Learn Japanese Greetings & Questions : Asking "Do You Speak English?" in Japanese

[md278]

omfg



[TheHappycatt]

thank you

[LWillRuleTheWorld]

Your name is pretty!

[XF0N]

how do you say; are you married? because you are beautiful!

[MrBasanti]

Wow... U r a great tutor. Love to learn with u.

[nataruchi]

I really love the way japanese people speak in english when they are beginning learning the language

[norene09]

wakarimasen.. hehe :) joke !

 domo arigatou gozaimasu.

[dopatoka]

sukoshi ching ching masuka?

[RhymeBlack]

Which one is more commonly used? Mattane, Ja matta, or Ja ne?

[cool1songs]

@RhymeBlack mata ne

[HaraJukuNegra]

arigato gozaimasu, sensei.Nihongo suki des!!!!!!

[thephilosopherkartik]

'Wa' is a topic-marker; it's used to indicate the topic of a sentence. It certainly doesn't work as 'is/am/are'. Look it up for yourself; Wikipedia->Japanese Grammar->Ancillary Words

Her lessons are good as a kind of video-phrasebook. But if you actually want to get anywhere with the language, you're going to need a more comprehensive course that actually lays bare the basics of the grammar. I don't mean to bash her or anything, she's making a good effort. Just stating my opinion.

[MrAki3461]

Is that in Ronoake VA? Where u live? My name is Seth call me Aki.

Seth is ok too. And I love to speak Japanese and more of it. can you call my father about it first? I know some alredy. 1 thing I can't understnd Is their some words have to write in kanji or Hiragana is OK too? or katagana?

[MrAki3461]

How to say, Can I live with you? in Japanese?

[eggsandwich8885]

I though "see you later" was "nata aimasho?"

[thephilosopherkartik]

@eggsandwich8885 You mean 'mata aimashou'. Yeah, that's okay too. There can be several different ways to say the same thing in a language. In English we could say 'see you later/catch you later/see ya' all while meaning the same thing.

[electrobussterr]

I want to go to bed with her, then she can learn me to speak Japanese even better.

[TheZeth24]

Thank you!

[animationmusicvideo]

good thing ive watched so much anime in japanese

it really helps on pronouncing the words

[sandor139]

Yuuuuuuuu Asakura? Right? Hehe! Matane :)

[cslworldwide]

Good video

[wirgiukass]

you're cute

[xSasuNaruxEMOx]

Konnichiwa ogenki desu ka o.o

[SuperDrolli]

Thank you for this video!

I love it! :)

[kaynanatorismail]

melez japon hem de solaryuma girmiş amazing

[yeick001]

konichiwa tomodachi! =)thats all i know haha

[yeick001]

konichiwa tomodachi! =)

[edrx000]

If I lived in the LA area I would be definitely coming over for some tutoring.

[BloodTears19]

I have been told you can ask "do you speak english" like this:

"Eego ga dekimaska?"

Is that wrong?

[koalakiller24]

You are so beautiful!!! tu eres muy hermosa!!! sorry I can't say it in japanese.

[MichaellXGP]

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[RachelDeCapulet]

watashi wa fiyemata desu ! :D sayonara matane ! XD

[AtGiza]

are you a dude?

[Fernandaax]

How do you say spanish in japanese? :)

[BrokenDreamer248]

@Fernandaax

Spanish language: Spaingo

Spanish person: Spainjin

[khangsan]

Anata no eigo wa iiiiii desu ne. I love you very much

[HAPPYDRAGON6]

this is better than hotforwords!

[LeonSChenedy]

@superpatatte

I'm Japanese. So l feel it is strange a little.

But we can understand it if you say it."GA"

But l give you an advice one more time.

"GA" is strange a little.

It's a small problem.But it is important for us.

Do you like Japan?

[LeonSChenedy]

Excuse me?

ANATA WA and EIGO O are wrong.

Right is that WA is HA and O is WO.

they are same pronounciation.

But when we write it, we use WO and HA.

And ANATA HA EIGO WO HANASHI MASUKA in English is Are you speak English?

Can you speak English is ANATA HA EIGO WO HANASE MASUKA?

[superpatatte]

@LeonSChenedy actually, hanasemasu is an intransitive verbe, so we need to use "ga"

--> anata ha nihongo ga hanasemasu ka ? cheers :)

[Viga1999]

Anata Wa Eigo O HANASHI Masuka??????

[superwinxfan50000]

thx for the lessons

[myR12006]

how do you say.. "you have gorgeous lips" in japanese..

[1PerryTerry]

@myR12006 Let me know when you find out!!!

