wait.. how am i supposed to learn to write it?? all you said is 'learn' but i dont know how to!! do i go a website and learn or learn off of the pictures that you showed for like half a second??
@iamacupcakee This is just a study method.... if you type in "hiragana" or "katakana" into a search engine you'll get a big list of them, like an alphabet. Just sit down and memorize them, the old fashioned way. We all did this with the alphabet at kids - it's easier than people think.
Hey, some people are just good with languages and I think she's one of them. I'm kind of good too, I learned almost perfect English in only three years when I came to America and no one taught me, I only watched cartoons and wrote stories to challenge myself; however, I'm not too sure I could learn Japanese even though I really want to, it sounds awesome but it's like wtf...mad confusing.
i never intented to learn Japanese although i really wanna so my thought would be wrong..
i think u use watasiwa so much..i believe it is kind of weird ...i m talking based on my mother tounge cuz i ve heard Japanese and Turkish grammers r almost same and we dont use I unless we try to highlight sthg but even in this case,dont use i more than 1-2 times....
this is sooo good. im trying to teach myself to speak japanese bc i want to move to tokyo, japan one day. hopefully ill be able to speak it as good as youuuu!
5 Years? My, that's a remarkable grasp on the language and pronunciation for 5 years of study. Was it all self study or were classes involved, at some point?
jeeze!!!! wow your good you can speak it really fast and you dont even have an english accient!!!! wow and it only took yiou 5 years? wow.... iam amazed!
@NarutoUzumaki1316 You kind of have to. In the 3rd video I'll suggest some other ideas, but frankly, literacy is extremely important. It is possible to learn how to speak without being literate, but it's much more difficult. I don't recommend you skip this step. Not only will it be harder from here on, but you're going to miss out on a massive part of the culture in the future.
I'm a newb with Japanese and this video has given me some motivation to stick with it.also nice how u used chop suey at the end lol if u want u can connect with me on facebook,arigoto gozimashita!
Teaching Japanese is a big hobby/job of mine, and it does get me really mad when students find it so hard to learn a few hiragana. You're right about them being lazy if they can't learn it within a week or two, but 1 day is seriously a bit much in my opinion.
@nekohakase one day? HA! your kidding it took me several Days either
your a fast learner oryou studied "ALL Day"
theres several characters that look alike & you have to think of ways to memorize them, its NOT a "oneday" thing. Now Hungarian is alot more difficult yes
@Raymasaki It took me less than an hour to remember all of the hiragana symbols, the katakana was a little harder about 2 hours. But I know them all yayz!
@biohazard93808 uh Yeah OK ive heard that serveral times id like to take each person that tells me that & after ONE Hour of studying ask them 2 days later with a chart mixed up Kanji. then see how they do. Besides many Books & people on here Have the kana chart WRONG anyway. you can still from that yes ... but
@Raymasaki Kanji is different, it is Chinese symbols adapted to the Japanese writing system, so yea If that was the case I would fail completely, some of them are so freaking complex. But I was able to memorize the hiragana that quickly, and I know them all. Although I'm still a little spotty on the katakana though.
@Raymasaki It only takes one day, it all depends on your method. For me, I printed off some romaji song lyrics, sat down, and rewrote them in hiragana, then in katakana. One song, one day. Maybe one or two characters weren't in there. I already had a page with the alphabet written in romaji for me to fill in with kana, so I knew which those were immediately, and just repeated them a few times until I had them down, too.
@Raymasaki You think just because you couldn't do it, no one can? If you didn't read what I said, I did it just to learn them. Does it matter if you learnt it by writing in katakana? The sounds are the same. I'm not stupid enough to write it as ホッカイドウ. In fact, I'm not even stupid enough to write it as ほっかいどう. 北海道 is how I write it. You can learn them all in one day, I did, these other people did. You clearly have poor material if it doesn't have information about っ and the other things.
@Raymasaki Wow. From 96 with 1-4 strokes in one day to 285 in one day with 1-15 strokes. Little jump, there?
Katakana is not only borrowed words. Have you ever read anything in Japanese? Katakana is also used for emphasis and sound effects.
You're the one who thinks he's an expert here, not me. You couldn't do it, so no one else can, because YOU'RE the expert. Everyone else is lying. Is this a just a game to see how ignorant you can seem to be, or are you really this full of yourself?
@Raymasaki Woow. You had to look at videos that are over a year old to insult my Japanese. Good job! If you had made videos after like half a year of learning, yours would suck, too. Just like everyone else's does.
Idiot, you're the one who brought UP kanji, then you say we weren't speaking about it? Read your OWN posts. "2000 Kanji in a week. you must be a special. I award you 2 pieces of Mochi" OMG HEY. That's what YOU said! Wow, we really weren't talking about kanji.
@Raymasaki As for learning ゐ, are you kidding me? It's been out of use for HUNDREDS of years. You'd look like a complete idiot if you wrote ゐ in your compositions, unless you're a scholar studying old text. I would bet there are many native Japanese who don't even know what that is, unless they're taught it in history class or something. You're completely ignorant. You couldn't do it in one day, or even one week, so no one can do it? Glad to know you think so highly of yourself.
