Can Japanese Spot Foreigners' Japanese by Listening? (Osaka)

[@ThatJapaneseManYuta]

Learn Japanese with me -> bit.ly/3dZGqQB

[@ب_ب-ج4ك]

Noooooooooo. I am the first one 😭😭😭

[@MrMurraypants]

#5 was you wasn't it?

[@nachtphysik7168]

Well congrats on being a foreign brother just like the rest of us plebs, Yuta! LOL And apparantly you're an analphabet as well!

[@herpdederp6186]

If I do, won't I have trouble reading? :-p

[@cooltech7711]

Given how much time & effort it takes say to listen to that entire paragraph 4/5 times and listen to a lot of the other stuff plus think about it carefully and answer, do you pay these participants for their time or is it on a volunteer basis? Thinking about doing something similar in my country, so asking.

[@Kain1805]

Yuta standing there while they are roasting his japanese: 🗿

[@completebilingual]

Well, actually, Yuta wasn't an interviewer. So he wasn't standing there.

[@asakuranno]

@@completebilingual i think he was recording the interview instead

[@completebilingual]

@@asakuranno Oh. Never thought of that.

[@boiboi7717]

@@completebilingual still a quality comment nonetheless

[@DajuOnYoutube]

Or his ability to read lol

[@communismwithgiggles2515]

When Yuta's been so focused on understanding English sarcasm that his Japanese has turned foreign

[@zenithchan1646]

That happens with bilingual people

[@kilindogma9711]

3:55 "#5 is starting to sound suspicious too" **sad That JAPANESE MAN Yuta noises*

[@seppfeuer3397]

Hahah everybody in this video said that, while he is trying to sell his japanese lessons 😂😂 it is pretty ironic

[@dragontoothless4351]

Yeah, as soon as I heard #5 say Konnichiwa, I knew it was Yuta.

[@TheActualDP]

I'm pretty sure he was trying to troll them.

[@bakuretsutenshi3579]

@@dragontoothless4351 Same. Watching his videos i get the feeling, that he likes to put on a show and speak in a theatrical way like an actor (or someone with chuunibyou) would. And i think hes overdone it a bit there. Hearing the one woman say that he might have trouble reading definitely cracked me up.

[@Azazel-uv3sx]

@@dragontoothless4351 Yup lol

[@J.Crime123]

Lol. The moment the long sentence got introduced you could instantly tell that #5 was Yuta.

[@herpdederp6186]

Now we know he's a foreigner. ;-)

[@GabrielaCenturionNeumann]

I got it since his "Konnichiwa". His voice is very distinct :)

[@SandPanda92]

TRUE!! I was like wait a minute isn't that Yuta?

[@yagruumbagaarn]

And you can tell he was purposely slipping on his words to make himself sound suspect. What a trickster lol

[@ElFacilHero]

I could instantly tell from the "konnichiwa" lol

[@flyingpigs17]

Thanks for the feature Yuta! I'm #2 and it was really fun being a part of this experiment. I enjoyed hearing the feedback and definitely feel motivated to keep working on my Japanese. I'm also Asian American so the guy at the end was pretty spot on with his guess haha

[@Kyoukichi]

You tricked me until you started to have trouble with ッ as other 99% foreigners do as well.

[@lieny]

You did great!!

[@Demozo_]

@@Kyoukichi I don't understand why people seem to be struggling with っ tbh. Do you know why, and if so could you explain?

[@koxukoshu]

commenting to follow this thread. I didn't hear the basketball tell that they were talking about

[@Kyoukichi]

