Japanese Introduction to Grammar - 01

[@megapede3000]

I'm in my second year of Japanese, and from my teachings I've learned two things that I'd like to share. "Wo" is typically pronounced more like "o" when we use it, and "anata" should typically be used between people who know each other (well) or else it may come off as rude. Hope to see even more content from this channel, because I'll be sharing it with my friends!!!

[@slyfoxfan0799]

the fact that they don't explain that を is pronounced like お is a little unsettling cause it's very simple thing to remember.

[@scoshi6592]

Yeah She's probably a native speaker but it annots me that she says wo and not o Maybe it's another accent

[@slyfoxfan0799]

Hou Brainoxious I think it's to make it more obvious that she's doing it to make i more understandable like how they spell は as "wa" when cause it sound like that when it's a particle.

[@scoshi6592]

ToastyInspiration™ Maybe to not make it seem complicated from the beginning

[@slyfoxfan0799]

Hou Brainoxious yea

[@LingoVideocast101]

This. For a beginner video, most people cant read hiragana yet. So there's no point to explain that を can be pronounced as "o" in this case. But to be honest, Japanese isn't very strict here. You can pronounce を like "wo" when used as an object marker. Actually, I often hear songs pronounce it like "wo" because it sounds better. In everyday speech, people use "o" because they think that sounds better, but no one's going to correct you if you use "wo" unless you're like in a classroom.

[@stanloonauglies9358]

i cant wait to fully learn this language!!

[@TheRyanverma]

emiiee cx what have you learned in japanese so far?

[@dominatesym3513]

did you continue or give up ,yikes

[@user-ip8wc3xn6e]

ewww k-pop gayyy

[@avidagamegerl1081]

‍ “Ewww K-Pop gay” 1. K-pop is Korean and not Japanese (Korean-Pop) 2. How is it gay?

[@zookeyke6776]

‍ how is Kpop gay its a music genre if you don’t enjoy that’s fine but calling it “gay” is stupid

[@Alex-dg2mb]

The style of teaching in your japanese language videos is absolutely amazing. Seriously the best japanese videos I have seen. really good logical flow and nice explanations. thank you.

[@vampandairkutsk4933]

I've been learning Japanese for a while but this is a different approach to any I've seen before - beginning with grammar and illustrating it with clips from dramas. My understanding of Japanese grammar is still pretty poor, and I would like to be able to watch drama in Japanese, so I think this is great!

[@wow8153]

have you learned?

[@vivekgrover3937]

@@wow8153 🤣

[@dualia-s74m]

@@wow8153 he dieded timed agoed

[@seshiru4977]

As a French this is the best way to work on my English and Japanese at the same time

[@sadghostz]

I'M LAUGHING THE COLOSSAL TITAN

[@lary.y]

I wonder why they put that too LOL

[@katemacquarrie]

heck yah! XD

[@katemacquarrie]

heck yah! XD

[@Viperienne]

Ali Gilliam Bertolt likes oranges

[@sen4845]

ikr LMAO

[@kimjongun7734]

am I the only one who started crying after watching this video how will I ever learn japanese, when I know no one, and this info is confusing I have to translate kanji to romaji, romaji to english, english to norwegian, norwegian *cries*

[@kimjongun7734]

Thank you so much! I've been jumping into japanese, and when I look closely, you're right! I should think of it as new way of communication, which sounds very interesting.

[@oioi5149]

Omg Norsk!!

[@kimjongun7734]

Anni NG :P

[@dooplon5083]

Have you tried learning any more?

[@kimjongun7734]

Atomic Robo Tesla I have spent hours everyday xD I'm more confident, with sentences, some kanji, etc now xD

[@GeodineLange]

Mind...blown!.... Thank you so much for breaking this up the way you did!!! I loke your explanations about context too (as it's quite hard to grasp without encountering the tight "situations") I love the different mediums you use to explain things too. Thank you!!

[@LoganSchwartz]

Can't believe I'm just now finding this! Seriously helpful content on Japanese! Anything, grammatically, you haven't been understanding very well is given a real world example while teaching you a few new words. Thanks so much! :3

[@IamZanderChen]

Here is a tip : show more than one person use a sentence or phrase. Like what you did with the first drama clip, if you could of added another clip of a different person saying the same thing in the same context it would help people recognize the phrase better. Hearing multiple voices of the same thing helps the brain catch on to the vocab a lot quicker. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

[@cycheoutsfan221]

thank you so much for the explaination!! its simple and really easy to understand, using clips from japanese media is a great way to teach too! thank you!