@Raymasaki The people that have been commenting here aren't five years old. They're teenagers and adults who have went through school and know how to optimize their memory. You know those people who study the night before the test and do amazing? They're the ones who learn kana in one day. The human mind can retain a lot of information for short periods of time. We learn all the kana in one day, then use them while they're stored in short-term memory, so they gradually move to long-term memory.
@Raymasaki Way to not read what I wrote! Good job! No wonder you're so bad at learning kana, you don't even have the attention span to read a paragraph in English. "You clearly have poor material if it doesn't have information about っ and the other things." (That icludes kyo and kyu) On top of that, learning and mastering are two completely different words. Look up their meanings. Finally, thou is in modern day dictionaries, too. But you still look like an idiot if you say it.
@Raymasaki Okay, so you just said it's possible to learn in one day after all of this arguing that you can't learn it in one day? I took three hours to learn hiragana, and three hours to learn katakana. Which is, hey, only two hours shorter than your estimate. I must be SUCH A LIAR 'cause it's two hours shorter than how long you said it'd take. Good job losing your own argument.
@Raymasaki My favorite prefecture of Japan is Toyama. I like the way the mountains meet the ocean, the vast array of local foods there, the quality of the cold-water fish (I'm a huge uni fan) and the creepy, down-to-earth midnight festivals is Odawara.
....oh wait.... that wasn't a question directed at me, was it? ごめ〜ん…
@Raymasaki Oh, so you think you're Japanese. Okay. That explains everything. :D
@nekohakase What a coincidence, my favourite is Toyama, too. ^^ But that's because my host family was absolutely amazing in Takaoka. I'll never forget how scared I was to be there, and how comfortable they made me feel. I think I got one of the best families! The others were all going to karaoke and bowling, while I got to go to ikebana and shodou classes. (Well, we went bowling once, too. XD)
You look good as a reporter!! ;) Congrats on God Hand Teru. I was surprised to see you in the very first scene!!!! lol Are you working on that one?? :)
@teamkilo1 I'm kind of a mutt... hee hee... I'm a Hungarian American, born in Chicago, but moved around Europe for most of my life. Now my parent's home is in Dubai, and my home is in Kichijoji, Tokyo, Japan! :)
I love your Japanese! I've been learning for two years and am no where NEAR how good you are. I wish people would apply themselves more in my class; they blow it off and then forget how to read basic kana, then they fall even more behind in kanji. For those who really CAN learn the stuff, it's really boring and depressing :|
can you teach simple sentences i really need to know how to speak in japanese coz rite now im in japan and only a few people know how to speak english i would really appreciate it if you though me......thnx
It's best not to further alienate yourself from a language by forcing the learning environment to be unnecessarily foreign and unfamiliar as well. Edith Piaf is very popular in Japan, by the way: many of her songs have Japanese karaoke versions.
It's ok. We understand. Life is hectic, and then when we get time to relax we tend to want to do just that. Making videos is hard.
So you started learning five years ago? That's intense. I learned Hiragana, but I am having trouble remembering it, and understanding its purpose. Can you write an entire paragraph in hiragana if you wanted to?
That sounds like it requires an extreme amount of dedication. I hope I have enough dedication to offer.
I keep getting myself down, because I find it hard to remember hiragana. Are there sites that have paragraphs in pure hiragana? That would help me remember what sound each symbol makes, instead of writing the alphabet over and over again. And is there a site with a list of hiragana words?
You sound very natural when you speak Japanese. I'm envious! Hopefully one day I will be able to speak as fluently as you. :) Maybe in 3 years (since I'm already on my second year).
wait wait wait... i start first with what, hiragana, katakana, kanji, or any?
i started off with hiragana already, it's quite easy, it's just difficult to get them to look right... they look, WEIRD XD
anyway, thanks, you're being nice, and WOW, 5 years O_o... you mean it? ouch... good thing i'm not in a hurry to study it, since i'm studying it at my own accord P:
You know something ?? You have one fantastic sense of humor. Thanks for the laugh I got from this. I don't know if it was intentional , but the sudden cut to black and white with the 1940's music in the background struck me as being clever.
I am not sure that this video instantly improved my Japanese though. I was looking for some magic tricks. Maybe chapter two will do it for me :-)
I wish I had time to subtitle my terrible nihongo, but im too lazy to translate to edit the videos I make haha. I really like the style of how you make your videos :D
Hey,your speaking is amazng!Great,well done! Can I ask you just one think?:P I am learning Katakana but i can't understand how to learn Hiragana?I think its difficult...But anyway, you did a great job!:)
Actually, it's probably a better idea to start with Hiragana, because it's used more often than Katakana is. If you MUST use flashcards, write a katakana on one side and a hiragana on the other side, so that you're forced to get used to the association of one with the other, and not the association of a kana with an English spelling.
I started learning Katakana reccently with a book I bought called, "Let's Learn Katakana". I usually work on it every night before I go to bed and I'm getting better and better at it :D By the way, I love all your videos and hope to see more soon!
Sorry, but I'll have to disagree with you. It's not fair to expect people to learn kana all in one day. I'd say at least a week for hiragana and another week for katakana
I learned both in the eight hours it took me to fly over to Japan on the airplane. Anyone can do it - just concentrate! People start out studying by thinking it's harder than it is. That's already a 壁 - a wall they have to overcome. To start out thinking it's easy really does make it so.