@@Demozo_ Of course. As you might already be aware, small tsu (っ、ッ) is a pause signifier in pronunciation. Loan words like バスケット (basuketto=basketball), チャック (chakku=zipper), native Japanese words like 逼迫 (hippaku=urgency, pressing) or 脱臼 (dakkyuu=dislocation of the bone) are not hard to pronounce by themselves in an isolated case. If I were to ask you to pronounce them by themselves, you'd probably sound exactly the same as a native speaker, utilizing the pause exactly where it needs to be. However, when you try talking in full sentences, (let's say, this is your 10th sentence in your speech), your ability to pronounce it correctly will possibly significantly drop. Native speakers can pause it naturally, exactly at the point where it needs to be, it feels correct to pause it at the same exact spot. Foreigners will usually shorten it in pronunciation and it will come out a bit wonky. バスケット will become バスケト, チャック will become チャク etc., omitting the pause. I would argue that not pausing enough or at the right point doesn't really kill the flow or the idea of the thought you were trying to convey with the sentence, it will be understood well. The only difference is that it will sound a bit unnatural to a person with trained ears. That's not to say that all Japanese people utilize the pause correctly. I've heard pretty horrible pronunciation from natives as well. This is probably due to the fact that not many languages utilize pauses in pronunciation as often and as explicit as Japanese language does. As a foreigner, you need to pay extra attention just to be able to pause it at the right point (unless your native language also utilizes pauses a lot). That is the gist of it.

[@ب_ب-ج4ك]

LMAO Yuta's Japanese sounds like a foreigner.

[@ADeeSHUPA]

エケ데스

[@neohybridkai]

I bet he intentionally did that to make a trick

[@ペムペム]

That tricky man yuta. Im pretty sure he did this sound to troll and trick them lol

[@ArtaxerxesVI]

Or maybe hes gotten too used to speaking English lol

[@TBNREllaXx]

LMAO true

[@majibento]

This was really interesting, thanks Yuta! I’m #3 and this was both very humbling and very embarrassing to watch, humbling because I’ve been told I have great pronunciation and embarrassing because I hate hearing my own voice (esp with my crappy mic) but I wanted to see them react to me... I did a lot of takes to even get to what I did 😂 Btw for the people complaining about there being too many Americans, I feel you, I also wish there had been more variety, but maybe it’s some consolation to know that I was raised bilingual in German and I’m a German citizen so uhh Germany represent I guess? 👀🇩🇪

[@ThatJapaneseManYuta]

Thank you for helping me! I simply chose recordings that sounded good to me and didn't pay attention to the nationalities at all.

[@majibento]

@@ThatJapaneseManYuta Cool. My pleasure!

[@Kain1805]

Dein Japanisch klingt echt gut 😊 Und jeder hasst es, seine eigene Stimme zu hören lol

[@thepsychocarrot1]

“ive been told i have great pronunciation” literally every japanese ever.....never heard of tatemae huh

[@DougalBayer]

I think your pronunciation is very good. Keep at it, you will be great! I noticed mostly your intonation. Standard pitch accent andメリハリ cannot be learned by magic osmosis. For the past year I have been "shadowing" audiobooks read by professional narrators. That is how I previously learned a number of European languages. I have now repeated aloud a dozen books at 0.5 to 0.7 speed. If I go faster, I cannot imitate every nuance, and I revert to sounding American. But I am getting faster, and often speak simultaneously when I can I guess ahead. So this is not just active listening, but real speaking practice. The voice talents model accurate standard pitch accent, and their intonation is far more systematic and clear than conversational speech or dialogue--which makes the patterns actually learnable by foreigners. Having internalized pitch accent as motor memory, now when I listen to Dogen or Ms. Soma, I don’t think “These patterns are too hard to remember,’” but rather, “Yeah, that sounds about right to my ear.” And when I listen to even the very best foreign speakers of Japanese, I can hear them go "in and out of character." They mostly sing with Japanese pitch accent, but also tend to "speak" some words like a Westerner. And like a singer who doesn't stay in key, they don't "harmonize" one phrase to the next as Japanese do automatically.

[@Tophbbq]

I spent a year living in Japan (near Kansai) and I got pretty good at sounding relatively "native". The proudest I ever was of my Japanese was when I took a trip to Tokyo and a waiter said to me, "Hey, your accent. Are you from..." and I expected him to say America, but he said "...Osaka???"

[@Ninjadoku3779]

That's cool.

