you ever have any questions I am right here!

[@mischiefgaming]

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 Thank you I appreciate that I am taking the jlp5 in December so I might still ask questions. I will most definitely watch some more of your videos :)

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Good luck with the exam. がんばってください。

[@mischiefgaming]

ありがとう

[@exploringthedepths74]

this was something i needed for such a long time. thank you i was so confused in distinguishing potential and passive/causing verbs . for example, 来られる (to be able to come) and 取られる (to have taken). the exact same ending, night and day meaning they were so confusing, that i needed to look them up while writing this comment to see if i was remembering them correctly

[@Himedran]

Total. Game. Changer.

[@JohnnyUndaunted]

Japanese verb "conjugations" always gave me problems until I realized that so-called "-u verbs" were known as "godan" (five step) verbs natively and "-ru verbs" were "ichidan" (one step) verbs and it made everything clearer. That's when I realized that the method used to teaching Japanese verbs to foreigners were ass-backwards and I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed it.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Why they don't explain this I really can't understand. I think a lot of it has to do with thinking in romaji.

[@jeomaxx7499]

I cant take your voice seriously but this is without a doubt legit your awesome man

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

It gets (a bit) better in later videos - this is a bit of an old one (but important). Talking about the sound quality here. If you don't like the way I talk - well, that's the way I talk unforch.

[@jeomaxx7499]

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 please take it as a compliment it kinda makes my studying pretty fun and also the captions is helping me alot

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

@@jeomaxx7499 Thank you so much. I am really happy to be helping. The reason I have full and accurate captions is that I realize my voice isn't quite like a real human's and can be difficult for some people.

[@jeomaxx7499]

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 that's really thoughtful of you and dont mind the fact that your voice is a bit funny you're helping people out that's what matters thank you for your hard work mam Cure dolly!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

@@jeomaxx7499 And thank you for taking the time to comment.

[@szrin]

This was really incredible and insightful, thank you so much for the explanations.

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you for taking the time to comment.

[@夏樹花]

Oh my god. I'm definitely writing all of thie down. Thank you so much Dolly!

[@arpitkumar4525]

So clear and concise! Thank you very much! Arigatou Gozaimsu!

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

こちらこそありがとうございます。

[@zeekay9525]

This video is seriously underrated

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

People really need to know this information.

[@kawaiigaijininjapan155]

New fav video! So so so helpful, thankyou!

[@gracelynfelicano5517]

The best explanation of verb conjugation. I cant help but to hit the subscribe button! 👍🏻

[@organicjapanesewithcuredol49]

Thank you!