On the other hand, everyone is different. That's why I plan to put a week between videos, and not just a day.
Mastering Japanese is certainly not easy but I think its something anyone can accomplish if they put forth sufficient effort. IMO, the keys to success are 1) an unwavering belief that you can reach fluency, and 2) not looking at the study process as a necessary but painful process, but as something akin to a fun hobby, in other words have fun studying!
So true what you say about just doing it,just sit down and study.Hai sai,yai biin Niiru,hajimiti ugana bira.*Wonders if my teacher was Japanese!* ( p _ - )!!
I love the drawings among the videos, they are so funny and make the video more interesting.
I learned how to write hiragana and katakana in about three days - each day for each type and one day for both. I'm the slow type when it comes to study, and I disconcentrate too easily.
Right now I don't have much time... 15 minutes is the most I've got due to night classes. I hope I can improve my japanese, since I'm going to level 3 in march.
You did good then! Fifteen minutes is a lot more than most people do. I hope you move up soon... Good luck to you!. Looking forward to your videos too! :)
Extremely amusing, and you are truly a stern but attractive taskmistress whom anyone would happily obey.
But I'm sure you are kidding when you say Japanese can be learned fast. Not only do you have to learn a whole new set of words for everything, you have to learn a whole new way of writing.
It's all dependent on how much time and effort you put into it.... If it's only an hour or two a week, it will take months to understand even basic conversation. But once a day for a couple hours... will teach you a great deal more.
OK, I see you're serious. Having tussled with another language (German) before, and failed miserably, I think I am just an odd outlier on the old bell curve. I had a terrible memory even when I was young.
爆笑！！！
bokutekikahu009 3 months ago
wait.. how am i supposed to learn to write it?? all you said is 'learn' but i dont know how to!! do i go a website and learn or learn off of the pictures that you showed for like half a second??
iamacupcakee 5 months ago
@iamacupcakee This is just a study method.... if you type in "hiragana" or "katakana" into a search engine you'll get a big list of them, like an alphabet. Just sit down and memorize them, the old fashioned way. We all did this with the alphabet at kids - it's easier than people think.
nekohakase 5 months ago
Hey, some people are just good with languages and I think she's one of them. I'm kind of good too, I learned almost perfect English in only three years when I came to America and no one taught me, I only watched cartoons and wrote stories to challenge myself; however, I'm not too sure I could learn Japanese even though I really want to, it sounds awesome but it's like wtf...mad confusing.
shadows0614 6 months ago
ooh la la charles trenet - verlaine :P
tvducky 7 months ago
@Rilakkuma5353 Good for you! Keep up the good work!
nekohakase 7 months ago
Hey yo i love your voice its original
1999tomnbmnb23 8 months ago
ねこ ちゃん！ かわいい！これ の ビデオ は とても たのしい です！ｘD
StrwaberryTheDope 8 months ago
Haruka got new movie camera? clear than before ,it will be looking so good now!
I watched your program NHK tour to Gotoretto todday,It was nice,your talking muner was good.almost people loves you.
yougensatou 8 months ago
上手いね！(^з^)-☆Chu!!
supersonySX 9 months ago
i never intented to learn Japanese although i really wanna so my thought would be wrong..
i think u use watasiwa so much..i believe it is kind of weird ...i m talking based on my mother tounge cuz i ve heard Japanese and Turkish grammers r almost same and we dont use I unless we try to highlight sthg but even in this case,dont use i more than 1-2 times....
CengizHan2011x 9 months ago
Your Just ADORABLE.
Immortalsism 10 months ago
this is sooo good. im trying to teach myself to speak japanese bc i want to move to tokyo, japan one day. hopefully ill be able to speak it as good as youuuu!
chelseababy81 10 months ago 2
5 Years? My, that's a remarkable grasp on the language and pronunciation for 5 years of study. Was it all self study or were classes involved, at some point?
Koiyuki 1 year ago
おもしろすぎるううううううううううううう！！！！
You are amazing!!! LOVE your video!
steivewonderful2007 1 year ago
IM TAKING NOTES! YOUR AMAZING AT JAPENESSE! I WANNA SPEAK LIKE U
Brittanyfan8426 1 year ago
jeeze!!!! wow your good you can speak it really fast and you dont even have an english accient!!!! wow and it only took yiou 5 years? wow.... iam amazed!
RaesAnimes 1 year ago
1:10 something crawled in your window.
cupcakesprinkles3 1 year ago 13
@cupcakesprinkles3 Kitty.
nekohakase 1 year ago 7
did you learn japanese by yourself, in school or in japan?
o.o
And your japanese is very nice :D
tnkanubite 1 year ago
What is your secret to learning Japanese other than memorizing katakana or hirugana?
NarutoUzumaki1316 1 year ago
@NarutoUzumaki1316 You kind of have to. In the 3rd video I'll suggest some other ideas, but frankly, literacy is extremely important. It is possible to learn how to speak without being literate, but it's much more difficult. I don't recommend you skip this step. Not only will it be harder from here on, but you're going to miss out on a massive part of the culture in the future.
nekohakase 1 year ago
u learn japanese by urself???
