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  • Опубликовано: 19 янв 2024
  • Textbooks teach you that Japanese people use “いいえ” for “no”. But in real life people rarely say “いいえ”. They would say either “いや” or “いえ”. When speaking casually, most of the people say “いや”. Yet, it seems like books fail to introduce this super common word that Japanese people use all the time. As a result, many Japanese learners don't even know how to say “no” just like Japanese people say it. Furthermore, “いいえ” is hard to pronounce. Don't waste your breath on “いいえ”.

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  • @williansnobre
    @williansnobre 6 месяцев назад +986

    The longer いいえ gives time for the rest of the words to load

    • @Rairosu
      @Rairosu 3 месяца назад +99

      いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいえ! XD!

    • @sebqze
      @sebqze 2 месяца назад +7

      @@Rairosuwwwwwwww

    • @theworst1069
      @theworst1069 Месяц назад +13

      ​@@Rairosulet him cook

    • @xxfloppypillowxx
      @xxfloppypillowxx Месяц назад +37

      I know it's a joke but that's what ええと is for that's why all of my sentences start with えええええええええええええええええと and by that time the person has already phoned for EMS because they think my brain is broken.

    • @whohan779
      @whohan779 Месяц назад +5

      @@Rairosu Lmao, translate feature turns that into the famous Austrian painter quote (hint: sounds like quadruple '9').

  • @shogun8-9
    @shogun8-9 6 месяцев назад +3028

    - ドイツ語は話せますか?
    - Ja.

    • @xymaryai8283
      @xymaryai8283 6 месяцев назад +257

      exactly what i was thinking, i might never correctly interpret someone saying いや because in english its so close to "yeah"

    • @cybunny25
      @cybunny25 6 месяцев назад +57

      ​@@xymaryai8283 combine it with a head nod/shake to help a bit with clarity

    • @e_3261
      @e_3261 6 месяцев назад +29

      Thought the Same 😂
      Hatte vor einigen Monaten mein Kumpel so geantwortet (いや) und hatte vergessen das er kein Japanisch kann und hatte gesagt hinzugefügt meinte ne (No short cut of nein english 9) fand er schon bisle lustig das japanisch und deutsch Ähnlichkeiten haben 😂

    • @daggercatz7297
      @daggercatz7297 6 месяцев назад +12

      hahaha, thats my main problem with this word lol

    • @hedwigk.228
      @hedwigk.228 6 месяцев назад +40

      Hahaha that's exactly what I was thinking
      Similar problem in Korean aswell
      In Korean ne = yes / in German ne = no XD

  • @azul1964
    @azul1964 6 месяцев назад +1698

    "You want to die?"
    "Yah"
    "As you wish -"

    • @HonsHon
      @HonsHon 6 месяцев назад +121

      This cracked me up
      In all seriousness, there you would most definitely want to use いいえ

    • @N95j
      @N95j 5 месяцев назад +4

      lol

    • @thefoxmoonlight
      @thefoxmoonlight 4 месяца назад

      @@HonsHon but then it sounds like you are ecstatic to die. likeee "eeeeyeeeeea" like that crack kid with the basketball

    • @TheVortexBuLL
      @TheVortexBuLL 2 месяца назад +25

      @@HonsHonSounds like a longer version of “yeah” lol
      Do you want to die?
      いいえ (yeaaa..)

    • @DazaiOsammu
      @DazaiOsammu 2 месяца назад

      Damn

  • @NelleShadowblue
    @NelleShadowblue 6 месяцев назад +4591

    I guess a player answering yes or no in a video game is the most serious formal situation, as that's the only time I have ever seen the word いいえ.

    • @nickpatella1525
      @nickpatella1525 6 месяцев назад +356

      I would say it's a direct translation of the "Yes/No" prompts in English.

    • @astridplus
      @astridplus 6 месяцев назад +172

      Writing that addresses a nonspecific reader tends to use the more formal register, which is where you also see things like あなた or ~ております and that kind of thing used, when you wouldn't really do that when talking to another person.

    • @Jeremy_Fisher
      @Jeremy_Fisher 6 месяцев назад +120

      I always thought of it as part of an official yes/no pair. (はい/いいえ) but in spoken colloquial Japanese, it's a little awkward and stiff to use.It's fine for documents, settings, and stuff like that though.

    • @shirankedo-ib8uv
      @shirankedo-ib8uv 6 месяцев назад +9

      "Iie" and "Ie" are words used by mature people. "Iya" and "Uun" sound childish and rustic, and should only be used when you are ok with looking like an idiot.

    • @Aenik109.fangoo
      @Aenik109.fangoo 6 месяцев назад +108

      @@shirankedo-ib8uv It's not about looking like an idiot, it's just a lot more common to say いや and ううん, even if it's not as "proper". When listening to Japanese people talk, I've never heard them say いいえ, and rarely いえ, so if you want to stick out less, the former two are the best options.

  • @Mighteyes
    @Mighteyes 6 месяцев назад +3491

    saying や this way has always been funny to me because in my own native language (Swedish) the exact same pronunciation is a very casual way of saying "yes"

    • @MaartenT
      @MaartenT 6 месяцев назад +180

      If you elongate the a-sound you get yes in Dutch as well and I'm pretty sure German is pretty close as well (and I suppose it might be similar in Norwegian or Danish too?).

