As soon as Yuta broke up konichiwa into boxes... It made it easier to say it correctly... And makes absolutely perfect sense into the logistics of the phonetics of that word and the language itself... As.... in those "boxes" are where the Japanese symbols would go that make up the sounds to that word...
I just can't get enough of your body language, genuine manners without appearances, the honesty with which you express yourself, humility and security in yourself ...
Just to clarify, he meant "polite" as in "formal". Using the formal or polite version of speaking makes you seem less intimate or friendly. Yuta didn't mean that you should be a bit rude or anything. You wouldn't call your date named Jane Smith as "Ms. Smith" but instead would call her "Jane".
I watch Yuta's videos and always see him advertising his Japanese course, it's good to see he's actually a really good teacher in this video. Just discovered this channel recently, it's pretty awesome how you can travel all around and still really care to learn about the culture you are immersing yourself in. Not many really care.
I agree, most of the time I find it just rolls off the tongue. I think that helps, that (even though I can't say I have very good pronunciation) most words come out more naturally.
As someone who's been studying Japanese for a little over 5 years now, I have to say that you learn really, really fast. For example, the syllable "tsu" usually gives people a hell of a lot of trouble when they first come across it because we just don't have anything like it in English, but you got it (or at least, sufficiently close) within a few attempts. I'd recommend signing up for a formal course in Japanese if you're serious about learning from the ground up, and then complement that by consulting native speakers like Yuta.
i m already a student .. learning from Yuta sensei , and i m so eager to watch more and more of these videos to learn Japanese and lets see who learns faster and better :p Good luck :D
See, the thing about the Japanese language is that there are literally hundreds of ways to say one thing or a sentence unlike most other languages, which is why Japanese is so difficult to learn especially for newbies.
Hi, Gareth! I'm a second level Japanese student and I wanted to congratulate you for your enthusiasm and great pronunciation. Also, I noticed some mistakes in spelling with two words: gozimas and suimasen, the first one is gozaimasu and the second one is sumimasen. p.d. Your videos are awesome 😆
16:35 ikimashou is the correct way to spell it in romanji, when shi combine with ya/yu/yo, you wont pronounce "i", it became sha/shu/sho, this doesn't apply to combinations of ki, which will became kya/kyu/kyo, some example: kaisha (company), nihonshu (Japanese's alcohol), shogun (whatever it is lol)
I thoroughly enjoyed the videos yourself and Yuta have produced. I am in the process of learning Japanese myself and to be able to listen to the correct pitch and way phrases are spoken is a god send. No more badly learnt Japanese from anime :'3
- Wicked. I did a video very similar to this about 1 month ago. But, with Vietnamese. It was us trying to pronounce each others chosen words. It will edit it and upload in like like 4 months from now lol
I just came across this channel. You picked up Japanese pretty quickly. I wonder if you've retained it. I like how Yuta focused on the clothes in the last phrase "sono fuku ii ne," because "style" in Japanese means "body" or "figure." Instead of complimenting a woman on her clothes, you'd be complimenting her on her body.
Oh'this is great very informative, helpful andintertaining I love it. Japanese are very disciplined people that's thz reason why Japan is the most progressive country in Asia,love their attitude.
wow thanks for this link. im in tokyo right now and i have noticed nobody actually says sumimasen. it seems like almost nothing that i learnt in the textbook is actually used in day to day conversation =(
I don't know if you still want the answer, but there are more than one way to read Japanese kanji, and all of them are categorized as "on" or "kun". Yuta said all numbers in "on". If you want to say numbers in "kun", it will be "hi, fu, mi, yo, itsu, mu, nana, ya, koko(no)". You can say 4 and 7 in both ways, though there are some occasions in which one of them is more preferable than the other.
Gareth is seriously attractive, and a good learner. Yuta's a fantastic teacher. When I watch this though, for some reason I just keep thinking about the genetic differences between Asian and European men. They look so damned different!
