When & When NOT to use だ (vs だね vs だな vs だよ)

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Have you made a mistake of saying "kawaii DA", "kakkoii DA"...?
Using だ correctly will instantly help you sound like a native Japanese speaker!!
だ vs である vs です
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Never in 5 years of study has anyone said do not use だ and that's it's best used when reacting to something and said to yourself. This is so important and thank you for understanding what helps English natives sound natural

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Loved the detail about using だ when talking to yourself! Also the bit about kids saying (elephant) さんだ was fantastic Thank you for this video

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Agreed. She really know hows to make English natives understand these difficult Japanese nuances

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I studied for years, and no professor has ever explained だ and its omission in such detail. 良く説明してくれてありがとう！

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❤Misa 先生、you are the reason I am still on the journey of learning Japanese. I believe many have the same thought here. 本当にありがとうございます〜❤

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IMHO, In most cases, talking to yourself with だ in the end is kind of confirming/emphasizing/reminding.

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Thank you so much, Misa! I always felt awkward about ending my sentences with だ in casual conversation, and this video helped me understand this much better!

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REALLY helpful information on how to use a very common word. This detailed explanation clearly shows how a native speaker will feel depending on how you phrase something (even though the actual meaning is the same). It could take years of immersion to naturally understand all of this subtlety. ありがとうみさ先生！

[@DANGJOS]

The い next to だ thing reminds me of not using or misusing the definite article "the". It's not similar in the sense that I certainly don't think English speakers hate it when people do that, nor is it a big deal at all. However, it is similar in the sense that it's a telltale sign that you're not a native speaker.

[@rynomoron]

Years of study and more recently immersion and I never once picked up on this subtle but important usage of だ. I'm gonna do my best to be conscious of it now because I DEFINITELY use it in casual speech and nobody ever told me, lol. Amazing lesson as always, this type of stuff is so valuable. Thanks for all that you do.

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[@levaniandgiorgi2358]

ok so as i understood, gramatically speaking you need the だ at the end of the senctence, like in あれが スーツケースだ,but during informal speech that rules gets ignored infavor for not sounding rough. but if you want to add な or ね or something else you can't ignore this rule anymore

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i think its the similar in english when you say like.. mr elephant its not like the elephant it a mister.. it just sounds fun

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I was really needing this

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[@DANGJOS]

Thank you for the lesson! I was wondering about this and it definitely clears a lot of things up. There was a guy claiming that Japanese has no copula, so that's one thing that made me wonder.

[@RiccardoGabarriniKazeatari]

It's true, Japanese has no copula. Desu and da are assertive auxiliary verbs. They do affect the final tone of your sentence (for instance a phrase may end up sounding feminine, like when you say haru ne instead of haru da ne) but, technically, you /can/ avoid them, meaning they're not a copula, which would be necessary

[@DANGJOS]

@@RiccardoGabarriniKazeatari You can avoid them in normal speech, but that doesn't mean they're grammatically unnecessary. In English, we sometimes omit grammatically necessary elements, and the speech is still perfectly natural. Perhaps Japanese has no dedicated copula, but it would be strange for a language not to have a copula at all. How would you say "A is B" sentences?

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Yes! Structures, not just individual words, have implied meanings that need to be learned. Thank you for this important lesson.

[@jaquaviuspeterson8785]

こんにちはみさ先生いつもこんな徹底的な説明の動画が大好き。I have wanted to know more about the different between だ and です and when to use to use だ so this video is perfect いつもありがとうございます。

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Been waiting for this subject for a long time. Don't understand why learning Japanese books never cover this.

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Thanks

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Thanks for another wonderful lesson Misa. I had been wondering about the DA particle for a while with some of it's usages, and this really helped cleared things up. Cheers.