    • @Schlohmotion
      @Schlohmotion 6 месяцев назад +213

      Correct. Germans use the word "Ja" for yes. Pronounced like americans say "Ya" instead of yes sometimes.
      Neighbourly greetings from germany

    • @bltzcstrnx
      @bltzcstrnx 6 месяцев назад +64

      いや also kind of strange to me. This is because "iya," read exactly the same, means yes.

    • @Roz9l
      @Roz9l 6 месяцев назад +22

      Same🙃 In Ukrainian it literally means "i"

    • @Schlohmotion
      @Schlohmotion 6 месяцев назад +42

      @@Roz9lThe more Я know :D

  • @AngelsAndButterflies
    @AngelsAndButterflies 6 месяцев назад +1630

    I'm so happy that いや can be used in formal situations as well 🥳

    • @zaloskog
      @zaloskog 6 месяцев назад +89

      Right? I thought it was just an informal thing, so relieved

    • @cpkeyes1823
      @cpkeyes1823 6 месяцев назад +74

      Was in jp class teacher asked how to say thank you to compliments. I said いやいや全然 the people around me laughed, i thought i was saying the rude thing because いや meant dislike. I was just parroting what i learned in anime

    • @plasmodius9449
      @plasmodius9449 6 месяцев назад +53

      ​@@cpkeyes1823lol wat that's so rude and dumb laughing at someone, especially when you're right

    • @ccurtonizea2883
      @ccurtonizea2883 6 месяцев назад +26

      ​@@plasmodius9449i think they laughed because its used in anime alot, or from what i understand from his comment

    • @largemistake1833
      @largemistake1833 6 месяцев назад +30

      @@plasmodius9449they would’ve laughed because it’s funny that instead of thanking someone for a compliment in japanese you deny it

  • @adventureboy444
    @adventureboy444 6 месяцев назад +670

    As a speedrunner, this is very helpful

    • @Spiriax
      @Spiriax 6 месяцев назад +81

      Saying あざす instead of ありがとうございます gives the biggest time saves

    • @afraid2letgo
      @afraid2letgo 6 месяцев назад +16

      You win this comment section

    • @mayacold8263
      @mayacold8263 6 месяцев назад +2

      Real

    • @Gankoittetsu
      @Gankoittetsu 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@Spiriaxtrue 🤣

    • @fumi_
      @fumi_ 6 месяцев назад +5

      New shortcut discovered 😂

  • @Arexsis
    @Arexsis 6 месяцев назад +1395

    I greatly appreciate your comitment to teaching people how to sound natural with Japanese. It's been so hard to find resources that don't sound completely sanitized and academic. Blending in is way more important to me than sounding 100% correct at all times. Thanks, Kaname-Sensei

    • @saitodosan9377
      @saitodosan9377 6 месяцев назад +38

      For real. This is the only channel I've found that teaches these type of things. The rest of them it's like you might as well just pick up a Genki textbook instead.

    • @151monka
      @151monka 6 месяцев назад +2

      Fr, Kaname is amazing

    • @martuuk8964
      @martuuk8964 6 месяцев назад +43

      @@saitodosan9377 if one isn’t living in Japan already, learning academic Japanese (i.e. from Genki) first is always preferable. Its Japanese authors construct it the way they do for a reason. Casual Japanese should be learned as a companion and through immersion from multiple sources including RUclips and popular media. The two sources of learning are not opposed, they are complementary.

    • @ca678.4
      @ca678.4 6 месяцев назад +4

      ⁠@@martuuk8964you worded this perfectly… if you only know how to sound casual good luck trying to get a job where the setting requires you to be formal. Def agree learning how to sound like everyone else (like slang) comes after actually learning the language. You’ll probably sound even more natural that way, imo

    • @levi7581
      @levi7581 6 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@martuuk8964 my teacher would disagree and say that it's preferable to start at the lowest level of politness just like japanese children start at home and then slowly as you become more and more proficient slowly add politness into your speaking and only when you have a good grasp of that tackle keigo

  • @PatGunn
    @PatGunn 6 месяцев назад +335

    I wish it didn't sound like "yeah"

    • @gristen
      @gristen 6 месяцев назад +8

      it really does lol

    • @josephkanowitz6875
      @josephkanowitz6875 4 месяца назад +6

      ב''ה, I worked with a native speaker and was too busy to even pick this up. Possible explanation for how "yeah no" entered English? Where in English the initial yeah is for "I heard you."

    • @paolacresti6432
      @paolacresti6432 3 месяца назад +1

      Yah

    • @pauljordan4452
      @pauljordan4452 2 месяца назад

      I was eight years old and even my granddad's sister found it funny that iie sounded like yeah.

    • @wheezesanchez5661
      @wheezesanchez5661 Месяц назад +4

      I don't mean this as criticism, but hopefully to help. I also used to gripe about things I didn't like or felt like were inconvenient in my target languages, but this mentality will only serve to frustrate you and get in the way of enjoying your new language. I think it's best to just accept it as it is. I'm probably not explaining this the best, but maybe our native language is the actual inconvenience and it's better to just try to not think about it too much while learning a new language.
      Anyway, I don't think they sound exactly the same. When I say いや with purely Japanese sounds it's a very short diphthong, but when I say yeah, with American sounds, it's never that short and has a more pronounced y at the beginning and not the end. "Yeeaahh". With the "50 sounds", I think a better transliteration of yea would be something like イェア

  • @KumoKumiko
    @KumoKumiko 6 месяцев назад +340

    just want to say, kudos to the acting skills for performing some of these sentences. it's not strictly necessary to getting the point across, but the tone and inflection differentiating, say, the mother character and the child character, was really immersive and believeable.

