Addressing animals correctly in Japanese
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Japanese kindergarteners learn to call animals with a -san.
Elephants = ぞうさん = Zou-san
Lions = らいおんさん = Raion-san
Ants = ありさん = Ari-san
Rabbits = うさぎさん = Usagi-san
Pigs = ぶたさん = Buta-san
etc.
If you run into someone walking a dog and you want to talk about it, you shouldn't call it dog = 犬さん = Inu-san because it sounds too cold as a salutation for a family member of the other person. Some dog owners may be offended. So you should instead call the dog わんちゃん = Wanchan.
わんわん = Wanwan is the Japanese equivalent of Bow-wow, and in baby-talk, dogs are in fact called わんわん.
Similarily, cats are called にゃんちゃん= Nyanchan as often as 猫さん = Neko-san, as にゃん or にゃー are the Japanese equivalents of Meow.
Let's address animals correctly 😂.
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Giving ant's the -san because they are hard workers is one of the MOST japanese things I've ever heard lol
😂😂😂 Agreed! There is a Japanese adaptation of the fable “The Ant and the Grasshopper” in which the ant works hard and the grasshopper is a slacker, and perhaps that’s why grasshoppers don’t usually get a -san 😂
@@kyotako1372Wait, so that kg story was japanese all along? I have resd it multiple times, but didn't know it was japanese
It is not a japanese tale, it is an adaption... Should I just delete this reply?
@@AMZCH_Japanese adaptation, he said. The fable is ancient Greek, Aesop's fables have been translated into almost all languages.😊😉
@@oiseau_libre Oh thanks. Sorry, I am not well versed in rhyme history 😔
@@kyotako1372 What if the grasshopper has a fancy belt and rides a motorcycle?
“Hello Lion” “YOU SHOW MR. LION THE PROPER RESPECT RIGHT NOW YOUNG LADY!!”
😂😂😂😂😂😂
That sounds like Lloyd from Indigo Park. "Do not call me by that common name! 🦁 🎩"
Naming Lion King must have been problematic in Japan? As if they call it "Lion San" wouldn't that been a demotion from king to just san?
Yummy
@@timppaUT wouldn’t “Lion Sama” work just fine?
Nyan-chan is like calling cats "meow friend." I dig it.
It just occured to me, but is that where the Nyan Cat meme comes from?
@@OttoKreml yeah Japanese people refer to the meow sound as nyan
It's wholesome:)
"Chan" is a Japanese diminutive honorific, not the Japanese word for "friend." It's more like calling them "little meow."
@@JacobL228 In English refering to someone as "little" is often received as demeaning and calling a cat "Little Meow" would carry an implication that this particular cat's vocal utterances were small or weak in comparison to those of other cats. Also the word "diminutive" and the class of words known as "diminutives" are often used pejoratively in English. Linguistically speaking, you are perfectly accurate, but culturally speaking I think English might lack the specific word to express this particular idea. Or it could be that my current lexicon is what is lacking.
Neko-san feels like what you call a distinguished gentlecat, where as Nyan-chan would be for the baby who lets you boop the snoot.
Precisely 😂👍👍!
I deffo own a Neko-san. He's pedigree, entitled, spoilt and his nickname is 'his lairdship'. Of course, when he's being cute his nickname is 'poops' - maybe is should change that to poops-chan?
Boop the snoot is perfect. It sounds just like what you're doing when u tap their noses.
@@owieprone his lardship cats be fat these days
But what about when the distinguished gentlecat lets you boop the snoot?
I love how you say, "neko-san is okay" like you are negotiating on the cat's behalf.
😂😂😂 Neko-san needs special attention!
The cat only want Neko-sama treatment
😂😂😂
My cat literally lifted her head at the neko-san portion. She knows....
Guess there's a name change coming up ASAP
NB. She's in a food stupor... She won't move, usually when she's in one
@@rodneyng1028 this.
Mr. Elephant, Mr. Lion, but Lil Bark and Lil Meow
Because we tight like that
Dont forget mr ant
I love that the respect modifiers apply to animals too. 🤣
😂😂😂👍
人間は動物だ。😕
"Respect modifiers" are properly called honorifics.
I hate it. It's fake and performative.
Everyone is fake and performative. Either that or they are that one weirdo nobody likes. Sad I know.
Pet’s names: 🥰🙂
Bug’s names: 💀⚰️💥🔫📉☄️
😂😂😂 Precise!
hows ant / ari like that
ari means autumn in different kanji if i remember correctly
@@pawble close: Autumn 秋 is aki
Reminds me of a TikTok where a girl was like “GYAAAAAAA GOKIBURI-SAAAAAN” when she was talking about her ex 😂
@@askeladd7271 thanks
When he said "show some respect" I really felt it.
