10 years ago Japanese was already impressive ! Your Japanese now is almost perfect.
@tiiredx_cqt22843 жыл бұрын
Yes ✨✨
@RubyDuran3 жыл бұрын
You know, I really admire the fact that you made an effort to learn at such a young age, while at the same time finding your passion and chosen path for university. It’s very admirable! I really hope to be able to speak Japanese and understand it as well as you 😊
@gapedandamazed69883 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty much a new born baby in Japanese. I have been studying hard for 9 days I learned hiragana and katakana in the first 5 days with a few kanjis here and there. I have an N5 book (yellow). Currently at chapter 3 and it's ben a blast learning and seeing the little progress everyday. I am very slowly getting a grasp on the grammar. Although I can't form proper sentences due to the horrible grammar but atleast I can read sentences (that include the vocab/kanji I learned ofc) and make out their meanings. I'm so glad I started learning Japanese I never knew it could be so much fun. Plus watching anime has helped me alot when it comes to immersion. I'm planning on maybe watching some game shows when I advance more cuz who doesn't like a good laugh and goofs while also immersing and learning
@amaretto5343 жыл бұрын
i started seriously a week ago and i didn’t know it was so much fun:) i knew hiragana already, but rlly studying everything with the proper apps and giving some dedication to it feels great. i’m afraid of kanji and grammar tho
@gapedandamazed69883 жыл бұрын
@@amaretto534 that's great. That's pretty much what I did my first week them I bought an N5 book and learned some phrases and more vocabulary. Don't worry about grammar with the phrases you learn slowly but surely you will start realizing how the grammar works. After all when you were 3 years old your parents never taught you grammar. Just sentences and vocabulary. Then as time goes on the way you say things 'felt right' and only then you start realizing how the grammar usually works. That's the same case with japanese grammar and particles. You learn sentences from the beginner N5 book ofc then you start realizing when those particles are used. It's a small price to pay. You can fight some online or libraries and they are specifically designed for you to pass JLPT 5. With that being said you could implement some Immersion as long as you try to focus on the japanese. It's ok if you have English subs but as long as you keep your attention to the japanese you will start picking out words and such. Especially if you learned them from your book or anywhere else. I have been at this for only 2 weeks now I know so little. While I was able to understand what some sentences meant by hearing them I never was able to form one. As time went on and I kept learning more I started realising how the grammar worked and very slowly started able to make sentences from what I learned. I have way lots to go and I know this is the beginning but if I can keep this up for years I will definitely find great success. Everyday I put on a little more progress. And I'm positive that in the distant future I will be glad that I never quitted. If anything quitting will make you feel like shit. Knowing in the back of your mind that you quit is never a good feeling. Just remember to treat yourself as a baby learning a language rather than an adult who is supposed to know everything. Mindset and low expectations is KEY to happiness. And consistency is KEY to success
@sesehoho89543 жыл бұрын
@@gapedandamazed6988 what book are you using? there is nothing wrong in learning Kanji if you can learn it at the same time.. but my advice would be start memorizing vocabulary. verb and adjective conjugation will be a challenge at first since there is a lot of condition on that. so basically hiragana and katakana is fine for the first steps.. then grammar and vocabulary. you can do the kanji once you able to finish the N5 lessons. there you can construct/write sentences while practicing kanji.
@idkimjustdarkfudgelol68963 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend for grammar, tae Kim's guide book. It's free but you can get a hardcover copy for around $20. It's around 300 pages (don't exactly remember the number) it teaches you the basics all the way up to the harder stuff. I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. Learn grammar before vocab ( it's okay if you learn a little at a time like the first few hundred words). The reason why grammar is first to me is because when learning vocab (not all) you should read them in a sentence cuz sometimes you read pick up grammar in that way and learning a word without context I find sometimes is bad. An small example is 仕事. If you translate in English it can be work or job but sometimes the dictionary doesn't say that for other words and you can get confused if you read a sentence and the words don't make sense with each other because it has a different meaning and you don't know.
@gapedandamazed69883 жыл бұрын
@@idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896 oh ik about that when I'm learning vocab I'm reading their sentences as well. Overtime I get to slowly figure out the grammar pattern without really diving deep into learning the grammar. But ofc sometimes I do open Tae Kim's guide for the particles and other grammatical logics
@AsucaTheBLUBB3 жыл бұрын
I still remember watching your hiragana song back then. Loved it haha. Oh dear, time has flown...
@haganekazuki22413 жыл бұрын
same here! Time flies...
@dongiepanda3 жыл бұрын
i never even realized it was her omg
@Phantom_madman3 жыл бұрын
The sweet comments of all the japanese people here is so wholesome haha, I watched that video a long time ago when I was like 14 too. You've come a long way !!
