Japanese Particles, but explained with anime

[@GaijinQuest]

Feel free to join our Discord server for Japanese learners: discord.gg/McfvwF4

[@ajblank833]

🙌

[@neizaru992]

yeah the discord is mecha sugoi

[@GaijinQuest]

agreed 🎉

[@bigblue5208]

Can you resend the link please, it doesn’t work.

[@GaijinQuest]

discord.gg/gNeWKmT there u go 😁

[@ajblank833]

I wish theyd teach languages like this in school. Great anime choices btw

[@GaijinQuest]

thanks man :D I wish so too 😩

[@HereComesThe-Sun]

I have a friend whos teacher taught the whole class some japanese with anime

[@nerly5462]

The beginning was weird, the ending was weird and the rest was just pure informative awesomeness and entertainment. The thumbnail speaks for itself.. That's how every video should be. Keep it up ^^

[@GaijinQuest]

Thanks for the praise, too kind of you 😊 Glad you liked it 🙌

[@marvinc9909]

Accurate description actually :D

[@neizaru992]

This is beautiful, I'm here thinking you couldn't explain the particles any better then you hit us with this beautiful video, thank you Remus

[@GaijinQuest]

The discord chat inspired me 😂🙌

[@neizaru992]

@@GaijinQuest ah yes, I completely failed to explain the particles well

[@nerly5462]

@@koksu5692 not that much anymore, no..

[@Alowne217]

Name of the Animes: 0:29 1:06 3:39 - Boku no Hero Academia 1:56 - Meitantei Conan 2:50 - Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai 4:29 - Tokyo ghoul 5:00 - Nanatsu no Taizai 5:38 - Death Note 8:16 - Hokuto no Ken 8:31 - Shirokuma Cafe 9:24 11:23 - Naruto

[@sogeking935]

Explaining grammar with sentences from anime ??? This is amazing Please make more

[@GaijinQuest]

I can do that :D

I'm sharing this in my FB page. Although it is for Spanish speakers, I'm sure there are people who understand English and can benefit from this. I'm becoming a fan of this channel, so keep up the good work! (Btw, I totally get you with the nuanced explanation of は and が. I made a series explaining them in detail and the whole things is about 45 mins long!)

[@世界線-y7q]

I'm Japanese,so I teach everyone how to use these mix markers. の+は=のは:is that like... の+で=ので:so... の+に=のに:for the reasons but... の+が=のが:is that something like... の+も=のも:is too... の+を=のを:by just... で+は=では:ok,so… で+も=でも:but... に+は=には:in... に+も=にも:and it too... を+も=をも:and that too...

[@yososj9449]

Particle series it will be really good for people 🙏

[@GaijinQuest]

yee I hope it helps fellow learners :3

[@jinpyo2267]

I think the hardest part about hearing Japanese particles in anime is how fast they talk and the extra stuff XD Like: Subtitle: Sure! Voice: HAI! WATASHIWAGANBAROUUFBDSFJHBBFDFUBVTY

[@GaijinQuest]

true 😂😂😂

[@amazingsage1788]

A really good way to watch anime and be on the lookout with particles and vocabulary is a website called Animemelon. Basically, it has English, Japanese subtitles with subbed anime. The cool thing about it too is that if you hover or click on a word that's in the subtitles it will explain that word, particle, conjunction and you can even take mini quizzes on what you learned by the subtitles!

[@jackle2766]

@@amazingsage1788 businessman

[@ritsuspendstoomuchtimeonth7907]

@@amazingsage1788 I THOUGHT IT SAID COCOMELON

[@Clickinqq]

I feel like the fact that they talk fast is a good thing, because It's the regular speed of natives speaking, and if it was slower, you wouldn't be able to understand a native speaking naturally

[@yiman1196]

Sincerely enjoy all your videos! The explanations are so clear, informative, and entertaining :) thank you

[@GaijinQuest]

thanks for watching 😁

[@Artahe]