I'm a native Japanese and I thought Yuta made a little mistake in his lecture. He explained "suimasen" as a translation of "Excuse me", but I think , strictly speaking, it's not correct. chigai masu. It is, "suMimasen". You need one more m in it. This mistake is very common even for Japanese people, so they would understand if you said "suimasen". Yuta wanted to teach Gareth and you useful practical Japanese words and "suimasen" sometimes sounds more casual than "sumimasen" so he was correct in a sense. However I wanted you to know genuine Japanese. I'm really glad if you love my country and its language. So good luck with your learning it, I'm really looking forward to seeing you in Tokyo Olympic games 2020, or Osaka Universal Exposition 2025! Sorry for my bad English.
One correction you need to seriously make: It's pronounced "su-mi-ma-sen". Other than that, I really enjoyed the video. You are the perfect Western student Gareth and I will definitely show this video to anyone wanting to learn Japanese for the first time. Great job teaching Japanese Yuta and highlighting the importance of formality but also the importance of body language and facial expressions. This video was spot on!
This was not a mistake. It is in fact pronounced, "Su-i-ma-sen" However, You can also say "Sumimasen" but most Japanese people do not actually use the latter, which is why teachers are now usually teaching "suimasen".
thank you I hope you are well . I love you people Japan is a great country .I race Japan Bike. work at Honda I enjoyed been around the Japanese people thank you for your classes of Japanese speaking
Oh I LOVE your videos!!!!!! (I just found out about you and started subscribing!!!!! )Have you been to Osaka yet!? That's my city, and have you leaned about the difference between Osaka people and Tokyo people?
o.O .. Yuta said: "Besser, besser". This is german for better, better. Does he also learn german? Your videos are really good I hope to see more of your lessons soon ;-) Greetings from Germany
Haha that's actually an interesting view. But, no. I don't know exactly in which part of the video he says that, but yeah, I think actually he meant to say "better" in English WITH his Japanese accent. It's like how there's a slang for "thank you" in Japanese. Instead of saying "arigatou", people will say "sankyuu" (to their inner circles or groups) which pronounced almost like "thank you" but changing the "th" sound into "s" sound. That's just how Japanese people tongues work, I guess. :)
So, do you still remember everything? x'D It's easy to learn a word/words and phrase/phrases, but it's harder to retain them in your mind to be able to remember later. Also, one thing is learn a few words or phrases. But you don't actually know their meaning, because you don't know the basics. If you are in a casual conversation and want to say another thing, even if it's similar, you get stuck. Because you aren't actually learning the language. You're just learning some words to help you in your visit.
There are a few components to learning Japanese easily . One plan I found that succeeds in merging these is the Fergs Magic Blueprint (check it out on google) definately the no.1 remedy that I have ever heard of. Look at all the super info .
This is one of the many things driving me nuts in Japan. Japanese speakers think M and N are the same, even though they know they're not. Just ask Mr. Mori if you can call him Mr. Nori. And the answer isn't 'mo.' Believe me, a little late now, but nobody closes their lips when they say konichiwa. I love your other videos, but I had to end this one early--hits too close to home. ;)
Japanese is a tough language to learn. The problem is that the Japanese you hear on the street is nothing like what you hear in a class room setting or from a textbook. 1. Japanese people use regional "slang", Osakan's will use different slang than Tokyo citizens. 2. You need a fine ear to pick apart the ending syllables and some of the more difficult tongue twister words. Now put all these together in a sentence or compound sentence....good luck.
Well the same goes for almost all the other languages (english is one of those that doesn't have it). E.g. an Italian person from sicily won't understamd a person from venice when they speak in their native dialect.
Just a small correction in case it hasn't already been pointed out. For 'excuse me', it's 'sumimasen', not 'suimasen' (I think Yuta was speaking a little fast)... I'm pretty sure 'suimasen' actually means 'I don't smoke/suck/inhale'. But that aside, great video :)
While you're not wrong on the "I don't smoke" part, "suimasen" is actually a pretty acceptable version of "sumimasen" in Japanese. And it's not just because they're speaking it fast either. If they were to be asked to write it, they will write it as either "su-i-ma-se-n" or "su-mi-ma-se-n". To differentiate the "I don't smoke" suimasen and the "excuse me" suimasen, Japanese tends to rely on the context of the conversation or the situation at hand. :)
Whoa whoa whoa...suimasen? I thought it was sumimasen. Have I been wrong all this time? Translators say both is correct, but I don't have much faith in computer translations between English and Japanese.
