Learn to Read and Write Japanese - Kantan Kana lesson 2

[SuperKiller155]

watashi ai kaki! Not tell me people did i say it right.

[Detky]

Loving your trick! For a very long time ive been either omitting or confusing Ki (Key)but from your trick, i`ll always remember it and same goes for i ( Tracing of a circle). Thanx.

[TheSuperMiners]

YAY すし

[1994dannylee]

Excuse me, I already know かき has a lot of meanings but what does this 書き mean?

[pickl3dpurpl3]

@1994dannylee 書きます is the polite form of 書く (かく) or 'to write'. 書き is the stem form of 書きます ( ます form of verbs = polite) and is only used grammatically.

[1994dannylee]

@pickl3dpurpl3 Oh i see, so this かく means to write. And yes, I understand both the meaning and the usage of ます. But still, thank you very much! 本当にありがとう！ ^ ^

[PsychonautPower]

1:34 "it kinda looks like a key" LOL

[PsychonautPower]

now i know how to say evil!

[LaLaLaLaLifeFabyu]

this is so random but if u say kako in greek it means evil XD

[KarolSalvatore2010]

what's IKE? Pound?

[KarolSalvatore2010]

@KarolSalvatore2010 it's pond!! :D  sorry

[iKUSTAN18]

What is kaki? Persimen? I heard it wrong.

[KarolSalvatore2010]

@iKUSTAN18 I think that she said: "persimmon"

[iKUSTAN18]

@KarolSalvatore2010 Oh. Thank you :)

[thewolfydragon1989]

I like this as well as my android app.. I learn this first on the app BUT although it shows me the both hiragana and katakana .. its only the PRINT way.. so when i saw eg.. き when i printed a practice sheet I was confused.. lol the app is good for learning the stroke order.. .. but in the printing way instead of the writing ways.. :( lol

[LARC1100able]

what is it "kaki"???

i can't hear it(

[CrazyLittleGirlKato]

I didn't got it.. can someone say me the letters in the order she drew them? - .-"

[CrazyLittleGirlKato]

@CrazyLittleGirlKato nvm = .=



[ElGonzo1992]

I thought ki looked like a face.

[likinroxas]

why in japanese do you write up to down instead of left to right?

[pampermanneke]

what means "i ka"???????i cant hear it

[japanesepod101]

@pampermanneke "ika" is "squid" :)

[pampermanneke]

@japanesepod101 arigatou gozaimasu

[memoriedream]

@japanesepod101 What does kaki mean? I heard you say "persimin" ,is that right? Also, what is a kana? Plz answer

[Chupacabra2k10]

@memoriedream it's persimmon, a fruit

[mangirdas9]

very good lessons where u have learned japanese?

[milkmaniacful]

@SuperrrrrYoo "zu" in japanese is "す" (su) you will learn it in the next video. Japanese word dun have Z so u can use S but must written in this ず there's a thing called teng-teng on the right up of the su. it looks like " hope my comment help u~

[ChaosEndMaster]

Wah! What happened to the English subtitles?! Like in the 1st lesson. It's actually more difficult this way. I don't know what Aki (あき) means in English. I don't want to write down what I think I'm hearing because I may be wrong. Grrrrr!!!

[supergirlnano]

ありがとうございます

[puketinho]

first lesson was good , you have written english allso with, but in this lesson no english, it is little hard to understand your english pls write down english also, like you did for "station"

[1337EK]

please put the transcript back on :((((((((((

[agemaister]

This is actually really fun.! ;D

[headbutt1010]

arigato!!!! ;)

[NineballDestromath]

Konbanwa. Watashi wa kako nihongo!

right? ^^

[NineballDestromath]

@NineballDestromath kaku*

[SuperrrrrrYoo]

I HAVENT WATCH this video finish.Can you tell me -if you know- can you tell me what is "Zu" in japan word?

[TyleePii]

arigatou gazaimasu. you are very kind. im practising japanese. anata wa shinsetsu. did i get it right? but thank you very much!

[commodore256]

That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard, 「き」 looks nothing like a Key even when you try your trick.

I know you're trying to be cleaver, but it's very lame -.-

I can tolerate the corniness of 「簡単カナ」, a pun on "katakana", but that "key" shit was too ridiculous.

[SecretGurl3569]

I remember ki the most easily and also write it a lots of time, now I found out I'm always wrong

[pinkagony13]

For those of you who were wondering, yes, you have to write the characters in the same order, for it is already set like that.