So for the ha vs ga, thanks to another youtuber, I learned a few things that really helped me make the difference. Basically, there are two things to understand. The first one is that every sentence as a ga. It might not be visible, but it's always there, because it's the only particle to act on a verb. The second, related to the first: the ha particle can never act on the verb. As you said, it marks the topic, which is the thing we talk about, not the thing that does the action. One example of that would be: watashi ga ringo wo taberu. In this case, that simply means "I eat an apple". If you say "watashi ha ringo wo taberu", it means, in this case, "As for me, I eat an apple", the complete phrase being "watashi ha watashi ga ringo wo taberu". So, contrary to what the first sentence with watashi ha made it look like, it's not watashi ha that acts on the verb, but the hidden watashi ga. Now though, it might be confusing and I remember still seeing "ha" as a subject marker. So here's the example that really helped me: ringo ha taberu. We're all in agreement that apples can't eat, right? So in this case, the full sentence is "ringo ha watashi ga taberu". As for the apple, I eat it. So in short, ha puts something in perspective, makes it the center of attention, and the sentence describes something that, for example, happened with it, or to it, etc... but ANYTHING that is before a ha CANNOT interact with the verb. It is not part of the logical sentence.

[@noavr1308]

damn that is rly a useful thing to know thank you!

[@femaleselfimprovement]

Yea but the ha is pronounced wa in this particle

[@Artahe]

@@femaleselfimprovement your point? It's written using the hiragana は, which is represented by ha in the hepburn romanization. If you have the basic knowledge required to understand my post, you don't need to be told the pronunciation of the particle ;)

[@femaleselfimprovement]

@@Artahe ya I know it's with the は I just didn't know that after the Romanization its still written ha I thought when it's romanized it's meant to be the sound not the letter. Thank you for telling me though :)

[@Artahe]

@@femaleselfimprovement Some people write it wa to keep it consistant with the pronunciation, others write it ha to keep it consistant with the original kana used. The reality, though, is that in the best possible circumstances, we should ALWAYS be using the kana version, not the romaji version, as romaji itself bring forward a slew of issues pertaining to how japanese works, both written and spoken. In other words, don't view ha vs wa as a thing, but rather a reminder of the limited usage that romaji has on actual japanese, and the need for any learner to actually learn kana and exclusively use them

[@ayoubZaZen]

man the production quality is astonishing, i can't wait to see your channel blow up

[@GaijinQuest]

Glad to hear that! thanks 😁

[@madeliner1682]

The least confusing way I've heard of described is that wa describes the stuff after the particle and ga describes the stuff before the particle

[@MARS-mp5sn]

This is actually helpful than I thought! ありがとうございます！

[@MARS-mp5sn]

1年前 💀

[@xnokingsamu9699]

That video is so very useful ,now i can understand a little mor the japonese, becuse know i can understand a little more the funcion of particles.

[@prernamodi015]

this was actually veryyy helpful, glad this popped up in my suggestions. thankyouu for making learning japanese even more fun! Arrigato gosaimasu, otsukaresama!

[@GaijinQuest]

Glad it helped! :D My pleasure

[@Kirsikkalyhty]

Ah, so many clips from My Hero Academia! Appreciate it

[@kanra3454]

the fack that this only has 2k views is WRONG this video is so helpful and more people who struggle with particals need to see this.

[@GaijinQuest]

Glad it's helpful :D

[@ahmedhisham5738]

great video my guy,

[@koksu5692]

I watched mha then jojo but i can only imagine narancia when I think of the seiyuu. They are both very different characters. It’s amazing

[@SrIgort]

11:01 you could also answer "Tim desu", right?

[@bradleyhardeman8644]

Super helpful! Thank you so much!

[@anamarquez3851]

You just got a loyal sub today. Thank you so much!

[@GaijinQuest]

Thank you! :D Welcome

[@kotu_pnd4]

This is amazing! There is no way you should have this few number of views.

[@GaijinQuest]

Thanks so much :D Glad you think so!

[@Boritoman76]

2:52 what is this anime? The artstyle looks gorgeous and lovely, it looks nice.