Chocolaaateee 1 year ago
toxicity lol
menteur4444 1 year ago
SYSTEM OF A DOWN (:
iChugCoffee 1 year ago
I'm a newb with Japanese and this video has given me some motivation to stick with it.also nice how u used chop suey at the end lol if u want u can connect with me on facebook,arigoto gozimashita!
111balls 1 year ago
映画なんかの「話が英語」で「字幕が日本語」の逆パターンで面白かったです。英語の勉強にもなるかも。(^^)
vgraki 1 year ago
Ur japanese us so awosome!!! But, when will u put up part two?
nblions25 1 year ago
I really like your videos and liked this one a lot and was wondering and waiting for you to put up part two....really good vlogs thanks so much : )
gingerrevenger 1 year ago
Where is part two? I am eager to learn japanese haha XD
XenHSA 1 year ago
Part 2 待ちに待っています。＾＾
Nyanko 1 year ago
doraginto mashitoka?! i speak diffrent japan
kokulink 1 year ago
A Sphynx cat.
nekohakase 1 year ago
日本在住は１７年で和英通訳の業界で働いてるアメリカ人の知り合いがいますね。それで、Denny'sやCocosで店員と喋ると いつも自分の日本語力を披露しないようにして自信全くない観光客の振りをするね。日本語に対しては 相手がいつも良い反応するよ。なぜなら、日本人は「謙遜な態度」が好きわけです。
それを考えて欲しい
crazyninjaful 2 years ago
Your Japanese is awesome and I must say, watashi wa bijin desu!
Pilikiaman 2 years ago
猛烈に面白いねえ。
ken16310 2 years ago
What about "one day" ? O ^ O I did not understand that part.....Im slow.... :|
belenorme 2 years ago
@belenorme u must learn this symbols in one day :P
Awanis69 2 years ago
omgggggggggggggggggggggg your japanese is sooooooo good! its so cute! =3 i subscribe because i am VERY eager to learn japanese!!!
animalover4life 2 years ago
From some people I always hear, "You live in America, speak english" Well it's my American right to speak what language I want.
oldschoolelf 2 years ago
Umm.... I'm in Japan.
nekohakase 2 years ago
Oh, sorry. Hard to tell that over the net. I've always wanted to go to Japan.
oldschoolelf 2 years ago
google "realkana" should be the first one, it helped me learn katakana and hiragana fast and easy
ProgramG 2 years ago
Wow - great vid!
One of my viewers just recommended your vids.
面白い〜
You'd be great for my tongue twister series - bet they'd be a breeze for you. ^^
Anyway - seems like you've been busy, but looking forward to more vids. :D
ToLokyo 2 years ago
I watch Anime to learn Japanese XD
NaylahGreen 2 years ago
Whatever floats your boat! :)
nekohakase 2 years ago
Teaching Japanese is a big hobby/job of mine, and it does get me really mad when students find it so hard to learn a few hiragana. You're right about them being lazy if they can't learn it within a week or two, but 1 day is seriously a bit much in my opinion.
Ninensei18 2 years ago 2
One day is kind of rough for most people, I do agree.
But it's possible!
The good part is that if you really apply yourself for that one measly day of hell, the rest of your study gets much easier afterwards.
nekohakase 2 years ago
@nekohakase Umm i dont get ya..do i learn ALL 3 of them? or just katakana?
Im writing them down then ill try n learn em off by heart but like...Lol
DevientKitten 2 years ago
i cant find part 2 or 3! if you didnt make it already please make it! you're such an insparation to me!!
MNY0713 2 years ago
I like your video because you don't change your voice into a high-pitched imitation of a Japanese school girl when you speak Japanese xD!
nanocirque 2 years ago
Are you being sarcastic? lol
GetVote 2 years ago
@nanocirque If u watch her 'things I dont get about japan' video... you'll see that she has adopted that same pitch u speak of.
As for the other parts of this instructional/suggestions, it's *only* been a year. have u learned ur alphabet yet? :p :)
dubbeu 1 year ago
I use a nintendo game to learn Japanese. lol
IchiRukiXxxX 2 years ago
:D So Funny !!! :D
hapi3rd 2 years ago
i love your voice ^////^
i'm studying japanese so i can talk like that too..
but it takes soooo loooong ~_~
nyaaah i want to speak well
aishiteru483 2 years ago
Wow! That was awesome!
hcm9999 2 years ago
Hahahaha you are so cute and hilarious.
lolololol
clay82es 2 years ago
Part 2? :)
aikochan86 2 years ago
This is the longest week ever.
Xiaohua33212 2 years ago 10
For some reason you've always reminded me of 川原亜矢子 (or maybe just her character in ツーハンマン). I think it's your voice...
P.S. I mean this all in a good way!
moshimoshiumeboshi 2 years ago
2:10
Next week?
:}
ulmo 2 years ago
funny.
ええ先生でんな。
このビデオたぶん、日本人しか見てないよ。
ちなみに、私は日本人ではありません。関西人です。
donokawa 2 years ago
激笑！
「日本人じゃない関西人です！」
最高。：）
nekohakase 2 years ago
nagyon jol, Madyar!! :D
mark60060 2 years ago
impressive
TenyerWanyer 2 years ago
yea i want to see part 2 and 3 please! :p
InfernoFoxx 2 years ago
Beautifull!!!
