The ONE Pronoun | Japanese From Zero! Video 18

[@japanesefromzero]

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[@yourpaljd]

Best 先生 for japanese I've ever had. Seriously, that green owl has nothing on this playlist.

[@afzalsheik5288]

I agree

[@Koel_Hellion]

I feel u man

[@Junipeepee]

yah

[@sike8310]

LOL

[@iantaggart3064]

Yeah. I tried to learn it in Duolingo. Completely useless.

[@AZNB33]

best japanese teacher ever!

[@chickentoast2655]

Definitely

[@kamilaalicja2744]

Yaaasss!! ^^

[@collinsxvibez3926]

Facts!

[@sakuramoon5774]

Your videos are absolutely fantastic, so clear and concise, thankyou so much.

[@Sunbreaker7]

I dont know if anyone pointed it out yet, but you have a typo which you did not correct: Aka to Ao, you misstyped Ao as Oa 3:56

[@18Knowledge]

yeah. i see this too.

[@rj5485]

Gilsom Jacoby , I saw it too

[@JohnBasto-u3n]

That was just what I was to comment!

[@510.nick_7]

Yeah

[@romualdomariano1457]

How to say "someONE" in kana? 😗

[@sugarpugs3157]

It feels so good when you understand! ジョージ先生、ありがとうございます

[@jamieakajigen4372]

I don’t understand those 2 kanji’s next to George, I recognise everything else tho so I guess that’s an accomplishment

[@jamieakajigen4372]

Omgggg it’s sensei

[@Fennetic]

@@jamieakajigen4372 by now I'm pretty sure you know those are kanji.

[@anonisnoone6125]

@@jamieakajigen4372 They mean "sensei".

[@AbsolutelyAbsurDDD]

5:48 A good explanation would be "Your ones are delicious" which in english would mean "Yours are delicious." The one pronoun is still kind of being used there. Thanks for the lessons. I'm already in book 2 lesson 5, but I came back to review some stuff.

[@gasparello]

Great videos! I'm learning japanese and practicing my english! Regards from Brazil

[@JVerde853]

eu gosto de fazer a mesma coisa com português as vezes; aprender uma lingua por outra lingua que estou aprendendo. Good luck on your language endeavors!

[@tophbeifong8304]

These are such help, I rewatch these playlists annually, and it helps so much with reviewing! Thank you for organizing this stunning learning format, I bought the books last year, and it has worked wonders

[@elenaelena73]

George-san thank you! Your lessons are great

[@lordaryan8287]

Your teaching skills are extremely perfect

[@japanesefromzero]

I really appreciate this comment. It's crazy that even with all the nice comments I can still have self doubt. Humans eh?

[@evelynstenberg]

I agree. He's a natural.

[@AGrant-eb5mr]

Thanks George. I LOVE how you are teaching Japanese. You make it ... tanoshii desu ne!

[@kenshix7902]

Now I know why Roy Mustang calls Edward Elric "Hagane no"

[@antwinkaushal]

You are an amazing teacher ...your videos helped me alot... Thank you so much Sir.

[@rogervins]

you know after watching kuroku's basketball its very easy to remember the colors.

[@Vaedyx]

I really want to watch that but mostly because of the abridged video of it lol

[@ratmgant]

ありがとうございます！

[@BitBlink]

I love your videos - they're great! どうもありがとう。

[@becca5161]

Your're really fun to study with!

[@evolagenda]

どれのが好きですか。would this work for which one(s) do you like? I see, どれがおいしいですか。without の so maybe not.

[@JoseOliveira-kc4tr]

どれ is already 'which one' (out of three or more).

[@harutan64]

Anyone notice that type with 'あお’ on the second practice sentence.