Also, I like to picture き(ki), when it is handwritten, as a cool smiley face with sunglasses :D

[9upgrade9]

hey i was woundering could you put two of these words together and it make sense like if you put aku and ika together would it make evil squid ? or would that not work :) thanks vids are amazing and really easy

[9upgrade9]

@andrew927981 when it is printed it is like き but when it is written it is like the video :)

[usemoselnitro]

OMG!!!! i've been writing "ki" wrong this whole time!!! NOOO!!!

[dinobublz]

tienes que escribir cada kana es un orden o puedes escribirlo tu manera??

[thesoundoffriends]

@dinobublz tienes que escribirlo tal cual te indican

[dinobublz]

@thesoundoffriends *sniff*

[dinobublz]

lol im actually learning all the kana first then moving on to words but this like a head start xDDDD

[karolbeatbox]

It is much more efficient to have K and use it with a,e,u,i instead of having ka,ke,ki,ku as different signs.

What if you want to end a word with simply sound K? What do you do then?

You just can't.

[MistaSly]

it looks like a key?

[PurplePrincess12354]

would it be best to learn how to reaad and write japanese first or learn how to speak it first

[jukiBS2]

Its make me feel want learn more.. thanks ;D

[yaaymy3rdaccount]

the word at 2:14 is hard to understand. something like "persimmon"? ^^

so the fruit ... but also oyster? (^_^)'>

[UchihaGrand]

i need subtitles like the last one

[DarkDFlame]

Do you have to pay after lesson 8? If so may pay for it

[japanesepod101]

@DarkDFlame If you go to our site, yes, you will need at least a Basic subscription to access the later lessons of Kantan Kana (as well as our whole lesson archive!).

[DarkDFlame]

Thank you so much for this lessons

[shreyasmaheshkar37]

is it imp to write kana vertically?......coz i hv been writing it in horizsontal order....

which 1 is more common?

[xXalyluvterukiXx]

What does kaki means??

[MrPyro145]

@xXalyluvterukiXx It means Oyster

[Blue7195]

Thankyou so much for these useful lessons! it must feel really good to be able to speak japanese aswell as english, i hope to become fluent in japanese in the future because i'd love to live in tokyo! so thankyou for these, they are really easy to follow and understand!

[estherbunnyful]

what does the word at 1:07 mean?

I don't understand..

[yaaymy3rdaccount]

@estherbunnyful

I think it's "squid" :D

[bmthx0]

are the words usually written that way? the "ka" over the "ko" is past? or can you put them next to eachother? 

[japanesepod101]

@bmthx0 You can write them next to each other horizontally as well. :)

[bmthx0]

@japanesepod101 thank you. i just went the website for lesson 9 :)

[ps3master72]

eudict[.]c0m/?lang=japeng&word­=kake

there you go

[joebell]

sensei, did you say "to bet" or "to bed" on the english translation of かけ??

i'm a bit of confused & i wanna know.. i'm studying nihongo right now & i'm writing down those Vocabulary words. =)

thank you =)

[Warba98]

Sensei, arigatou gozaimasu!! Doumo ;)

[Koryover9000]

why can't all my teachers be this pretty...?

[myhomecrib]

sa and ki look like faces

[sakura8112]

omg i dont hear sound...

[Doter94]

Arigato!!!! Thank you for tutorial =))) ^_^

[MegaDavetastic]

@MissAyame4ever it means squid

[MissAyame4ever]

what does ika means?:-s

pls tell me^^

[apocalyptic010]

Is kake to bed or to bet?

[etttreihagen]

this helps a lot

[xxblackxdahliaxilyxx]

Chihiro what does your name mean? :3

[sinorsaint]

Arigato for the vids!

I love the funky music too! xD

[naomi7289]

Why is ki's 3rd and 4th stroke separated when written, but combined when printed?

Arigato gozaimasu

[aussiechick00]

@naomi7289 dno, maybe its just like the way they do all the fancy writing in paint which dusnt look the sme as it wood wen u write it in cursive or shorthand

[xXwolfgirlnumber1Xx]

ARIGATOU GOZIMASU!!! Chihiro-sensei, your videos are awesome!! I've learned a lot an I'm becoming better at the writing!! :D

[akh183]

are the stroke orders in hiragana set (like have to be in that order) like in mandarin? like for example, spelling "ka".. in mandarin it's your second stroke first (in the video), then your first stroke (in the video).. like do i have to follow the orders if in japanese hiragana? thanks :D

[japanesepod101]

@akh183 Yes, each hiragana character has its own stroke order, and if you follow them, you will find them easier to write!

[Ginniex3]

some are like chinese haha

[Ginniex3]

aku means evil, right?