[@kasdjkfghalksjdhg]

Small victories! It means you worked hard and it paid off. 😄👍🏻

[@pengu8734]

He's joking, normally people wouldn't ask that abruptedly if the guy looks like he's clearly from Osaka, but if you see a funny foreigner that speaks in a regional accent its a good conversation starter

[@akositayut]

Nihonggo Jozū-d

[@holliswilliams8426]

It's strange, I have convinced people before that I was from Argentina when I spoke Spanish, but I probably don't have the best accent. I honestly think native speakers don't listen very carefully to people when they speak their language as they just don't care. So I hate to say this, but just because a native thinks you are a native speaker as well really doesn't mean a lot.

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

Hilarious that no one believed Yuta was Japanese/said he spoke like an announcer.

[@TheMrCarnification]

I love their reaction noises. - The first person is . - Eeeh. - Eeeh + Ooh - - Un un un. - Ooh

[@TheMrCarnification]

Makes sense, I take it it is indicative of paying attention to what's being said. "Oh" might not be a word, but it can conveys as much meaning as "I see"

[@Vii_DT]

@מחמד חנזיר .Just to fill you in, it's called Aiduchi (あいづち). They are interjections to show that they're paying attention.

[@mikael9325]

@@Vii_DT *aizuchi

[@HitodamaKyrie]

@@mikael9325 *aidzuchi

[@mikael9325]

@@HitodamaKyrie dud i know its spelled exactly like that but it is also called aizuchi

[@anikevin]

Breaking News: *Kanagawa boy disappoints whole prefecture with his poor pronunciation*

[@syfx1485]

lmao

[@shukrantpatil]

lmao

[@tree5908]

PFFFF

[@josephstalin7619]

@@syfx1485 LMAO

[@weirdness3065]

Lmao

[@綺麗なんだよなぁ]

実際、外国人に日本語を教えている先生はゆっくり正確に発音することを意識している方が多いので、日常会話だと少し違和感を感じることはあります。動画内では、ゆうたさんも一般的な日本人よりもはっきりと発音しているので、日本語が流暢な外国の方が話しているように聞こえますね。日常では分からないですけど

[@barashagogoi945]

Congratulations on 1 Million 🎉🎉

[@VividAMVs]

He just deserves it. And also he's able of reinventing himself he's G R E A T yo.

[@NJDJ1986]

Yeah! It's about time Yuta made it to 1 million subs! 👏👏👏

[@vanessameow1902]

0:46 Thats our best boy Yuta right there

[@12Ger13]

From the first exercise using "hello", who else discovered that #5 was Yuta's pronunciation?

[@uni4548]

I'm a Japanese. Honestly all but 1 sound as if spoken by a foreigner, but I wasn't surprised to hear 4 and 5 were also Japanese. As a woman in the video says, it's one thing to speak Japanese in conversation, but reading complete sentences out loud is another because they can have words or phrases you don't usually use so that it's hard to read smoothly even for Japanese native speakers.

[@iwannasleepplz]

4 is someone who learned it from parents, someone who is not educated in Japanese and don't use it actively in her daily life; so it still falls under "foreigner option" in my opinion.

[@ojon12389]

@хамлук I also think #4 should be considered as foreign. She would probably get more practice than the average foreigner learning Japanese if her parents were actively practicing with her since childhood, but learning by speaking in the environment also plays a huge role.

[@ojon12389]

@хамлук I interpreted "actively in the daily" as learning in the environment as I mentioned. Meaning going to school, talking to friends, random conversations with random people, etc. And just by the people's judgement in the video, #4 did pretty well considering she did not live in Japan.

[@sebbe3391]

#5 is Yuta trying to sound like a foreigner it seems

[@HoshiMiddayDelusion]

Funny thing is that sometimes a native speaker of a language will start to pick up intonation and whatever small things from another language they're fluent in and use it when speaking their native language. Like if you move to another country, you start to sound like you're not native in your own language because you use the other language more often and your face and mouth muscles get more used to that. It's fascinating. I was born and raised in Bulgaria and moved to Denmark when I was 18 (I'm 26 now) but I speak English with my Danish partner (cause we met online and it feels more natural) and also with my friends. I use mostly English and Danish in my daily life. I only really use Bulgarian when I'm talking to my parents so it feels kinda unnatural to me at this point and I feel like I sound like I'm not native lol. Some of my pronunciations have definitely changed.

