【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 3 Japanese Grammar Made Clear | ます CONJUGATION SIMPLIFIED

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アンディはすきですか。 Sorry if i butchered the name!

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When you treat this video as a lecture and continually pause to write everything down, it very quickly goes from an hour video to a three hour video, haha, I'm definitely glad for these stream cuts! Thanks for your work!

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And thank YOU for watching! =)

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Maybe you can refer to similar contents in the book if that save everyone some time. (but without andy's examples ofc XD)

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Polite Verb Conjugation: 1:05 Negative Polite Verb Conjugation: 15:07 Present Tense: 18:00 Particles: 26:51 Time References: 35:15 Polite Invitations: 40:31 Frequency Adverbs: 44:22 Word Order: 51:31 More about は: 56:00 QUESTION TIME: 1:01:13

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[@E5rael]

In case anyone's interested, I came up with a mnemonic to help remember the 10 exceptions to the ichidan or iru-/eru-verbs: _I _*_needed_*_ to _*_know_*_ how to _*_cut_*_ onions properly to _*_limit_*_ the number of tears in the kitchen, so I _*_slid_*_ down the hill, _*_ran_*_ to my friend’s house, _*_kicked_*_ his door in, _*_entered_*_ his house, _*_spoke_*_ with him for a bit and then _*_went_*_ back _*_home_*_ ._

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I *_need_* to *_know_* how to *_cut_* chicken so I *_slid_* down the hill, *_ran_* to my friend's house, *_kick_* his door open, *_enter,_* *_spoke_* to him, ask for his *_limited_* edition cookbook, and *_went back home._*

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Poor the door

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fr like it feels so good but when you actually read something in japanese and dont understand anything is when reality hits hard

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As someone who's been learning French for a while, I can say how relieving it is how relatively simple Japanese is in this regard. (conjugations)

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It is nice that the grammar isn't TOO difficult in Japanese. =)

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[@Nathan-sq9xv]

OK, three weeks later I finally understand everything in lesson three and did all the exercises that were available to me. I can go to lesson 4 now.

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learning spanish for the past four years i am so used to conjugation its second nature, can only imagine how daunting this must feel for other people, love the series mam not sure how i would learn the grammar otherwise

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I remember learning the Spanish conjugations. I found them far more confusing than Japanese conjugations for some reason. But the first time is always difficult. =)

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This video taught me more about Conjugations than 4 years of Japanese classes. (Which is also why I kept giving up). I refuse to give up this time.

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[@ToKiniAndy]

You're welcome! I'm happy to hear that it is helping. It would be contextual I suppose. ごはんは implies the question ご飯はどうですか? which means just that: "how about food?"

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I don't even have the book yet but I'm keeping up with your lessons, nice series my man! :D Also, do you know a good website to find those dictionary forms? Thanks for the effort dude!

[@ToKiniAndy]

Hi Calu, I'm happy to hear that the lessons are helping you even without the book! I'm not sure of a website that has all of the conjugations listed out on one page. With that said, the Tae Kim website has sections on all of the conjugations. He also does RU and U verb classification, which I don't love, but he does have the lists! Thanks for watching!

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@@ToKiniAndy Oh, I see! I'm gonna give it a shot then, thank you so much man, I'm looking forward for the next lessons! :D

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@@calumon4965 the book 501 Japanese Verbs is a great resource to have on hand. I also refer some students to www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/. You can put in the dictionary form and it provides all the conjugations.

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You're welcome! I'm happy you found us, and I hope that these videos can help you on your journey!

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Just a note on に versus へ、 Both particles can be used to describe where you’re going to, but don’t always carry the same nuance. へ can carry a stronger feeling of “towards” than “to. For example, よこはまに行きますmeans I'm going to Yokohana. However, よこはまへいきまづ could mean more like I'm on my way to Yokohama or I'm headed toward Yokohama. Also, unlike に、 へ can be used before の, allowing a noun to be used. For example: 平和への歩み。 (へいわへの あゆみ。) A step toward peace.

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Dude perfect videos for me, I am relearning Japanese since I only made it to chapter 8 by myself and didn't really comprehend before. You have made it way easier to understand. Thank you I hope to finish this series and finally make it to the second book in the series.

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I'm happy to hear it! I wish you luck on your journey to book 2! =)

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I'm so glad I found your channel! I'm currently self-studying Japanese using Genki and initially planned to memorize the verb conjugations as that's what everyone said to do. Love how you break down the conjugation in such a logical way! Definitely helped me appreciate Japanese much better. Please don't stop making videos! 🙏

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Glad I was able to save you from doing that method! =) Thanks for watching!

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I'm happy to hear that! Thank you for watching! =)

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I just finished this video and I absolutely loved it. Looking forward to the lesson 4.

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I'm happy to hear that! I will stream Lesson 4 this Sunday! =)

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THANK YOU ANDY SENSEI, THIS IS THE ONLY COMPREHENSIBLE ICHIDAN AND GODAN VERB EXPLANATION I CAN FIND

[@daemanuhr]

So at about 16:30, I was trying to figure out what かたる meant. You kept saying かたる in the video. It seemed to have something to do with cutting off the end of the verb. After about the fourth or fifth time you said it, I realized that かたる was actually "cut the る". Somehow, my beginner Japanese student brain detected an accent and tried to make sense of かたる. Anyway, funny anecdote aside, I just started the verb conjugation section in chapter 3 (3rd edition), and I remembered coming across this video when I ordered the book a month ago. Your explanations are delightful! Thank you so much!