  • @MattLeIdjut
    @MattLeIdjut 6 месяцев назад +328

    This explains that mystery I've had when a streamer would scream ”やだ! やだ! ” and I would be left to wonder why the translation would simply be "no," just like when they would simply say "いえ.” I wondered why both were interpreted as no, and what sort of difference there was between them (I refused to believe there was no difference). Now I know that they are the same word, but だ adds a small amount of specificity like "I don't want/want to do that." Love these videos!

    • @Nomyriad
      @Nomyriad 6 месяцев назад +23

      I feel like いやだ/やだ/嫌だ has a more "that's disgusting!" vibe but it's definitely the same as saying "nooo!" in a dramatic way

    • @kymbbm
      @kymbbm 6 месяцев назад +32

      ​@@Nomyriad this interpretation is too dramatic. Iyada is used in a way more casual way, way more frequently than you'd say "it's disgusting" lol

    • @Nomyriad
      @Nomyriad 6 месяцев назад

      @@kymbbm oh I see! I probably misinterpreted the tone when I've heard it xD

    • @josephkanowitz6875
      @josephkanowitz6875 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Nomyriad ב''ה, I've just wandered into this, but seems somewhere between "nuh-uh," as can be either vernacular or childish, and "no way" for refusal?

  • @unduloid
    @unduloid 6 месяцев назад +302

    I found out that glaring at people menacingly usually does the trick too.

    • @Prince.Hamlet
      @Prince.Hamlet 6 месяцев назад +3

      Lol

    • @kphaxx
      @kphaxx 6 месяцев назад +7

      Ya

    • @Rairosu
      @Rairosu 3 месяца назад

      And if that fails..... T-Pose!

    • @letterborneVods
      @letterborneVods Месяц назад

      @@Rairosuoh, so that’s why Jesus did this 😅

  • @bmac4
    @bmac4 6 месяцев назад +498

    Honestly, English in my part of the world feels this way sometimes but in the opposite direction. We often don't say "no" as a response because it feels kinda sharp. Usually we say "nah", "no thanks"/"no thank you", "not really", or something else that either tries to make it more polite or otherwise less absolute than the blunt "no". "No" feels like the answer to questions when you're being interrogated.

    • @tohaason
      @tohaason 6 месяцев назад +51

      In some places in the world you have to carefully construct your question so that it can be answered with "yes" even if it's a negative reply.

    • @mckendrick7672
      @mckendrick7672 6 месяцев назад +35

      I have a theory that this is in part a relic of the older English four form yes/no system as well.
      English used to have "Yea" and "Nay" which were used for positively worded questions that we today typically pronounce (in political contexts) something like "Yey" and "Ney" but probably originally would have been something more like "Yeah" and "Nai", the latter of which could easily be further clipped to modern "Nah".
      "Yes" and "No" on the other hand were intended for responding to negatively worded question - "Are you *not* doing...?"

    • @peachparee7647
      @peachparee7647 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@mckendrick7672 I'm gonna use nay as a positive no from now on 🫡

    • @rawkhawk414
      @rawkhawk414 3 месяца назад +4

      @@mckendrick7672 The most interesting part about all this is that it's not really taught much anymore--and there are plenty of grown and educated adults whose native language is English who don't know how to answer negatively-worded questions. Or worse, some people think they're completely incorrect or bad English. Style guides recommend against them. I worried about this forever (not seriously) because I'm interested in languages. I read about the yay/nay distinction a long time ago and it blew my mind because I knew people who did this without thinking about it. And I was just really pleased to know there was a new layer of nuance that could be baked into things and that I could feel confident when I felt doubt about this. Of course, doesn't change the fact that for most people if I said "Don't you like salad?" and you replied "Yes", even I'd understand that as you liking salad. But then, for myself and many others, if I instead SLIGHTLY changed the wording to "Do you not like salad?" Then saying "Yes" confirms that you do not like salad. But don't is a contraction of do not. Lol. Language is fun. But yeah, English classes should explain this history briefly when explaining how to answer binary questions. Pretty sure most of us just do it by tone and body language, or by skipping straight to a clarification.

  • @thedestiny2863
    @thedestiny2863 6 месяцев назад +131

    My duolingo didn't pay off

    • @maxamaxa194
      @maxamaxa194 3 месяца назад +19

      Duolingo sucks. Renshuu is better for japanese

    • @MisaMisaIsOnTop
      @MisaMisaIsOnTop 2 месяца назад +6

      @@maxamaxa194I love renshuu

    • @Sarah_R.
      @Sarah_R. 2 месяца назад

      ​@@maxamaxa194 I use both 🤡

    • @meat-hook
      @meat-hook Месяц назад +3

      I use three apps, RUclips, books from when I learned a lot in high-school (1994), and I go to Sakura Square in Denver and just try really hard. 😅
      Been back at it for two months and am remembering quite a lot.

    • @usuario-rc2wx
      @usuario-rc2wx 4 дня назад

      😭

  • @PikkuProgram
    @PikkuProgram 6 месяцев назад +213

    Kaname-san behaving like a bratty kid was not on my Saturday Bingo Card, but that's the lovely thing about life, its full of surprises.
    Also incredible use of 余裕, sneaky bastard

    • @drakequevedo
      @drakequevedo 6 месяцев назад +4

      Could you elaborate on the use of those Kanji please?

