Japanese for Morons-12: Japanese SKIN!

[christopheclugston]

Thta's a stress difference. English is a stress timed langaue adn Japanese is mora--so any mora language or syllable timed English L 1 speakers destroy

[xNikkaX3]

It's easier for me to pronounce Japanese than English... and I'm American.

I have a slight speech impediment and for me, English is too sharp and odd.

Japanese feels nicer, my whole mouth feels relaxed. I don't feel like I'm forcing myself to say the words.

My friend from Finland also has a similar problem. He doesn't pronounce his Finnish right, but he speaks better in English.

[HIHNickel]

I swear by watching anime you get that stuff easier.

:)

[shosho10199]

always goog to learn a few words

[Krunkcleanup]

i thought that you weren't supposed to use "da" after an adjective for the impolite form but you said "hada kirei da ne". am i wrong?

[cking5100]

I like your videos very much! i am currently studying Japanese in college as a beginner. I took it in high school but that was 3 years ago, so I'm starting over again, but its nice to watch your videos and pick out words that i once knew. its really nice to get conformation on words that i learned before and know that my teacher wasn't wrong on some points. So thank you so much for your videos, they are VERY helpful. and very entertaining, in a good way.

[MewesK]

I got it.

[SmilingMaram]

thank you very much ^^

[xxdeathkillazxx]

i memorize every single sentence u mention in ur videos! ^-^ (except the kanji, i do those seperately XD) arent you proud of me??!?!

I dont think any of your videos are too hard, i try as hard as i can ^-^

I just started watching so im 32 i pause from time to time to study more..

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@xxdeathkillazxx

Good job! Keep at it!

[samanjm]

I've been wondering...

お肌が奇麗ですね。

お肌は奇麗ですね。

Which of them sounds more natural? I understand the difference between が and は-so don't bother explaining that, please- I just thought, is there a need for "ga"? Isn't it TOO specific? The difference is slight and not important, so I probably sound like some stuck-up egghead-and we already agreed I'm a moron. :D

So, here comes moronic question for this channel-が and は? Why or why not? What do you think? Would she feel the difference? :D

[nielswolfgang]

What's the difference between "ga" and "wa" ? Befor you were using "wa" to indicate the subject. but now you're using "ga".

[nielswolfgang]

Yeah i got the pronunciation down (watching as much anime in jaoanese as i do helps :P) i just need to remeber the words and sentence structure.

[kmah88]

little tip for viewers ~ na-ADJ's that end in EI are easier to remember as na's when you think of the i as the long e instead of i by itself. (does that make sense?) because it's technically kirEE but written as kirEI. same with yumei (famous).... that's how i remembered it anyway

[Sp3ctre18]

@kmah88 yes, that's how I do it too.

[superbe4tt]

i got it :D

favorite, 5 stars, and u are awesome! :D

You are helping me alot!

Thanks for all the effort! :D

[Jessebadesha]

I got it!

FIve stars!

[Frenzy786]

im loving this

[barrettsalive]

wow. i thought i would start to learn some japanese today... i even got a pen and paper to write everything down. I just looked at the clock and its now 4 am. OMG what is my life?! thanks for the lessons though (i'm really a moron)

[SvartaClothsLover]

I got it.

Lol. I'm meeting a japanese ping pong playah on friday!!!!!!!!

He's in 16th place in Japan. And he's only 25"!!

[videodlrvm2]

Hello!!! I AM A MORON please teache me some more,

Finally someone that I can understand,,,,,Thank's, Hope you do not mind if I download all your videos

asombroso, Awesome in spanish, by the way We are learning in Mexico so I try to translate all to spanish GANGBATE  Arigatou

[giugnhgbvinierngvb89]

I GOT IT

[Hobbesuki]

I got it.

[TheGaimer]

i got it

[jharsika]

i get it!

[semting]

i like your videos

thank a lot!

[iPlayah]

LIKE I SAID BEFORE your really helpful man good job arigato gozaimasu

[Gimmeaflakeman]

Keep the comments coming!

[edtomorrow]

@Gimmeaflakeman How would you say "that shirt fit you tight like hada"?

[Bakandaa]

I wish I knew someone called banana... :(

[creepyk1d]

kirei na hada desu nee!

[lunaluna2]

There is a woman writer her name is Banana Yoshimoto よしもと ばなな, that's her pen name her real name is 吉本 真秀子, and she has written つぐみ　title translated in English Goodbye Tsugumi. I quess there is a girl named banana after all lol!!!

ご苦労様でした (●^ω^●)

[shalashaskalives]

great vid victor, thanks. this skin business is a little odd though.

[nephewchan]

y didnt u shave on the thher side??

[nwdrrn]

Hey loves the vids! Im heading out (finally) to Japan soon and was wondering how you would say Aromatherapy/ reflexology in Japanese @.@ (yer i know!). Otherwise I wouldn't know how to describe my Job/Course.Thanks

[MJSAJAT]

my bros wifes name is tomoko lol

[jigenbakuda]

I think its important, but I think in one of these lessons you should cover how strong a ending da is by itself. I used to put in my videos on nico, "boku wa amerrikanjin da", and they all used to laugh at me. But I didn't realize until much later how strong that made that statement, and how you need ne, na, or yo at the end to soften it. Like kirei hitomi dane, kawaii posu dana~, hazukashii mono dayo. I think it will really help those working with casual japanese.