[prickett233]

@myR12006

anata no manko o misete kudasai

[gokharol]

watashi wa eigo o hanashi masu. (is this right?)

[rainbowrants]

@gokharol hanashimasu/  yes

[readingfc15]

anata was eigo o hanashi masuka

[4SCARECROWS]

Nice video! Looking at a beautiful women and learning!

[wilykitkat]

thanks for posting these videos on learning japanese. I'm about to take a summer course on conversational japanese I and this is getting me ready. :-)

[max3max2max1max0]

You can ask people if they speak English in English. If they do they can answer, if they don't, you know?

[michaelcycle2002]

omg would you marry me?

[t0lar]

What does Masuka actually mean? I cant seem to find precise meaning for it

[sarzahxclarzie]

@t0lar

"Hanashimasu" is one word and then "ka" is put on the end to make it a question.

[rainbowrants]

@t0lar . masuka is not a word. masu is a ending to a verb. ka makes a statement a question. The ending of her sentance is hanashimasu ka. hanashimasu is the polite way to say "can speak". I am not sure why she tought it showing masuka together, because they don't go together.

[7babykay7]

@rainbowrants that is so right!

[szczppl]

heh nice lesson and also is nice to look at you beautiful face and hear your cute voice ;D

[daoquynh29]

Shahaita wat that mean

[daoquynh29]

5 stars

I'm not even jap

[fatboylinks7]

yay ur great

[diamencik1]

how do say  "I'm Polish" or "from Poland? in Japanese ?

[hyperpuppywhirl]

@diamencik1 The country "Poland" is said, "Porando" (double length on the 'o'). To say Poland (Polish person), you would add 'jin' to the end. Porando jin. Similarly, if you want to express the Polish language, replace 'jin' with 'go'.

[kakkun39]

I'm a Japanese and I love polish people because Polish people are the great nation to repay kindness with kindness.

I'm a Polish in English is "Watashi wa poland-jin desu" in Japanese.

I'm from Poland in English is "Watashi wa poland kara kimasita" in Japanese.

Enjoy Japanese

[hafizhafizhafizhafiz]

im from poland : watashi wa polando kara kimashita

[captainstuffandsuch]

watashi wa poland-jin desu

[iceymanjack]

o makes an object

what exactly does that mean?

sry for my bad english

[Funky8by]

hey i am oen of the japanese, i think if you wanna learn a language exept japanese and you are japanese, you should see japanese as another of languages, which make you confused.

[cantgetme92]

今晩は。you described は wrong; to describe it in english grammar は is used as the direct object particle (it shows what noun is the direct object). を is the indirect object particle. です is what would be translated to "is/am/are" in english grammar :)

**(just so learners don't get confused and continually use は wrong )

[mcflyloverdanny]

im verry happy it so good

hai

ni

onamae wanan desu ka

matane

[thephilosopherkartik]

'"Wa" works as is/am/are...'

This chick doesn't now what she's talking about!

[mzekiy]

true...

"wa" is a "topicmarker" (in this case)

[kadayo]

She was born and raised in Japan, is actually Japanese, and you are saying she doesn't know Japanese? Really?

[thephilosopherkartik]

@kadayo I'm not saying she doesn't know Japanese. I'm just saying she doesn't know how to 'teach' Japanese. When you're a native speaker things like grammar and pronunciation come like second nature to you. Unless you've studied the grammar of your language properly, you'll know where mistakes have been committed and what should really have been used; but you still wouldn't be able to teach the 'rules' governing it. She knows where to use 'wa', but she doesn't know what wa actually is.

[kadayo]

@thephilospherkartik okay, the way you said it made me understand that you were saying she didn't know Japanese, not that she didn't know how to teach Japanese.

[Cheddie201]

Is hanashimasu ka the same as wakarimasu ka?

[tomodachi13ne]

@Cheddie201

Eigo ga hanashimasuka = do u speak English?

Eigo ga wakarimasuka = do u understand English?

Hope that helped.

[thephilosopherkartik]

なぜこの文で「英語」の後で「を」を使わないで「が」を使います­か。

全然分かれません。教えてください。

[HYTAI]

arigato

[HYTAI]

arigto

[jhovellecazaeye]

..but you can also say EIGO GA DEKIMASU KA?? that sentence also means (do you know how to speak english) deshio?? and when they said EIGO CHOTO WAKARIMASU..dey also know a little..hahaha ゴメンナサイ..!

V(~3^)V

[mzekiy]

I have been told that girls say "Mata ne" and boys should say "Ja Mata" if they are not gay.

And you could also say:

It is no usual to use "anata wa" and "watashi wa".