    • @PikkuProgram
      @PikkuProgram 6 месяцев назад

      ruclips.net/video/gr1IquWLLQw/видео.html@@drakequevedo

    • @HopeUnquenchable
      @HopeUnquenchable 3 месяца назад +7

      ⁠@@drakequevedo​​⁠​⁠
      @1:16, he says, 僕最近あまり時間に余裕がないんで, meaning “Because (んで=ので) I (ぼく) don’t have (がない) much time (あまりじかん, used negatively) lately (さいきん).”
      Some translations of 余裕(よゆう) are: surplus, room, space, time, allowance, flexibility and scope.
      時間(じかん)に余裕がある means, “I have time to spare,” or “I have plenty of time.”
      時間に余裕がない literally means, “There’s no surplus in my time,” or “I don’t have any time to spare.” So に余裕 isn’t really necessary in the sentence, 僕最近あまり時間に余裕がないんで, if all you want to convey is, “Because I don’t have much time, lately,” but it’s a good addition if indeed you have no time to spare 🤓

    • @drakequevedo
      @drakequevedo 3 месяца назад +3

      @@HopeUnquenchable Thanks for the explanation!

  • @prosaic.7944
    @prosaic.7944 3 месяца назад +12

    "Stop using it'!"
    "いいえ, I don't think I will."

  • @Teratrain
    @Teratrain 6 месяцев назад +190

    i think the most important question here is what everyone will do with the time we save on all these mora we can omit

    • @lisicarunes8720
      @lisicarunes8720 6 месяцев назад +57

      More time to study kanji

    • @pigmentpeddler5811
      @pigmentpeddler5811 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@lisicarunes8720 you sicko

    • @olivermunkholm1
      @olivermunkholm1 6 месяцев назад +43

      im thinking of going on a holiday maybe

    • @spacenaves
      @spacenaves 6 месяцев назад +14

      fritter and waste it in an offhand way

    • @Prince.Hamlet
      @Prince.Hamlet 6 месяцев назад +12

      I just went to med school with my extra time. All done.

  • @Jokertyf
    @Jokertyf 6 месяцев назад +153

    Probably the best way to describe the middle use case succinctly is to say "throwing a tantrum", especially for younger kids

  • @jukama7671
    @jukama7671 6 месяцев назад +286

    Oh no, that's confusing. "Ja" means "Yes" in German. Its one of the few words I sometimes say while speaking English. Instead of "yes" a "Ja" slips out. If that also happens in japanese, it would be so confusing for everyone. And I am not experienced enough in Japanese to explain the mistake. :O

    • @jellifygirl
      @jellifygirl 6 месяцев назад +31

      It reminds me of habitually saying ie/iie in english, and sounding like you're saying "yeah" instead! Or saying "je" in an exasperated or tired way like some european languages have, but actually sounding like you're weirdly chill to all the other english speakers 😭

    • @kelliatlarge
      @kelliatlarge 6 месяцев назад +19

      To be honest, it's ok to say "ja" in English. It's more common to say "yeah" than "yes" except in formal/polite situations. It's not pronounced exactly the same but everyone should understand you.

    • @hayesmaker64
      @hayesmaker64 6 месяцев назад +10

      @kelliatlarge except in japan where they'd think you're saying no

    • @tohaason
      @tohaason 6 месяцев назад +7

      In Japanese you can very often leave out yes/no entirely. "Do you have a point card?" (they always ask this in supermarkets). "ないです" works fine, no や (or いいえ or いえ) needed. In general, just the verb or the verb in negative form is sufficient, for a lot of question situations.

    • @blackjacktrial
      @blackjacktrial 6 месяцев назад +3

      Or just make a gesture indicating disagreement with the question. (Shakes head, thumb down, frown etc.)

  • @clay2889
    @clay2889 6 месяцев назад +34

    I really wish my Sensei told me this stuff in my college level japanese course. The way japanese is actually spoken outside of classrooms seems so much more chill

  • @mirimiri3300
    @mirimiri3300 6 месяцев назад +20

    かなめさんは日本語と英語の違いを深く理解しており、単なる英語・日本語の解説動画と違い、それぞれの話者特有の問題に焦点を当てて解説してくださっているため、日本人の私の英語学習目的としてもこの上なく参考になっております。
    Keep making nice videos!

  • @mirasdiary
    @mirasdiary 6 месяцев назад +121

    Omg i so need this video. Whenever i went to japan myself and my brother would say いいえ and people would laugh at us whenever we said it. We were always so confused because that’s what it said to say online. Thank you!!!!

    • @jacla666
      @jacla666 6 месяцев назад +30

      I doubt they would laugh at you because you used the word iie.. perhaps you guys did pikachu cosplay or smth?

    • @mirasdiary
      @mirasdiary 6 месяцев назад +36

      @@jacla666 we were as normal as we could be. Some people were impressed by us saying it. At my Fuji my hotel owner asked me in Japanese if i speak Japanese and i said いいえ and she was like :o wow that sounds like Japanese to me! It was more of the younger crowd who laughed 🥺

    • @maiy8786
      @maiy8786 6 месяцев назад +11

      I've had the same experience. Speaking Japanese to people and being met with laughter ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @whiterabbit8243
      @whiterabbit8243 6 месяцев назад

      @@maiy8786 😪

    • @xXEdXx17
      @xXEdXx17 6 месяцев назад +3

      So in the first place, wtf be taught the word いいえ?