@Karina-hc3gf3 жыл бұрын
That's so impressive 😭 I'm 20 years old and just finished my first year at uni studying Japanese and I'm still only around the same level you were back then. I got a 2:1 in my first year but looking through the GCSE syllabus for Japanese there's still things I don't know. I'm taking a year out of uni and I'm hoping to improve my language skills before my year abroad in Sept 2022 but I don't know how.
@rloach0673 жыл бұрын
i recommend something similar to the refold method that *matt vs japan* has. It has personally helped me with my target lenguage (although not japanese) quite a lot! i don't do it exactly like he does but i think is a solid base where you can start off and try new stuff from it, so that in the course of a few weeks/months you find a good method for you personally :) his stuff is based on the mass inversion theory of lenguage learning, along with specific methods of study depending on your level of comprehension. If you already know quite a bit of your target lenguage, in my personal experience the mass inmersion along with some specific focused studying (in my case monolingual all of it) has really helped me advance at quite a nice pace.
@killxtra3 жыл бұрын
What program are you using to study abroad if you don’t mind me asking
@Karina-hc3gf3 жыл бұрын
@@killxtra Tbh idk, it's just a compulsory part of most undergrad Japanese courses at uni in the UK. But I remember all the different Japanese host unis we were getting sent to had different names of different programs by which they could accept us, I was supposed to go to Hosei University and they called it 'the ESOP exchange program'
I'm impressed. I've studied on and off for 15 years (I'm 30 now) and am nowhere near the level of awesome you are. Truly, it goes to show you that, when you're passionate and really want to learn, you achieve so much.
That’s pretty good japanese (I mean obviously you’re like perfect now) but for back then wow, it was encouraging to watch. Thanks
@petrichorrs3 жыл бұрын
I remember logging into my old account to check my posts and feel nostalgic. but oh boy, If I only knew the amount of cringe and embarrassment I'd feel when I log in. not only were they embarrassing, but my English was very horrible too lmao. I couldn't stop cringing at my posts, I even wished if I listened to my dad and didn't create an account (because I was young back then). But at the same time, it made me realise how much my English has improved. From not being able to type "busy" properly (I might have or might have not spelled it as bussy lol), to thinking in English and speaking it everyday as if it's my first Language. I know, I probably have made few mistakes here and there. But still, I think I have improved so much and I'm proud of myself. I can finally understand what my favourite KZbinrs are saying and enjoy what they upload even more now. Hopefully, one day, I'll be fluent in my target language too. Good luck everyone!! :)
@kaia91063 жыл бұрын
congrats on Mona coming home!:D
@thabokgwele52683 жыл бұрын
What's your actual home language then?
@petrichorrs3 жыл бұрын
@@kaia9106 thank you very much!! I hope you get all the characters you want! :)
@Delicateplaylist3 жыл бұрын
bruh what was i thinking mine said "im beautiful and my lifes a movie and everyone stars in it" thats just part of the embarrassment should've listened to my parent too 😂
Well, I was one of your subscribers back 10 years ago! You were a great motivation for me. I never learned Japanese but learned English, Spanish and Persian. Somehow you're a part of that.
@ITSME-sp5up3 жыл бұрын
You're inspiring me!Thank you, I'm going to improve and stop procrastinating 🙃💓
wow your japanese at that age was incredible!! im 21 and have been studying for 6 months and still have lots of difficulty speaking even a single sentence 😅thank you for sharing!
@youam29883 жыл бұрын
最初にこれだけ喋れたらすごいです!そしてヘアスタイルも可愛いよー❤️尊敬します!!
@baizhuwaitingroom70573 жыл бұрын
Really impressive! I dabbled a bit in Japanese when I was 15, but that was about it. Nowadays I'm not really interested in picking it up again (unless it's for work/subjects I'm passionate about), but I still remember some of the stuff I learned back then and I can't stress enough how much the prior experience with kanji, no matter how limited it was, has helped me when I started studying Mandarin. I just find it funny now how much attention my brain subconsciously pays to the pitch accent when I'm listening to Japanese (that would have been so useful back then), and how it often tries to figure out the tones that aren't there whenever I listen to foreign languages lol.
@Shion.U273 жыл бұрын
this is honestly so inspirational!!! even tho your embarrassed I'm really happy you made this video because its super motivating, thank you for sharing it.
@kaseichan1003 жыл бұрын
10年前のハナちゃんがいて今のハナちゃんがあるのですねー。頑張ったハナちゃんに拍手!Thank you for leaving your first video to show us and keep sharing a lot of videos until now!
@Tjbcat3 жыл бұрын
Everyone is a beginner at first, and look where you are now! You’ve come this far!
