Thank you so much for your wonderful videos! Just one small hint: "language" is often pronounced "lang-age" in Japan, with a nasal "ng" followed by "age". But the "gu" is missing. "Lang グ (w)age". Every language has its little tricky details, and i'm honestly very grateful to you for making us see the points of attention in Japanese, and for all the work you do!
Very nice lesson. A word of advice to people watching: I know that I had a hard time keeping up with some of the example sentences. Example being "せんせい、しつもんがあります." When spoken at full speed, it was hard for me to understand, but lowering the speed of the video down to 0.25x, I was able to hear every syllable clearly which helped me repeat the sentence clearly. TL;DR - slow down the video speed to practice the pronunciation. It helped me a lot.
Thanks for sharing, for me the hardest part is to say the correct pitch without speaking too loud since in English when when put emphasis on a sound we tend to make our voice louder as well, so for me it's hard to make emphasis without making my voice louder too.
You wrote, “it’s hard to make emphasis without making my voice louder,” but when you say some parts with high pitch, it doesn’t mean you’re making emphasis on it. You don’t. Your voice is higher, but it’s just higher. No need to make emphasis on it. I hope it make some sence😅
This entire channel is simply gold. It's sad most people don't value knowledge so often. Talking about "mis-pitching", I noticed some words have two or more pitch patterns, such as 術 「じゅつ」, which it could be either 尾高 or 頭高. How can we know which one should be used?
Thank you!! I think 術 is 頭高 when it’s used alone. When it’s a part of a word and comes before another kanji, it starts low. But if it’s not what you’re talking about, could you give me an example?😁
I sincerely appreciate when native speakers of a language remind me that it's alright to stumble through the language and learn it. Really lessens the anxiety. As silly as it is I'm always nervous that my poor intonation or mispronunciations will end up disrespecting someone's language.
I believe learning a language shows your respect to its culture, so even if your pronunciation or intonation is poor, it never means you're disrespecting the language. So please don't worry about that😊
Ryoko-san, Welcome to my channel and thank you for subscribing! If you have any questions, please let me know. I might be able to make videos about them. Thank you for your comment. It means a lot😊
very interesting ! i did not know pitch or tone is important in japanese. do japanese people know consciously what the correct pitches are or does it come intuitively ?
I would love to listen to the whole video, but the music is a bit too loud. I can’t concentrate on what is said. And I find this sad, because what is said is interesting and fun.
I’m sorry about the music. Someone else told me that and I stopped using music after that. My newest 18 videos don’t have music other than opening and ending. I hope you’ll find some videos that interest you from them. Thank you for your comment.
Hello, Fumi-San. I had a question. When using words like じょうず is the “U” in ず omitted as one would with です or ます？ In some Japanese audio lessons that I’ve heard the speaker makes a very pronounced “U” with “Jōzu” but I don’t know if it’s because they’re using a non-standard pitch. この動画、とてもよかったです！ありがとうございます。🙏🏽
デイビッドさん、 I haven’t realized it, but you’re right, I don’t say “u” in ず clearly when I say おじょうずですね. When I just say おじょうず or じょうず without any following word, or if I try to sound clear for foreign people, I pronounce “u” more stronger. So, When you speak fast, you don’t say “u” clearly, so it can be said that you can omit “u.” Thank you for using the phrase! That’s what I wanted to hear!!
Fumi I am trying to learn a little Japanese on my own ,but fear I started too late in life (I'm 77). Hiragana and katakana should be no problem but kanji is out of the question. My goal is to understand the bulk of spoken Japanese And being able to make myself understood. I have a pretty good ear for subtle differences in pronunciation so I think my goal is achievable. Do you have any suggestions?
Hi, I think hiragana and katakana are enough. You can write everything with hiragana and katakana and if you can, you can read Japanese sentences without interference of roman alphabets. So I suggest learning hiragana and katakana first, then greetings, then sentence structure s and words. And it’s never to be late. You’re the youngest today and I’m glad to hear you’re trying! Good luck with your Japanese learning journey ✨😊
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Thank you for the quick response. I thoroughly enjoy your videos, mainly because of the emphasis on pronunciation and pitch accent. Now if I could just get some Japanese speakers to slow down a little.
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Thank you so much for your wonderful videos! Just one small hint: "language" is often pronounced "lang-age" in Japan, with a nasal "ng" followed by "age". But the "gu" is missing. "Lang グ (w)age".
Every language has its little tricky details, and i'm honestly very grateful to you for making us see the points of attention in Japanese, and for all the work you do!
Very nice lesson. A word of advice to people watching: I know that I had a hard time keeping up with some of the example sentences. Example being "せんせい、しつもんがあります." When spoken at full speed, it was hard for me to understand, but lowering the speed of the video down to 0.25x, I was able to hear every syllable clearly which helped me repeat the sentence clearly.
TL;DR - slow down the video speed to practice the pronunciation. It helped me a lot.
Thank you for the advice for others!!
It’ll be of some help.
Thanks a lot😊
Thanks for sharing, for me the hardest part is to say the correct pitch without speaking too loud since in English when when put emphasis on a sound we tend to make our voice louder as well, so for me it's hard to make emphasis without making my voice louder too.
You wrote, “it’s hard to make emphasis without making my voice louder,” but when you say some parts with high pitch, it doesn’t mean you’re making emphasis on it. You don’t. Your voice is higher, but it’s just higher. No need to make emphasis on it.