[@setofreakinkaiba8255]

I'm literally taking notes xD

[@ericn8742]

+Seto Freakin' Kaiba same lol

[@lary.y]

I wanna take notes but it's time to sleep

[@lindsaycaggrano8806]

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[@analina4912]

same 😂

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[@Digital_Her0]

These have been some of the most helpful videos to study to. Thank you!!

[@SupHapCak]

It makes me so happy when videos praise me...

[@KNOWLEDGEREINGS]

I wish this dude still uploaded

[@ikkl000i]

this helped me a lot thank you so much! you don't upload videos anymore, so i hope you do well (maybe you have moved i'll inform myself) and thanks for the hard work you put into your videos to try to explain it in an easy way.

[@Alexander99602]

wow,Japanese gramarr can be childsplay sometimes,but some other times it'll make you say "What...?"

[@bonecag3]

for real, especially if you even find English grammar difficult T~T

[@エイスラ]

Great video, 1 SMALL REQUEST please make your KZbin channel more organized by creating Playlist for the various vides/lessons you guys have, I have no interested in chines or anything else besides the Japanese Grammer series. THANKS! And keep up the good work👊

[@kashishalaria4513]

This video helped me a lot to take a step in learning JAPANESE 日本ご

[@learnurduwithsara1068]

Thank you this is such a useful video.

[@アレキス]

That's it. This video gave me motivation. I'm starting Japanese now.

[@JoaoPedro-wf6kc]

thank you very much for the explaination

[@FredDoes3D]

on 2:00 you say "changing the stem of the word" isnt it rather the ending that changes? the stem "tabe" stays the same in both politness levels, correct?

[@EbonyWarren]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@aru120]

FredDoes3D you are correct. It is not "stem". The correct term is "conjugation".

[@cwjunior999]

awesome video, very straight to the point without any unnecessary ramblings..u got my like and subscription! looking forward to see mor video!

[@pentacorns]

Very structured and easy to understand! Thank you for uploading this ^-^

[@srizualemgr]

Very informative :D why didn't I find his video soon enough, but never too late. Thank you.

[@ysl310x]

Sirjana Ale do you know Japanese now

[@minutekanji7082]

I wish these kind of videos existed when I started studying

[@MultiSciGeek]

Thanks for this video, it helped. Please make more such videos.

[@kamichikora6035]

Wow.... I'm impressed... I'm a new fan... More videos pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!!

[@Candydays0s]

This video really helped because I was watching akb48 trying to find people to speak English it and half of the things they said was from this video.

[@GamesCooky]

Jesus, i want to learn speaking foreign languages fluently. My lifegoal :P

[@kokonut5498]

3 years later you would be fluentish by now. So can you speak Japanese?

[@aleioop]

How’s your life goal going rn

[@PokemonDestructorr]

This is really helpful, thank you!!!

[@hineraable]

Gotta love the fact that my weeb years made this easier for me.

[@alavez365newsnetwork4]

GREAT EXPLANATION ! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

[@rinchan632]

This is quite helpful and very accurate. Going into my second year in Japanese, wish i had this long before thou....it's good

[@StijnHommes]

So how is the "wo" marker actually pronounced. When it was first introduced the female voice said "wo", but when the male voice said the next full sentence it was voiced as "o".

[@omkr0122]

Thanks for the video!

[@a.bresnock3957]

this video was very helpful for me!!!

[@kitkatvonkitkat5454]

Thank you for helping us who wants to learn Nihonggo!

[@212Tasneem]

This is really helpful...hope you will keep making such videos...THANK YOU

[@RavindarKumar-uw1mj]

Hi

[@PowerHayakawa]

Perfect guys great job!

[@mandelbrotsugee]

わかりやすい。

[@brooklynec8471]

I like this.

[@saeea.6689]

Can you make a video about all the particles and when to use them ?

