[7A] "May I look at this?"

[LularLollelSquiller]

Just realized the opening picture has Yan with round eyes and everyone else with stereotypical asian eyes，LOL。THat's so bad.

[BologneyT]

Finally, a Yan skit where I almost could listen to what the people were saying and tell what was going on based on what they were saying, and not just what they were doing. Yay me. :)

[TreesAreYourFriend]

JESUS. All of them in the office like that is so much to handle. They're all so like... idk... not delicate.... (?) Like when he ripped the paper out of that notebook he was like, "-grabs paper- BITCHHHH -rips out-" o-o

[gerinja]

i think miss Okada is pretty! can't blame Yan for being attracted to her. :)

[Ryokushindo]

Yan-san is the man. Period.

[impressivebill]

poor Yan.

[PerroxidoKunX]

I just love Sugihara-san,

can't help it, she's so funny

and so is Kaiho

[t1sk1jukka]

roflmao what a vid

[suspectv]

yan sans a fat bastard

[joebevis92]

you should see the modern picture of the actor who plaayed yan-san

[ionglacier]

yea! can u give me youtube links to it?

[cmsahe]

He is american but he looks japanese!

[Demurgatroid]

lmao

[kiriyama255]

Yan san is the tits, You know in the end he fills that cheeky office muffin in like a visa application form!!!

[kiriyama255]

change the verb to te form and follow it with mo ii desu ka "for may i...." example watashi to asonde mo ii desu ka = may I play with myself. Then to change it to negative you put the verb into te form and follow it with "wa ikemasen yo" watashi no chi chi o namete wa ikemasen yo = please don't lick my tits. Aint Japanese fun?

[komakkun]

he should slap her ass.

ps. these lessons rule.

[RelVleDy]

What I'm failing to understand is how do I know whether to add -temo/-demo to a word and -te/-de? I understand the permissions, but if I'm confronted with a new word, how do I know whether that word should use, say.... -temo or -demo?

Example: "namae o kaite kudasai"

Well that's good, but why couldn't it have been "namae" o "kaide" kudasai?

When I'm confronted with a new word in the future, how do I know which -te/de and -temo/-demo to use?

[seiun85]

Hi, I'm learning Japanese too. I think if you're learning mainly from this video, you should just learn whether to use -te or -de in each case... but there is a grammatical reason for it. Some verbs te-form have te at the end, some have de at the end. eg. the verb to write kaku becomes kaite; to read yomu becomes yonde. If you study the grammar, you'll learn these and will know when they change to de or te. I hope this helps. ^^

[odolany]

if i'm not wrong, you use de when the basic form of the verb ends with mu, gu, bu or nu (like nomu - drink, oyogu - swim, yobu - call or shinu - die)

[HimeGirl15]

MATTE!, never mind. watashi wa baka desu.

[HimeGirl15]

at the end.why was yan san so sad? wakarimasen!!

[reallydonotcare]

because the girl didnt show any inntrest in him...

[tokyodublin]

Yan san you sly dog!!! get your freak on!!!

面白い

[CirtolthielMelethnin]

eww he's singing enka...thant's so....ancient.

[kriffix]

new enka is being made all the time my friend :p

[reallydonotcare]

or is it..?^U^

[kriffix]

yes.

[reallydonotcare]

....

[shtfsth]

omg ive been at hiragana and kanji for a while and i like totally understand the bottom part in japanese. that's just awesome.

[Khaosispower]

How do you say "Yan's a pimp." in japanese?

LOL Kidding!

Thanks for posting this, I'm going to study in Japan in the summer and I need this to help me communicate with my host family! <3

[Cruzadores]

Yan-san no himo desu. - Yan's a pimp. Hahahahahh!!!

[OMGWTFSTFUMF]

does anyone knows what "kono" means or what's it used for?

[joker1251]

it means THIS. similar to kore but more specific.

[stari19]

kono means "this" like kore, but kono has to be attached to a noun... for example kono ringo, kono neko, kono kasa.....where as kore is always used alone.

[shtfsth]

god, that pole thing is still funny to me. lol

[mermaid369]

yan is SO clumsy! he cracks me up XD

my dad lives in Japan half the year and he says he smacks his big american head on things all the time LOL

[yesterdaywasfriday]

I just learned hikidashi = drawer and I thought that was a funny word that nobody probably uses, then it popped up at 3:23

[Zonafia]

why did yan-san say domo sumimosan(sp) which means i'm sorry, at the end?