I hope it make some sence😅
This entire channel is simply gold. It's sad most people don't value knowledge so often.
Talking about "mis-pitching", I noticed some words have two or more pitch patterns, such as 術 「じゅつ」, which it could be either 尾高 or 頭高. How can we know which one should be used?
Thank you!!
I think 術 is 頭高 when it’s used alone. When it’s a part of a word and comes before another kanji, it starts low. But if it’s not what you’re talking about, could you give me an example?😁
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Actually you already answered. Thank you! Seems like it's just something we have to memorize as well
日本語学習者にこうした間違えやすいpitch accentを教えるのは大変すばらしい試みですね！ 応援します！
ありがとうございます！ そう言っていただけてうれしいです。
This is amazing content! I never knew about the pitch change for language names and ない!
Pitch accent is really interesting to learn😄✨
I sincerely appreciate when native speakers of a language remind me that it's alright to stumble through the language and learn it. Really lessens the anxiety. As silly as it is I'm always nervous that my poor intonation or mispronunciations will end up disrespecting someone's language.
I believe learning a language shows your respect to its culture, so even if your pronunciation or intonation is poor, it never means you're disrespecting the language. So please don't worry about that😊
Wow, this video is unbelievably helpful! Your explanations are so clear too! Thank you, Fumi Sensei! I've become a new subscriber 🤭
Ryoko-san,
Welcome to my channel and thank you for subscribing!
If you have any questions, please let me know. I might be able to make videos about them.
Thank you for your comment. It means a lot😊
Very interesting and useful and your voice sounds like heaven.
Wow, thank you!
この動画、とてもよかったです！
ありがとうございます！！！😁
I love your videos!! Thank you!!
Thank you for watching and leaving the comment 😁
この動画、とてもよかったです
うれしいですー！ありがとうございます😊✨
오늘도 기초 일본어 복습 잘 했습니다😊
今日も基礎日本語の単語の復習、よくできました。
I reviewed the basic Japanese words well today.
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毎日、すばらしいです！！ がんばってください👍😄
moshi moshi, sensei... arigato... good to know...
moshi moshi, Sooner Science Nerd san…comment arigato…
very interesting ! i did not know pitch or tone is important in japanese. do japanese people know consciously what the correct pitches are or does it come intuitively ?
Hi! Thank you for your question!
Japanese people don’t learn pitch, but it comes naturally like Japanese pronunciation, intonation, rhythm, etc.
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally i understand, thank you for answering !! very good videos, keep them up
Sure, anytime.
I will. Thank you 😊
I would love to listen to the whole video, but the music is a bit too loud. I can’t concentrate on what is said. And I find this sad, because what is said is interesting and fun.
I’m sorry about the music.
Someone else told me that and I stopped using music after that.
My newest 18 videos don’t have music other than opening and ending.
I hope you’ll find some videos that interest you from them.
Thank you for your comment.
Hello, Fumi-San. I had a question. When using words like じょうず is the “U” in ず omitted as one would with です or ます？ In some Japanese audio lessons that I’ve heard the speaker makes a very pronounced “U” with “Jōzu” but I don’t know if it’s because they’re using a non-standard pitch. この動画、とてもよかったです！ありがとうございます。🙏🏽
デイビッドさん、
I haven’t realized it, but you’re right, I don’t say “u” in ず clearly when I say おじょうずですね. When I just say おじょうず or じょうず without any following word, or if I try to sound clear for foreign people, I pronounce “u” more stronger.
So, When you speak fast, you don’t say “u” clearly, so it can be said that you can omit “u.”
Thank you for using the phrase!
That’s what I wanted to hear!!
Fumi I am trying to learn a little Japanese on my own ,but fear I started too late in life (I'm 77). Hiragana and katakana should be no problem but kanji is out of the question. My goal is to understand the bulk of spoken Japanese And being able to make myself understood. I have a pretty good ear for subtle differences in pronunciation so I think my goal is achievable. Do you have any suggestions?
Hi, I think hiragana and katakana are enough. You can write everything with hiragana and katakana and if you can, you can read Japanese sentences without interference of roman alphabets. So I suggest learning hiragana and katakana first, then greetings, then sentence structure s and words. And it’s never to be late. You’re the youngest today and I’m glad to hear you’re trying! Good luck with your Japanese learning journey ✨😊
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Thank you for the quick response. I thoroughly enjoy your videos, mainly because of the emphasis on pronunciation and pitch accent. Now if I could just get some Japanese speakers to slow down a little.
One small question
Why お願いします and not ください？ is there an actual difference between the two?
ください follows a te-form verb, but よろしく isn’t a verb, so ください can’t be used here.
ふみ先生の動画はとても面白かったです。チャネルを登録しました。質問ありますが、頭高型＋平板型はいつも中高型になりますか？ありがとうございました。
ありがとうございます！ 質問への返答ですが、物事にはすべて例外があるとおり、これも例外はありますが、基本的には、そう思っていいと思います。
私の知っている例外はひとつだけです。
首位攻防（しゅいこうぼう）…首位（頭高）＋攻防（平板）ですが、一緒になっても、これはこのまま、頭高＋平板で読みます。
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally お返事ありがとうございました。日本語のピッチアクセントは最近から勉強します。これから頑張っています。
@@rklevens ピッチがきれいだとかなりネイティブっぽく聞こえると思います。がんばってください＾＾