[@neongamerlp9856]

This video is actually amazing

[@matthewtheobald1231]

The all mighty orange of knowledge

[@yourepostedinthewrongneigh1545]

Japanese reminds me of Spanish in some ways; mainly the grammar. Both have formal and informal tenses and neither require a subject if it is contextually evident.

[@ddalgi-hime-07]

It's pretty different. In Japanese you don't conjugate the verbs like you would in Spanish and in Japanese there are different levels of politeness whereas in Spanish there's just formal and informal. You only have two options. And believe it or not, English and Spanish grammar are very VERY similar. I speak, read, and write both languages fluently but English is my strongest language.

[@yourepostedinthewrongneigh1545]

TheLoveMMM I concur.

[@LingoVideocast101]

All languages have a lot of similarities. Even languages that were formed in complete isolation have a lot in common with modern languages. But it's good to look for these similarities if it helps you learn a new language.

[@GuillermoValleCosmos]

I wish, I am Spanish and I find Japanese grammar to be completely different...

[@emilianoruiz9437]

No tienes ni idea lo cabron que está para nosotros jajaja

[@nourmahmoud4273]

What a great video!!

[@gauravpadiyar6370]

thanks you made it soo easy

[@aaxk]

Thank you for the video!

[@TimeDiddy]

Guys by the way the particle を isn't pronounced 'wo' when used as a particle.its instead pronounced 'o'

[@db7388]

I thought this video was helpful in learning the basics. Please continue providing more videos like this to beginners. It kept me well engaged and I wanted more.

[@jennoori]

What is the difference between the object markers such as wo を and wa わ？Is one used for people and the other for objects?

[@acecea6024]

this is actually very very helpful. thank you for the tip! :)

[@davidnunes299]

Kanji for beginners is waste of time. Hiragana and Romaji is enough. Thank you for your help. I am Brazilian.

[@rotronimous7544]

I understood everything, but what is an object marker?

[@assistmans]

3:13 Bert! You can eat all the oranges after obtaining the coordinates!

[@tzusankisni1218]

i take note thank you!

[@tsuvani3230]

this is awesome

[@trangluu7570]

thanks for a useful video. it really helps me to understand Japanese grammar. 💜

[@MsIdontcare18]

So is there no difference between like and love in japanese?

[@lynkkx]

there was one variation in the examples that im interested in, オレンジを食べない？ it says would you like to eat oranges? 1. does that mean オレンジ can also be the plural form? 2. can it also be translated into " are you not going to eat the orange?" or "do you not eat oranges?" ------ next would オレンジを食べる？ mean "do you eat oranges?" or "do you want to eat an orange?" thanks for the vids and pardon me for the questions, I just dont want to have any loose ends going into the basic building blocks of japanese

[@LingoVideocast101]

Hi! There's no plural form, meaning that plurality is implied. In English, there's an orange and there are oranges, but in Japanese, there is just オレンジ. In English, "you're not eating oranges?" can imply the question "Why aren't you eating oranges?" In Japanese, this isn't the case, so this wouldn't be a proper translation. This is simply an offer of "would you like oranges." This is going to be true for many Japanese translations, that you can't just directly try to translate it.

[@lynkkx]

thank you for the reply. it seems it will be a bit hard to remove the habit of dirctly translating it because of the tendency to analyze every little part of the sentence.. when ever I see the -nai added onto a verb it always feels like saying "is not" or "will not".

[@cronobreakers1]

hi, this has been posted a long time ago, but I thought that wo; would be prounounced as o not wo.

[@baszomaszadat4273]

so its like 을 를 in korean subject markers

[@aftereffects00]

What is the title for this video series?Is that from the drama?

[@kyu6263]

i'm glad yt recommended me this

[@Dalkson]

4:28 what is this from

[@mimikreeimut]

what 's the title of that drama?

[@soundtrackiwalkto]

hi, is it true that japanese read in right to left? top to bottom? how do i write japanese would i write top to bottom right to left? also, when you type "desu" under the asian character what is that exactly? is that the phonetic f the word/character, or is that the english form of the word without translating it? i would like to learn how to write in this language, do you teach us how to write in these characters? thank you.

[@soundtrackiwalkto]

Thank you! I was watching this video last night taking notes and I was thoroughly excited when I understood what the man said in the Soap Opera. I love your videos and look forward to more thank you for making them and putting them up.