If you pay attention to some anime you would learn at least the basics of how to say, hello, good morning please , thank you if you really pay attention to the characters you even figure out the proper use cases of each one phrasing and where to use them🤓 but I would stick to and drama, not comedy or Iche its funny but thats how Japanese people conduct themselves in public🤔 *normally
Yuta has one of the most interesting channels on RUclips!
As soon as Yuta broke up konichiwa into boxes... It made it easier to say it correctly... And makes absolutely perfect sense into the logistics of the phonetics of that word and the language itself... As.... in those "boxes" are where the Japanese symbols would go that make up the sounds to that word...
I just can't get enough of your body language, genuine manners without appearances, the honesty with which you express yourself, humility and security in yourself ...
"On a date, you don't want to be too polite." Haha that is a good phrase to know at the end!
Haha, yeah he threw me off when he first said you don't want to be too polite on a date! #savage
Just to clarify, he meant "polite" as in "formal". Using the formal or polite version of speaking makes you seem less intimate or friendly. Yuta didn't mean that you should be a bit rude or anything. You wouldn't call your date named Jane Smith as "Ms. Smith" but instead would call her "Jane".
@Leopold dude i don't think no one in america treats women like snowflakes do u see media and news and real life
@Leopold all schools across america beg to differ
I watch Yuta's videos and always see him advertising his Japanese course, it's good to see he's actually a really good teacher in this video.
Just discovered this channel recently, it's pretty awesome how you can travel all around and still really care to learn about the culture you are immersing yourself in. Not many really care.
Yuta's so chill
He really is! Awesome guy.
Gareth is such a sweet guy and Yuta so kind and patient, he definitely suits the teacher role perfectly. Great lesson! Jaa!
Yuta is a good teacher. Gareth, You are a fast learner.
He is a very patient teacher! Lol
I love how japanese sounds!
So interesting, right? I agree!
I agree, most of the time I find it just rolls off the tongue. I think that helps, that (even though I can't say I have very good pronunciation) most words come out more naturally.
thank you so much for this great educational video ..its one of my favorite videos :) you and Yuta are amazing
I learned a lot! Thanks you guys! :)
I love every video of you bro its awesome you post about a japanese culture and life style and i love japan.
Me too! Thank you for watching.
See how cool this guy is..! Thanks Gareth for sharing that !! And thanks to your Japanese You Tube colleague.
As someone who's been studying Japanese for a little over 5 years now, I have to say that you learn really, really fast. For example, the syllable "tsu" usually gives people a hell of a lot of trouble when they first come across it because we just don't have anything like it in English, but you got it (or at least, sufficiently close) within a few attempts. I'd recommend signing up for a formal course in Japanese if you're serious about learning from the ground up, and then complement that by consulting native speakers like Yuta.
i m already a student .. learning from Yuta sensei , and i m so eager to watch more and more of these videos to learn Japanese and lets see who learns faster and better :p Good luck :D
8:03 I literally sprayed iced coffee from my mouth onto my keyboard. xD
i know why lool
One of my FAVORITE countries and cultures I've had the pleasure of experiencing. Hopefully you enjoyed/are enjoying your time!
See, the thing about the Japanese language is that there are literally hundreds of ways to say one thing or a sentence unlike most other languages, which is why Japanese is so difficult to learn especially for newbies.
Hi, Gareth! I'm a second level Japanese student and I wanted to congratulate you for your enthusiasm and great pronunciation. Also, I noticed some mistakes in spelling with two words: gozimas and suimasen, the first one is gozaimasu and the second one is sumimasen.
p.d. Your videos are awesome 😆
Thank you for very educational video. 😄❤️
Thank you for watching!!
Great fun! Very patient teacher.
Haha, very patient indeed!
Oh, I didn't intend that to be a denigrating comment. You were doing much better than I would have and I usually pick up other languages pretty well.