[@brist4r1]

Tada Never Falls in Love

[@jonathandavis8051]

I think "no"'s different functions are actually not that different. For example, to say "your quirk" (anata no kosei) is like using the pronoun "your" as an adjective to describe which book your referring to. You could also translate it as "the quirk of yours" which wouldn't be very different from saying "the quirk of you" except that certain grammar rules in English make this phrasing irregular. A better example would be a proper noun, like if you were to say "Deku's quirk", which could be "the quirk of Deku", which isn't techincally wrong even if it is irregular. Meanwhile, the other function is strictly for using nouns as an adjective, but that's similar to the example given before. "Peace Symbol" (heiwa no shouchou) would technically also be "Peace's Symbol" or "Symbol of Peace". As I understand it, in English and similar languages, this is called the "genitive case". Anything that takes the form "noun of noun", "noun's noun" or "noun noun" has a genitive relationship where one noun is being used to describe or modify another, and while I do think it's helpful to learn the uses of "no" as different functions I also think it's useful to see why the "different uses" act this way, as it's not that one particle has different uses so much as that we separate the same use into different categories. And this is the case with some other particles. I'm not sure about most, but I feel like a lot of particles that we learn as English speakers as having different functions technically serve one function to a Japanese speaker but it's hard for us to learn them as a set function because it's a bit more of an abstract idea rather than something we can draw easy parallels to in our own language. Like, I've seen examples of this with "de" and some others.

[@liliananikiteanu7900]

Braavooo, you are a great teacher!♥️👑💪👍🙏

[@GaijinQuest]

thank youuu

[@Eddylupaka]

I can tell you are a good teacher, I'm also a teacher of music for 10 years. music is much like language, there are rules, methods and formulas. With Japanese, I can't seem to get a grip of these... there must be a way.

[@Zei33]

I think constant long term exposure is the way. I was looking at some of my HelloTalk posts from two years ago today and the difference in understanding is very clear, even though I don’t have time to study intensely.

[@Zei33]

It’s easy enough to figure out, but it might be good to mention that へ is pronounced e when it’s a particle. I didn’t know. Also slowing down parts of the examples might be useful so we can pick up each word more accurately. Just some things I would’ve found useful.

[@GaijinQuest]

Thanks a lot for the feedback Zei! :D I will try to make my examples slower.

[@Zei33]

@@GaijinQuest I just want to clarify. When you spoke it was fine. I meant the anime examples specifically.

[@magicmilkcartonxd2551]

Does anyone know the anime with the coffee shop at 3:15 ?

[@GaijinQuest]

tadakun ha koi wo shinai 😊

[@Eddylupaka]

mate I'm really struggling with this, i just can't grasp the logic of this language and what frustrates me is that everyone else seems to understand..... am i just stupid? What am i missing?.... help me please....

[@GaijinQuest]

Join our Discord: discord.gg/cxgb2na There are many members that study japanese as well and that can help you also with other japanese related questions :))

[@KianSheik]

Awesome video! Should have more views.

[@GaijinQuest]

Thanks! :D Glad you like it

[@наномасюнисынок]

2:04 i think "de" after "sono" should be katakana, translation doesn't make sense

[@Boritoman76]

Damn bro thank you so much, you fr just explained all particles so well damn. ❤

[@GaijinQuest]

hahaha awesome! Glad to hear 🤩

[@ariah5093]

This stuff is CONFUSING. I have no idea where to start but I want to!

[@GaijinQuest]

Hi! I have a series on my channel going from the very beginning through japanese grammar (including particles) if you are interested :) Might help you get started. Its called "japanese basics for beginners"

[@audreyprunelle6127]

Thank you!!!

[@guilden4170]

がいじん-さんのクエスト gaijin-san no kuesuto is this right?

[@GaijinQuest]

Yes almost 👍🏼 :) The ー inbetween names and honorifics is not needed in Japanese. It's put on directly. So がいじんさん for example 😁

[@ifall457]

Grammar can be kind of an upset, but I feel like when I understand the Grammar, I can learn the language like 3x faster if I'd only study it further. Thank You for the excellent explanation.