  • @schrodingerscat3912
    @schrodingerscat3912 6 месяцев назад +11

    not nearly as long as 行かなければなりませんでした

  • @Kyaro8888Cari
    @Kyaro8888Cari 6 месяцев назад +28

    4:47 🤣 That pained expression....

    • @RT-qd8yl
      @RT-qd8yl 6 месяцев назад +10

      If Kaname was an actor I'd watch anything he acted in 🤣😭

  • @Savoritas
    @Savoritas 6 месяцев назад +61

    Now thats confusing because in german, "Ja" - pronounced the same way as いや, means yes. haha

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 6 месяцев назад +7

      “Do you know English, IN AMERICA WE SP-“
      “Iya.”
      “THEN SPEAK IT!”
      “Sunimasen, Ego wa wakarimasen.”
      “What’s this about Greek mythology, SPEAK. ENGLISH!”
      “Chotto! CHOTTO!”
      “YOU DARE INSULT MY BIRD?!”

  • @EnglishPalette
    @EnglishPalette 4 месяца назад +64

    (い)や、「いいえ」で結構です。

  • @silver3418
    @silver3418 6 месяцев назад +89

    I also wanted to thank you for your contribution to the japanese-learning community. :) I really like your choice of topics, the rich examples and the insights into the language. Keep up the good work and take care! :)

  • @tomppeli.
    @tomppeli. 6 месяцев назад +29

    I could imagine いや initially, so very much in the beginning, being confusing to a German, Swede, etc. because the opposite is pronounced the same way in those languages.

    • @KittyKatalina
      @KittyKatalina 6 месяцев назад +5

      For me (Norwegian), it helps if the い is emphasized. That way, it's more clear that the meaning is inverted.

  • @Montragon29
    @Montragon29 6 месяцев назад +25

    It always seemed to me a bit weird when learning japanese, about the use of "iie", that it was not easy to roll off the tongue in a casual conversation...Recently, after re-watching some Kurosawa sensei's films (The Hidden Castle, Ran, The Seven Samurai etc) i noticed how they used "iya" more than "iie". Thanks for clarifying something so small but also so basic about the use of "no"

  • @DixtunBabyAngel
    @DixtunBabyAngel 6 месяцев назад +6

    I love the conversational skits you do! They're so helpful!

  • @FangzV
    @FangzV 6 месяцев назад +16

    In addition to the wonderful explanations that get to the heart of what learners actually want to know, your acting in the example cases is always delightful lol

  • @tedlee7821
    @tedlee7821 6 месяцев назад +2

    I really appreciate these videos; they're really helpful when learning to understand common japanese speech, especially thanks to the well-thought out examples.

  • @Slimebiter
    @Slimebiter 6 месяцев назад +4

    your videos are my favorite because of the entertaining, but realistic dialogues. They sound like they would come from different people from different parts of life, so we get an example of how these people would talk. Thank you!!

  • @misterRDF
    @misterRDF 6 месяцев назад +9

    Fantastic video, these kinds of colloquialisms are invaluable. Thanks kindly!

  • @wolfgirl223
    @wolfgirl223 6 месяцев назад +8

    Thank you for articulating this, its bothered me for a very long time. Any translation or teaching tool only ever seems to mention いいえ, but watching Japanese media for years i've clearly heard いや. its validating to hear it laid out so clearly like this.

  • @susanma4899
    @susanma4899 6 месяцев назад +5

    I've been feeling kinda depressed about working in Japan lately, but you've made me feel excited about Japanese again. Thank you!!

  • @dawnwatching6382
    @dawnwatching6382 6 месяцев назад +62

    I noticed the 余裕 in one of the examples there

    • @pawelowi7528
      @pawelowi7528 6 месяцев назад +20

      It's really interesting how when you learn a new word, it suddenly starts appearing everywhere because your brain will now automatically register it when you see/hear it.
      One time I learned a new word in a video game and encountered it the same day in a completely different context and knew immediately what it was.

    • @giuseppeagresta1425
      @giuseppeagresta1425 6 месяцев назад +17

      ​@@pawelowi7528 Yes, it's the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon I think
      Btw in this case it's not just that, Kaname gradually increases the vocabulary to match the stuff he has taught already

    • @relic4948
      @relic4948 6 месяцев назад +1

      another reason why kaname sensei best sensei 🫡

    • @schrodingerscat3912
      @schrodingerscat3912 6 месяцев назад

      Last night, I was studying a grammar pattern and a girl said it just as I was reading it 偶然でした@@pawelowi7528

  • @emancebo13
    @emancebo13 6 месяцев назад +5

    Needless to say, Tanaka did not get that job… great content, with great examples. Thanks for the lessons!

  • @arther8159
    @arther8159 6 месяцев назад

    Very helpful and insightful video as always. Thank you!