Better try to get attention with "sumimasen"(pardon me) and then ask:

"eigo ga hanashimasu ka?"(do you speak englsh)

or "eigo ga wakarimasu ka?" (do you know/understand English).

If they answer "sukoshi" they know "a little".

[1PerryTerry]

@mzekiy Thank you so much for the clarification!! LOL I couldn't figure out why she was using hanashimasu ka instead of wakarimasu ka. One is "speak" and the other is "understand."

[TifaSohma]

@mzekiy I've never heard of girls and boys difference in まったね and じゃまった.

[mzekiy]

@TifaSohma

I first heard it on one of the first audio-podcast-episodes of "Japancast(dot)net" (way before they did videos).

But they still point out these kind of things...

[pukavikcrew]

@mzekiy

could it be that you tried out Pimsleur Japanese? Your comment sounds alot like their lesson1 unit

[mzekiy]

@pukavikcrew

yes indeed, "Pimsleur (1,2,3)","Michel Thomas (both)",(still visiting:)"japanast.net","japa­nese101", my favorite "Maggie Sensei"(youtuber:"givemeaflake­man")...and a lot more, but my japanese still su**s.

So does my english...and my turkish is even worst...but my german is "well"...kind of...good.

[nybaby40]

in Spanish we have a similar sounding word to Matana and it is Mañana, the ñ sound is just like the ending of Matana, means morning literally or... tomorrow... as in see you tomorrow ... is Matane similar word to tomorrow???

[Vortex289]

It's more like hasta luego.

[ben2028]

Guys don't say またね, they say またな。 This will help you avoid sounding gay, unless you would like to portray that about yourself.

Although, またあした is another useful phrase which means "see you tomorrow".

[blackbur99]

plz post more i like this language

[exeperry]

私はyuu chan好む! 私と結婚しなさい!

[riskbreakerchris]

"masuka" is not a question, in fact "hanashi" and "masu" is a SINGLE word; "hanashimasu", and "ka" is a particle for questioning

[Sn0wdude]

oh bla bla bla... she's born and raised in japan so she just might now what language she's speaking... goooooohd... some ppl just cant be but arrogant bastards and anyway, languages dont work just one way... they bend.

[riskbreakerchris]

That's the funny thing, she's born and raised in japan, yet she made some curious (maybe too silly) "mis takes", and i don't think that someone who points out a "mis take" is an arrogant bastard, you devaluate the concept too much... some ppl just cant be but fools that mess with topics they don't understand at all

[Sn0wdude]

ever come across something called kana and kanji, hmm? as you might know japanese is not ment to be written in roman letters and therefore there is no such thing as "wrong spelling" where you point it to be. Most japanese written in romanji is purely what the writer makes it and for us western people it is sometimes easier if the long word is broken into smaller bits, specially when learning. And I apologize my rudeness to you, irritation.

[FINalFANTAsyKIDDO]

she's splitting the words apart to make it easier for non-Japanese people to learn the language easier. this is for people who don't know, or barely know the language. Give her a break.

[luis9382]

I will learn this..grrr blink blink.

[Kana38]

は / wa doesn't mean is or are. It is a particle that introduces the theme of the sentence ;) はい、ちょっとむずかしいですね。がんばってください! :D

[2118viper]

so asking sum1 in japaese is if they speak japanese is" anata wa nihongo o hanishi masuka",right i think when i wrote it down i got sum of the words mixed up plz tell me if im wrong and correct me too

[KisshusonlyLover]

Well, I'm going to go practice what I've learned so far before getting into the next part... We only have French and Spanish at my school and Japanese at the college in the next uuhh... district over... So me and my friends will take Japanese there, but I'm taking French now and getting stuff confused *sweatdrop* lols. Sayounara, Asakura-san ^_^

[cloudvol7]

I thought Moshi meant speak?Like answering the phone Moshi Moshi...

[vietray2009]

Sarayounara U forgot the U

[FoxyGirl991]

Lego my Eigo!

[takki8x]

lol

[luis9382]

lol

[CandaceMaynardswife]

@FoxyGirl991 Lol.

[animefreak655]

arigato gozaimasu

[guitarotaku]

英語話せますか？

[mashi384]

for "see you" you could also use

Jaa!

Jana!

Soujana!

[xXRedFox49Xx]

matane ^^

[drahn1275]

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[tetzuro]

your beautiful

[xXRoryxProXx]

Arigatoooo Gozaimashtaaaaaaaa !! SAYONARA !!

[TheLoveableToasty]

Arigato!!!