[@shanasakai2238]

That's sad. Now I'm scared to live in another country I don't want my native tongue to disappear. I think it's best to write on your journal or just a reminder in your native language. Think also in your native language or watch a show there you'll still preserve it while in another country. I hope this helps

[@HoshiMiddayDelusion]

@@shanasakai2238 I don't really mind it, I think it's interesting. I haven't forgotten the language or anything, it just feels a bit unnatural when speaking because I'm no longer used to using it every day. But if I went back to live there, I'll probably get used to it again within a couple of days and it'll feel natural again. I think it's just about habits and also muscle memory. I was a bit worried about forgetting it when I moved at first, but even after so many years of not using it much, I can still completely switch to it when I'm actually there. It only takes a couple of hours to switch my entire thought process to my native language even if I pronounce some things a bit weird at first or sometimes can't remember a word instantly. Don't worry though, I don't think most people could ever actually forget their native language even if they live in another country for many many years. I've seen people who moved to the US when they were in their early twenties and came back to my native country 30 years later and they spoke with a bit of an accent on some words but otherwise perfectly fine.

[@ko-chanTHEBULLY]

Yeah that must be why a lot of people are more comfortable speaking the language they became more fluent in sometimes when they return, especially from like a mission or something

[@HoshiMiddayDelusion]

@@ko-chanTHEBULLY Yeah, I'm like that with English. Even though it's not my native language and it's not the language of the country I live in, it's still the one I'm most comfortable with because it's the one I use most. Even before I moved away from my home country, I was already thinking in English most of the time because I spend a lot of time online using it lol

[@alexefredericmigneault5698]

Really interesting! I'm a Canadian French native who speaks Japanese and English daily and I sometimes get asked where I'm from...while in my own country 😅 Muscle memory is definitely a thing. Thanks for sharing!

[@leibico]

It's about time Yuta hit 1mil!!!! 🎊🎊🎊🎊

[@Kanjicafe]

I can’t even begin to imagine how you come up with so many fascinating topics, and then execute beautifully on all of them. You’re an amazing young man.

[@noodles6901]

I just realized that you got to 1 mil subs, congrats my dude!!

[@janina3879]

I'm a foreigner so that's why, but I guessed 2 and was unsure about 3. The only reason I got 3 was because of the places he took a break and a few words, but to me his voice sounded pretty Japanese. 1 was obvious. I mean if they were foreign and people thought she was I would still want to speak Japanese like that cause it sounded beautiful. 4 was interesting.. to me it sounded Japanese, but there was something unique to it and I wouldn't want to change that. It's funny a lot of them couldn't tell with Yuta. That just shows Japanese people themselves can't always tell. Honestly all of them sounded pretty good and were easy to understand. My biggest takeaway from this is I need to learn to hear pitch accent better. I could only guess. On one hand this made me feel like it doesn't really matter to get it perfectly "native".. on the other hand it's still my long term goal to get there. Probably for once own self satisfaction I guess and to prove to myself that I can do it? This is really so interesting. You can speak beautiful Japanese and have a foreign accent too. Especially if you speak multiple languages some stuff slips in. My German probably had changed a lot too. I was even once told by a foreign friend who learned German and has a almost perfect pitch accent, my "komisch" (weird) sounds weird... anyways cool video! Thanks Yuta!

[@Kyogre997]

I tried to discover the gaijin too, and like the third girl I thought everyone was a foreigner except for one xD 2 and 3 were so evident, especially number 3 didn't have the slightest japanese intonation ^^ 4 and 5 (I didn't understand 5 was Yuta xD) were very difficult, beacause they had a good accent, but there were some parts that made me think they were foreigners, for Yuta especially the accent of the last totemo in speech 3 was sooooo strange (and infact the first two guys burst out laughing) ^^ However also 4 and 5 really had some foreign elements in their speech, 4 because she grew in US and so she puts a bit of american pronunciation into japanese, 5 because.. Yuta is a mystery xD He did it on purpose to deceive them, or learning so well english pronunciation made him have something in his japanese