[@homaghezel3272]

Thank you

[@yeadontwearitout]

i get the feeling i won't like oranges by the time im through with these lessons anymore

[@ahgrr7411]

So am i right that the object marker is always behind the object? And how do i know wich object marker i have to use?

[@LingoVideocast101]

There's one pure object marker - を (wo) and you're right that it always goes behind the object. But you're also right in that there are other particles. Unfortunately, knowing when to use what is complicated to explain. There are a lot of different sentence patterns that are used. Just keep learning!

[@keithcharland5170]

Lol There is a lot of information on this video, can't beleave I missed all of it until replaying it a second time good vid:)!

[@victornaut]

Context is the pivot of existence.

[@bryanmej]

wa sugoi ne!!

[@dondraufi]

thank you very much for this.

[@wolfschaf]

What is the man saying at 5:00 ? I'm not sure, it sounds somehow like: 僕の永遠になって下さい。boku no eien ni natte kudasai. And isn't it more polite to use 君 (kimi) instead of あなた (anata)?

[@LingoVideocast101]

He says: 僕の親に会ってください (Please meet my parents) which is basically a marriage proposal. あなた (anata) is more polite than 君 (kimi). Earlier in this episode he uses 君 (kimi) with someone else's wife and people look at him very strange because it's too casual.

[@happynikki1000]

this is what I looking for a thousand years ago

[@soundtrackiwalkto]

Hi professor me again, when demonstrating to us the "shi sen wo kanjiru" why are the characters shaped differently, the ones in parenthesis? At the 4:55 mark. Thank you.

[@kiraisbored5352]

+Ad Hominem the first ones are in kanji, the ones in parenthesis in hiragana. So they are basically a guide to how pronounce the kanjis. Haven't you learned katakana and hiragana yet? If not, do it. It will help you a lot ;)

[@soundtrackiwalkto]

+kira is bored I wished I learned by now but this is my first time learning anything Japanese so I'm an uber noob. I know that Chinese has two dialects Mandarin and Cantonese so I'm guessing that Kanji and Katakana and Hiragana are different dialects; Hiragana are the loaned words from Chinese? Thank you and excuse the questions. :) :)

[@kiraisbored5352]

Ad Hominem​ they are not really dialects but alphabets :) in hiragana and katakana one symbol means one sound (e.g. わ (Hiragana) = wa; ワ (Katakana) = wa). In most of the japanese sentences you can find all three alphabets (katakana, hiragana, kanji). Kanjis are used for most nouns, japanese names and verbs (e.g. 私 = watashi, meaning I). Hiragana is used for the verbs endings in the different time terms (e.g. 食べる = taberu, meaning eat/I eat/you eat/...) as well as some other things like を (wo) that you put after some nouns/ names to indicate that you are talking about it (just like は (pronounced wa in this context but is actually a ha)). Katakana however is used for foreign words and names. Pancake for example is written in katakana: パンケーキ (pankeeki) So let's make a sentence: 私はパンケーキが食べる (I eat pancakes. But I can't guarentee you that this written correctly, sorry) You see you need all three alphabets to properly learn japanese. But don't worry, hiragana and katakana are quite easy to learn. It only gets hard when you're trying to learn the 40,000 kanjis there are. I hope this helped :)

[@soundtrackiwalkto]

+kira is bored DDAAAMMMNNNNNNNNNN I'm behind!!! Thanks for your time and explanation I'll be studying a lot. What do the little circles mean at 5:15?

[@kiraisbored5352]

+Ad Hominem those are japanese dots :) just like '.'.

[@kingofkings652]

I like the orange.

[@anaccount9439]

Well, this is pretty good actually!

[@darkdabi9188]

Hi nice videos , do you know where can i learn kanji? I already know ひらがな and カタカナ but I don't know how to write kanji with the to versions ON reading and Kun reading. Thanks 😄😄😄

[@happyeastwood]

You can try the TenguGo Kanji mobile app or try Wani Kani....

[@321123Nelly]

Emile 117 try TOFUGU it's VERY easy and it gives u exercises and learning techniques! U should really try it! It's a website btw

[@darkdabi9188]

oh ok thank you so much, i will try it, i found a web site where you can type the kanji or the thing in English and it will show the kanji and the stroke order jisho.org/ this is the page.