[@halo4176]

Did anyone notice the typo in "typo" in this one short sentence? Just kidding Nathaniel Gipson, I couldn't help myself. (He probably put that there to see if we were paying attention!?!😄 jk Good eye)👍

[@dmlpmb9480]

hi George Sensei, i think you can learn Turkish easily if you want because Turkish and Japanese/Korean have very similar grammar and it's in latin alphabet, also written as pronounced, pronounced as written :-) greetings from Turkey and thank you for these lessons.

[@oscardavilayt]

Hey George, just to let you know you wrote あお for おあ in the 赤と青のが美味しいです sentence, just in case one of your students get confused :) Your videos a really cool!

[@oscardavilayt]

Replaced*

[@japanesefromzero]

Thanks for letting me know. I wish I could re-edit and re-upload but KZbin doesn't have that option unfortunately. Hopefully most people won't be too confused.

[@DystopianPersona]

yeah, I noticed that too, thx for commenting man

[@Vaedyx]

Everytime he said suki i thought he said oishi was a bit confused lol

[@مساعدمبارك-ق6ع]

دروس ممتازة بالتوفيق

[@japanesefromzero]

شكرا ل كلماتك اللطيفة.

[@lunia8889]

how about if oishii is omitted and I was asked the same question dore ga oishii desu ka? could I just answer with "aka no desu" or would it be "aka no ga desu" or do you just omit desu as well and just say "aka no" ?

[@maxchichYT]

mistake on 4:02, you mixed up the a and o hiragana, now it sounds like oa

[@japanesefromzero]

Wow! I never saw that mistake. Good catch. You’re right it should be あお not my typo おあ.

[@Polybius135]

@@japanesefromzero 😂😂

[@SamLyn]

Oh my gosh! This suddenly makes sense! I memorized “watashi no mae wa...desu “ years ago and now I get why they used that particle. “I am the one named”

[@zaphyr1371]

The particle "no" used in "Watashi no namae wa ___ desu" is the variant that shows possession, as explained in video 13, translating the sentence to "My name is ___". It is different from the variant of "no" that has been discussed in this video, which transforms noun versions of colors or adjectives into their corresponding 'one' pronoun. This is my first run through Japanese, so my knowledge of the usage of particles is limited, but I felt fairly certain of my reasoning and thought I might be able to help clear a misunderstanding, so I decided to point it out :)

[@euancorbett1582]

Great job on the videos. Really enjoying them. You remind me a lot of day9, one of my favorite casters, mixed with Saul Goodman. Keep it up, I'll be looking out for the next one. Btw, how would I say 'it's the one you like' ? Anata wa suki no desu ? Or is that totally wrong.... It looks weird.

[@japanesefromzero]

DAY9 is the VERY reason I why I decided to start making these style of videos. He is fun to watch even if you don't play StarCraft. I even had a "Funday Monday" in the "Japanese Daily" series. Unfortunately with NA adjectives like like SUKI you can't make the ONE pronoun with NO like that. It's also a bit too much to cover in a comment here. I will make a video on this concept in the future in another series, maybe "Japanese in 5!".

[@TheStruggler0]

hahaha saul goodman! bro i've been thinking who is he like and damn that fits.. cant unsee now

[@88KeysMan]

ジョージさんのビデオが好きです。

[@StellaTerraClemens]

You have "あかとあおのが…" but the other examples you give are mostly adjectives, right? I thought "あか" was a noun, and the adjective form was "あかい". Why not say "あかいとあおいのが…"? Seems grammatically awkward if red and blue are nouns there.

[@japanesefromzero]

Good point. But the ONE pronoun can be made with adjectives and nouns. For Example: What kind of car do you have? にほんのです。 It's a Japanese one. So colors, which as we know 6 of them have noun and adjective versions, can use either form. あおのが すきです。 あおいのが すきです。 I like blue ones.

[@Conighttonight]

This could have totally been a Japanese in 5 :P

[@japanesefromzero]

Yep it could have. Right now though I am working through every lesson in the "Japanese From Zero!" series. So other series are kind of on the back burner until I at least get through all the lessons.