[@Baierunjin]

こんにちは #1 Japanese #2 foreigner; sounds like a german #3 I tend to foreigner but I'm not sure #4 foreigner #5 Sounds like Yuta

[@vampyrelycan99]

Don't tell me #1 is from singer Kotoringo...... (Of course not, she's from Osaka as well)

[@MegaMund1]

Just by the "Konnichiwa" you can tell that 2,3 and 4 don't even tried to pronounce the "N' alone between KO and NI. That sounds strange, but maybe some japanese don't really pronounce the "N" specifically when speaking that word fast.

[@amerikagaijin]

@@MegaMund1 I pronounce the N when I speak Japanese. I think, 逆に、 that makes it obvious I'm foreigner 🤣🤣🤣

[@ArekSuroboyo1]

@@vampyrelycan99 #1 is not from Osaka even though it's also in Kansai region, but she's from Mie Prefecture (where Matsusaka beef came from).

[@michaels3003]

@@MegaMund1 , there isn't it really time 😉. The N may also be very subtle. Maybe a slow speed playback would reveal this.

[@darkangelprincess101]

I was able to understand one of the sentences without subtitles 😭 these are happy tears. I'm so happy

[@Emrysanimation]

Congratulations! ✨💪

[@__Dimos__]

I thought #5 こんにちは was Yuta himself. I'm commenting before I find out

[@drowsyValkyrie]

same !!

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@drowsyValkyrie uP

[@chandekam1826]

#MeToo

[@Correctrix]

Totally sounded like Yuta.

[@herpdederp6186]

I'm fairly sure #5 was him. Not from the first sample, but latter. And the last sample I'm sure he was just playing a trick... Or, has trouble reading. ;-)

[@kevinkite3418]

This was one of your best experiments, Yuta!

[@tatsuya6471]

Congratulations to your 1M subs!

[@VicVlog]

The moment I hear #5 "konichiwa", I instantly knew it's Yuta's voice.

[@deucemcallister13]

I love that you always find people who're willing to participate in your quizzes and games. Love this kinda content.

[@raymondmuhle9929]

Wow Yuta san ,1 million subscribers Congrats!!!!💯✌

[@TheNewGreenIsBlue]

You kept me captivated until the end!

[@FAMCHAMP]

Dang Hearing them say Yuta sounds like a foriegner knowing the fact this man been teaching us how to sound more native to his homeland for years is kinda funny lol

[@liz_004]

I really enjoy your videos 💜Congratulations on 1 million!! 🎊

[@ArtsyAustin]

Congrats on 1 Million Subscribers, Yuta!!! May your channel grow even bigger! Really love all your videos and all the effort you put into each of them. I am also really happy to finally subscribe to your email to learn Japanese. ❤❤❤

[@watsonwrote]

I wonder if Yuta's Japanese accent has been slightly affected from working with so many non-native speakers? I had a French teacher from France tell us her accent and vocabulary were starting to pick up traces of our American French from hearing it all day, but she also could've been messing with us

[@M_SC]

It really works like that if the person has empathy and social skills. Very independent people (sounds good but in this case means in an insensitive way) don’t change due to the presence of others

[@ksy1111]

It's probably true.. my franch teacher speaks with that accent even in our native language 💀

[@Crimsontears83]

It's totally possible. As an English teacher in Aomori my English has changed a bit listening to everyone else try to speak it and sometimes I have to work to sound "normal" again lol

[@Thunderhorse007]

Yuta: I will teach you the type of Japanese that real Japanese people use. Japanese people: Yuta sounds like a foreigner. XD

[@oraweetaphianthong877]

What an interesting video. Random thought but I find the male interviewer's voice so nice and soothing. It's deep just the way I like it-

[@kon2210]

Nicee... Finnaly a new video!

[@Azulzinhokkk]

I love these kind of videos! I can't help but find Japanese people very endearing. Keep it going!

[@ItsCottonie]

Me: "#5 is DEFINITELY Japanese, there's no way he's not Japanese. Why do they think he's not?" Me after reading comments: "Wait... that was Yuta?!"

