2:10 interesting side note: I just made my first kanji radical connection. The kanji in 好きになる (the su at the beginning) is made up of the kanjis of woman and child. Some research later, it means 'being fond of' like a mother is fond of her child 😮 cool story. Thought I'd share.
These are so helpful! I always watch them after I have finished chapter in the book and it really helps me to practice what I have learned. AND it gives me a chance to hear how things are pronounced and speak out loud a little. THANK YOU! are there going to be more videos for the 4th book?
Your videos are amazing, they help me a lot in my learning, I think it's done in a very entertaining way, you tell a lot of interesting things along with it, which makes the video even more enriching. At school it's taught in a boring way, it puts you to sleep, but your videos get me through 😁
Hey George I have a question. In lesson 10 book 1, the examples where people are saying when they were born, they put desu at the end. But the translation in English in the book says I WAS born in... Shouldn't it be deshita at the end?
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@@japanesefromzero Ha, Amazing! Now I've got to find and watch the video! I'm on book 5 now, so might go for Kanji2 if it's possible to choose. No problem if not, it'll be a Christmas gift.
"You can't go to Latin Land," but you can go to Latin conventions where a bunch of nerds speak Latin and Classical Greek. Source: I was a nerd who went to Latin conventions.
What's the difference between using kirai ni natta vs kirai ni narimashita? Is it just politeness level or is there more? I'm not fully understanding the nuance here.
They mean the same thing. Just that natta is informal past tense, Mashita is formal polite past tense. Informal is saying a word halfway. it's like saying Hello and Hey. Hey you say it casually with people but Hello is polite formal.
You talk Informal with friends and family members. In Japan, that's how they talk. You speak Formal Japanese people to people you don't know. It's rude to talk to informal to people in Japanese you don't know.
So I'm a sinner who hasn't got the books yet, does anyone know of a good resource to learn Kanji? So far I've kind of just been learning them as they come up in the videos, but I'd ratherdo it in a organized way.
No one answer it and I think it is good question. Also you probably knew by now if yes then please correct me if I'm wrong. By て form he probably mean command form. He said なる is passive verb ( intransitive verb) so its mean if something become, it become its own. When he gave example like 猫が嫌いになりました。so it become i hate cats now its own. That mean there is no role of mine in it, it just happened that i hate cats now. So when if someone giving command then it is now active verb (transitive verb) you have to do it your own so then we have to use を with command form.
"If you learn latin, you'll learn how English was made" English is a germanic language. It has taken on a lot of vocabulary from latin, directly or indirectly through latin-derived tongues like French, but thats not where its roots lie.
I see. I remember learning that before World War II German was also heavily spoken and and taught in the USA. The war changed all this of course. My impression of Latin's influence on English is from my youngest daughter Arisa always showing how certain word concepts came from Latin. Not just individual words, but prefixes etc that seemed to shape how words were made. Everyone tells me German is extremely hard. I always wonder how it could be harder than Chinese are Japanese. Any insights on this?
Sure, it's a different family, but all those languages are so intertwined I don't think it's wrong to say Latin (or ancient Greek) helped make English what is it today. Granted, it's mostly just (construction of) vocabulary, not structure/grammar, but you could compare it to Kanji, which is also vocabulary. Though, as already mentioned, Latin has been filtered through other languages and many, many years, and has to compete with other influences; so results may vary :) Kanji are probably more necessary in everyday use than knowledge of Latin: even without knowing the origin of the words, you can safely deduce "circumvent" and "circumstance" have something in common and start analysing. Don't how far you'll come doing that in Japanese, with all its homonyms and different readings, without knowing Kanji. (Though, as a happy coincidence; a few days ago I guessed correctly the たま in 玉ねぎ and 卵 are the same, despite their different kanji. 玉子！Just wanted to share that titbit.) As for German, my opinion might be a bit skewed. On the one hand, my own language, Dutch, is closely related to German, so its many similarities make things easier. On the other hand, I really didn't like learning it. Anyway, from my (very limited) experience German doesn't seem more difficult than any other language. Its pronunciation might be difficult for English speakers to get just right, but it's pretty straightforward. None of that nonsense English tries to pull; woman, but women? Read, read, read and red reed? (Here, read this one, it's awesome: appliedabstractions.com/2010/02/04/english-is-tough-stuff/ ) Sure, you have to conjugate according to cases and genders, but plenty of other languages require that too. It does have plenty of irregular verbs, though. But so does English. (Perhaps this is something Germanic languages tend to do?) I won't say it's easy, but I don't think its fundamentally more difficult either.
George, I don't think German is very difficult to learn. You could say that it is the European language that is closest to Japanese in that it has a lot of grammar, but it is well organised with few exceptions.
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"do you speak that ornamental" I ROLLED ON THE FLOOR. I work with southerns.