  • @naumbtothepaine0
    @naumbtothepaine0 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks a lot for sharing this, it's very helpful and entertaining as well to see your facial expression during the example conversation

  • @ThymeWalk
    @ThymeWalk 6 месяцев назад +17

    I always find it interesting that 違う is used in a lot of places an english speaker might say "no".
    I'm also curious about うん and ううん. The textbooks teach this as an informal "yes" and "no" but they seem more just like grunts to me, like how we might say "uh huh" and "uh uh" for "yes" and "no" in english. But maybe it's different, I dont know

    • @blasianking4827
      @blasianking4827 6 месяцев назад +6

      It's pitch accent and length that distinguishes them. A short うん is a yes, while an extended ううん with a "falling then rising" pitch becomes a no. This is definitely more casual, though you can say うん during conversation to acknowledge what someone is saying, not just as a reply

    • @RiptideST
      @RiptideST 6 месяцев назад +1

      Nuh uh

  • @Elisabetta-cx8bs
    @Elisabetta-cx8bs 6 месяцев назад +11

    Dear Kaname-sensei, thank you so much for this clarifying video. Yesterday I watched “Late Autumn” by Ozu and I was a little puzzled by the pervasive use of いえ and や. The contexts were clear enough to understand that those sounds meant ‘no’, but honestly I wondered whether it had something to do with a ‘local’ pronounce (hard to believe, as the action takes place in Yokohama, not in a rural area). I am so sorry that most of your videos are still too advanced for me! In change of the many tips I was nonetheless able to catch, I would tell you that the plural of ‘mora’ (a Latin word) is neither‘mora’ again, nor ‘moras’, but ‘morae’ ( pronounce ae exactly like え, but a little closed). ありがとうございました and best regards from Italy

  • @jackrose9288
    @jackrose9288 6 месяцев назад +1

    Super helpful as im trying to learn japanese keep up with these informal and yet comedic videos it really helps!

  • @justinnamilee
    @justinnamilee 6 месяцев назад +1

    A great lecture as always!

  • @ruijikisu
    @ruijikisu 6 месяцев назад +29

    bonus points, because いや sounds exactly like "yes" in german

    • @coffee-is-power
      @coffee-is-power 6 месяцев назад +3

      in portuguese too

    • @poplix2704
      @poplix2704 6 месяцев назад +3

      and dutch, but that makes sense since german and dutch are very similar

    • @Cyfrik
      @Cyfrik 6 месяцев назад +3

      And in Swedish too, but we have a lot of German loanwords, so that's not a big surprise.

    • @excalibro8365
      @excalibro8365 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@poplix2704 And Indonesian, and that makes sense since you guys colonized us for hundreds of years so some words are bound to be borrowed from Dutch.

    • @gabrielleeliseo6062
      @gabrielleeliseo6062 6 месяцев назад +1

      OR yes in English in certain regions. I use it as such.

  • @coffee-is-power
    @coffee-is-power 6 месяцев назад +10

    4:08 In portuguese we call it "fazer birra" when a child starts crying or getting aggressive because his parents forced to do something like stopping playing video games or because he didn't get a toy he wanted

    • @hldmyhndPX
      @hldmyhndPX 6 месяцев назад +1

      salve

    • @juanno7
      @juanno7 6 месяцев назад +2

      in spanish is "berrinche"

  • @tideltas
    @tideltas 3 месяца назад

    this is super helpful, thanks for the explanation! Especially with the abbreviated pronunciations!

  • @five-toedslothbear4051
    @five-toedslothbear4051 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for the useful video! I was wondering what people were saying when I watch anime, and this explains it. In class, however, I think I'm going to use いいえ because my sensei is older and insists on careful pronunciation.
    I really appreciate your videos. They're clear and easy to understand, and the example sentences add a little listening and reading practice.

  • @noodlesdorkenson4674
    @noodlesdorkenson4674 6 месяцев назад +14

    I find it funny that in situations where there’s a lot of switching between English and Japanese (with a sibling or something) you’re not sure wether someone said yes or no because いやand yeah sound really similar 😂

  • @Blackberryfae
    @Blackberryfae 6 месяцев назад +80

    I naturally picked up on this quickly without realizing it, because never once in my life have I heard いいえ outside of motherly figures in anime. I grew up in a Japanese religion so I heard Japanese a LOT, even if I didn't understand it.
    But I never actually *thought* about it or knew it properly, just somewhere subconsciously.

    • @Thedennati
      @Thedennati 6 месяцев назад +3

      You grew up in Buddhism or Shintoism?

    • @Thedennati
      @Thedennati 6 месяцев назад +1

      You grew up in Buddhism or Shintoism?

    • @Blackberryfae
      @Blackberryfae 6 месяцев назад +8

      @@Thedennati Buddhism, specifically Nichiren Buddhism.

  • @NiGHTSaturn
    @NiGHTSaturn 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you! I love seeing your videos while I’m travelling. It helps a lot, and I can try the next day 😊😊

  • @driammadram
    @driammadram 6 месяцев назад

    These videos are gold, I have learned so much in just a few videos! I really value these nuanced explanations because "direct" translations are often so simplistic and miss out important connotations. I also love how many examples you give. Most people give 2-3 example sentences and leave it at that but your wide variety of situations really helps cement it in your brain and gets you used to the sound. Truly, thank you and I hope to keep learning from you!

  • @Kyaro8888Cari
    @Kyaro8888Cari 6 месяцев назад +27

    0:40 even in polite form
    Ahhhhh, thank you! I was wondering if that was okay to say, in polite speech. ありがとございます!
    As an adult who is learning Japanese on my own, I think it's important to learn the polite speech first. This is because: if I encounter anyone who might be a potential friend in the future (and I'm speaking Japanese with them), then we would naturally start at the beginning of the relationship with polite speech, and then later probably switch to something more casual. But, I am also practicing casual speech when talking to my cat, or talking to myself about what I'm doing at the moment (using Japanese language). So it's good to know I can use いや for all of the above.