[@pikachu2510]

I've been wondering for a while... what is の は used for then?🤔

[@GaijinQuest]

のは is two particles in a sentence right after eachother. This usually happens when you have a verb that you want to make into a noun and then use "は" (the topic particle) after the noun. So for example "食べるのは大好き". I love eating. The の at the end makes たべる into a noun. :)

[@pikachu2510]

@@GaijinQuest Thank you for the explanation! The way you explain it makes it easy to understand ☺️☺️

[@GaijinQuest]

@@pikachu2510 my pleasure! :D

[@joshuaradloff1070]

U just earned a sub😂🙌

[@GaijinQuest]

Thank you 🥳

[@ibatibangbidyonahangosaint908]

ringo o tabemashita, is this sound good?

[@GaijinQuest]

yes 👍🏼👍🏼

[@DLF-xq9lq]

What is the name of the anime with the penguin and the polar bear? For some reason, it made me super happy .

[@GaijinQuest]

polar bear cafe (shirokuma cafe) :D it's great haha very relaxing

[@ryushogun9890]

Me watching this at 3am and increasing the volume, instant regret.

[@harmony7483]

Is it weird that は and が are the easiest ones I can explain, yet all the rest are difficult? 😅

[@GaijinQuest]

yes😂 I think u got a great feel for languages if you think its easy

[@GaijinQuest]

for me those two are definitely the hardest because they seem so similar xD

[@oompavillin]

Please do more videos like this whith the anime

[@daniisaurushax]

I heard that Polar Bear Cafe is a good anime for learning/listening to Japanese!

[@kingo_friver]

I clicked 1000th like!! The counter turning from "999" to "1K" was my satisfaction.

[@GaijinQuest]

wow thanksss

[@AlexKazuma]

It would be great to see the translation above every word in addition to the whole sentence translation on the top of the screen.

[@JoseGonzTravels]

I couldn’t learn Japanese from anime.. the pace is to fast! It’s easier to watch kids show lol

[@lyokistk8469]

Now i'll get it right😊

[@owen8499]

Your Awesome Gaijin, You must have been a Japanese teacher.

[@MG7I]

I was told wo and o are the same but im not so sure now

[@ryusakamura4659]

1:45 6:35

[@brook117]

I like the concept of teaching through anime but it needs better explanation and lacks examples after explanations. The graphics could also be a lot better.

[@alfred0231]

11:17 Davie 504

[@markgreen9225]

Beautiful video , but why is your subtitles in Korean?! 😂

[@BongSquad420lol]

NICE

[@panos21sonic]

Bruh as soon as I learn the slightest bit of grammar in Japanese I can already feel my vocabulary and known kanji being forgotten...

[@treborlo]

私 is more for females I as a male use ぼく but can also use 私 as well ,but if you over use 私 people think you are full of your self and annoying.

[@kaitokid6176]

Full Death Note Dub when?

[@JeromeBakerSmoke]

I got a little stuck on the first one, being that Anata is like a huge NONO! Is Anata okay to use when it is possessive? I.e. Your Individuality

[@GaijinQuest]

In general anata is not used, but it's much less a "nono" than people portray it to be. It can be used and you will hear it sometimes. I think it's just not a very formal way of addressing someone as it is super direct. One interesting fact about "anata" is that married women often call their husband "anata". It's means like "dear" in that context :) If you don't know someones name, using anata is also an option in casual settings, but not in for example a business situation. The safest way is to just ask for someone's name when you meet them and then address them by name ^^

[@JeromeBakerSmoke]

@@GaijinQuest duomo! thanks so much!

[@jackle2766]

Surprised u dont have 1 mil

[@aruhito779]

どうも

[@Siniorus]

I saw Oru maito and i clicked on the video

[@ryushogun9890]

03:03 that doesn't look like a cat.

[@hellboy6167]

Background music wasn’t necessary

[@دانة-خ3ل]

the music in the background is distracting..

[@rlelite2565]

Less editing More Japan for Bacolod

[@JMANTHEGERMAN]

10:15 So this is where the name 'Wario' comes from... btw. you got 1 help from me ;)

[@GaijinQuest]

Thanks man. Every help counts 😩🙌🍀

[@tangoto1209]

wait isn't wa わ not は

[@dayoki8091]

only for the particle wa

[@dangops5875]

boku no hero sucks