[shredder32]

I'm not sure where you mean. However, "Doomo sumimasen" is an idiomatic expression, which can translate to "Thank you" or "I'm sorry!" depending on context. Literally, "(It) doesn't stop/end!" What's not ending? Your thanks or apologies, depending on context. IIRC, when used for thanks, it carries the idea of "I'm sorry you went to such trouble!"

[Zonafia]

o, ok thanks! =D

[haggiss]

summimasen is like saying excuse me

[shtfsth]

lol. Yan-san hit his head on the pole at 2:00.

[shtfsth]

lol. Yan-san hit his head on the pole at 2:00.

[shawnzer06crahan]

How do you write double nouns? For example: "Ame ga futte imasu" which means it's raining has two t's next to each other. How do I write that in hiragana?

[ChiyoShimazu]

You place a small "tsu" symbol after the "fu" to show that the next sount is carried on for longer.

like this:

ふって

:]

dou itashimashite!

[shawnzer06crahan]

Domo arigato:)

[ChiyoShimazu]

no problem ^___^

[SpiritsFeliz]

how would you characterize 'suwatte'

[SpiritsFeliz]

ooooh wait wait nvm i get it.

[Yosuiko]

what do you mean? are you asking how to use it?

[ZShakib]

can someone explain me how a letter can be alone in a japanese wor? i thought the "N" was the only 1 that can be alone... but... rokka and tsukatte have an extra k a t and wow im confused... i already know how 2 read and wright hiragana and katakana but i dont have a clue of how 2 wright it.., RO KA? and just ignore the extra k??? /=

[Birthold]

a small tsu equalls a double letter. so for rokka would be ro (small tsu) ka

[ZShakib]

OOOOOHH!!! thats why when i read manga in japanesse i found those little tsu in between words! that was also confusing me XD but why tsu??? why not another letter??? but oh well thx alot 4 clearing this out 4 me! ^^

[shawnzer06crahan]

You mean that there's different sizes to indicate what the they mean?

[FlingNdirt]

Hey ... I need a study buddy .. pm me if you are interested...I think two people working together

could accomplish more...I'm 23/M (if that means anything to you).

[713LilyEvans713]

Would you study online? If yes, how?

[FlingNdirt]

yeah...with skype

(google it if you don't have it)

It would just make the whole process more pleasent...

[713LilyEvans713]

That would be a great Idea (But me english writing isn't very good, but I'll understand everything). My Skype nick is LilyEvans_713

[mrmrmanhuman]

I think Mine-san is dead now

[cscentrlvideos]

Hard to believe the skit presented a modern Japanese office without any PCs. Nowadays, there EVERYWHERE IN JAPAN!! Oh well... That was the 1980's...

[FlingNdirt]

Yeah but in those days work actually got done in the office^^

[cscentrlvideos]

LOL! That's a good one :)

[boru25]

Whats your problem?

[RelVleDy]

Regarding talking too fast, in normal everyday conversation, this speed would be considered normal. It just seems fast since it takes time to process the words. The directors of this video understood this, so in addition to the skits of Yan, they make their own skits where they talk slow, like the ones with Mine-san, Sugihara-san, and Kaiho-san (see parts B & C). They offer the the Yan version because they want us to hear normal speed, which is essential to mastering the language.

[MagnaVox34]

Yeah the 80's! O_O

[wizard51081]

this clock in his room is awful but I like this 80's style ;)

[jipemaster]

I just thought the acting was kinda rushed lol, If you keep watching the skit over and over again you get used to it and after a while I could understand most of it.

[jipemaster]

Is it me or do the skits seem a little rushed?

I know thats normal talking speed but it all seems a little rushed?

[intelsilver]

ur right... its kinda fast for beginners like me

[Swerty25]

Really fast i cant even talk that fast in japanese

[jembru]

I agree about it being very fast for a beginner but it's the best way to learn. Before I moved to Japan I'd learned a bit of the language but could not understand it because it was all so fast compared to the CD's I'd learned from. You'll get used to the speed and have a great head start compared to other learners. What a great series!

[koyoteboi]

I used to hate it when I was a begginner (well still am) but now i got used to it

[FlurryOfDestiny]

thanks for uploading this! finaly a japanese leason that doesn't suck or make no sense!

[chrisbergen]

I think you mean "awesome japanese vidoes from the 80s"

[kennubo00]

eww, look, it's bad japanese videos from the 80s

[w0rt3l]

kennubo00, if you have any better ones plz upload :)

[HaoRhe]

well, I've found no better source than this on here. I agree with w0rt3l, If you have anything better than lets see it

[hloudwig1330]

domo arigato gazaimasu

[Mmanno12345]

tyvm