Imagine this but In English
"Ah yes, that's Ms.Sheep, and she goes baaaa"
😁👍👍
I don't know about anyone else, but that's how we learned in texas in my experience. But then again, we also were taught to call everyone Sir or Ma'am for respect, whether they were your mother, teacher, or even sibling or pet.
Elephant bro, ant bros, meow child, cockroach, woof homie.
@@saraphinathefandomtrash8197I’m from TN and it backfired on me. Apparently it’s rude to call ladies ma’am as if I’m calling them old😭 I try to not do it, and I told my mom I’m seen as rude and not polite now💀
@@myparentsaredivorced4573I get ma'am, miss, and young lady. I guess no one can agree how old I look.
"You are not a chan, nor a san. You baka."
"man im just a cockroach"
lmai
lmai
lmai
Imai
Imai
🤣🤣🤣 He is on point about the gokiburi! They do not deserve the "-san" treatment AT ALL!
😂😂😂😂
@@kyotako1372 What about ゴキちゃん? w
@@daehckidkawai
Reminded a seen from Gintama 😂😂😂
I mean they're still an important part of our ecosystem. Just like wasps and mosquitoes keep populations in check.
cats are not onekosama????? they certainly act like lords 😂
the Japanese language may need a second look at the way it calls cats 😂😂😂
Ōoku on Netflix sure thinks so😸
Onekosama is the only way I'd ever call my cat. Sure, he's super cute...but respect and hierarchy is of paramount importance here.. He's a cat!🤴
This is cats lore accurate since they even address themselves as 吾輩、not 私
ネコ様〜
Pretty sure cats prefer to called "Neko-sama" while looking down on the humans they tamed.
The royalty catness
@@syaondri WaliWali Washington. Oh Christmas.
Berus Sama will definitely be angry if we don't adress them with Sama.
Neko-dono
No they prefer the ancient Egyptian name mau
I wasn't even planning to learn Japanese but this guy is awesome
I heard once japanese called google "Google-sensei" 😂
Well, google is basically a professor that knows everything if you think about it...
(And gets it wrong sometimes)
It’s actually true!
Here's in Indonesia we called Embah (Grandparent) Google since we're respect the elder and maybe knows a lot of knowledge too... 🤭
Iya juga wkwkwk
I say Dr. Google sometimes
I just learned that in japan, they use the japanese equivalants of"woof woofs" for dogs, and cats "meow meows" and that is adorable and soul healing.
Doesn't all languages do?
In my country they are: "hau hau" and "miau"
@timppaUT not english, which is boring, cause why shouldnt we call our cats meow meows and our dogs woof woofs!?
So Pokémon was rigth?
@@LICVIGO Boy, let me tell you where the series was invented.
@@Eidenhoek Germany naturally.
Cockroaches not deserving the -san treatment for scaring the living crap out of people is so true.
Meow-chan and woof-chan is freaking cute
😂😂👍👍
@@kyotako1372I call wan-chan as wonton
Wan - chan = woof pet / woof friend? I don't know Japanese.
@@NotKyleChicago i don’t know much about japanese, but i don’t think -chan or -san have proper translations, at least not in english
@@NotKyleChicago -chan -san is a suffix denoting status or respect the speaker says to the recipient. Closest translation while not exactly same to putting -chan for dog is like calling it doggie or a wolf wolfy. For wanchan its more like woofie ig
If I'm not mistaken, wan and nyan are the Japanese onomatopoeias for the noises made by dogs and cats respectively.
indeed, a dog is a woofie and a cat is a meowie
Correct!
And something else I learned recently also...Cats- as beloved and revered as they were in Ancient Egypt- the name of the Cat Goddess was " Mu" like "mew"! Much respect for all life forms on Earth! ... except maybe roaches and a few others that don't deserve it!
Japanese is the only language where cats; sound is pronounced with an "N". It's "neow", not "meow"
As a Japanese American adult. I legitimately still thought that elephants are called zousan. Didn’t realize until now that the “San” wasn’t part of the actual name. Mind blown.
I always addressed the stray dogs outside my house as Inu-San. Need to change it to Wan-Chan now! 🐶
😂 Cute either way!!
@@kyotako1372 how about old dogs? or guard dogs? calling them wan-chan seems a bit odd.
@@malikhaidar All dogs are puppies! Even old guard dogs.
@@myria2834 I mean I can't imagine calling a german shepperd or doberman wan chan. it's cool, ripped, and strong, the furthest away from chan zuke.
@@malikhaidar All dogs are puppies. No exceptions.
i watched a japanese ghost hunting video and the ghost hunter went in the haunted house ang says "good evening, please excuse my intrusion"..
😂 Starting off on the right foot 😂👍!
I mean, it _is_ the ghost's house. Be polite, they might be dead but they're a person.
@@wareforcoin5780 they're a human soul, not a human
I love your energy and delivery in this video! This is very funny!