[@icebear8909]

So if someone asked 「どれがすきですか」I could say これの/それのがすきです and point to it right?

[@pedroaugustorj1]

I'm brazilian, and even do not fluently speak english, I could understand yours lessons. 君は上手な先生ですね！

[@さいとう-c6b]

is rude to say 君 it is used by boss or senior person to there lower person you should say ジョージさんは巧い先生です

[@jonathanallen2560]

Everywhere else ive been studying I've been learning that あなた is to intense and forward to really use. Can you elaborate why you use it near the end? Wouldn't "(insert name)さん be more correct than use of あなた？

[@さいとう-c6b]

With close friends or with bf/gf you might use あなた or their name b/c it feels award to use san with their names.

[@qwqqis]

@@さいとう-c6b eh さん isn't the only pronoun though you could use くん or ちゃん

[@さいとう-c6b]

@@qwqqis kun and chan isn't for friends b/c friends are equal

[@qwqqis]

@@さいとう-c6b sorry, I was thinking bf gf

[@mastaagea751]

Dear George, arigatou for all your videos. One question on this one: at 6:00 you say "Kuroi no ga suki desu". Shouldn't be "Kuro no ga suki desu"? Thanks for your reply.

[@emanismail7229]

Same question I had on mind but I guess "kuro" means black just in the noun form but "kuroi (+い)" is the adj form of black. I'm not 100% sure though :)

[@wargamerd3304]

at the last example, 5:33, can you also use anata no wa oishi desu rather than anata no ga oishi desu? Still learning ga and wa and "yours" doesnt seem like it falls in the NEED to use ga category because its not a direct question word. love the videos, cant wait to get the book.

[@JoseOliveira-kc4tr]

Given the context - been asked which one do you like - 'ga' is better, since you are replying "I like yours" and not starting a conversation with "talking about yours, ...", in which case 'ha' is better, I think. (p.s. english language do abuse in the usage of personal pronouns).

[@josephmealtfeld5032]

I prefer 赤いの to 赤の and あおいの to あおの and 黒いのが好きです。

[@japanesefromzero]

That works fine.

[@YouPoop]

I have a question referring to "days of the month" in JFZ 1 chapter 8. The first day is called "tsuitachi", but on memrise stands "ichinichi". Can one use both versions?

[@japanesefromzero]

Memrise has いちにち？ That is wrong for "1st day of the month". Correct me if I am wrong, but I think Memrise is created by crowdsourcing right? It's possible that person just messed up. IF you are counting DAYS like 1 day, 2 days, then いちにち is correct to say "one day".

[@YouPoop]

Learn Japanese From Zero! Thx for your answer. Well, I noticed this mistake quite a time ago and learned it the right way. Tsuitachi. ;) have a nice day George-senpai.

[@Sarp-dx3vg]

Iro means color right? so japanese people just say tea color for brown?

[@barefoottravelingmonkey143]

Not saying it enough but love your teaching format ✌️

[@chickentoast2655]

Holy shit, someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I just figured out how to wrap my head around すき. If you're saying ”I like the black ones" which would be ”くろいのがすきです”, would it make sense to think of the "すき” as literally meaning "to my liking"?　くろいの = the black ones, が = are, すき = to my liking (+ てす, obviously) Please correct me if I'm wrong, but for now this is what helps me to structure my sentences correctly. ありがとうございます！！

[@baxterpaulini4660]

ありがとう

[@Deh9o11en8or]

so it seems to me what's going on here is the no changes it to an adjective then because of the syntactic context it gets zero-derived back into a noun? if so I feel like that would have been a better way of explaining it

[@SynthApprentice]

This seems like it's the same の particle used for possessive. The only difference being whether or not what's being described is explicitly stated. 青の車... vs, 青の...

[@japanesefromzero]

Yes but in English if someone says "What color cars do you like?" It would be weird to say "A blue." SO we add "one". Japanese doesn't actually care about this "one" word. It's English that requires it. This particular grammar wouldn't make sense for some other languages that don't use a word similar to "one".