Palendrome69 2 years ago
(Arms crossed and tapping foot) - Part 2 and 3 should be right around the corner [insert cricket sounds].
nikonninja 2 years ago
*ahem*
starting to get off her ass, but dusting off cobwebs from beneath it....
nekohakase 2 years ago
ワーン、ONE、わーんだデー、一、一日だけ。。。
lol! 面白いよ！
カワイイ～！とか、笑うとき手をたたく、といった最近のTVマンネリ化より、ず～っと面白いよ。：）
evatomo4341 2 years ago
おぉ、すげー日本語の教え方。
あなたの日本語の先生になりたかった。
あぁ、私の英語のセンセーになってください。
I'm living in kyoto.
だから無理っすね。
あはは。
humanbeansprout 2 years ago
you said you will put the kanji next week but 3 months have passed :)
crizyna 2 years ago 15
is just that she became lazy hahaha.
Im just kidding ;)
jk41 2 years ago
You are totally correct.
nekohakase 2 years ago
@crizyna and then about 14 or so months later... :b
ilostmywife02 1 year ago
Aren't you charming and funny! And such a harsh rater!
I will turn the other cheek and 5 star you.
scriptgirl411 2 years ago
Strict teacher !! I want to learning japanese !!
sublimejdm 2 years ago
i know you said you were not.you look part japanese.
uriel4377 2 years ago
It must be the Hungarian....
nekohakase 2 years ago
@nekohakase one day? HA! your kidding it took me several Days either
your a fast learner oryou studied "ALL Day"
theres several characters that look alike & you have to think of ways to memorize them, its NOT a "oneday" thing. Now Hungarian is alot more difficult yes
Raymasaki 1 year ago
@Raymasaki It took me less than an hour to remember all of the hiragana symbols, the katakana was a little harder about 2 hours. But I know them all yayz!
biohazard93808 1 year ago
@biohazard93808 uh Yeah OK ive heard that serveral times id like to take each person that tells me that & after ONE Hour of studying ask them 2 days later with a chart mixed up Kanji. then see how they do. Besides many Books & people on here Have the kana chart WRONG anyway. you can still from that yes ... but
Raymasaki 1 year ago
@Raymasaki Kanji is different, it is Chinese symbols adapted to the Japanese writing system, so yea If that was the case I would fail completely, some of them are so freaking complex. But I was able to memorize the hiragana that quickly, and I know them all. Although I'm still a little spotty on the katakana though.
biohazard93808 1 year ago
@Raymasaki It only takes one day, it all depends on your method. For me, I printed off some romaji song lyrics, sat down, and rewrote them in hiragana, then in katakana. One song, one day. Maybe one or two characters weren't in there. I already had a page with the alphabet written in romaji for me to fill in with kana, so I knew which those were immediately, and just repeated them a few times until I had them down, too.
JessicaHalo 1 year ago
@JessicaHalo I think most people are pulling an applemilk, oh i learned it in "one day" I learned "by watching anime" BULL.
theres also understand gyu gyo ぎゅ ぎょ
small tsu - こっと & を ゐ ゑ writting Japanese words from Lyrics in katakana is a waste of time & wont help ほっかいどう
written as ホッカイドウ defeats the purpose. わかた
Raymasaki 1 year ago
@Raymasaki You think just because you couldn't do it, no one can? If you didn't read what I said, I did it just to learn them. Does it matter if you learnt it by writing in katakana? The sounds are the same. I'm not stupid enough to write it as ホッカイドウ. In fact, I'm not even stupid enough to write it as ほっかいどう. 北海道 is how I write it. You can learn them all in one day, I did, these other people did. You clearly have poor material if it doesn't have information about っ and the other things.
JessicaHalo 1 year ago
@JessicaHalo yeah it does because katakana is for borrowed words.
we are Talking about Hiragana (NOT Kanji)
other people LIE. Next you'll be telling people you learned
2000 Kanji in a week. you must be a special. I award you 2 pieces of Mochi
平仮名名人
Raymasaki 1 year ago
@Raymasaki Wow. From 96 with 1-4 strokes in one day to 285 in one day with 1-15 strokes. Little jump, there?
Katakana is not only borrowed words. Have you ever read anything in Japanese? Katakana is also used for emphasis and sound effects.
You're the one who thinks he's an expert here, not me. You couldn't do it, so no one else can, because YOU'RE the expert. Everyone else is lying. Is this a just a game to see how ignorant you can seem to be, or are you really this full of yourself?
JessicaHalo 1 year ago
@JessicaHalo WTF are you talking about!?
strokes we were NOT talking about kanj!!
NO shit its used for other things i was Refering to YOU /anyone
rewritting lyrics in katakana. Full of MY self!? in what way!? saying
the truth. you are LYING to people if you say yeah it could be learned in one day
i watched you Video & you are not that great at Japanese. its obvious
Raymasaki 1 year ago
@Raymasaki Woow. You had to look at videos that are over a year old to insult my Japanese. Good job! If you had made videos after like half a year of learning, yours would suck, too. Just like everyone else's does.
Idiot, you're the one who brought UP kanji, then you say we weren't speaking about it? Read your OWN posts. "2000 Kanji in a week. you must be a special. I award you 2 pieces of Mochi" OMG HEY. That's what YOU said! Wow, we really weren't talking about kanji.