Excellent piece. Loved it thoroughly, but just one critism...where's the link in the description for the second video???
I love Yuta’s explanations
16:35 ikimashou is the correct way to spell it in romanji, when shi combine with ya/yu/yo, you wont pronounce "i", it became sha/shu/sho, this doesn't apply to combinations of ki, which will became kya/kyu/kyo, some example: kaisha (company), nihonshu (Japanese's alcohol), shogun (whatever it is lol)
Love Yuta! Can't wait to see more!
I thoroughly enjoyed the videos yourself and Yuta have produced. I am in the process of learning Japanese myself and to be able to listen to the correct pitch and way phrases are spoken is a god send. No more badly learnt Japanese from anime :'3
Gareth as a Spanish speaker did you find Japanese phonetically similar?
I enjoyed watching you two. Thanks for the lesson yuta-san
- Wicked. I did a video very similar to this about 1 month ago. But, with Vietnamese. It was us trying to pronounce each others chosen words. It will edit it and upload in like like 4 months from now lol
Haha, I'll have to check that out!
I just came across this channel. You picked up Japanese pretty quickly. I wonder if you've retained it. I like how Yuta focused on the clothes in the last phrase "sono fuku ii ne," because "style" in Japanese means "body" or "figure." Instead of complimenting a woman on her clothes, you'd be complimenting her on her body.
Oh'this is great very informative, helpful andintertaining I love it.
Japanese are very disciplined people that's thz reason why Japan is the most progressive country in Asia,love their attitude.
Amazing views! Always wanted to visit :) super educational video! He is so cool as well 😊
Thank you!!
The "excuse m"e I've always been taught is Su-mi-ma-sen, although the annotation said Su-i-ma-sen?
Sumimasen is correct in the sense that people will understand what you mean, but nobody actually says it.
Yuta's got a video that explains this:
www.yutaaoki.com/blog/jwy-suimasen-vs-sumimasen
wow thanks for this link. im in tokyo right now and i have noticed nobody actually says sumimasen. it seems like almost nothing that i learnt in the textbook is actually used in day to day conversation =(
I'd like Yuta to explain why he says shi instead of yon and shichi instead of nana, i learnt it that way
I don't know if you still want the answer, but there are more than one way to read Japanese kanji, and all of them are categorized as "on" or "kun". Yuta said all numbers in "on". If you want to say numbers in "kun", it will be "hi, fu, mi, yo, itsu, mu, nana, ya, koko(no)". You can say 4 and 7 in both ways, though there are some occasions in which one of them is more preferable than the other.
Gareth san, Genki desu ka? Nice to watch you trying to learn survival Japanese. I lived in Japan for 5 years.
I learned so much from this video. Thanks 👍😊
Fun video, Gareth! :D
Dude this is awesome!
I appreciate it Eduardo!
Gareth is seriously attractive, and a good learner. Yuta's a fantastic teacher. When I watch this though, for some reason I just keep thinking about the genetic differences between Asian and European men. They look so damned different!
I'm a native Japanese and I thought Yuta made a little mistake in his lecture.
He explained "suimasen" as a translation of "Excuse me", but I think , strictly speaking, it's not correct. chigai masu. It is, "suMimasen". You need one more m in it.
This mistake is very common even for Japanese people, so they would understand if you said "suimasen". Yuta wanted to teach Gareth and you useful practical Japanese words and "suimasen" sometimes sounds more casual than "sumimasen" so he was correct in a sense.
However I wanted you to know genuine Japanese.
I'm really glad if you love my country and its language. So good luck with your learning it, I'm really looking forward to seeing you in Tokyo Olympic games 2020, or Osaka Universal Exposition 2025! Sorry for my bad English.
Don't apologize, your English is on point!
8:41 Just fyi for anyone new to Japanese it's spelled gozaimasu not gozimasu
great video This is very helpful, I will be going japan in a month
Love this vid!