[@oxACEo]

Learn Japanese From Zero! its what?

[@smile-bm2ly]

いいビデオ！

[@aliasjon8320]

Difference between Nippon and Nihon?

[@sjk3225]

What if I wanted to say “the strong one is good.” Can you have more than one adjective in a sentence?

[@さいとう-c6b]

Tsuyoi no ga yo īdesu　（強いのが良いいです。) But there is proper way to convert the ADJECTIVES into NOUNS

[@sergeyknol]

Thank you

[@moni2862]

Question: Does it happen often that a part of the word ends on one line and the rest on the other? (f.e. oishii 5:12) In my mother tongue we put an "-" at the end of the first part to indicate that the word continues on the next line. ( oi - shii)

[@milkyidonothavealastname6168]

I dont think they use it like this in Japan probably bacause of kanji.

[@barrymarshall546]

Could someone please help me. In these great comments there are these boxes which obviously replace the hiragana, katakana and kanji, so how do I bring up the original?

[@bude8234]

This generally means your browser can't display Kanji characters, so it replaces them with boxes. What version OS and browser are you using? Anything past IE 7 should automatically display Kanji. Try setting the language of your browser to Japanese (somewhere under Settings).

[@henry3k90]

This lesson 5 is kicking my butt lol

[@youtube_user420]

i only just realised the word for brown means 'tea colour' 😹

[@anonymousname2651]

Is there a difference between の and もの in this context? because i've seen もの used in this exact same way.

[@japanesefromzero]

Yes. の is a particle and もの is a noun that means "thing".

[@vargdegard321]

Is the font you're using a common one? It seems to differ quite a bit from the Genki books we use at school

[@japanesefromzero]

I don't know which font Genki uses. Most Japanese text books like to use a serif font, which I have never been fond of. I am much more of a Verdana, Arial type font (sans serif). The font I am using is common. We use that particular font as it has the most standard looking characters, in my opinion. And they worked well with our progressive system.

[@vargdegard321]

It's not a huge gap between the two, but I notice such differences as sa and ki in the videos are connected by an extra stroke it seems. I think the obvious answer must be that both are correct, but as a beginner it can be a bit confusing at times :)

[@japanesefromzero]

Well if you are following along with this video series you should have already completed the hiragana lessons that I say at the top of each video are required. We cover the different versions of SA and KI in our lessons. These videos are not for independent studiers. They are for people following our book series. Your comment makes me consider removing these videos from youtube and hosting them only on the course website.

[@vargdegard321]

Learn Japanese From Zero! Sorry, I don't mean to sound like I'm taking the course for granted. I literary just found your channel and I'll be more than happy to follow the course from the beginning alongside school. I made my comment before realising that it wasn't an "independent" KZbin series but rather a part of a course.

[@vargdegard321]

And also I'm really sorry if my comment offended you so much that you consider taking all your videos down, I just misunderstood the concept a bit

[@PastaMaster115]

"黒のが好きです." Okay George, let's not go there. lol

[@hermannescamilla1424]

George-san thank you! Your lessons are great

[@antoniodambray]

Sei un grande Joji

[@MrVelez-zy5cj]

Thanks again for this videos! Just one question, this has nothing to do with the one pronoun but it is something that constantly I have not figured out: Can I just put a "wa" instead of a "ga" in the sentence: Nihon to Italia no kuruma WA suki desu.

[@robertwilfred636]

I think for the purposes of George's videos, books and teaching, I'd say don't worry about it and use 'GA' as the initial default.

[@RedXGaming1]

No, i'm pretty sure you can't. Because the subject of that sentence is "nihon to italia no kuruma" and it has to be marked with "ga". You can add a topic to that sentence "me" : Watashi wa nihon to italia no kuruma ga suki desu. Hope that helped a little!