[@olivia08x]

WELL DONE ON GETTING 1 MILLION!!

[@シロダサンダー]

I really like the voice of #1. I could listen to an audiobook or podcast with her on it.

[@jlaux7]

アメリカ育ちのハーフですが、僕も定期的に「日本人っぽい日本語かな？」って思う時が良くあります。日本へ行く時は必ず英語で喋りかけられますが、「日本語で大丈夫です」って返事すると向こうがホッとするリアクションが良くあります。 As a half Japanese person raised in the US, I sometimes wonder if my Japanese sounds like a native Japanese speaker. Whenever I go to Japan I'm consistently being spoken to in English, but when I respond with "Japanese is fine" they often show a sense of relief.

[@snflwrbrain5723]

My man Yuta had trouble reading Kanji according to the woman. lol

[@michaels3003]

Maybe it was smudged. 😉

[@thaynaviegas]

That video was so much fun to watch!!

[@Light-ju3et]

I did this with my Japanese friend. Here are the results for each part: For part 1: 1. Japan (Kanto) 2. Japan 3. Japan 4. Foreigner 5. Japan (Kanto) For part 2: 1. Japan (Kansai) 2. Japan (Kanto) 3. Japan (said she sounds like a little student) 4. Foreigner (100%) 5. Foreigner (she said she's sure. she didn't even finish the recording. RIP Yuta) For part 3: 1. Japan (Kansai) 2. Japan 3. Foreigner 4. Foreigner (she said it sounds like what a little child would sound like...) 5. Foreigner Final decisions: 1. Japan (Kansai) 2. Japan 3. Foreigner 4. Foreigner 5. Foreigner

[@oo0OAO0oo]

Congratulations to 1 million subs Yuta! 👏 🍾

[@Raxerm]

Welp, guess you're one of us now, Yuta (first name basis because your native Japanese license has been revoked).

[@Victorsandergamer]

do we even know his surname to begin with? XD

[@319hiroyuki]

@@Victorsandergamer Uh oh...

[@bernas_]

@@Victorsandergamer Yuta *Aoki*

[@davidirish]

I like that microphone!

[@TheYellowFlyingFish]

i was dying every time they criticised yuta's japanese ahaha. good vid tho

[@yourfriendwaffles5777]

Congrats on hitting 1 million!!

[@sivedan]

They were still able to pick correctly 4 out of the 5, it's interesting that they noticed the difference in the spacing between the words on top of pronunciation

[@barbara5911]

Would love to participate in this. Looks so fun!

[@Nozepak]

It'd be fun if #5 answer was something on the lines of "Japanese trying to sound like a foreigner"

[@Victorsandergamer]

TOYU!

[@johan9199]

Yuta, I just wanna tell you have a nice day and Congratulation for 1 mil subs😍🤩. Love your videos man, greetings from Indonesia keep up your hardwork.

[@arsnakehert]

In Portuguese it's pretty easy, just give them a text with lots os "ão" and "ões", even foreign speakers who speak perfect Portuguese will trip up with the "perfect native pronunciation" of at least a few of these, most likely all

[@haremprotagonist1118]

Congrats on 1 million!!!!

[@neuto]

The way the ECC teacher speaks is so cute

[@daddybruce8084]

fax

[@hunter1308]

Her voice was actually just so soothing it felt like. Need her to make some audio books lol

[@Kyogre997]

So true, she's so cute and gentle, i'd like so much to talk to her!

[@KhalilMinalang]

Congratulations on hitting 1M subs.

[@anarkyster]

It's high time you renamed your channel "That Not So Japanese Man (according to Japanese people) Yuta"! 🤣

[@KpopListener]

Interesting video and congratulations on 1M subs!

[@itsKaio]

This video is a prime example that when Japanese people say "nihongo jozu" they don't mean it😂😂

[@moistcrusader2026]

That my friend is being “jozued” hearing it is pretty painful for a person learning Japanese.

[@superman2957]

What does it mean?