JessicaHalo 1 year ago
@Raymasaki As for learning ゐ, are you kidding me? It's been out of use for HUNDREDS of years. You'd look like a complete idiot if you wrote ゐ in your compositions, unless you're a scholar studying old text. I would bet there are many native Japanese who don't even know what that is, unless they're taught it in history class or something. You're completely ignorant. You couldn't do it in one day, or even one week, so no one can do it? Glad to know you think so highly of yourself.
JessicaHalo 1 year ago
@JessicaHalo its in many modern Dictionaries.
I DIDN't Say it was "important to learn"!
theres alot of them & combinations like kyu kyo.
for Most people it takes several Days! you don't go from
Not know any Hiragana on tues
& then become a Hiragana master by thursday.
Japanese kids study it & they Don't study for "ONE DAY"
Raymasaki 1 year ago
@Raymasaki The people that have been commenting here aren't five years old. They're teenagers and adults who have went through school and know how to optimize their memory. You know those people who study the night before the test and do amazing? They're the ones who learn kana in one day. The human mind can retain a lot of information for short periods of time. We learn all the kana in one day, then use them while they're stored in short-term memory, so they gradually move to long-term memory.
JessicaHalo 1 year ago
@Raymasaki Way to not read what I wrote! Good job! No wonder you're so bad at learning kana, you don't even have the attention span to read a paragraph in English. "You clearly have poor material if it doesn't have information about っ and the other things." (That icludes kyo and kyu) On top of that, learning and mastering are two completely different words. Look up their meanings. Finally, thou is in modern day dictionaries, too. But you still look like an idiot if you say it.
JessicaHalo 1 year ago
@JessicaHalo you also avoid MY sentences & questions.
you'r such a Dumb young anime fan! EVERTIME i get into an argument its from some Dumbass newbie! IM NOT "bad" at learning kana. Ive fukin leanred it
in 01 & it took me several Days. YES i guess i could have learned it in one day IF i sat there for 8 hours going over it without stopping.
Raymasaki 1 year ago
@Raymasaki Okay, so you just said it's possible to learn in one day after all of this arguing that you can't learn it in one day? I took three hours to learn hiragana, and three hours to learn katakana. Which is, hey, only two hours shorter than your estimate. I must be SUCH A LIAR 'cause it's two hours shorter than how long you said it'd take. Good job losing your own argument.
FYI: Anime sucks.
JessicaHalo 1 year ago
@Raymasaki And by the way, you are bad at learning kana. "私の名前 わ Ray です
私 わ 音楽 に はまって います"
Way to use the wrong wa.
JessicaHalo 1 year ago
@JessicaHalo NO shit. using WA is an inside Joke with Japanese people.
so i wont explain it. other people pointed it out. im well aware of it.
its odd & as corny as "Go the light is BLUE"
my question for you is what is your favorite prefecture of Nihon?
Raymasaki 1 year ago
@Raymasaki My favorite prefecture of Japan is Toyama. I like the way the mountains meet the ocean, the vast array of local foods there, the quality of the cold-water fish (I'm a huge uni fan) and the creepy, down-to-earth midnight festivals is Odawara.
....oh wait.... that wasn't a question directed at me, was it? ごめ〜ん…
nekohakase 1 year ago
@Raymasaki Oh, so you think you're Japanese. Okay. That explains everything. :D
@nekohakase What a coincidence, my favourite is Toyama, too. ^^ But that's because my host family was absolutely amazing in Takaoka. I'll never forget how scared I was to be there, and how comfortable they made me feel. I think I got one of the best families! The others were all going to karaoke and bowling, while I got to go to ikebana and shodou classes. (Well, we went bowling once, too. XD)
JessicaHalo 1 year ago
@JessicaHalo Did you ever go to 風の盆？ (Kazenobon?)
nekohakase 1 year ago
@nekohakase No. I was only there for one week. It was a very short homestay. >:
JessicaHalo 1 year ago
you do look part
(half?) japanese.
uriel4377 2 years ago
is it bad if i start learning hiragana first then katakana? thanx.. btw never take any chinese language art .!!!seriously!!
akamaru1822 2 years ago
It's not bad, that's how it's usually learned, hiragana first.
hieibotan55 2 years ago
厳しい先生(笑)
nexttheworld 2 years ago
You look good as a reporter!! ;) Congrats on God Hand Teru. I was surprised to see you in the very first scene!!!! lol Are you working on that one?? :)
chimera15 2 years ago
i think i saw you on tv with kendo kobayashi..correct me if im wrong.
djjoseph 2 years ago
You're right. :)
nekohakase 2 years ago
super cool !
djjoseph 2 years ago
hey can i just ask where you are originally from?
i know in one of your videos you did say you moved from Dubai to Japan.
loving the videos!
will be in japan in June this year, lets hope i bump into you!
teamkilo1 2 years ago
@teamkilo1 I'm kind of a mutt... hee hee... I'm a Hungarian American, born in Chicago, but moved around Europe for most of my life. Now my parent's home is in Dubai, and my home is in Kichijoji, Tokyo, Japan! :)
nekohakase 1 year ago
your amazinnnnng!!
Mimisensii 2 years ago
I love your Japanese! I've been learning for two years and am no where NEAR how good you are. I wish people would apply themselves more in my class; they blow it off and then forget how to read basic kana, then they fall even more behind in kanji. For those who really CAN learn the stuff, it's really boring and depressing :|
I'll be checking out more of your videos later!