[@rcu007]

I'm in super mega basic Japanese yet, but from what I have learned from this videos, but I can tell you that it depends on what you want to say. If you put WA, then it means that the topic is "Nihon to Italia no kuruma" you are saying something about that, and that is that you like it. When you put GA, it means that there's a topic already stablished and you are just referring to that topic with GA (taking about the subject: cars) For example: Anata WA Nihon to Italia no Kuruma GA suki desu. In your sencetce, it's just means that the topic ANATA (you) it's assumed or it's already established.

[@Melbester9]

+Roberto Cardenas. Theres a few differences between wa and ga. Check out his wa and ga video, he explains it straightforward. Ga is used as emphasis in a sentence but Ga is used after a question word like Nani, Dare, etc. Never use Wa after a question word. Wa is also used when you begin a conversation then you use Ga the rest of the sentence.

[@rcu007]

Well, after reviewing the question Robert Wilford asked, if he put WA, it would mean like it's the cars that like something right? Like for example, if I write Neko WA suki desu.. would mean the cat likes... and watashi wa neko ga suki desu, means I like cats. Is that right?

[@JP_0306]

there's a typo you may want to point out at 4:40, blue is written wrong.

[@Quixflixx]

This is hard

[@Lallabeeart]

Is it okay to say "kore/sore/are no ga oishii desu"?

[@RebekahParkhurst]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe with these you can skip the "no" entirely. kore = this one sore = that one are = that one (distant) For these words the "one" is implied, so the "no" becomes redundant. "kore ga oishii desu" works fine on its own.

[@OnanTheMan]

kore = this is it. Same meaning though really.

[@Maryuhh0]

What does chairo means at 5:24

[@japanesefromzero]

It means "brown". It's taught in Book 1 Lesson 4 (or the videos before this)

[@MrApaHotel]

ｻﾝﾄﾞｲﾁのがすきです 🤔 I like sandwichi one things. 😭🙃

[@akkaraikooryai1643]

In your videos, why do you say Jane? I thought “bye” was Jaa Matane.

[@mysticcc368]

They both mean bye. You can use either.

[@Tredzz]

I know this is really random but I had that shirt too XD

[@romualdomariano1457]

How to say "someONE"? 😗

[@onyxrooch5472]

Been studying japanese during quarantine. Around this lesson is where I've been feeling really overwhelmed. Here's to hoping I can understand everything :'(

[@vocaliar3575]

I carried on and everything clicks into place and becomes easier to understand. Don't give up!

[@techmaster2161]

@@vocaliar3575 Thank u for support

[@LUCAFIT2212]

hi gerge, I´m learning japanes whith you, in the second sentence sey OA not AO, excuse me but it is wrong.. greetings

[@japanesefromzero]

It's a typo. I should start adding typos on purpose, but it seems I have enough by accident already!

[@yasmeenahmed7989]

What cars do you like? = nani kuruma ga Suki desu ka? Is that right???

[@gabrieluh5]

i think it would be, kuruma wa nani ga suki desu ka? （くるま　は　なに　が　すき　です　か。）but, since most conversations are context based, maybe the topic about cars was already said in the sentence before, so you don't have to say "kuruma" again

[@enzovergnesousaaraujo7867]

Wouldn't it be "Nani ga kuruma suki desu ka"?

[@enzovergnesousaaraujo7867]

You're actually right. Thanks!

[@papafhill9126]

Anata ga oishii desu (tee hee)! Remember the NO!

[@mrsheengaming]

3:56 AO seems OA...!?......ahhh...got it...I corrected in my notebook.

[@SuperChristianMiiworld]

(Eating a mochi ice cream) Hmmm...おいしい！！

[@Anjali-n6r1d]

Day 18❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@peggyhenning5920]

Do you say, "That one is delicious!" ...Sore no ga oishi desu!

[@EskChan19]

I think Sore, Kore and Are already imply the no so you don't need the no in this case.