I would say that southerners speak a different dialect but it’s closer to another language than a dialect 🤣
2:10 interesting side note: I just made my first kanji radical connection. The kanji in 好きになる (the su at the beginning) is made up of the kanjis of woman and child. Some research later, it means 'being fond of' like a mother is fond of her child 😮 cool story. Thought I'd share.
THAT'S COOL!
Thank you, thank you for appreciating Latin. I'm a Latin student and you can probably imagine how often I hear people just asking "why"
why?
@@Said-uz4wz masochism
@@TheErkis28 LMAOOO
These are so helpful! I always watch them after I have finished chapter in the book and it really helps me to practice what I have learned. AND it gives me a chance to hear how things are pronounced and speak out loud a little. THANK YOU! are there going to be more videos for the 4th book?
The best learning Japanese videos and books out there!! Deff recommended and love the community❤ George keep up the good work!!
5:09 It might seem strange, but technically Latin is the official language of the Vatican City XD
o hi matteo :D
Actually the most common thing people suck is... nevermind.
CatchingHackersInMC ...a lolipop. XD
*_INCOMING DEAD MEME_*
DEEZ NUTZ! HHAHAHAhaha.. Ha.. hahaha... ha.
@@SwagOver 3 years later and I’m embarrassed I laughed at that
@@sagearviso1979 me too🤣
its "niwatori"
George Sensei, can you do a video series on KOREAN FROM ZERO! like this one?
Your videos are amazing, they help me a lot in my learning, I think it's done in a very entertaining way, you tell a lot of interesting things along with it, which makes the video even more enriching. At school it's taught in a boring way, it puts you to sleep, but your videos get me through 😁
" I don't like 'em anymore " . . . but you could just say もう好きじゃない？
ゴメス・フリオ Absolutely you can. Remember that the more you learn the more flexibility you have. There are many ways to say the same thing.
Hey George I have a question. In lesson 10 book 1, the examples where people are saying when they were born, they put desu at the end. But the translation in English in the book says I WAS born in... Shouldn't it be deshita at the end?
Latin is still somewhat used in Vatican City, it was the official language but got replaced with Italian in 2014.
Hello and congratulations! On my livestream on the main channel (this one) I just made a video and was choosing random comments and yours got chosen for a free book or subscription to FromZero.com. You can send us a message at http:/fromzero.com/support to verify. - George
@@japanesefromzero Ha, Amazing! Now I've got to find and watch the video!
I'm on book 5 now, so might go for Kanji2 if it's possible to choose. No problem if not, it'll be a Christmas gift.
"You can't go to Latin Land," but you can go to Latin conventions where a bunch of nerds speak Latin and Classical Greek. Source: I was a nerd who went to Latin conventions.
Et tu Brutus?
What's the difference between using kirai ni natta vs kirai ni narimashita?
Is it just politeness level or is there more? I'm not fully understanding the nuance here.
They mean the same thing. Just that natta is informal past tense, Mashita is formal polite past tense. Informal is saying a word halfway. it's like saying Hello and Hey. Hey you say it casually with people but Hello is polite formal.
You talk Informal with friends and family members. In Japan, that's how they talk. You speak Formal Japanese people to people you don't know. It's rude to talk to informal to people in Japanese you don't know.
Ah. Gotcha.
Thanks!
So I'm a sinner who hasn't got the books yet, does anyone know of a good resource to learn Kanji? So far I've kind of just been learning them as they come up in the videos, but I'd ratherdo it in a organized way.
I guess I'll have to buy the rest of the special edition books if I win one
彼女はぼくのにわとりをすいました
Just applying what ive learned till now nothing else
I just watched the niwatori video and this was the joke i was expecting 😂
@@Glass2006 lmao
I love ur videos, it really helps me learning Japanese
を with て form, so if you are starting to like kanji, or in the process and not totally convinced you like it yet is it? 漢字を好きになっています
No one answer it and I think it is good question. Also you probably knew by now if yes then please correct me if I'm wrong.
By て form he probably mean command form. He said なる is passive verb ( intransitive verb) so its mean if something become, it become its own. When he gave example like 猫が嫌いになりました。so it become i hate cats now its own. That mean there is no role of mine in it, it just happened that i hate cats now. So when if someone giving command then it is now active verb (transitive verb) you have to do it your own so then we have to use を with command form.
I’m lost, you’ve found me! Thank you so much!!! 😢❤
I've seen Arctic Monkeys. They were okay. Not much stage presence, but their sound was tight. Though, they're known to be a bit diva-like now.
"If you learn latin, you'll learn how English was made"
English is a germanic language. It has taken on a lot of vocabulary from latin, directly or indirectly through latin-derived tongues like French, but thats not where its roots lie.
I see. I remember learning that before World War II German was also heavily spoken and and taught in the USA. The war changed all this of course. My impression of Latin's influence on English is from my youngest daughter Arisa always showing how certain word concepts came from Latin. Not just individual words, but prefixes etc that seemed to shape how words were made. Everyone tells me German is extremely hard. I always wonder how it could be harder than Chinese are Japanese. Any insights on this?