One correction you need to seriously make: It's pronounced "su-mi-ma-sen". Other than that, I really enjoyed the video. You are the perfect Western student Gareth and I will definitely show this video to anyone wanting to learn Japanese for the first time. Great job teaching Japanese Yuta and highlighting the importance of formality but also the importance of body language and facial expressions. This video was spot on!
Thank you for the correction, noted!
This was not a mistake. It is in fact pronounced, "Su-i-ma-sen" However, You can also say "Sumimasen" but most Japanese people do not actually use the latter, which is why teachers are now usually teaching "suimasen".
This is really late, but I have a question.
Can you also use ”jaa, mata!” when saying goodbye to a friend?
Ken Tanaka has a great video about how to say no without speaking a word.
thank you I hope you are well .
I love you people Japan is a great country .I race Japan Bike.
work at Honda I enjoyed been around the Japanese people thank you for your classes of Japanese speaking
"Oh Scotty" just killed me!!! Boy that was too much, LMAO!!!
Say good morning every time. If anyone asked, tell them that we need to have that morning spirit at anytime possible
Is Yuta from Kansas? I'm sure.
The way he says Fuku in Kantou it means Luck. It's different accent.
What is the difference ''suimasen'' and ''sumimasen''?
1:35 Is that a Google cafe or MK?
If someone pulls you from a burning car, thus saving your life...then you would use 'Doumo arigato gozaimasu'.
Oh I LOVE your videos!!!!!! (I just found out about you and started subscribing!!!!! )Have you been to Osaka yet!? That's my city, and have you leaned about the difference between Osaka people and Tokyo people?
Osaka video coming up on Friday!! Thank you so much for watching!!
I heard the Japanese are very express, like they don’t have Japanese words for some words and just use expressions. Is that correct?
Key tip many Japanese may not speak English well but they can read it which means you can get away with typing on your phone in a pinch
haha! cool video/tutorial. Good to know basic words that will come in handy. :)
I saw Yuta in the thumbnail and immediately clicked👌🏻
This is so entertaining. :D
Where can I get that shirt?
8:35 On Tokyo Haneda when I was about to have a flight back home, I hear often ございまああああああああす (gozaimaaaaaaaaasu). Why do the vendors do that?
Lmao with the subtitles lol. Enjoying your Japanese trip as well bruh.
Good sensei👍👍👍👍
o.O .. Yuta said: "Besser, besser". This is german for better, better. Does he also learn german?
Your videos are really good I hope to see more of your lessons soon ;-)
Greetings from Germany
Haha that's actually an interesting view. But, no. I don't know exactly in which part of the video he says that, but yeah, I think actually he meant to say "better" in English WITH his Japanese accent.
It's like how there's a slang for "thank you" in Japanese. Instead of saying "arigatou", people will say "sankyuu" (to their inner circles or groups) which pronounced almost like "thank you" but changing the "th" sound into "s" sound. That's just how Japanese people tongues work, I guess. :)
I don't think He speaks german, but he does speak spanish.
Sugoii yo ne! 😄
So, do you still remember everything? x'D
It's easy to learn a word/words and phrase/phrases, but it's harder to retain them in your mind to be able to remember later.
Also, one thing is learn a few words or phrases. But you don't actually know their meaning, because you don't know the basics. If you are in a casual conversation and want to say another thing, even if it's similar, you get stuck. Because you aren't actually learning the language. You're just learning some words to help you in your visit.
I'm going to Japan in 5 months. Your videos are literally my guide so I don't completely look like a Buffoon.
"日本語でおk" means "It's ok to speak Japanese"
is this what Ultra-Man said when he was asked "JUUUJUUUJUJUJUUUJUUJU"???
on the Internet in Japan?
There are a few components to learning Japanese easily . One plan I found that succeeds in merging these is the Fergs Magic Blueprint (check it out on google) definately the no.1 remedy that I have ever heard of. Look at all the super info .
Yuta has alot of patience. Or atleast it looks like he does.
Haha, he really does Alfonso!
Leonardo você é simplesmente genial
This is good 👌🏻
I thought "chotto" was also commonly used to say no.
It was a little funny when Yuta was saying Gareth's name over and over until he got it right and then Gareth calls Yuta Yutar !!