[@Theunrealfight]

This was kinda confusing for me as I'm german and I didn't even realize that in german we do the exact same thing. 'Which candy tastes better?' "Welche Süßigkeit schmeckt besser?" 'The blue _ones_' "Die blauen." It took me a while to understand that this is _not_ second nature to english speakers. Languages are fascinating.

[@carolineboles2757]

Each language has it's rules and structure and short cuts, honestly it's one reason I love listening to and trying to understand new languages.

[@RamyAmr.m]

These videos are bread and butter, especially because i'm self studying. Tae Kim too but he stopped making videos I guess, I hope you don't do the same

[@japanesefromzero]

I have a definite goal of getting through all of my books for videos. I now have over 700 videos released so I don't think I will be stopping anytime soon.

[@hardknocksph.d2175]

Learn Japanese From Zero! Thanks! You have a personality I can trust to teach me. I'm just casually studying now but I appreciate and enjoy your videos! I hope you accomplish all your goals!

[@golvellius6855]

the 5 dislikes are coming from italians

[@sheaferguson1184]

I'm really not happy with myself you've nearly caught up with me :(

[@japanesefromzero]

Finally I will know more Japanese than you! Sweet!!!! It only took me 30 years!

[@sheaferguson1184]

Learn Japanese From Zero! -_-

[@sheaferguson1184]

+Learn Japanese From Zero! I'm about to move on to book two tomorrow :)

[@japanesefromzero]

I will work hard to crush you! I predict I will be done with book 2 in September! Let's race!! OR worst case the videos will be there waiting for you.

[@sheaferguson1184]

+Learn Japanese From Zero! I shall destroy you

[@ghoststrikes8878]

Koro no ga oshi desu. It means his is delicious right?

[@lewmap]

Minor mistake - Itaria not Italia.

[@cscott024]

Hey George! I finally caught one of the live streams; that was fun! I wanted to say this again: I probably wouldn't be learning Japanese right now if I hadn't found your work. So really, thank you so much. So far (I know I have a long way to go), the only thing I'm struggling with is memorizing the vocabulary. Sometimes I just want to move on to the next grammar lesson... but even if I understand the grammar, I can't do the reading practice because I don't remember the vocabulary. Maybe that's a good thing though. Otherwise I might try to learn it all at once.

[@Melbester9]

You could go to Memrise for remembering vocabulary. I'm using it for Kanji. Very useful I really recommend it.

[@Aiii83]

Thanks for the recommendation, Memrise looks pretty good.

[@YouPoop]

+Melbester9 thx m8. learning the days in Japanese is so easy with that. :)

[@Melbester9]

+You Poop I found the days fast to remember. All seven days of the week end in Yobi. The months I used to forget with Gatsu.

[@YouPoop]

Melbester9 sorry. I wasn't specific enough I think. I meant the days of the month. So 1st to 31st day.

[@nandinisharma5729]

Chairo no ga oishi desu 😥😥 Brown is tasty🤔🤔browny

[@japanesefromzero]

No. You said “The brown one is tasty”

[@nandinisharma5729]

Thnku so much for reply and for solved my concept 🇮🇳🇮🇳I am learning japanese from you channel and your teaching is🔥🔥wow

[@whatsopanime]

U spelled blue (あお) wrong..

[@DissatisfiedColombian]

せんせい!　わかりません、おしえてください、おねがいします

[@japanesefromzero]

......... ok well hmmmmmmmm. Ok I will give you the answer. The answer is "B". Perhaps that wasn't the question you were asking, but since you didn't actually post one I took a guess!

[@shodojishinable]

sometimes a little fast on the Japanese sentences

[@lornamarie5544]

And now you lost me. I just haven’t gotten to grips with the characters yet so I can’t read what you’re saying

[@phpproxy]

daikirai sounds like Die so it sorta fives an I hate you feeling

[@shumasara8065]

your mistake in this video is おあ is supposed to be あお.

[@phpproxy]

daikirai sounds like Die so it sorta fives an I hate you feeling