[strawberryUAE]

thnx alot this was really helpful ^^

[webmasterd]

i really enjoy these videos! you make it pleasing to learn and you don't go too fast.

[jaeyg]

domo arigato gozaimas sensei

[TheMoooomeeee]

I am an arabic and its werd to understand onether languge in another languge its mext up for me but the most enprtent that i understand =)

[monkeystu52]

thanks - you are very good!

[AntonioXD001]

u helped alot thank you

[giytof]

DOMO ARIGATOU!

[krazygal323]

ooooooooohhhh i wanna go to your classes can i still go even tho im 14 cuz i really wanna learne japanes can i plz

MATANE!!

[chatanwarrior]

i thought "ka" turned a sentence into a question

[damicci]

Usually it does. There are exceptions but you wouldn't need to know about them just beginning the language.

[magykme]

haha thts cool cuz i dont really say bye in english too i just go see ya or somthin lol

matane

[GifuKen19]

thank you so much for the lesson.... I like your voice so much...!

[ben2028]

またね

[A10hybrid]

Lol. Asking a married woman that is very rude.

[RG7621]

Didn't know she was married :"-) Shame really.

[A10hybrid]

Well it should not be shameful or whatever you meant. See you might feel insulted if you were her husband and someone said what you just said. Its like saying she can do better.

I personally don't have a gf but I really want one. But if I end up lucky at all I still have to face opinions, mainly negative ones, from people that think my gf can do better based on appearance alone. Its one of the many reasons I shy away from asking a girl out.

[lonewolfisnumber1]

now i now y americans say sayanara like that lol

[AnthonyPR1990]

doumo arigato

[skyepillow]

GREAT!!

[squaregerbiltersky]

where can i go to attend ur classes.?lol

[greekmadnessss]

she is both so beautiful and a great teacher...

[SiLvErUnIt911]

fuck this girl she's turning me on!

[johnybrovo2008]

What does anata o ai shitte imasu mean?

[midnite1233]

I was speaking Japanese in about a week!! Thanks expertvillage!!

[flechaarcp]

Hey, your English is perfect, I love it...

[BlanFan2O]

hmm I wanna go to ucla which is in LA so I wonder when I get old enough to go to college if she'll still be teaching in that area...

[staceyswo]

Very helpful! Thanks....

[xXxXSquishyXxXx]

What the hell is this hispanic bitch?

[xXxXkuramaxXx]

Hashi Nu basu Kyoku Mi teshin ni Clan Mori si get su

[zatulryosuke]

eigo ga wakarimasu ka??

it is the same as 'anata wa eigo o hanashi masuka?'

[Phielder]

wakaru is "to know", not to speak.

[disruptfam]

actually...its similar but not the same.

"wakarimasu ka" means "do you understand?"

"hanashi masuka" means "do you speak?"

the slight difference being some people may be able to understand but not be able to speak very well....hope that helps.

[nekoMimiMode04]

eigo ga wakatimahss ka??? kawaiiiii cute haha!

[peckiledorf]

do all the chicks look like her in Japan? MEOW

[heavygunz301]

Asakura......Hmmmm

[luuij0ss]

don't you have to put ga after eigo to indicate that "EIGO" is the subject of the sentence

[MrsKamper]

that is what I thought. I say "eigo ga hanasemasuka"

[Phielder]

My teacher say it is correct to say that :-)

[Guimaz77]

lol...when you say : can you speak english is the same as are you able to speak it? that's dramatic...it seems to me that can is more related to physics activities....although yy...i know it's correct too....

[Phielder]

tbh i was just curious about that matter :-) it's not like i wanted to make it all dramatic. when you study the language, you want to learn everything you can... ;)

[ChungFat4eva]

there's no difference between can and able, they're interchangable. but able to justs sounds more sophisticated

I can run

I am able to run

[Phielder]

If you mean "eigo wo hanashimasuka", then no. You need to use "wo" in this sentence because "wo" goes with the verb. There are some grammar where you can use "ga", but not in this type of plain sentence. Ga is mostly used as the english "is, are" - and is mostly placed after the subject. In the above sentence,  "anata" is the subject, not "hanashimasuka"

[isat214]

hai, eigo o hanashimasu.

nihongo o chotto wakarimasu (???).

[ryuzakilawlight]

matane,arigatoo!!!

[SilverGunZoO]

I thought you say, 英語わかりますか(eigo wakarimasu ka)

あなたは英語おはなしますか is formal O_o

[Samuhel25mb]

ａａｈ，　ｙｏｕ　ａｒｅ　ｓｏ　ｎｉｃｅ

：Ｄ

[Hardygal91]

thank u