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

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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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That is always a very satisfying feeling. Keep it up!

[@daliyaali3592]

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[@ToKiniAndy]

I'm happy to hear that I can cover the things that your teacher skips! I hope you continue to make them helpful!

[@ToKiniAndy]

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

[@jeanrufano7505]

Thank you so much. Amazing! You did it comprehensively and well-organized.

[@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_*_ ._

[@Crapautard]

This is awesome, thanks a lot !!

[@ultimaxkom8728]

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._*

[@adventureboy444]

Poor the door

[@raffcummins]

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

[@ToKiniAndy]

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. =)

[@soundlyawake]

okay… SUPER grateful for this series, somehow the algorithm knew I needed it lol

[@ToKiniAndy]

I'm happy to hear it's helpful! 🙏

[@Bunjibing]

Thanks, Andy. Those Genki pages were so dense though they did try to summarize the rule. Your explanation makes the rules so much clearer!

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[@turntablestudios]

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)

[@ToKiniAndy]

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

[@Solarpunk-is-the-future]

my parents are forcing me to learn french at my new high school when it literally offers japanese which im a lot more interested in😭

[@TheyLoveThemLLC]

I used to speak fluent French many years ago and lost it because I didn't have a lot of French people to speak with. Coming to Japanese over the last few months it's been such a relief in comparison -- Might be why I'm understanding it so much easier! Going to do something in the near and far future being the same tense and conjugation? WOW!

[@binz3102]

Yes, French is basically a language with a ton of exception so when andyさん said 10 exception i was like oh that's all? French is maybe the worst language to be fluent in due to that

[@minalor_]

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[@XxHarukaxX94]

thank you for explaining this chapter so clearly. i had such a hard time understanding the book's explanation bc it was so wordy. this video made everything so much easier

[@ToKiniAndy]

You're welcome! I'm happy to hear that you found it useful. Thank you for watching!

[@AnikaNeela]

When Andy started sharing the conversation in Japanese, the fact that I didn't even need the translation and was able to understand it makes me feel like it is a huge progress ❤ Thank you for these!!

[@shush86]

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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@@shush86 yep. That only means we gotta keep reading new texts.

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[@danabath2755]

I have been struggling terribly with grammar in my Japanese courses, so this week I decided to go back to basics: I pulled out Genki 1 and went back to this lesson, and then remembered that you offer this support! Your advice to skip p. 86-87 was my first indication that your explanations would be really helpful. Thanks so much for giving such clear and practical guidance; I'll be working my way through G 1 + 2 with your help.

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

[@ToKiniAndy]

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

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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.

[@ToKiniAndy]

Good job! おつかれさまでした！

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[@felipelizana5941]

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

[@ToKiniAndy]

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

[@calumon4965]

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!

[@calumon4965]

@@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

[@luticiaboozer9220]

@@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.

[@its_just_N]

Thank you very much for this. Felt like this chapter was the first "wall" I came across on my JP learning journey, but you made it all very easy to understand.

[@FatBubble.]

ありがとうございます。 Chapter 3 really stumped me, it's the reason why I stopped using Genki for at least a year. Even though I continued on studying with other resources I was warry of picking it up again. This has really helped me to get back into it. So thank you so much for putting such amazing work into this series, with great and relevant examples. And the quality, for both material and technical, is just amazing! I'm looking forward to continue on with this series!

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[@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!

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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! =)

[@Doremo1]

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

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

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Thanks a lot for this playlist! I'm studying the book alone and I can't thank you enough for these precious videos. It helps a lot. Quick question: When you say "ごはんは" and you translate it to "How about some food?" (at 56:27), how do you know it's a question and not an affirmation? It is, again, something we can deduct from the context?

[@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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Regarding the いる/える exceptions: With all these, the い and え sound is part of the Kanji. "To need" also has a Kanji: 要る

[@ToKiniAndy]

確かに！

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I'm happy to hear that you are finding the lessons useful. =) Thank you for watching!

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[@4MY6]

i'm actually in my second yr of japanese at uni so i have the third edition book but im still SOO terrible at grammar/conjugations because at uni they REALLY make the course fast paced. i'm incredibly grateful to your lessons where it feels as if i'm in no rush at all since i do your lessons when i come home from school and take it easy, and your lessons have really pushed me to be better so I can catch up with the rest of the class:-) thank you so much for this! ありがとうございました！！

[@ToKiniAndy]

That's so awesome to hear. Thank you! Keep it up! I'm glad we can help a bit. ☺️

[@laithtwair]

There are a lot of godan -eru -iru verbs. Your list is a nice starting point for beginners of the common ones but you always have to be careful when you're learning new words that it's another exception. You can't just put them in a list (without that list being comically long and having a lot of uncommon words).