GothicLenne 2 years ago
can you teach simple sentences i really need to know how to speak in japanese coz rite now im in japan and only a few people know how to speak english i would really appreciate it if you though me......thnx
MindTwister123 2 years ago
if your teaching japanese why are you playing FRENCH music?
delicoustoiletwater 2 years ago
It's called cosmopolitanism.
It's best not to further alienate yourself from a language by forcing the learning environment to be unnecessarily foreign and unfamiliar as well. Edith Piaf is very popular in Japan, by the way: many of her songs have Japanese karaoke versions.
nekohakase 2 years ago
The Japanese love French music.
nekohakase 2 years ago
This was so much fun to watch. Any chance that you will be posting lesson number 2 soon ?
Your loyal fans can hardly wait :-)
HondosPlace 2 years ago
kawaii :D
xhianneng 2 years ago
ha good! PS: your really cute!
MidwestMex 2 years ago
Part 2/3 and 3/3 are for later or was it just a tease?
nikonninja 2 years ago
I will, I just need to move my lazy butt...
nekohakase 2 years ago
That's funny. lol You told us no excuses and not to be lazy but then you got too lazy to make the next video. It's ok...
hermitcrabcare 2 years ago
LOL You're totally right. I had better get my butt in gear... I am using work as an excuse to have to time....
nekohakase 2 years ago
It's ok. We understand. Life is hectic, and then when we get time to relax we tend to want to do just that. Making videos is hard.
So you started learning five years ago? That's intense. I learned Hiragana, but I am having trouble remembering it, and understanding its purpose. Can you write an entire paragraph in hiragana if you wanted to?
hermitcrabcare 2 years ago
Thank you.
yeah, I can write in Hiragana, katakana, and kanji without problem at this point. Only the first getting-used-to-it is a bit hard...
nekohakase 2 years ago
That sounds like it requires an extreme amount of dedication. I hope I have enough dedication to offer.
I keep getting myself down, because I find it hard to remember hiragana. Are there sites that have paragraphs in pure hiragana? That would help me remember what sound each symbol makes, instead of writing the alphabet over and over again. And is there a site with a list of hiragana words?
hermitcrabcare 2 years ago
ok,the best way to learn japenese is to watch subbed anime,i learn alot of words that way like
FunkyFreshLondonboy 2 years ago
HAHAHAHA
VERY HARD
Dino2jp 2 years ago
You sound very natural when you speak Japanese. I'm envious! Hopefully one day I will be able to speak as fluently as you. :) Maybe in 3 years (since I'm already on my second year).
kerensam 2 years ago
OKay, this video is amazing! You are making the second one, right?
I'd be pretty disappointed if you didn't.
5 stars!!
jaud555 2 years ago
wait wait wait... i start first with what, hiragana, katakana, kanji, or any?
i started off with hiragana already, it's quite easy, it's just difficult to get them to look right... they look, WEIRD XD
anyway, thanks, you're being nice, and WOW, 5 years O_o... you mean it? ouch... good thing i'm not in a hurry to study it, since i'm studying it at my own accord P:
TRCaddik 2 years ago
That's right - best to start with Hiragana. Not so bad. I will talk about Kanji next video.
nekohakase 2 years ago
先生厳しいな。
shouwa52 2 years ago
I know write and read, but dunno the meaning of the words ;(....
Well my First step is done, now I'll be waiting for part 2 and 3.
My trip to Japan in April will be more fun, but they use a lot of kanjis >D
You have funny videos, I'll subscribe and wait for more ;).
paiki 2 years ago 2
very good ...
sublimejdm 2 years ago
You know something ?? You have one fantastic sense of humor. Thanks for the laugh I got from this. I don't know if it was intentional , but the sudden cut to black and white with the 1940's music in the background struck me as being clever.
I am not sure that this video instantly improved my Japanese though. I was looking for some magic tricks. Maybe chapter two will do it for me :-)
HondosPlace 2 years ago 4
I am doing Japanese tutoring in the US.
I should let my students watch your video.
They tend to excuse like that.
fatfreesorbet 2 years ago 2
Nice job on the video, looking forward to parts 2 and 3.
ビデーオ を どうもありがとございました。たのしです
nikonninja 2 years ago 3
覚えられる良く可能性の人にとって一日中で出来るかな.僕にとって数日必要だった...今でも片仮名が読めにくいだけどあまり使わないわけだ...そしていくつか片仮名が本当に似あっている 例えば； ノ ツ シ ン...
一日中で覚えられない場合は諦めないでね
五年しか.習わなかったね五年連続で？
とにかく、このビデオは面白い意見だよね
僕はフランス人だ.
shitakunai 2 years ago
ネコ博士は日本語すごい！ 私は日本人ですけれど海外長い間住んでいますから日本語を喋るのが下手！ ネコ博士博士のビデヨはすごい面白い。
I wish I had time to subtitle my terrible nihongo, but im too lazy to translate to edit the videos I make haha. I really like the style of how you make your videos :D
canadajp1985 2 years ago
ありがとう！Actually I only got my lazy bum to translate the videos because my sister kept pestering me to do so.