Haha, I did? Never caught that (shhh, neither did he) 😉
Gareth. Garef? Gareth. Garef? GarETH. Garef? Gareth. Garef? Gareth. GareFTH? Perfect.
@@GarethLeonard It sounds like you're saying Yutah, like Utah. :D
How could you remember
I had to watch this many times! haha
That Gareth esta guapo!
I love this! Wish I saw this video when I was in Japan. ^_^
Next time Pam! : )
I'm subscribed to both of your channels now and learning more about Japan and the language every day. Thanks for inspiring me. Keep it up! 💚
That was fun! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
There's different ways to saying certain numbers like 4 and 7...
This is one of the many things driving me nuts in Japan. Japanese speakers think M and N are the same, even though they know they're not. Just ask Mr. Mori if you can call him Mr. Nori. And the answer isn't 'mo.' Believe me, a little late now, but nobody closes their lips when they say konichiwa. I love your other videos, but I had to end this one early--hits too close to home. ;)
14:58 Welcome to another ASMR videos guys
Gosh Yuta has freakishly long fingers like when he's doing the counting!!! Lol
HAHA you make learning Japanese really fun
So helpful, I’m learning Japanese and I don’t want to sound like a drunk frat boy tryna speak Japanese
Nice 👍🏽
Japanese is a tough language to learn. The problem is that the Japanese you hear on the street is nothing like what you hear in a class room setting or from a textbook. 1. Japanese people use regional "slang", Osakan's will use different slang than Tokyo citizens. 2. You need a fine ear to pick apart the ending syllables and some of the more difficult tongue twister words. Now put all these together in a sentence or compound sentence....good luck.
Well the same goes for almost all the other languages (english is one of those that doesn't have it). E.g. an Italian person from sicily won't understamd a person from venice when they speak in their native dialect.
I'm also learning lol 😂👍🏽
Hey, I thought it was " すみません" not "suimasen"...I guess to sound nature you silence the "m" in "mi".
maru ram, オッケーありがとうございます!
すごい！
14:48 suMImasen not suImasen hehe
Not like me when I was in Tokyo and told a lady she looked dreadful, when I thought that I was admiring her good looks LOL
Ouch! Lol
Is been a Geixa tabu in Japan ?
Just a small correction in case it hasn't already been pointed out. For 'excuse me', it's 'sumimasen', not 'suimasen' (I think Yuta was speaking a little fast)... I'm pretty sure 'suimasen' actually means 'I don't smoke/suck/inhale'. But that aside, great video :)
While you're not wrong on the "I don't smoke" part, "suimasen" is actually a pretty acceptable version of "sumimasen" in Japanese. And it's not just because they're speaking it fast either. If they were to be asked to write it, they will write it as either "su-i-ma-se-n" or "su-mi-ma-se-n". To differentiate the "I don't smoke" suimasen and the "excuse me" suimasen, Japanese tends to rely on the context of the conversation or the situation at hand. :)
Oh interesting... didn't know that. Thx
Both correct and we use them yes writing " sumimasen すみません
Whoa whoa whoa...suimasen? I thought it was sumimasen. Have I been wrong all this time? Translators say both is correct, but I don't have much faith in computer translations between English and Japanese.
It's not koMnichiwa it's konNnichiwa basically it's just an extended n sound
Just wanted to say , that looking at the thumbnail, the guy next to you looks like Bruce Lee. Till you actually watch. Total Bruce haircut.
If you pay attention to some anime you would learn at least the basics of how to say, hello, good morning please , thank you if you really pay attention to the characters you even figure out the proper use cases of each one phrasing and where to use them🤓 but I would stick to and drama, not comedy or Iche its funny but thats how Japanese people conduct themselves in public🤔 *normally
I learned basic Japanese because of drama series 🤣
it sounds like he's calling Yuta, Utah lol
i thaught ever wakarimasen is I don't understand.
suimasen? isnt it sumimasen?
From my understanding suimasen is just a shortened (slang) version of sumimasen, which can be used interchangeably. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Gareth Leonard I don't know, I have never gone to Japan, so it might be as you say.