[@ThatFreikugel]

Genki lesson 3 wrecked me so bad I had to find alternatives. So, here I am.

[@willyblondehair8070]

I finally made it through this video! So glad i took my time with it! アンディさん、ありがとう、私は日本語を学てます

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I don't often comment on KZbin videos but I wanted to reach to you and say a huge: THANK YOU!!! I have been learning Japanese for a couple of months in preparation to move next year. I bought Genki on the recommendation of basically everyone on the internet. I'm a big believer in not getting all your study resources from one place, so I am using lots of different textbooks, websites, and videos to help me. After trying to review the grammar section of chapter 3 I really felt like I was drowning, and it was really putting me off learning - I found the explanations a little cryptic. However, in your video, you explained all of the verb forms in the chapter so much simpler than the actual book! When you said the book doesn't do a good job of explaining verbs I felt a sense of relief! I really thought it was just me being too inexperienced (or dumb) to understand it. Your video has given me the confidence to continue. Thanks so much, Andy!!!

[@ToKiniAndy]

I'm so happy to hear that the lesson helped you out! Thank you for watching, and keep it up! Sometimes, Japanese can be quite confusing. It takes time and practice. =)

[@01ahsan]

how did u learn kanji?

[@alfseet]

Hi, thanks for the video, it’s a great complement to the Genki textbook. May I ask why you pronounce the “を” particle as “wo” and not “o”?

[@keysritual1958]

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.

[@TheRamblingShepherd]

Holy crap this is good stuff. Thanks!

[@ToKiniAndy]

Happy to hear you found it helpful. Thank you for watching! =)

[@cat5636]

Japanese: has two irregular verbs French: allow me to introduce myself

[@felis3936]

i am very greatfull that my mothertongue is turkish becacuse the grammer is literally the same. like we also use present tense for future and habitual things. as i am learning japanese in english i sometimes find the turkish examples for it like "utaimas"i will sing but it is present tense. "söylerim" is in the present tense in turkish but it can both means i will sing or i sing generally/habitually

[@natalia.c8218]

Your awesome bro I was so confused ありがとうございます！😊

[@ToKiniAndy]

I'm happy that it was able to help! =)

[@primokels5421]

omg, i don’t have the textbook but i can totally comprehend your lessons! thank you!

[@ToKiniAndy]

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

[@ShinzoX90]

I came here about 6 months ago, at that time I had been studying japanese for about a year. I was so discouraged that it is beginner level but even after a year I was frustrated and out of my element with this. So, I continued to learn/study kanji while doing my speaking practice using japanesepod101. Recently I came to terms with having a massive hole in my grammar so decided to come back. Finally everything is coming so east in these videos now. Thanks man

[@VenomFT2000]

Thank God for these lessons!

[@dylanl1442]

here is one thing I've personally noticed when learning Japanese. For about 6 months I've been focusing on learning the broad understanding of the language and getting the feel for it. While I was still focusing on grammar points, it was brief and wasn't pin focused as with genki. I've noticed that by having a more broad understanding before putting together the grammar structure is how like children learn to speak it but not understanding the correct way the language is broken down. I feel as if the same effect if happening to me. Learning this way has also made it much easier for me. I used to be confused about this video about a year ago, now I can completely and easily understand the grammar points. The thing is people expect to learn Japanese incredibly quickly, "maybe I can learn in 6 months". Is not a reasonable goal. It would take a DELIGENT learner around 2 years to actually be competent with this language. The average person I can estimate about 4 years. I would whole heartly recommend not only going through the genki material especially with Tokini Andy, but also by learning as Andy brought out through sentences and try to break down the sentences on your own while also finding correction. Also, try not to look solely at textbook Japanese, as it's not really a good starting point but a pillar to make your crude understanding more solid. Try to start off learning "real life" Japanese and back it up through the use of a textbook, like you would learning grammar in school.

[@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."

[@risacooper]

From this Japanese language student: ありがとうございます。

[@raqueljackson793]

I'm so mad they don't put this in the book. Was stressing over memorizing all these verbs but it is so simple :/

[@casualbean5401]

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.

[@ToKiniAndy]

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

[@Sean9014]

I'm a complete beginner, just started taking lessons on iTalki and my tutor is taking me through genki, breezed though the first two lessons. But as good a teacher as he is, my brain was melting in lesson 3, I found your video and used it to recap what I had looked at (but not learned!) in lesson 3 and it started to really click. Thank you so much, I was feeling a bit deflated and frustrated when I got to lesson 3. No more!