    • @golem7492
      @golem7492 6 месяцев назад +12

      Your cat speaks Japanese? If so, it may be better to be formal, else it may think of you as ungracious.

    • @Kyaro8888Cari
      @Kyaro8888Cari 6 месяцев назад +5

      hehehe :D@@golem7492 haha, he actually hears me speak three languages to him, although he doesn't realize it!

  • @kovanova9409
    @kovanova9409 6 месяцев назад +9

    I learned いや and いえ

  • @WhoTheLoL
    @WhoTheLoL 6 месяцев назад

    Kaname先生、your example conversations are as amazing as ever. I love those videos. Keep them coming!

  • @JacksonBLee
    @JacksonBLee 6 месяцев назад

    The way you use example conversations is very helpful, thank you!

  • @orcasrising
    @orcasrising 6 месяцев назад +8

    I never clicked on a video so fast. Lots of moras will now be spared.

  • @MichaelErskine
    @MichaelErskine 6 месяцев назад +14

    Only this morning I was wondering about the line in Anpanman no Marchi ”そんなのはいやだ” kind of meaning "this situation: I can't accept it". This video being released today is perfect timing!

  • @TheQuietOne937
    @TheQuietOne937 6 месяцев назад

    These videos really help me. You're awesome for explaining and giving examples like this.

  • @fundaez1250
    @fundaez1250 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for making language learning more comfortable for so many people!

  • @FortEscaper
    @FortEscaper 6 месяцев назад +20

    When I first started learning Japanese I was taught I had to pronounce all moras properly in いいえ and not say いえ because that would mean house and I'd look really dumb if I said house instead of no.

    • @atomu27
      @atomu27 6 месяцев назад +11

      Fr that sounds so silly now like so much of japanese is informed by context people will understand whether you mean house or no

    • @RiptideST
      @RiptideST 6 месяцев назад +2

      A bit backwards anyway, making the longer sound the more common word

  • @RocoPwnage
    @RocoPwnage 6 месяцев назад +15

    Thank you for videos like this. It's things that no textbook will ever tell you, and you'll only find out when talking in person.
    I experienced the same thing in Germany, when it turned out nobody ever says "Guten Morgen/Tag", everyone just says "Hallo".

    • @user-gp3qv8jn3g
      @user-gp3qv8jn3g 6 месяцев назад

      lol its literally the same as using the word Hello instead of saying Good Morning when speaking english to somebody else, there is 0 difference in utility. Most people use Guten Morgen from 4-11AM regardless of the circumstances, I heavily doubt that the word Hallo isn't taught in textbooks

    • @jellifygirl
      @jellifygirl 6 месяцев назад

      ​​​@@user-gp3qv8jn3gBut in German exercises, a lot of the particular ways you use vocabulary ends up being kind of rare in actual conversation. We learn hallo and guten morgen, and we know how to tell someone our lieblingsfach, but if all you do is follow the textbook and the teacher, you'll still sound a little weird with how you use the vocabulary given. If you're a primary english speaker (or whatever language for that matter) I'm sure you're able to tell if someone is solely using their english classes to speak and hasn't gained the natural experience yet. It's the same principle.

  • @VirtualFoxP
    @VirtualFoxP 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks for your videos, they are very helpful and not too stiff or boring either

  • @samschachter352
    @samschachter352 6 месяцев назад +1

    Your videos are always amazing! Thank you かなめせんせい。

  • @ThePersistentKoala
    @ThePersistentKoala 6 месяцев назад +27

    PSA: 違う (ちがう) is also used to say “no” in casual conversation. Literally translated it means “I differ” or “it differs (to me)”

    • @gristen
      @gristen 6 месяцев назад +1

      i usually see it translated as "thats wrong"

    • @BazzeGaming
      @BazzeGaming 6 месяцев назад +4

      ⁠@@gristenIt is often translatedas wrong in English but it doesn’t mean ”wrong”. It means different, as whatever was stated or asked is different from what it really is.

    • @gristen
      @gristen 6 месяцев назад

      @@BazzeGaming ah i see, that makes sense

  • @tandee7
    @tandee7 4 месяца назад +3

    yeah like, if youre saying "nonononono" really quickly its "いややややや”

  • @tombuster
    @tombuster 6 месяцев назад +2

    1:26 is the quintessential corner store experience!
    I really enjoy the examples you give in videos - they help me place new concepts in context in my mind.

  • @rianthreeden
    @rianthreeden 6 месяцев назад

    this helped me a lot! didn't know about the いや or just shorting it to いえ or even just pronouncing the "や" part. Thank you!!

  • @SpyroTheEternalNight
    @SpyroTheEternalNight 6 месяцев назад +7

    "いや" sounds almost exactly like the English "yeah" which, of course, means "うん" or "はい". very different words, despite the similar sounds, so i'll have to try pretty hard to remember this in daily conversation.

  • @EinChris75
    @EinChris75 6 месяцев назад +11

    や means "yes" in German. So don't use it there for no ;-)

  • @mahuk.
    @mahuk. 2 месяца назад

    This video has been sitting on my recommendations for a while and I kept skipping it but hooooly it was helpful. Definitely subscribed

  • @nino4242
    @nino4242 6 месяцев назад

    All those examples were extremely helpful. All this just for one word. Your commitment is amazing.

  • @giulytsme
    @giulytsme 6 месяцев назад +8

    One thing that sometimes still confuses me is "でも" sometimes it means "but", other timea it means something else 😅

    • @matzekatze7500
      @matzekatze7500 6 месяцев назад +1

      Could you give an example where it means "something else"?