I guess I lack on the motivation too...
nekohakase 2 years ago
maybe 2 days lol. i do believe u can learn them both in 1 day if u pull an all-nighter but if u need sleep....try 2 days.
ps. 2day i learned katakana.......and in 1 day ( including sleep)
so5xhot 2 years ago
haha...
１日って事～嘘ではない！！！
しかし、もし頑張れば誰でもできるぞ！！！（笑）。
p+
peter01011 2 years ago
Hey,your speaking is amazng!Great,well done! Can I ask you just one think?:P I am learning Katakana but i can't understand how to learn Hiragana?I think its difficult...But anyway, you did a great job!:)
91azerifan 2 years ago
Actually, it's probably a better idea to start with Hiragana, because it's used more often than Katakana is. If you MUST use flashcards, write a katakana on one side and a hiragana on the other side, so that you're forced to get used to the association of one with the other, and not the association of a kana with an English spelling.
nekohakase 2 years ago
I started learning Katakana reccently with a book I bought called, "Let's Learn Katakana". I usually work on it every night before I go to bed and I'm getting better and better at it :D By the way, I love all your videos and hope to see more soon!
<3
SophieHatter 2 years ago 2
Sorry, but I'll have to disagree with you. It's not fair to expect people to learn kana all in one day. I'd say at least a week for hiragana and another week for katakana
Ninensei18 2 years ago
I learned both in the eight hours it took me to fly over to Japan on the airplane. Anyone can do it - just concentrate! People start out studying by thinking it's harder than it is. That's already a 壁 - a wall they have to overcome. To start out thinking it's easy really does make it so.
On the other hand, everyone is different. That's why I plan to put a week between videos, and not just a day.
nekohakase 2 years ago
why r u so cute?!!?! :D
xibiuka113 2 years ago 3
She's adorable!!!!
registerjp 2 years ago 2
Mastering Japanese is certainly not easy but I think its something anyone can accomplish if they put forth sufficient effort. IMO, the keys to success are 1) an unwavering belief that you can reach fluency, and 2) not looking at the study process as a necessary but painful process, but as something akin to a fun hobby, in other words have fun studying!
shimewaza 2 years ago
Agreed! It's easy if you put your mind to it.
registerjp 2 years ago
日本語をマスターするということは簡単なことではないけど努力さえすれば誰だってできることだと思う。成功する上で重要だと思うのは１）「私が流暢になれる！」というゆるぎない自信と２）勉強をつらい作業ではなく、楽しい趣味みたいなものとして見なす、つまり勉強を楽しむ！という二つの様子だと思う。
shimewaza 2 years ago
So true what you say about just doing it,just sit down and study.Hai sai,yai biin Niiru,hajimiti ugana bira.*Wonders if my teacher was Japanese!* ( p _ - )!!
supercross1985 2 years ago
I love the drawings among the videos, they are so funny and make the video more interesting.
I learned how to write hiragana and katakana in about three days - each day for each type and one day for both. I'm the slow type when it comes to study, and I disconcentrate too easily.
Right now I don't have much time... 15 minutes is the most I've got due to night classes. I hope I can improve my japanese, since I'm going to level 3 in march.
きょつけってください! またね!
nanaichihachihachi 2 years ago
You did good then! Fifteen minutes is a lot more than most people do. I hope you move up soon... Good luck to you!. Looking forward to your videos too! :)
nekohakase 2 years ago
I like your drawings, they're funny ^_^
oh, I think I saw your cat at 1:11
kittykattykoo 2 years ago
You DID see the cat! I was wondering if anyone would.... He likes the window.
nekohakase 2 years ago
Extremely amusing, and you are truly a stern but attractive taskmistress whom anyone would happily obey.
But I'm sure you are kidding when you say Japanese can be learned fast. Not only do you have to learn a whole new set of words for everything, you have to learn a whole new way of writing.
Give me a break!
dianasatyr 2 years ago
It's all dependent on how much time and effort you put into it.... If it's only an hour or two a week, it will take months to understand even basic conversation. But once a day for a couple hours... will teach you a great deal more.
nekohakase 2 years ago
OK, I see you're serious. Having tussled with another language (German) before, and failed miserably, I think I am just an odd outlier on the old bell curve. I had a terrible memory even when I was young.
So more power to your committed students!
dianasatyr 2 years ago
日本語は中国語の様に四声が有りません。
だから発音は楽です。
roba520 2 years ago
ん〜中国語勉強した事がないから分かんない
いつかやってみます！
nekohakase 2 years ago
文法の説明がありませんか？
SaburoOkita 2 years ago
そのうち！これは始めてのビデオ人の質問に答えてビデオを増やすつもり。
nekohakase 2 years ago
se magnifique! ;)
chimera15 2 years ago
Merci!
nekohakase 2 years ago
lol Was that you in that wine drama? :)
chimera15 2 years ago
Yeah, you saw it? 『神の雫』Thanks.
nekohakase 2 years ago
Yes I was so surprised. lol Good drama. Are you working on it? Or just a one time part?
chimera15 2 years ago
I might be in it again, but it was just a one-time thing I think. The staff are friends of mine, the same staff that did
Seigi no Mikata.
nekohakase 2 years ago
Ah wow, no wonder. It's really well done! ;)
chimera15 2 years ago