Ayaka's Surprise English Lesson: Ishikawa Rika ( 2001-04-04)

[Hautamekki]

i dont get it, i thought japan has one of the best schoolsystems in the world and everybody learns english.....so whats with these girls?? i mean this is basic stuff

[euphoriaforever]

@Hautamekki most japanese don't get actual practice speaking. most of their learning is writing/reading. it also doesn't help that their 'most' of the english teachers are native japanese.

[princejmye]

sweet, i think she knows english maybe this is just a comedy show?

[hafiz18]

when she said downtown i was thinking matsumoto and hamada:)

[TheSonicComet]

that is soooooo adorable!!!! x3333

[JTeamjesters]

I know this is a comedy show and all but if Charmy did have to ask that question in english outside of Japan, I wonder if she'll be able to understand the answer ppl will give her XD

[carollil]

This is definitely a hard way to learn english... they probably dont even know what each word means.. having to memorize the whole line like that is definitely very Hard.

[vdFritz]

it's just a comedy program... of course they won't learn anything from that, it's just funny heh

[LouiseLuvsPandas]

you have a point.

but learning individual, then placing together is sometimes difficult too.

you have to learn it both ways ^^

and for phrases , its easier to learn it this way :)

[RocketRodder]

She has a great "japanese accent" in her "japanese english"... even though she's from America (hawaii) not Japan.. (I'm talking Ayaka.)

That's kinda cool!

[Noliving]

ayaka was born in japan and then moved to hawaii when she was 12.

[flippedoutandabout]

What's the fastest way to get to downtown?

[Tampanda]

Or even shorter would be, "What's the fastest way to get downtown?"

[flippedoutandabout]

This phrase would be fine a a colloquial situation. Generally you would need to insert "to" after "get" to complete the prepositional phrase, therefore making it grammatically correct.

[windscar2418]

her english isnt that bad

its not perfect but its REALLY good

i mean nobody can get english[as second language] 100% anyways lol

[pintatura]

Oh, i don't know about that. I know a lot of bilingual people and they're pretty fluent. Most have better grammar than many Americans themselves even.

[Lutanamo]

Yep, but you have to be in constant contact in the other language to remain fluent in it, because otherwise you might forget words, or perhaps the correct spelling of some rarely-used ones. I am bilingual myself, but I have still problems with some words sometimes.. the vocabulary will probably never be as big in english for me, because I don't live in english-speaking country. Now trying to learn japanese.. that's kinda difficult, I must say. Nihongo ga sukoshi wakarimas..

[klarch]

LMAO @ :30

[jtlangel]

the host's English pronounciation is pretty good

[PerseusHADES]

Well, she's from Hawaii. lol.

[lolpartytyme]

CHarmy sounded scared when Ayaka was screaming XD

[articquad]

"To go to downtown" is technically right, but it just sounds really improper.

[310BPM]

@articquad

"What's the fastest way to get downtown?" is actually correct.

:)

[BearGirl26]

LOL "Can I go to the toilet now?" XD

[theshredda]

they're all gramatically correct so no worries :D

[crisisstar]

I would say "Whats the fastest way to downtown?"

[Cestlavenus]

And I would say "what's the fastest way downtown?" So maybe its a regional thing. :P

[amylay]

shoudln't it be "What's the fastest way to go downtown?" instead of saying "to" after "go. Thanks for uploading