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I recently finally managed to drop masu/desu when talking to Japanese friends and now i have to also drop da? Oh, man! 😅 やばい！

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新しいレッソンをありがとうございました。いつも役に立っています。

[@satyaprakashbhavaraju3677]

There’s also 「だぞ」I see that a lot in the Japanese versions of Mario Party games

[@TakahashiQR]

Maybe im wrong, but i think putting ぞ at the end is similar to よ

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@@TakahashiQR kinda, although ぞ sounds like a rougher variation

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I’ve never heard a logical explanation of the difference between は and が in this context. Thanks

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This is such of a really clear explanation , i appreciate that , also , the video sounds a bit like " how to speak to yourself but in japanese "

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[@ceering99]

The main thing I got out of this video was finally learning the difference between は and が as a particle. Placing the emphasis before or after the particle makes a lot more sense then just remembering what words to use which particle after.

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Was hearing this in anime a lot. Thank you for explaining this!

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Thank you for making this video. It answered many questions I had about だ, especially after い adjectives.

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Great that I found this explanation, but is currently waaaaaaaaaaay ahead of my level, specially at the ending. Time to save and come back later!

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Simple but informative. Thanks Misa-San!

[@NicoSleepyLeen]

For LatinAmericans it can be weird, we usually have a pretty good idea of phonetics, but the way of speaking can be complicated, since we tend to be direct with no issues From what i've heard, in japanese it's always better to be the most indirect posible, sometimes it feels unnatural for us

[@ao4698]

very helpful video misa! as a woman i always felt a bit weird saying da but i couldnt place why because id never been taught against it at language school. so thanks for this!

[@Jay-vr8it]

I'm a man (rough at times) and saying da is always uncomfortable when describing something. I didn't know why. I actually remember my Japanese friend laughing when I Said kore ga hon da. I was so confused at that time when she chuckled a bit. Misa is amazing!!

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ミサ先生はかわいいな～ｗｗ今まで友達と話す時は「だ」を使った方がいいと思いました。でも、この動画を見てから「だ」や「だよ」をもっと自然に使えます！いつも教えてくれてありがとうございます！

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As always very interesting, thank you dear💕

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Thank you so much Misa Sensei. Your lessons help me so much. I've seen a lot of Jdramas where a person says 『あ！本当だ~!』when they find out that something was true.

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ありがとうございます、ミサ先生！💖It’d be amazing if you could do a video about なのだ、んだ、んです。。etc

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Wow, didn’t knew that carbonara was such a thing even all the way in japan!

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My notebook now has a heading: 'How to sound like a commander.' You never know when you're going to get some minions!

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I love this video. Thank you for the information. 💕

[@user-ph8tz9zi3o]

8:07 we definitely do this in English too… like “Mr. Elephant”

[@SMGJohn]

But what if you say "sore wa ore no suutsukeesu" ?? Is this incorrect?

[@thopoulosp.4893]

So interesting how something like this is hard to learn but important to know from the beginning. Once you start using certain particles and or words in an slightly incorrect way it might become a bad habit even after learning a lot of Japanese. I thought of myself talking about the suit case to a friend, and I caught myself feeling like putting a "だ" in the end for no reason. Japanese language customization is honestly my favorite part about it.

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Sooooo useful! Thank you!

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Thanks!

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それはたくさんのピカチュウです❤️

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あ、ポケモンだ

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I have a question, Misa-sensei ✋! On some street interview videos, sometimes I heard じゃん or smth like that. Is it a dialect, informal speech, or does it have other uses? Thanks for all these lessons!

[@thopoulosp.4893]

I would say it's rather an informal speech. It's used like "じゃないの" or "じゃないか" in many situations. Like you meet someone by occasion and go like "Oh, isn't it Haruki!" would be "お、はるきじゃん!". At least this is how I understand it.

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こんにちはみさ先生

[@jeff-8511]

動画ありがとうございます。

[@jayshko]

This is exactly what i’ve been wondering. Never heard a sentence ending in “da” and it sounds very abrupt and strange.

[@didjaseemyjams1582]

So だ is only used when talking to yourself and kids?

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とても きれい よ!