[@jdeloach9]

Wani Kani is the best!!! Only been doing it for about 2 months and I already know some 200+ kanji

[@johngregory7800]

What's the name of the J-drama for the second example?

[@LingoVideocast101]

うぬぼれ刑事 (Unubore Deka) - The Conceited Detective

[@lintangjohar9823]

Someone can tell me what the title of the clip "Anata ga… suki desu"

[@rinnano1519]

i gave my self a pat on the back

[@untilyouburn]

very helpful thank you! however, i ask myself which letters/alphabet is used in this video.. it isn't hiragana, right?

[@NuevoVR]

after 2 years of learning spanish i want to learn japanese now that ive reached a proficient level in spanish

[@veroniquitaw]

Titans don't eat oranges 'A'

[@Raeleen]

great vid!

[@christophermontgomeryii5963]

hay do you have to pay to sign on or is it free?

[@bude8234]

+christopher montgomeryII - $$$$$$$

[@christophermontgomeryii5963]

What's up

[@earrapist3046]

lol

[@toffeeapple5773]

Doesnt orenji refer to the colour than the fruit? I thought the fruit was mikan?

[@LingoVideocast101]

'orenji' refers to an orange. mikan also means orange but is more specifically a mandarin orange (the smaller one). orenji iro (orenji = orange, iro = color) refers to the color orange

[@toffeeapple5773]

JapaneseVideocast Ahhhh i see, thankyou :)

[@Kari166]

So, if "suki" can mean like/love, what about "ai" or "aishite"? Or is "ai" a higher form of love? I hear that it's only used between lovers? Something like that?

[@Kari166]

Thank you!

[@mel-il3vv]

isn't "orange" pronounced "みかん" (mikan) instead of "orenji"? or are there multiple ways to say it? I got the word mikan from a different vocab video

[@LingoVideocast101]

みかん and オレンジ both refer to orange. Japanese has a lot of Katakana loan words. If you don't know a word, you can say it in a Katakana pronunciation and it'll likely be a word. For example, とびら / ドア both refer to door. Technically, I think みかん refers to mandarin oranges whereas オレンジ is the color orange and the bigger orange fruit.

[@marcr1525]

thank you.

[@Bypolter94]

Just an spanish speaker watching an English video about 日本語 structure an all that crazy stuff.

[@iizeiyapre803]

I am a 13 year old American female who has been practicing basic phrases and just phrases in general. I am going to definitely use these lessons to brush up on my grammar, and hopefully learn more and more over the years. I used to watch anime a lot when I was younger but I did not pick up as much as people would expect so I am taking the challenge of learning it at an earlier age than most I guess ^^

[@StarLight_tu]

ます is formal form and so does です. So which one is more formal?

[@kurai-star]

I'm pretty sure they're both on the same level of formalities. 「ます」is usually placed on the end of a verb to make it formal. 「です」is basically the equivalent of "it is/to be" and also makes the sentence formal. For example: 1: わたし は [name/adjective/profession/etc..] です。"I am [name/adjective/profession/etc...]." In this case です is used to say "am". I could have said the same sentence without using です at the end, but then it wouldn't be as formal. 2: オレンジ は たべます。"I eat oranges." Using the same example from the video, the ます just makes the verb たべる "to eat", more formal. It could be used at the end of pretty much any verb. I hope this helped. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

[@StarLight_tu]

+mokochan44 so that mean です could work as special verb, right?

[@kurai-star]

+Star Light (Đăng Tú) In a way, yes, but it's mainly used when declaring that something is something. Like if I said 「オレンジ は おいしい です。」"The orange is delicious." I'm declaring that the orange is delicious. I could be wrong since I'm still learning myself, but that's what I've observed so far.

[@brianchuc226]

What is a subject marker?

[@aru120]

Brian Chuc は, but it is pronounced "wa". は - it's romaji is HA, but when used as a particle, it is pronounced WA. はやしはいぬです。 HA YA SHI WA I NU DE SU. わ - it's romaji is WA. わたしはアルてす。 WA TA SHI WA A RU DE SU.

[@homaghezel3272]

I understood them all