    • @giulytsme
      @giulytsme 6 месяцев назад

      @@matzekatze7500 "じゃあ、僕も本でも読むか。なんかお勧めある"

    • @geruto17760
      @geruto17760 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@giulytsmeI reckon that means 'maybe' in your sentence. Can someone verify that, please?

    • @Spiriax
      @Spiriax 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@giulytsme In this instance, でも means "even". X + でも = "even X". Example sentence from Jisho:
      あの男がもう1つでも間違いを犯したらクビにする - "If that man makes (even) one more mistake, I'll fire him."

  • @testeryz680
    @testeryz680 6 месяцев назад +3

    いやぁぁだぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁ!!

  • @luizabbueno
    @luizabbueno 5 месяцев назад

    the sentences and dialogue you use as example are very good thank you

  • @bruhnomento7079
    @bruhnomento7079 6 месяцев назад +1

    Hey kaname, firstly I want to thank you for these amazing videos you make, they're really helpful!, secondly I wonder if you can make a video talking about kanji fluency, I've heard about it, but I don't really understand what it is, nor how it works, so it would be really helpful to hear from a Japanese person directly what that is like, and again, thank you so much for making these videos!

  • @okamichamploo
    @okamichamploo 6 месяцев назад +3

    yeah いいえ is three letters. That's too much, so most people say いやいや、 oh wait now we just made it longer '(>.

  • @seasong7655
    @seasong7655 6 месяцев назад +4

    Pretty funny in German や means yes, the exact opposite.

  • @Hiram_1993
    @Hiram_1993 2 месяца назад

    Wow. Great info. Thanks so much!

  • @Inception1338
    @Inception1338 Месяц назад

    great reference stuff to learn from! love it!

  • @Wonderhoy-er
    @Wonderhoy-er 6 месяцев назад +5

    Why though, ima watch the video to see (・∀・)

  • @dons9213
    @dons9213 6 месяцев назад

    Just came across your channel. Your teaching style is fantastic.

  • @Sleir_
    @Sleir_ 6 месяцев назад

    your videos are so well made and leave such a nice impression!

  • @done.6191
    @done.6191 3 месяца назад

    Absolutely wonderful. Subbed! Thanks.

  • @tohaason
    @tohaason 6 месяцев назад

    These videos are just fabulous. I should really start to binge-listen to your videos all day, instead of whatever else I'm doing. Comprehensible, compelling input (and very easy to listen to).
    (another thing is that やだ sounds exactly like a common word in my own language which means "yes that's true alright", which did create some.. issues.. inter-spouse wise)

  • @Roz9l
    @Roz9l 6 месяцев назад +2

    What a coincidence, just today I was looking up how to correctly write いいえ because I forgot whether I should put two い or え there. And now I know that it's enough to say いえ or いや. Great video as usual

  • @MRrZero
    @MRrZero 4 месяца назад

    Just discovered your channel. You are amazing. Very educational and fun video!

  • @DoubleSpy
    @DoubleSpy 6 месяцев назад +2

    Wonderful video. This is an essential video for learning Japanese in modern times. Japanese seems to have become more colloquial and slang than ever before and can cause new learners multiple "huh?" moments.

  • @HarryXiao88
    @HarryXiao88 6 месяцев назад

    You should make more of these videos, very helpful and easy to understand. I like your channel very much. Thanks for the efforts.

  • @DRGUS7
    @DRGUS7 4 месяца назад +1

    I have to congratulate you for the quality of the video and the format of dialogue you use. Top Tier.

  • @user-fw4uo9bm9i
    @user-fw4uo9bm9i 6 месяцев назад

    i needed this lol thank you

  • @nickabousselam6493
    @nickabousselam6493 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing examples, fantastic job thanks

  • @JerryTNF
    @JerryTNF 6 месяцев назад

    This was great explanation with examples. Ty!

  • @thecamillarose9806
    @thecamillarose9806 5 месяцев назад

    You are the best!!! i've been trying to find a creator who also put the japanese subtitles with the english ones! Amazing for visual learners

  • @azul9655
    @azul9655 4 месяца назад

    Hahaha you're so funny and informative, I'm obsessed with your videos!

  • @lionheart4424
    @lionheart4424 4 месяца назад

    Dude, you have great acting skills. Thanks for the video!

  • @psdelport8893
    @psdelport8893 6 месяцев назад

    Your channel is really great! This is real Japanese that I can use at work and in daily life here in Tokyo.

  • @felipemartins992
    @felipemartins992 4 месяца назад

    Arigatou Gosaimasu! This kind of information is very helpfull and really gives people who don't have much chance to presence Japanese culture to open their minds a little more.

  • @lionroo
    @lionroo 6 месяцев назад

    From the myriad of native speakers who do videos for learners and foreigners, I thank you for your clarity and speed. Slowing things down while teaching makes me click the 1.5 speed, but your explanations are crystal clear, speedy, and to the point.
    Your examples are true to life and you didn't slow those down either trying to give grammar lessons on the examples.
    Your style of presentation and charisma are amazing. Thank you very much for your contributions and I look forward to reviewing more of your uploads.

  • @bknight045
    @bknight045 6 месяцев назад +1

    Very interesting take as someone who is casually learning I like your Videos. So like similar when we use in Filipino the word no or "Hindi" can be shorten with "Di" then followed by the rest of the sentence.