Sure, it's a different family, but all those languages are so intertwined I don't think it's wrong to say Latin (or ancient Greek) helped make English what is it today.
Granted, it's mostly just (construction of) vocabulary, not structure/grammar, but you could compare it to Kanji, which is also vocabulary.
Though, as already mentioned, Latin has been filtered through other languages and many, many years, and has to compete with other influences; so results may vary :)
Kanji are probably more necessary in everyday use than knowledge of Latin: even without knowing the origin of the words, you can safely deduce "circumvent" and "circumstance" have something in common and start analysing. Don't how far you'll come doing that in Japanese, with all its homonyms and different readings, without knowing Kanji.
(Though, as a happy coincidence; a few days ago I guessed correctly the たま in 玉ねぎ and 卵 are the same, despite their different kanji. 玉子！Just wanted to share that titbit.)
As for German, my opinion might be a bit skewed. On the one hand, my own language, Dutch, is closely related to German, so its many similarities make things easier. On the other hand, I really didn't like learning it.
Anyway, from my (very limited) experience German doesn't seem more difficult than any other language. Its pronunciation might be difficult for English speakers to get just right, but it's pretty straightforward. None of that nonsense English tries to pull; woman, but women? Read, read, read and red reed?
(Here, read this one, it's awesome: appliedabstractions.com/2010/02/04/english-is-tough-stuff/ )
Sure, you have to conjugate according to cases and genders, but plenty of other languages require that too.
It does have plenty of irregular verbs, though. But so does English. (Perhaps this is something Germanic languages tend to do?)
I won't say it's easy, but I don't think its fundamentally more difficult either.
George, I don't think German is very difficult to learn. You could say that it is the European language that is closest to Japanese in that it has a lot of grammar, but it is well organised with few exceptions.
Yes, you’re still very young George 😊
Checking the comment section for すう jokes.
This episode has explained a Japanese song's title for me! I'm glad I watched this :)
George I was curious, do you have a in person tutoring ? If I can recall you're located around the San Bernandino county right?
He's from Las Vegas Nevada. San Bernandino assuming California, a couple of hours away from Nevada.
Johnny Batz - I do not do 1 on 1 tutoring.
George, do you know the Japanese rock band One Ok Rock? They're pretty awesome😎🎸
わたしはチキンがだいすきです
Excited for the chance to win a free book 😎
Why are most of them in past tense?
What is difference between 好きになる and 気に入る？
ありがとう ;-)
wonderful stuff
Not looking for anything, But thank you so much for everything
Can I have a link to the Discord server? The link expired on the website :/
Still need that Kanji From Zero 2
Thank you for this awesome videos.
"There is no country that is officially speaking Latin."
Vatican.
Pretty sure it's just the people in the Vatican and the Vatican isn't a country....*cough*
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world.
たつみかんじが好きになるね！ I didn't use kanji for the name so the pun carries through to everyone. Assuming that anyone even gets my joke...
Thanks a lot, George sensei. :) I´m really looking forward to book 5. :)
「ラップが好きになりません」はちょっと不自然かな。「（私は）ラップを好きになりません」の方が自然に聞こえます、これは誰かと約束したり未来の出来事を断言する言い方ですね。
あと、「嫌い」という直接的で否定的な言い方をすると乱暴に聞こえる場合があるので、「好きではありません」（今現在嫌い）「好きになれません」(将来も嫌い。好きになるの否定でもある)いう言い方も覚えておくと便利ですよ。
あぁ、判った「た」が無いから未来の話に聞こえるんだ。
「ラップが好きになりませんでした」なら自然でしたね
本当に助けてくれた!
Can I win a '12 rules for life' book by jordan peterson?
what a great video.
I don't smoke. I don't drink. And I don't swear. Oh, fuck! I do smoke and drink.
New books!
ジョージ、先ほどの戦いぶりは情けねぇ・・・ 組長に謝れ！
That tshirt is the bomb!
Leaving a comment here, as I would love to win. 🏆
Yes i am scared of Kanji because my mind doesn't grasp it at all.
Hey, George, aren't you preparing for teaching arabic
ahmed elgazzar - Nope. I have met a few muslims here in London though. All my uber drivers so far have been muslim. All were super nice.
ジョージ先生が嫌いになりました。笑 Just kidding! 冗談ですよ！ いつも好きです。
Hii
So Johnny Cash sung a song about a boy named smoke
Jealousy, worst feeling ever! :D
This is a bit awkward...I love Arctic Monkeys and Cats...
Arigatouuuu!!!
Do you speak italian?
I do not.
何が出るかな
Did I win?
Maigo Desu 😢
I wanna win so bad
well that sucks
123
Hmmm Fruity Pebbles
English or Spanish…. 👀
Stinky tofu ❤
僕も！ラップが嫌いです。
Marques Nonu - Actually I really like rap. I like it a lot.
Russian?) докажи;)