@Crazypreeteens3 жыл бұрын
Hannah!! ❤️ I can’t believe it’s been over 10 years already. I have been a follower since day 1. I remember my cousin introducing me to your videos. We were completely hooked on your videos since we wanted to learn Japanese ourselves! I even remember in one video you told your viewers to contact you anytime via Skype to practice speaking Japanese with you! I remember we contacted you and you responded so quickly! You were so nice! Me and my cousin were so embarrassed by our Japanese speaking skills that we didn’t have the confidence to video chat with you in the end. 🤣 I really wish we did though! In 2017 I would finally take my first Japanese community college course after self-studying with the GENKI book. 4 years later, my Japanese has improved a lot but my conversational skills are still terribly underdeveloped! In order to combat this, I plan to go to Japan to further enhance my Japanese skills. I’d say by 2023, I will finally be able to accomplish this desire! I just find our coming of age stories intriguing because I feel like we have some similarities. We are about the same age. We both became interested in learning Japanese around the same time. We began watching boat loads of anime. We both have insanely curly hair (lol, although I found out I had curly hair a bit later after chopping off my fluffy long, damaged-by-straightener hair 🤣). It’s like I grew up with you from a distance as we experienced similar changes and experiences. You will always have a special place in my heart Miss Hanake! And you will always have a loyal fan. Here’s to the next 10 years!
@lexicat72343 жыл бұрын
Omg that’s so much improvement! So proud of you and watching this was super nostalgic! I used to watch you when I was studying Japanese in middle school because of anime lol 😂 I stopped studying because I had other interests and things going on. But I still loved watching! It’s so cool to see how far you’ve come and I wish you the best of luck!! 💕
@925まきこ2 жыл бұрын
一生懸命な姿は感動を呼び、応援したくなります。 素敵ですl
@YoshikazuHayashi3 жыл бұрын
13歳のハナの日本語、直してあげたくなるよね😊 でもそれから 10年間、勉強し続けて、今は本当にペラペラになっている。You show persistence pays off.
What a throwback. I remember watching your old video way way back around when it was uploaded! I was really inspired by it, and now I'm even more inspired by how much you've improved since then
I am half Brit half Icelandic and lived in Japan for 25 years, i graduated from japanese med school and worked as a vet and ethologist in Japan for nearly 10 years, and i must admit that not only your japanese is remarkable, but your body language and attitude is very impressive. Learning a language is also learning a culture, and both language and body language are intrinsically linked. You really adopted both, which may make you an odd one outside Japan if you speak english with a japanese body language, but in Japan, it will help you immensely, because Japanese judge foreigners far more by their manners than their language skills. And your body language shows that you are familiar and comfortable with the culture, which will, in return make Japanese people comfortable with you. Congrats ! Ganbare !
Es increíble ver cómo se ve el compromiso que tenía. Empecé a estudiar japonés este año, es difícil cuando tienes una “agenda apretada” por los estudios y nadie a tu alrededor te apoya... Aún así seguiré dando mi mayor esfuerzo. :)
@MikoAsuke3 жыл бұрын
No waaaaay. We're about the same age (turning 24 this year), and I was also a huge fan of Visual Kei back then (2011), especially An Cafe. Same as you, I have studied Japanese (N3), but your Japanese is soooo impressive. 💕
@Sumerian-life3 жыл бұрын
13歳でここまで話せるのも本当にすごいです....!私も英語の勉強を頑張ろうと思いました!!!
@yoshi-uu2bk3 жыл бұрын
久しぶりに来たら登録した時より凄く上手に成っていてビックリ・・ また、日本に遊びに来てくださいね
@alext46633 жыл бұрын
I used to watch your videos when I was around 14? I felt inspired by you to study Japanese but when I was about 16 years old I starting doubting myself and stopped studying sadly :( Now at 21 I started self-studying Korean and this time I'm not stopping until I reach decent fluency! I hope to study Japanese again someday as well. So glad to see you doing well! It's like seeing an old friend after a long while
@arianahill81673 жыл бұрын
I used to watch you when I was younger because I wanted to learn Japanese soo glad I found you again!!!
@amyckan3 жыл бұрын
the hold the hiragana song has on me... whenever I hear a word mentioned, my mind goes straight to the song omg
your an inspiration for me! i just started japanese a few weeks ago and im hooked! i plan on going to college for it!
@sar1mekk03 жыл бұрын
そのビデオ10年前にリアルタイムで見てたから時の流れの速さに驚いています。
@alexandraespinoza44923 жыл бұрын
wait. it's you! I saw one of your old videos and the one thing I can say is you almost perfect your japanese 10 yrs ago and now you're really impressive speaking Japanese. I hope I'II be like you someday.