[sinorsaint]

@Ginniex3

Yes, think samurai jack. AKU!!!!!!! evil.

[SuperFastTortoise]

LMAOO I Baught A Little Hard Back Writing Book >_<

And I'm Writing Everything Down ;DD

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS (*¬*)

[jonasfilth]

what does i-ke mean? I didn't understand.

[japanesepod101]

@jonasfilth いけ means pond :)

[sidonot]

@japanesepod101 sensei , does it have moore meanings ? because i'm certain i heard it before ..

[jonasfilth]

what does i-ke mean? I didn't understand

[BlazingCobaltX]

Arigato gozaimasu,  aistheru Chihiro-san! ^^

I hope i said it good with my amateur Japanese I got from watching anime. :D

[KiriouSs]

omg i always have to stop the video shes really fast^^

[TheNolantherolan]

Why would Ki be opened when writing, but closed when typed???

[Power26Twister]

can you write fast with hiragana and katakana ,because, I can't?

[Shinkansen91]

I often find books/articles which are written in furigana, but find it very difficult to read, because unlike the English language it does not tell me where one word ends and the next one starts - can you help please. (I realise that with the kanji it is very easy to distinguish, but I am not good at kanji ... YET! :) Thanks

[katttttttttttttie]

what does eke mean in English and what does persimmon mean?

[Shinkansen91]

@katttttttttttttie - dont know if anyone has replied to your question about "eke" yet, so here goes. The word is not eke but eki which means [railway] station. :)

[MysteryReiZero]

We meet again lol at first for "kaki", I thought you said cinnamon lol but I know understood what you said,"persimmon" lol silly me

[katttttttttttttie]

@MysteryReiZero what does persimmon mean? :S

[MysteryReiZero]

@katttttttttttttie

It's a type of fruit

[Radocto]

Theres No Subtitles :( I Like To See How The Letter Looked Lol

[Mio99KeybladeWielder]

is Kake "to bet"?

[Mio99KeybladeWielder]

Thank you so much! ive always wanted to learn but we dont have any Japanese high school classes, and i cant get any learning programs ty! ^ ^

[mapleman300]

while trying to write down i found this weird beat. Keep clicking 0:55 and stop as soon as it reaches 0:58 . of topic but i found out something i think is cool :)

[MitsukoAkane]

I can't really afford to upgrade on the site I signed up but I really want to learn. If I get the basic grammar rules and the alphabet you think I'll be set Chihiro? By the way your english is great :D.

[TriforceBiH]

Thank you very much for this ^_^! It's also fun when you hear words that you have in your own langue. It's rare but still fun :)

Like Ka-Ko. In Japanese it means "past" and in my langue it mean's "How?"

[TheMerinight]

what is the word at 3:12, please? sounds like "pawn" but I'm not sure...

[Kyensai]

@TheMerinight pond

[kyla1ful]

U should put a sub cuz im confuse what to write. I like the 1st part cuz its has sub. I can read and write something down.

[kidd007LIghtning]

i tell my friends i wanna learn this and they keep making fun of it :(

but i love it, thats why im here to learn it ^_^

[TriforceBiH]

@kidd007LIghtning Mate, fuck them. Some of my m8s jus' keep hatin' but srsly when we LEARN Japanese we will be smarter then them by one langue ;)

[zoraroxas]

is kao

faith or face? and kaki means?

[japanesepod101]

@zoraroxas "Kao" is face, and "kaki" is persimmon.

[luqman121998]

@zoraroxas kakai in my language means leg :3

[Ginniex3]

@zoraroxas i think its face

[zoraroxas]

is kao

faith or face?

[MultiBlackRose151]

What you are writing, can u also speak the same way you are writing those words, like the word -aku- evil- can i say that word when im speaking about someone or is there a diferent word? :) im really cerous, im planing to go to japan at summer, and im really enjoying learning japanyse :D.

[EdtheBlueNinjaYoshi4]

Aku? The villain from Samurai Jack? Well, at least the name makes sense, given the meaning of the word...

[ilovekyokyoxD]

1:07.. what word does that mean??

[TheMeerkatCereal]

@ilovekyokyoxD

I think it's squid. I think it's...cuttlefish? At least that means if you translate it in my language. :D

[nekochan222]

If I had such a gorgeous teacher I guess my japanese language progress would skyrocket throught the roof... Such fluency in both languages and captivating teaching, awww I can't get enough!

[ihatenormalppl]

does anybody think the third and fourth lines of "ke" look like a mouth and nose???

[adkdi]

what does she say @ 2:07 the word 'ka ki'. please some one tell me, thankyou.