Arisan in indonesia: family or community gathering
Arisan in japan: 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
haha close 😂!
Still gathering and still family 😂
Sa ae bambang
waduh 🤓
Eh? Cockroaches scare the Shimane out of you? What the Fukuoka are you saying? Just spray them and say "shi-ne!" 😁
😂😂😂
Bakugou spotted XDD
@@omalga 😁😁
Oh shitake mushrooms...
“What the Fukuoka” first time I’ve heard that one 😂
I love the way you explain this stuff. Like you're anticipating "that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard" and going "I KNOW, and guess what else"
The energy in this is absolutely infectious, even having no prior interest I'm definitely subscribing, you're awesome!!
Thank you so much 😂✨!
"Gokiburi. They don't deserve the San treatment for scaring the shit out of me!" Got me dying.🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
he said SHIMANE.
In Tokyo, they're about 2 inches long and they crawl up the wall and then fly at you.
Ask me how I know.
Scaring the SHIMANE out of me. I laughed way too hard at this
That ending was SO funny! 😂 Thank you for making me laugh!!
❤
"Because if they're someone's pet, it's cuter."
I could listen to this man all day
😂😂😂✨👍
Cockroach: We want justice 🥶
for cockroach i just call them goki goki 😭 AND I SCREAM "GOKI IS MISSINGGGGG"
Horror 😫😫😫😫
I'll just call it G.
Just when I restarted my 'Japanese Learning Journey', found some golden content here. ありがとうございます
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I love this. Animals deserve respect
Wow, I never thought that Japan is sooooo respectful)
Love your videos! Thank you 😊
I’m glad you liked it 😁👍!
This is hands down the fastest I’ve ever subscribed to a channel in my life! 🤭 love the humor! Keep up this vibe! Arigato Gozaimasu! 🙏
I absolutely love that ridiculous zoom. I had to come and scroll through all your shorts just to find this and re-watch it a few times.
Glad to see that Japan shows animals the respect they deserve
Including the lack thereof for cockroaches
Aww ❤ Brb, gotta address my cat properly
Life lived correctly 😂👍!
When you call them dog-chan, you're implying that all dogs are the goodest boys instead of simply your dog being the goodest boy and... no wait that tracks
That’s so cute! In Polish we use a lot of diminutives! Like even if kids know how to call a dog “Pies” they will still say “Piesek” or “Piesio” etc. Even older people do that when they want to say for example “what a cute dog” to someone, they would say “Jaki słodki PIESEK”, they can say “Pies” but it would sound a little weird. Not that cute 😊
That is adorable!! It seems like we all need these ways to express affection ☺️✨✨
Or psiak. Tak jak mój mały psiak, Fafik!
There's a whole section of "meme" RUclips videos about Polish people interacting with animals.
Usually it's cuss words, because this is the Internet. But there are cute diminutives as well.
we do this in English, too. dog becomes doggy, cat becomes kitty
I'm extremely sorry, I have to!
Piesek, pieeeeeesek, uszi, lapki
The way you taught us is amazing!! The background makes my curiosity grow. Lovely
Neko-san just feels like a name of a anime protagonist 😀
I'm not trying to learn to speak Japanese, I know how difficult it truly is to learn another language and I'm hyper focused on learning the language of music in this period of my life. But im still glad this came up on the algorithm. It makes me think how our words tell alot about what we're saying but also alot about how we interpret the world itself.
"bark buddy" and "meow friend" ❤️
This man's teaching better than Duolingo ever could
So happy I came across this channel.
Thank you for coming across me 😁👍!
I actually blushed watching this.
😂🥹🥹👍
@@kyotako1372 Hahaha
The end is my reaction to seeing Maxx "C"
Wan-chan, one opportunity.
Would you let it slip?
oka-san's spaghetti
I laugh wayyy to hard reading this
underrated comment-o-
Mr. Elephant.
Mr. Lion.
Barky (barking friend)
Kitty (cat friend)
Mr.Ant
...
Oh.
Hello, cockroaches 😒
I came for the Maxx C slander
I appreciate that "wan-chan" can be translated as "bark buddy".
Nyan-chan could be "meow mate" but its obviously stretching
Cats stretch often, yes
I love the cultural perspective through language. Reveals the thinking. And quite frankly I like to think about animals this way.
Just discovered your channel. Priceless😂❤
gokiburi kun 😂😂😂
😂😂
Oh lord 😂😂
No 😂😂
@@Tanukikamo ooo yea...i actually wondering this 😅😅
Aww, its like how a lot of kids media in the U.S. address animal characters as "Mr. Elephant" or "Ms. Lion"
You know you've made it in life when your mere presence scares an entire prefecture out of someone!
ほんとだー。今まで気づかなかった。センスあるわ～
That's right, we must show cats the respect they deserve. They're our superiors after all.