@SusanaCardich3 жыл бұрын
I loved this video!! I speak Spanish and I'm learning Japanese right now. It is so hard but がんばります💪
@bru.medica3 жыл бұрын
hii!! I'm learning Spanish and Japanese too :) my nickname on duolingo: bruna.ntc
This came up in my recommended and I clicked on a whim... Only to hear you're from Durham in the video! Small world, absolutely did not expect that, hardly ever see anyone from the north let alone my own county :O
New subbie here❤ I am glad i came across your channel. I am returning back to studying Japanese. I studied for about 8 years and then so much personal hardships got in the way, but I am back! I can understand you without the subtitles but somethings are still fuzzy 😂. I am super shy about speaking and my reading has slowed BUT, I am back!!! Now to binge your videos!
@phalangenibbler5723 жыл бұрын
Right now I'm at around the same age and point that you were then, and I hope that I stay diligent and don't give up on this incredible language! Who knows, maybe I'll be fluent in the next 10-ish years too (I would hope so)
@addangel3 жыл бұрын
we did the same aww 🥺 face at "I am trying my best" so cute and earnest
10年間達成しましたおめでとうございます! I'm also learning now, from reading and listening. Hannah, you said that at that time, you only picked up some Japanese somehow from anime. Does that mean you later realised that there were other ways of studying that you found were effective / would recommend? For example splitting time between watching anime and memorising vocab. Or maybe just watching a wider variety of media?
@bluerae_3 жыл бұрын
Girl, I studied Japanese for 3 years in university and your Japanese from when you were 13 is still better than mine. I think you did very well 😁
@user-b3i2q Жыл бұрын
10 years. Ok, that makes me not feel so bad, then, for not yet being able to create sentences in Japanese after 4 months of studying. But 10 years seems like a good benchmark for being able to get on youtube and express myself in Japanese; although, I'm extremely curious how that will go, because I usually suck horribly at expressing myself verbally. '>.> And, yeah, I agree with the others-your Japanese sounds great to me! It's always inspiring for me to see native English speakers who can speak well in Japanese. It is encouraging for me to continue.
@hasan27003 жыл бұрын
Oh, you knowing Victor caught me off guard, youtube algorithm banzai. Alas that was fun to watch, you've improved a lot.
@shure813 жыл бұрын
I don't know Japanese, I have a passing interest in it, at best. But you seem like someone who speaks well, watching an old video of yourself...I got my popcorn ready hahaha
@Tuti-ix6uo3 жыл бұрын
The first kanji that I learn was "雨" don't know why but I like the way it sounds
@coffeecookies2863 жыл бұрын
Your pronounciation is great!! Love your channel. And, dare I say, you’re super cute🥰
@MissHanake3 жыл бұрын
thank you so much!🥰
@teaC.upparty3 жыл бұрын
You are so lucky star that you can speak Japanese, I wish you could teach me Japanese because I'm learing Japanese as well 😁
You don't need to be embarrassed about the hair, I think it's cute Rather than Antique Cafe (I know this band!), your old days hair remind me of Hizaki from Versailles
@tomofj81483 жыл бұрын
13歳の頃めちゃくちゃ可愛いです💕何を伝えたいかわかります。でも今はペラペラ!凄いです
@中村勝博-g8s9 ай бұрын
今見ても13歳でこの日本語力凄いと思う!👍👍
@uselessaqua1023 жыл бұрын
been following you since the begining . feels unreal seeing how time flows . Hiragana sing will for ever stay in my head.
@komaeda_juice49833 жыл бұрын
im taking a japanese class for highschool because my school requires that we take a language class and because i want to learn it, and its only been one full week so i dont know much but im so hapy that im able to understand some japanese in this video
@Scorpi0273 жыл бұрын
関係ないけど、ちょーかわいいっ🥺💞💞
@choumitsou3 жыл бұрын
I thought you lived in Japan to improve your Japanese but no! Did you learn alone?! Thats really impressive!!! And you were cute and you wanted to learn and you never give up so 👏 👏 👏 The brain is very very interesting when you speak in Japanese you have the intonation and the mimics!!! Ps iam in love with your hair I mean you hair now not....
@tiiredx_cqt22843 жыл бұрын
you know ? I also have the same dream as you I want to finish my studies in Japan and make my life there I love you and good luck ✨✨
@uelim92713 жыл бұрын
13才のHannahちゃん中々可愛いですね、僕も日本語勉強してみます。
@Imamotherfreakingavocado3 жыл бұрын
I aspire to be as good as even the ten years ago. I'm not too good yet, only been learning for about a month and a half, but I will keep studying till I become as good as possible at Japanese :)