[TulsaIzMiiHood]

@adkdi she says persimmons, like the fruit

[leewatcher]

What was いけ? I didn't understand, I keep getting いけ as "Take".

[xTenshiAi]

Helpppp! Where are the katakana videos? =(

[Maximo20009]

what was kaki? i didnt understand what she said.

[ZeldaDeltoraQuestFan]

What was the english translation of aku? (Sorry but I have slight hearing problems and I can prove it because I have had a test).

[ZeldaDeltoraQuestFan]

I am not very good with my hearing and I am not sure what the english translation for 'ako'. Can you please help?

[NintendoFanLover]

Yeah I have eaten sushi before. They taste good!

[2811Naruto]

i suck i need to improve my writing i just started but i need to be better

[katia10645]

what does kaki mean?

[ftcnsjshin]

@katia10645 "kaki" is persimmon

[katia10645]

@ftcnsjshin thank you! ^-^

[ftcnsjshin]

@katia10645 you're welcome ^_^

[BeautyIoana04]

ecuse me, um I'm romanian and I didn't understand the english word for kaki

[dirtysexyeyes]

what is commonly used by the japanese, hiragana or katan kana?

[TheGoldenlegend1]

i knew Japanese would be simple to learn, but I never imagined that I could actually learn 10 letters in 10 minutes, write and ream them, and actually know what they mean !! (lol )

thank you so much, you're the best !!

[dirtysexyeyes]

japanse words has also a kataka na in phrasing?

[satsuki010]

can you please say me what means "aku"??

[yuReruYoru]

@satsuki010 "aku" means "evil"

[satsuki010]

@yuReruYoru Thanks for you help ^^

[freakloulou]

When your reading, i'v heard Japanese don't use space, how do you know when to stop? help !!!!

[Creativecowlover]

What was kake? I keep on hearing Tibet XD

[ThePrincessvd]

@Creativecowlover Kake is "to bet"

[starsaunt]

I think Ki looks like a baboon, anyone agree? ^^

[starsaunt]

When your reading, i'v heard Japanese don't use space, how do you know when to stop?

[cheekyboydan]

i know im on the second lesson and all that, but how do you use all the symbols to write Phrases/Letters/Paragraphs?

[cheekyboydan]

i know im on the second lesson and all that, but how do you use all the symbols to write Phrases/Letters/Paragraphs?

[MagicalUnicornNinja]

1: at 2:13 what does she say

2: how do you put the kanji in your comments

[reddragonstar87]

@MagicalUnicornNinja she says "ku"

[ThinxFaerie]

@MagicalUnicornNinja Um, I think the kind of computer she has, has those symbols on it, Shes Japanese, soo...

[TheAmaterasuUchiha]

Thak you you make my life easily easier.Arigato Gozai Masu :)

[amvmasterofdark]

ive noticed that your writing up to down, but im learning this because im gone buy pokemon white from japan, and i need no know at least how to read it, and its written left to right.. so i have a few questions.

1: is what you teaching me no able to be written up and down and left to right?

2: what is kanji, and is it written up and down or left to right.

3: i often confuse え and い, but i have the first 5 characters sondue like voules, so would one of these too be "i" and the other "e"?

[japanesepod101]

@amvmasterofdark 1. Japanese can be written both up and down and left to write. Books and magazines are usually written up and down, but the text in video games is usually written left to right.

2. For more information on kanji, please check out our kanji videos!!

3. え is "e" and い is "i". I hope this helps!

[amvmasterofdark]

@japanesepod101 it does help.

in about how many lessons would it take for me to start fluently reading.?

[tripytiger]

@amvmasterofdark i got pokemon white to :D

[Hexecontahedron]

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[Vietpride4eva]

people say not too use romaji, but my question is, can't you use it, JUST for memorizing Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji ?

[peterandrewpatrickjo]

excuse me, but at 2:13 what did you say? it sounded like simmin :/

[XxBloodyJulietxX]

@peterandrewpatrickjo she said persimmon :D

[witheringsun]

I Love you Chahiro or however you spell it haha :)

[japanesepod101]

@witheringsun It's spelled Chihiro :)

[KarinaBeby]

i have trouble writing " ka " /: but the rest is easy. Thank you ^^

[xoxoLadyViperxoxo]

this is helping me a lot!! Even though im using ballpen, ganbarimasu!!  Arigatou gozaimasu!!

[kennethmcalpin]

Que linda es ella!!

[paexou]

Eiga kyoju koshiraeru motto onegaishimasu.  Ano subarashii desune !

[SaukraSauske12]

cool