You're so charismatic! Love your silver hair ❤️
I love this notion in the japanese language that the animals that live on thid planet deserve respect and should therefor be addressed with the correct honorific. It teaches children that animals are just as important as humans are.
Yes, animals are important. Cows feed me with beef patty and milk. Chickens taste good when fried. And most importantly, pigs are good for pork chop.
Also doggo cute.
It's really interesting how language structure shapes culture and outlooks
Not dolphins and whales though.
@@McCaroni_SupThis is why you should say ‘ Itadakimasu’ before eating them, like the Japanese ( and even non- Japanese) do. It is showing respect for and saying thank you to, something that gave it’s life to feed you😊
lmaooo you're funny as hell!!! :DD
😂😂 thank you 😂👍
“It’s Neko-sama.” - the cat’s thoughts.
This is the content I’m going to internet for ❤
Thanks for finding me 😂!
めっちゃ笑いました😂😂😂
Sh*tの代わりにShimane入れるのセンス良すぎる😂
😂😂👍👍
You can be scared the shiitake out of yourself, or shibainu out of it too!
Do ants really deserve the san-treatment for the amount of beautiful spring picnics they ruin?
Mans' best friend 🐕 is univeral and I really appreciate that
Thank youuu for the lesson!! 😊
My pleasure 😂👍
I love how you explain these facts. Unrelated I also really love your hair, kinda jealous ngl
Oh. So that's why Oda named it Zou.
Yes thank god im not the only one
I have never learned any Japanese aside from the basics that everyone knows, but this video has made me add it to my list to learn one day.
I'm currently learning Japanese, and I came across your channel! I can't wait to learn more from you!
Omg Ari-San 😂😂😂 Miss Ariana where you at her bad-idea song background vocals literally called her Ant
😂😂😂
If i recall correctly, the last one is even abbreviated as "g" (For example: G が出たあああ 😫 is how some girls/guys will scream at you if they saw one)
That is how you know Japanese hate/fear that bug 😂
(And yes i don't like it too and I'm not Japanese)😢
Yes, if we MUST mention it, G😂
funnily, we have somehing like this in english too! the word we currently have for "bear" is derived from a german word meaning something like "the brown one(?)", because it was believed that saying the bear's proper name would make it appear.
bear went through several different "nicknames" as the old ones seemed to "lose their power" until we arrived at bear and eventually got less superstitious
@@lilaculots I remember seeing that explanation! I recall that the "nickname" stick for so long that the actual name is lost.
Just an incredible illustration of how the mentality shows up though the language.
I love this so much 😂
I'm a horse artist learning Japanese and I have a Japanese mutual who said お馬さん so that's how I learned that you gotta be respectful to the animals too!!
Anyway, you're absolutely hilarious, definitely subscribing!!
I was expecting him to say kindergarteners are taught 獅子 (Shishi) instead.
This was unexpected and cute.
I love that animals get honorifics. That is so cute!
Aight okay where’s my cat
MY DOGS TOO-
AMINALS
RESPECT
😂😂😂✨
That's awesome. Pretty sure by instilling respect for all living beings like this, explains a lot about the tendency of Japanese to really care about not being rude, being polite, etc. Respect is incrusted in the semantic, and I believe semantic holds a great power over the mind of people speaking different languages.
Agreed. I’m sure it does! Be polite even towards your enemies 😁👍!
i like how seriously this sensei san is teaching us Japanese learners the nuances of the Japanese language. arigatou gozaimuas
wait a minute this is platinum
Thank you 😂✨!
I was today years old when I learned that Nyan Cat is just cat in Japanese.
Also, that’s its pronounced nyon, not nye-onn.
Nyan is Japanese for meow, so literally it translates to Meow Cat
The “incorrect” sound effect immediately transported me back to playing Tenchu 3 on my PS2. I don’t know if it’s a general sound effect used in a million places (I would imagine so), but for me that was an instant flashback to playing that game over 20 years ago. Thank you for that 🥰
And of course, thank you for the brilliant content!
😂😂 I love your videos so much
Thank you so much 😂!
A1 content
😂 Thank you 😂!
agreed
I love this so much, the way you show such respect towards animals🥹 Thank you for sharing this! Japanese is a beautiful language I hope to learn one day💕
😂😂😂 にゃんちゃんonly
にゃんちゃん all the way 😂!
This is the most important lesson on Japanese I’ve ever had.
They say French is a language of love. They don't know Japanese exists.
that ending was perfection
😂😂😂
He looks like if kindness was a person
‘Scaring the shimane out of me’ is a great expression, I’m gonna use that.
I've never heard "にゃんちゃん" before.
I frequently hear "ねこちゃん" instead of that
Love your videos. They inspire me to learn Japanese !
I love your videos 😁 thanks for sharing
First video from you and you absolutely got me. I subscribed to your channel, good job! ❤