Japanese Conversation: Sachiko and James

[Renstalker]

I found this video really useful :) It covers everything that we are learning in class, and a bit more. Thanks for uploading ^^

[steve884]

Talking about weather in japanese

[mydlands]

This was painful. Why is everything repeated twice? It's so unnatural. If it's supposed to help us learn, it's not doing a very effective job.

[steve884]

Thanks for the upload :)

[thebboyheartbreaker]

omg... the man's pronunciation... You need to make your vowels smoother.

[poohxbear5]

As soon as he started speaking Japanese I could totally hear the Australian accent, and this is coming from an America.. funny I studied abroad in Japan and I'm planing on studying abroad in Perth

[giugnhgbvinierngvb89]

his japanese is shit but great video

[fusedpower]

Dude you really really really need to work on your pronunciation LOL

[ChristX1337]

The video was fine. Thank you.

[turnthegasoff]

When she is ment to say she is studying English she doesn't. I want to know what she says. It sounds like "eihou to ato sukoshi hokano gogaku o benkyou shite imasu"

But I have no idea what that means.

Is it like; "studying English and afterwards a little bit of another language"?

[qazwsxedc36]

(continued from previous comment) conversation so that I can listen to during the day at my summer job on an mp3 player. Just wondering if you know of anything and can point me in the right direction, thank you.

[qazwsxedc36]

Hi, I am trying to learn Japanese too and have found this video helpful (expecially for learning general phrases). However I am looking for maybe a more advance and maybe even a semi-proffessional conversation 'tutorial' clip and I was wondering if you know of something suitable. I have jsut finished learning 5 years of Japanese at high school in Christchurch, New Zealand. I would like to know if there audio clips available on the internet somewhere of a reasonably advanced tutorial

[jimmyjamesmcgregor]

@qazwsxedc36 Try JapanesePod101, they have some good stuff, and you can sign up at your appropriate level. japanesepod101 . com JapanesePod also post on YouTube: watch ? v = MYiEcPEZS2U

Good luck!

[qazwsxedc36]

@jimmyjamesmcgregor Thanks very much for taking the time to let me know of that site, it looks perfect, thanks.

[mowgli123456789]

you are forcing your speaking waaay to soon. you need to listen arges before you can speak naturally. otherwise your brain has nothing to copy (which is all language learning is!) it has no frame of reference.

trying to speak to soon is the reason why people get stuck in bad habbits.. even after they become fluent they are still left with a really thick accent.

try just listening and absorbing first.....

[allyally002]

wtf?0.o

[UzumakiMatrix]

I personally think you did an exellent job.

Unfortunetly people always like to critique without understanding the hardwork put into the video.

Like making the conversation, having the text and over all appreciating the effort put into making such a video.

I for one appreciate the effort put in the video and I wish I could have said it to you earlier in time.

Bideo o misete kurete arigatou gozaimasu. Boku ha Nihongo no benkyou o ganbarimasu kara James mo ganbatte ne!

[mowgli123456789]

@UzumakiMatrix

i think people are criticising because he doesnt even seam to be making an effort to pronounce things properly. This is usually because adults are too proud to 'sound silly' by copying the way japanese people actually speak. it really doesnt take long to learn how to pronounce the japanese 'R' at all....it just sounds funny, and people dont wanna be embarrased, but that still shouldnt stop you.

[manyeyeshere]

Omg. Why is the Japanese women not even pronoucning things properly?

Oh god, death is coming soon.

[keepdoing]

I don't like the typical English pronunciation of that guy.

[SilverGunZoO]

bald guy, why you guys call it so haha, why not "cool shave head" haha

anyway weird conversation very unnatural,

more like

un

[sectoiddreamer]

It's interesting, she said desU, not des'

[SilverGunZoO]

aa it's more formal

[kovenilluminati]

Difference between kansai and kyoto japanese

[paexou]

Ichi kekon desu ka ? Karera wa tomodachi

desu ka?  Nimo kakawarazu, karera no kyoju

yoi desu. Ganbatte kudasai ! Dozo yoroshiku.

[mapleleafmenace]

Excellent - I appreciate the hiragana and the corresponding english translation. Especially that the english words are in the japanese order. It makes what is being taught much, much clearer than most other videos out there.

James, you could look a little more enthused to be doing it though! :-p

[melkor65]

idiot translate!

[boston1977boston]

excellent. these are just the types of conversations you'll have in Japanese as a beginner. this is great.

[SleepsChannel]

Haha look at her face she was hurting tryin to keep it simple for that blad guy lol, I cried for her.

[markguinto08]

ahahaha... the woman who are talking like she is not a native japanese!

[hnathasingh]

Sooo funny- more for comic value.