[@ToKiniAndy]

I'm glad to hear that you found it helpful! Keep it up!

[@matthewmurphy3286]

Thank you for the lesson again, just wanted to ask are there any exercises that we can do to practice these?

[@ToKiniAndy]

You're welcome! There are exercises in the Textbook for each lesson, and there are some websites that offer exercises unofficially for Genki 1. I also provide practice videos on my Patreon. =)

[@afraid2749]

Love this guy

[@topenda574]

Coming back to this video after the next chapter I felt so satisfied when I saw その後 and thought, "hang on" I recognize that kanji. Going to be tough to remember the onyomi and kunyomi though.

[@ToKiniAndy]

What's important is remembering kanji in the context of the words they appear in. Remembering the on and kun on their own is usually more effort than it's worth. In other words, good job! =D

[@ambarlostinthewoods3080]

This is gold, i would love another series with japanese classes from 0 from you, i would watch all of it

[@Kouradopalatis]

Took almost 2 weeks I think to finish these lesson cause of school. When I grow up I want to study and live in Japan, I started learning japanese 1 and a half year ago through genki alone, but gave up because I was overwhelmed. After a year I said to give it one more try and then I found your lessons. You make everything seem so simple and teach very good! My journey now is much better and I enjoy more learning japanese rather than just looking at textbooks alone.

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Thank you for this so much !

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This video was posted 2 years ago at the time I’m watching it. It just shows how you have contributed to the study of Japanese and eased our (learners) burden. Fantastic video. Thank you so much 🙏. Please keep up the great work.

[@blahhsterr2921]

Thank you so much for your great explanation I was confused and reading that chapter again but this video satisfied me. I'll suggest this channel to them who wants to learn Japanese and who does self studies. Keep Making videos like this.❤️

[@ToKiniAndy]

Thank you! I'm happy to hear that you found it useful!

[@davidribeiro]

Your classes are great and I appreciate the effort you put in them. I small suggestion: maybe a less heavy use of kanjis on such early classes (or show the hiragana immediately). Several times I was lost during the explanation because there was no hiragana and I had no idea what I was looking at, waiting for the hiragana to show up. :)

[@ToKiniAndy]

Yeah, I really should have set the furigana to show up immediately back in the earlier lessons. I forget less frequently these days, and like to leave them like that in case people want to challenge themselves, but I do agree with your critique here. Thank you!

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[@anhstanislawski5640]

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[@CooldownCentral]

my teacher is a bit older but usually says ni is for things in relative distance where (h)e is more-so like travelling farther like across japan or from japan to america or something. shes from japan and not sure if things have changed but just thought id mention it.

[@bealotcoolerifyoudid7217]

52:30 More like imagine you have to say 'she,he etc.' constantly in every sentence even though both parties knows the context. English always felt so dumb to me with this stuff.. Otherwise big thank you man! Really helpful! :-)

[@felixvalembois9596]

hey ! great video thank you, litle typo at 41:36 MA SU SE N KA SU is not suposed to be there on the first sentence of "won't you sing this song" right ?

[@ivansmith2950]

こんいちは Can't believe that you reply to everyone. Thank you very much for these lessons.

[@ToKiniAndy]

I don't get to everything, but I try! I'm glad the lessons help. ☺️

[@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。

[@cianparker2168]

How do you practice using this grammar? are there any exercises to use?

[@ethanjackson4969]

I almost gave up when I got to this chapter. Now I’m finally feeling like I sort of get what’s going on, all thanks to you. I appreciate your channel so much

[@skyty0]

ありがとうございます、アンディせんせい！

[@ToKiniAndy]

こちらこそ、ありがとうございます！

[@ah-ah-rondoesit]

im not sure how true this is but I was told へ is used to show uncertainty in the movement to a goal. like whatever your goal is isnt clear.

[@jeremyweber1055]

Hi Andy!, first thanks for the video, amazing content!! For those who are wondering the difference between そのご　and そのあと ( 44:08) which means after that here is a link. japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/40263/what-is-the-difference-between-%E3%81%9D%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6-soshite-and-%E3%81%9D%E3%82%8C%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89-sorekara Also Any maybe you can give us your opinion or explanation? Trivia, in chinese it would be 然后ranhou 后=後 (simplified version), 然 same kanji as in 全然(ぜんぜん). 然 is a very common kanji/character in both Japanese and Chine. For example 偶然 " by chance" is used in both languages, ぐうぜんin Japanese and "ouran" in chinese.