[@ToKiniAndy]

Hahaha! That happens to me all the time when Japanese people insert random English words into our conversations. I'm like... what Japanese word is that?! I'm happy to hear that you are finding the videos useful. Thank you for watching! =)

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That ending was sudden.... one minute you were talking about eggs the next credits were rolling :(

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There is a secret ending too! haha Sorry about that abruptness too. And thank you for coming tonight!

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Something that helped me with times and "ni" is to think about whether we would say "in/on/at" in english. For example, you wouldn't say "on tomorrow" or "on next week," so times like those do not use the ni particle. But we do say "in October" or "on Monday" or "at 7:00" so in those cases you use ni.

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I've been reading the lessons and then coming back to your videos to help out with my learning and... hoo boy. This lesson definitely taught me to try and do them around the same time. After spending a long ass time trying to figure out how they explained "u" and "ru" verbs, I absolutely wanted to rip the pages out once I listened to your explanation of iru/eru instead. Can't stress enough how much of a huge help your content has been so far.

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I'm so happy to hear that you found the lesson helpful! Thank you for watching. =)

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Not gonna lie, it took me more than 6 hours to watch the whole video because I had tonllok for the correct way to srite each kanji (since this is the first lesson that we actually see them in use). It was so hard to follow the book by myself. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!! Keep up the good work :)

[@ToKiniAndy]

I'm glad to hear that you found it useful! You probably don't need to learn to write every single kanji that shows up in the vocabulary or lessons just yet. Those are more for recognition purposes. The kanji that Genki recommends you learn by lesson are in the back of the textbook. On the other hand, if you ENJOY learning to write each kanji, more power to you! =)

[@aleex9109]

Wow thanks a lot,this chapter was so confusing in the book,you make it so simple! Great teacher,thanks a lot for what you are doing

[@ToKiniAndy]

You're welcome! I'm happy to hear that it helped!

[@tanuki88]

I always thought Genki had valuable content but I could never sit and work through it. Thank you for making these 😭 ❤

[@ebkittydiyer6328]

I just wanted to say you’re very helpful and your channel is amazing! Like one of the other comments I also think you look like a channel with so many subscriber than you already have. You deserve way more for the content!

[@mtsampt]

You're a really great teacher man, keep it up!

[@ToKiniAndy]

Thank you! I will do my best! =)

[@kiztorres3218]

(Doing some thorough revision.) you're lessons are so much fun..

[@ToKiniAndy]

Thank you! I hope your reviews are going well!

[@Anaelic]

It took me almost 4 hours to complete this entire video with all the notes I had to take but I finally did it, thank you for helping me get through it with this amazing series!!

[@mollipop_art]

I like that the subtitles keep interpreting "kaeru" as "Caillou"

[@omeyettebaguette1968]

Thank you, Andy, for your existence!

[@Boyyyyaan]

really nice of you to do this. I appreciate it a lot

[@edgarciry3090]

As a french I am also making progress in english by watching your videos, thank you so much for this super useful content :)

[@theoadrianaquio9379]

i just started relearning japanese and im glad i found this channel. thank you for the in-depth guide.

[@kaielee2769]

i finally finished this lesson! it was so hard for me because the kanji made me all stressed out! i’m so happy your channel exists! thank you so much ❤️

[@kowaihana]

thank you... ive been having a hard time w/ ch3... from the bottom of my heart 💗💗 ill make sure to donate when i can

[@ThanhMai-yv1zt]

whatt your channel needs so much more subscribers, thank u sm for these videos

[@sebastianpena3449]

You made conjugating verbs soo simple omg! I got chapter 3 down somewhat easily, however once I seen chapter 4's verbs I got a little scared . It didn't explain how to conjugate the new verbs so I had to re-read the verb conjugating in chapter 3 to get a vague idea on how these verbs conjugate and which group family it belong to. I'm confident now I can conjugate any verbs I run into thanks to you now!

[@primrosesakul..3808]

U are one of my favourite teachers in my life. Thank you

[@Doremo1]

Thank you very much for making this content free and easy to access.

[@dryfire9515]

I’m hoping to move to Japan in June and right now I take private lessons once a week and we use the Genki book, then I come watch these while I commute every day they really help Thankyou

[@aazingyeung8772]

48:31 I have a question about the particle は in the sentence お酒は飲みますか. Since を is usually used after a direct object, is this an exception to use は?

[@lukebradt3218]

I know this is a dead question, but this used to confuse me a ton. In case anyone else comes by: は is an overall subject indicator, but not necessarily a grammatical subject indicator. が is the grammatical subject indicator but it is often omitted because it can be understood through context. You'll hear this referred to often as "the hidden が particle" There are several implied subject and object clauses within the statement. Fully written it could be something like お酒は（あなたが）（お酒を）飲みますか . The parentheticals are what are implied by context. Imagine it being literally translated as "Let's talk about alcohol... does (something) drink?" Adding the implied clauses you'd get: "Let's talk about alcohol... do you drink alcohol?" Another example: You're at a restaurant and the waiter asks you what you'll be having. You might say, "私は魚です”　魚:　（さかな）fish, and 私:　（わたし）I, me This does not mean "I am a fish" but rather "As for me... I'll have fish."

[@twofacedmiku]

I had trouble with the masu verb conjugation this was very helpful thank you!

[@Peterwbsf1]

I am going g back to review grammar. Have heard Genki are quite good. Your lessons are helping me to do that review and decide what level book to get. Thanks for the effort and well structured content. けこ 日本らしのやりかたですね。