[@itsKaio]

@@superman2957 it means your "Japanese is good".. usually said by Japanese people when they see a foreigner try to speak Japanese. Doesn't matter how bad you are, they will often tell you "nihongo jozu"

[@superman2957]

@@itsKaio oh thanks

[@koitsuga]

I think people definitely mean it. It just means "hey, you're pretty good for someone who is complete shit, keep trying buddy, the large amount of effort you're clearly making is paying off, probably"

[@timothytimothy6274]

Congrats on 1 million subs❤️❤️

[@krisppynugget]

Me: Confident that speakers 2-4 are non-native speakers. *Answer revealed* Me: *evil smirk* "Those years of watching anime is finally paying off >:3"

[@vincetotsu99]

Same! But I have the feeling that Japanese people do not distinguish accents (or sounds for that matter) the way westerners do. I think they judged based on other criteria somehow, so especially in this instance we have an advantage at recognizing westerner's accents

[@lovedblissed]

This is an interesting video! thanks for the interview!

[@littlefishbigmountain]

It sounded to me a bit like Yuta’s “unnatural” sound came from the fact that he was trying to read in a storyteller voice, like he does when he reenacts anime characters

[@Victorsandergamer]

or maybe it's just his accent

[@littlefishbigmountain]

@@Victorsandergamer He doesn’t normally talk like that when he speaks Japanese tho

[@山川川山]

Maybe Yuta had been communicating with many foreigners and he got mannerisms of unusual talking way ( for being easier to understand foreigners)

[@johnangeloeustaquio5158]

happy 1 million subs yuta

[@hakesho]

1 was never sus to me, easily the most natural. 2 started ok but became the most sus as the samples got longer. 3 was kinda sus to me but not as much as 2 and 4. 4 started out the most sus but actually got less sus with longer samples. I instantly recognized 5 as Yuta. In their position I would have said "definitely 2, probably 4, and maybe 3 are foreign". I'm not a native speaker I just thought it was fun to play along.

[@silentsmurf]

I had the same reactions, especially re number 4.

[@saulluna3428]

Excellent experiment! It's was very interesting, thanks Yuta sensei 👍🏻

[@yourblondeness]

After listening to the first set of long samples my guesses were: 1. Japanese 2. American 3. Foreigner, country unknown 4. Half american half japanese 5. Yuta I did pretty well, I await my prize.

[@oittlaz]

I don't trust you

[@yourblondeness]

@@oittlaz ok.

[@gachi1297]

I don’t trust either, I can’t help but feel like you’re lying

[@gachi1297]

You probably read the comments or watched further into the video than you said you did

[@yourblondeness]

@@gachi1297 ok

[@sandeediaz-parker5557]

What an interesting experiment! ありがとうございました，ゆうたさん！👍🏻😊

[@regisphilbin529]

#4's background explained it. Sounded a little off when reading but sounded fluent in speaking off the cuff.

[@zeidelayyan5387]

contrags on 1 million subs yuta !!

[@bgtcsjm]

That ECC teacher from Kansai region is cute.

[@snflwrbrain5723]

Yuta always got me with his transition to offering learning Japanese with him.

[@pleasantjinx2224]

great video i loved it!

[@Hunikengt]

I like Kansai dialect, the Osaka Takoyaki & that Kansai drifto in Initial D!

[@XianMMD]

I'm trying to learn Japanese on my own for 5 - 6 years. 私はポーランド人です。日本語の大好きです！

[@GRZNGT]

I watched so many of Yuta's videos that i recognized his voice from a single word

[@MexterO123]

That's really cool, I'm glad that even if I'm a foreigner with a different inotation that they could probably still understand what I'm talking about. Thanks Yuta, this gave me more confidence to continue learning Japanese! :)

[@GH-nf6pc]

5 is Yuta

[@MargaretRodriguez9GenY]

What a coinkydink, I was just thinking about this topic the other day , and here you make a vid. answering my question😁. So fantastic video with very interesting responses👏.

[@seontchoi]

Maybe they think Yuta is a foreigner because his English fluency is changing his intonation and tone for Japanese

[@mizyu6360]

happy 1M subs!!!!!