[@ToKiniAndy]

Thank you Jeremy! =)

[@Convosz]

Hi bro i have a question that the book suddenly introduces kanji so what should i do learn kanji if so how ? Plz help i am really confused

[@ToKiniAndy]

I have the perfect video for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haOYfnuMmKisadE It's about 1:40 seconds long, and has lots of advice on this. I hope it helps! If not, please let me know!

[@matthewdavis9437]

Not a bad video. Just watch the pronunciation of a. When you said 食べます it sounded like you said "tab" like in "tablet".

[@ToKiniAndy]

厳しい！ww (^^ゞ But thank you! My pronunciation and pitch is still far from perfect. Gotta work on it more for sure. =)

[@Шурик-к3с3ч]

There are 32 exceptions. 1 嘲る あざける 2 焦る あせる 3 弄る いじる 4 入る いる 5 要る いる 6 限る かぎる 7 かじる 8 帰る かえる 9 切る きる 10 軋る きしる 11 蹴る ける 12 混じる まじる (こんじる ) 13 参る まいる 14 むしる 15 詰る なじる 16 握る にぎる 17 罵る ののしる 18 練る ねる 19 茂る しげる 20 湿る しめる 21 知る しる 22 誹る そしる 23 滑る すべる 24 喋る しゃべる 25 散る ちる 26 照る てる 27 入る はいる 28 走る はしる 29 捻る ひねる 30 減る へる 31 ふける 32 せびる

[@ToKiniAndy]

There are actually over 60. It's just that a large portion aren't used in regular conversation.

[@Шурик-к3с3ч]

@@ToKiniAndy Hm. We were told, that 32 is most common and needed to be remembered first of all. That was tough start...

[@wahidiqbal9359]

Hi and thanks for the help. About the section about present Japanese tense and context. To say : right now I won't drink tea. Could you say it as: Ima watashi wa ocha o nomimasen. Thanks for the video. A huge help bro. Stay safe せんせい

[@kyleclark8958]

I'd just like to say "tokidoki" is also one of my favorite words as well.

[@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!

[@cosmina.m.7570]

I thought that に indicates the final destination while へ is not so prices, more like through or towords something. Also, I knew that を is simply o as a particle, not wo. Also, the verb is kaeru, not kairu...

[@aiden6200]

アンディー先生はどこで日本語を習ったんですか？奥さんが日本人だったり日本に出張してるからですか？何にしても日本語を他の国の人に教えている姿がとてもカッコいいです！これからも応援しています！

[@ToKiniAndy]

日本で習ったんですよ。一人で勉強しました。日本で仕事して、周りの人々と話したくなって勉強しはじめました。 ありがとうございます！

[@aiden6200]

ToKini Andy Oh, thank you for replying in Japanese:)) I found that your pronunciation can be improved more! Your grammar is perfect!! Teaching Japanese is good way to study Japanese. Keep practising “sensei”!!

[@amethystskeels3788]

This is my second run through of these videos and I have no idea how I didn't subscribe. I went full panic mode and checked all my liked videos because I knew I had to have at least liked them haha. Happily subscribed now!

[@empire7966]

Welp, I've studied most of what you went over in the two last parts. But seeing how verbs seem hard I might just go take a break for the day lol

[@ToKiniAndy]

Breaks are definitely necessary sometimes. =)

[@miguelmansano]

just started wit genki. i'm glad that i found your channel. thank you for the time you spend teaching us :)

[@ToKiniAndy]

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

[@mollipop_art]

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

[@max_ishere]

死ぬ→死にます to die (politely). I'd guess it's to talk about someone dying but it's still funny to me.

[@christendombaffler]

Damn. I remember feeling supremely overwhelmed and crashing out the first couple of times I got to this lesson when self-studying. It introduces so much at the same time, particularly the first big step-up in difficulty for grammar and kanji for the vocabulary. Giving your videos a once-over before and after being done with each lesson, first to get a good idea of what I'll be studying and later to see if what I've learned after studying from the book and doing the textbook&workbook exercises has stuck with me, has been a huge help in keeping me on track this time around. Coupled with a few other SRS resources to drill the vocabulary, kanji and what I've learned from the grammar, this is the first time I've managed to get past this hurdle, and you've been the biggest help in that regard. Thank you so much for these videos. You have a real gift for teaching. On to the next lesson!

[@vivitto]

It has been a dream of mine for quite some time to add Japanese to my list of languages on my resume, and these lessons are helping me so much :) I'm happy I got the courage to restart learning Japanese, and thank you wholeheartedly for making these available for everyone

[@siannasmith7276]

corrects himself and still says ni ........... mood