[Hikosaemon]

Mate - the intonation thing is actually huge. In English intonation doesn't really make a difference in meaning so we really don't have the ability to hear it as well - it is the big advantage Asian students of Japanese have over English speakers in particular. The way I was taught in school was "Kawa" is dead skin, "Hada" is live skin - kawa is what happens when you get sunburned and peel. I haven't been following vids much lately, but I'll check more of this series out after this.

Peace

[Auron710]

ur vids are awesome! thanks so much!

[Ido013]

LoL you gave the same example as my teacher, he also mentionned 大きい. Aren't most of the times that you'll use な to link an adjective to the noun because the adjective is actually a noun itself?　We passed over that part way too quickly in class XD

[LangIsAnArt]

well i have never heard that the adjective is a noun itself, but yes that is right, in a sense, but you wouldn't use it with 大きい because it isn't a na-adjective. it is an i-adjective. Sorry to answer the question, victor! just thought I would make it easier on you so you will keep these up! I missed your lessons!

[skitplace]

this lession was too hard! I want only one word a day! :C btw I accually saves all the notes in a notepad document!

[creager07]

thanks for the name pronunciation tip!

[BokunoTakashi]

DUDE U RULE i just found ou about you Caus im taking Japanese lessons and my friend mentioned you and how ur a GREAT HELP!! ^^ and they werent lien..buttt i gotta start ALL over from video 1 of ur Playlit and its gonna take forever...SO so wish me Luck...(Ganbata)..Right??wish u luck..im such i Moron...HOPEFULLY THIS VIDS will help with that tho Yea U RULE

[sugoiakl]

i guess i dont really help then because i usually watch these a few days after posted but i will still fav and rate!(if i can ever remember)

[Chick6517]

Loved this video! I like the way it was well put together. It wasn't just slob put on the site. Good Job! Good video!  =D

[creepyk1d]

nice lesson

[yumosis]

love these movies.

[LobeSmoke]

hahaha..Vic you make me laugh

Ross Perot,yes we can!

[Sc0tyG]

Ross Perot would save the economy!

I got it!

I'm interested in the language for fun! Japanese cusswords please! hehe!

[apu000]

I favorite always xP, what about 素肌ピチピチ? its a common phrase?

[draggt03]

watashi no hada o arai desu yo! :'(

[Ch1ka]

Ok! I did my practising in the mirror! XD

but im a girl... hmm... boys dont usually have good skin o.O but YOU do!

great vid dude, keep em coming

[imnot1000sure]

いいビエオですよ

[Gimmeaflakeman]

almost

いいビデオです。

or

ナイスビデオです。

[Firepixy]

goo vid quality by the way *gives thums up*

[dragonballzgtgohan]

thx victor i actually like ure over 5 minute vids. more information in one day :D

[AWannabeProgrammer]

Awesomes video! Not so sure about the Perot....but I will definitely be useing these lines ;)

[N0CT1S22]

you should be a japanese teacher.

[ThePeacefulCat]

Oh man am I suffering from yellow fever.. I don' think that it will ever go..!! It's getting worse and worse..!! I have 2 chinese girls and 1 Korean girl right now.. I am addicted my friend..!!

Shalom..

-P-Cat

[Brianswers]

How do you say macdonalds in japanese? I remember it was very long.

[kageromaru]

Mekdona-do

メクドナード

Not that long tbh.

[Brianswers]

Ah, thanks. I thought there was more to it when I heard it. :)

I thought it was every constanant in the english word had a vowel after it, like macadoaladasa - something liek that. Plainly I remembered wrong :)

[kageromaru]

Oh, also, for your ultimate pleasure...

"makku" :D as in, the "Mc" part of it.

[cleanstar]

Vote for Lord Xenu.

[Strifezilla]

Victor is "to omoimasu" i think?

[Gimmeaflakeman]

Yes.

[acromel]

Perot? Has the novelty of Obama worn off already ;o)

[ElevenColors]

宇宙人から浣腸サービスを受けました！

He received an enema from aliens!

Anyone know the Japanese for "anal probe"?

[Gimmeaflakeman]

肛門プローブ？

[ElevenColors]

肛門ゾンデ I'll bet it is.

ゾンデ turned up in an E->J directionary, and it just smells German (Sonde is German for probe) like many older science-related katakana words.

[tomacalin86]

hai, wakatta. arigatou

[bulletproofKevlar]

there enjoyable though hits you are the man gimmieaflakeman lol

[watcher8o]

Here's a moronic question:

When is it appropriate to use the -chan suffix for a girl/woman/chick/female... mostly a chick, though

(￣ｰ￣)

[Gimmeaflakeman]

Only very casually to people your level or younger on the totem pole of life.

[DAZGuy211]

Wakarimashita

[coralbluedragon]

cercl

[ltlocus]

yUki... got it!

[EvangelionUnit03]

i know how to pronounce japanese names :)

[chad5161]

WOAH HO HO THERE!!! so fluent!

[EvangelionUnit03]

you gave me the thumbs down ? why ? becouse i know how to pronounce the jap names ?

i know how to pronounce them becouse of the anime's i watch xP

[chad5161]

i didn't give you the thumbs down..

[shyshy503]

thx now i cant tell my teacher what i did over spring lol thx GBM