[@akemiflameborg]

Apart from 5 being Yuta, 3 was the most obvious to me. That "konnichiwa" sounded like something I would hear during my Japanese class where people have strong foreign accent.

[@nomad_cat1]

I thought so too

[@KuroNXIII]

The girl with the blonde purple hair has a very nice voice, she should be a voice actress

[@MrMricecreamman1]

Yuta, please do part 2 with Japanese speaking English.

[@skytherk.5359]

I love the voice from the woman from Kansai (teacher)... @Yuta, good job on making this.. next time please try some European people too if possible. I wonder how a german and a spanish person will say things on japanese too

[@アルリリア]

I'm Japanese. Yuta sounds Japanese, but has a bit of English accents. That confused them

[@omegaalex601]

This inspires to work harder on my pronunciation!

[@maruii2579]

yuta makes my Japanese learning easier

[@madeonearthbyhumans]

on Indonesia pll , the sound of vocal bahasa is very unique how ever u good at it it can be differentiated when a local ppl talk , is very different don't know why~

[@kaidenhall3223]

Japanese is such an amazing sounding language even when I can’t understand it at all

[@lovesakurasan]

wel the same thing happened to me, i am dutch and when i reached my 20's i started speaking a lot with people from all over the world. 5 years later i had a job interview and they refused to believe i was 100% dutch born and raised. now i have lived in denmark for the last almost 10 years and they don't think i am dutch at all anymore ;) :'(

[@lf3man05]

What an interesting video! As a native Cantonese speaker, it is difficult for a foreigner to speak perfect Cantonese because it has nine tones and slang that is different from the written language. I should be able to tell within 3 seconds whether the person is a native speaker or not.

[@Saltmaster_shio]

I feel that this is also really true with cantonese speakers who do not learn it from living in a cantonese-speaking area: My mother's main language is actually mandarin but I grew up speaking cantonese with her as she got married to my dad who is from Hong Kong. Weirdly enough I speak in English to him and in Cantonese to mum, neither in their native tongue, so my Cantonese does not sound "native", and back when I used to visit relatives in HK then I noticed for a couple of weeks my intonation and pronunciation would improve for a little bit before returning to "normal". You can definitely tell (example: me) who can speak "native" cantonese super easily.

[@sergey3482]

Same with Russian If we exclude people from ex-ussr countries in which many people are exposed to Russisn since childhood, I ve never heared a foreigner speak perfect Russian without accent. Never

[@ilisan]

As a beginner level jp learner this was super easy to tell. Probably because I only understood half of the content. In my native language americans also sound very distinct, while some brits start out sounding native. Anyway, I think sounding native isn't a worthwhile goal. If you are young or really care it is manageable but adults need decades (in my native language) and in the end natives don't really care. From my experience, if you want to be accepted by natives it is far more important to culturally assimilate, then sounding native becomes a byproduct.

[@nox8730]

At first, i thought #1 and #5 were definitely Japanese. They pronounced japanese sounds in a way that is really noticeable for us. It is like when you are french and listen to samples of people saying "throughout" in english. Non natives are spotted immediately :o. Especially if he is french :D (this is a hellish word to pronounced for us. "Brewery" is another one). I had a doubt for #4. #2 and #3 were clearly American. Could have been Aussie or NZ too. It is not only about accent and pronounciation. It is about the vibes you give when you speak. And they really felt Americans to a french like me. Especially the number 2. The moment he spoke about playing in a park... spotted.

[@gilthunder8854]

Happy 1M Yuta!

[@sei-ru]

I don't actually watch for the info, im more intrigued by how almost everyone he interviewed was either really beautiful or just absolutely handsome

[@rightwingreactionary]

Same. I could barely focus on the subtitles.

[@alrightalright4585]

Yuta often seems to find super beautiful people to interview. Idk how he manages it, probably waits a long time until someone attractive walks by.

[@sei-ru]

@@alrightalright4585..... Care to explain the context of your username?

[@dudeguy7347]

Draws viewership.

[@michaels3003]

The masks help a lot...

[@Romeis]

they actually say that Yuta struggles with reading lmao