He's REALLY bad- but she's quite bad too since she's native! Completely unnatural conversation

[luishomeroremohsiul]

the bald guy's ponounciation is A.S.S.

[PurpleTune]

Yeah.

[BenScooter1]

9000th view!!!!

[gavernj2]

they look absolutely f'ing thrilled to be making this video lol

[Suzumaya1]

Is she from Osaka?? She has a accent..

[inukillerbr]

no u are wrong, its like a slang... some japanese say dess

[inukillerbr]

is she from osaka?

[rookie66]

LMAOOOOO

[MusicalYoshi]

This... doesn't... seem... right.

[CMcoperation]

its so obvious they r reading from the script...

good anyway for an australian english teacher

[CMcoperation]

it seems like the japanese can't speak well either... or should i say can't read well

[VeryFastKid]

:( they look so sad, please cheer up :)

[JinKazama92]

LMAO

[Allornon]

man he sucks... hes probably reading of the screen and hasnt studied at all

[Polarsuku]

THIS IS HILLARIOUS

that guy sucks

[Zonafia]

are there any japanese pitch pronunciation rules? i can't find them in any book i read. this got me afraid my pitch is all messed up =(

[jupitertronic]

Not really. There are on some words, like hana can mean "flower" or "nose," and I forget which is which off-hand. But for the most part, no, there aren't pitch rules, which is why it's easier for English speakers than something like Mandarin. :)

[nijiro1987]

ジェムズさんの話方ひどい打世ねえ！まったく！こんな外人！

[nijiro1987]

だよ＊

[andoruJapan]

This guys pronunciation is is really quite painful to listen to. His stress is way off the mark - it lies on the wrong syllable in just about every word.

By the way, pumaneerd, it is pronounced 'dess' not 'desu' except when the speaker is being formal - such as you might hear it spoken by a shop assistant. The standard pronunciation is to leave the 'u' silent, likewise with the '-masu' verb conjugation.

[mateletparsley]

bloody hilarious!!!

his pronounciation is awwful!

[omareduardo13]

i don't think people should try to learn from him. hehe.

his pronunciation is off....

also... the subtitles aren't quite right in some cases...

and something that should be stressed is that the use of 'あなた' or 'anata' to refer to the other person is not a common practice, especially among people who don't have a good relationship...

but i guess people can learn something from this.

[Antdog5]

when James says anatawa it sounds french lMAO

[Kodenraad]

James' Japanese is quite wretched...

[SumireIsrafel]

His pronouncitaition of どちら (dochira) and から (kara) is quite alarming I must say. Made me wince a bit...

[refuel829]

a lot of people on here are but heads respect to you, kara is from kimashita is came. came from =) I like that girls laugh.

[ElfoLuriel]

mmm...you should practice your pronunciation...your accent is too strong...

[ASL8306]

well atleast they had the guts to go on camera and put it up on here for people to see. props to that.

がんばってね！

[bendstraw7]

whoa........ so many grammar, pronunciation, and word use errors.

[Callum027]

Not bad, especially for a beginner. I noticed some problems in your pronounciation, but hopefully you've patched that up now. And wow...the native's pronounciation is bad aswell..."Dess" not "Desuu". 頑張って下さい！！！:)

[PumaNeerd]

It's pronounced "DESU" NOT "DESS" !!

"DESS" is often used by younger japanese people... =)

[rekluse23]

"the native's pronunciation is bad as well"??? are you serious?? pronouncing the u is fine, though it sounds a little feminine...?

[armen1987]

Hihi.. Very cool video. :)

Want to see more of this.

[x1337magex]

wow, this is CREEPY and AKWARD!!  also, dude, your pronunciation sucks!! lol

[jimmyjamesmcgregor]

Yeah, yeah, I know it's not a great video, but we tried. I'll try to make a better one next time.

[x1337magex]

hey thanks, im not trying to be mean, im just playing around ^_^ thanks for the effort, though!  many ppl don't even have that...

[TheNalu7]

@x1337magex ikr! The guy's pronunciation sucks balls

[sepultura140]

genki desu domo arigatou anata wa ? watashi no namae wa mohammed desu . arujeria karakimashita . damn but im living algeria . hahaha mais je vis en algerie c est pas possible

[bendstraw7]

Do you know what you said? roughly, it says :Are you thank you very much? (the word meaning you is in the wrong place too) My name is also mohammed. (i'm sorry i have no idea what Arujeria karakimashita means, I am new to japanese, but i have a very good grasp of grammar.)

[rekluse23]

actually, saying "anata wa" is fine. あなたは？ "and you?" is perfectly good japanese. coming out of nowhere and saying 「元気です。どうもありがとう。」is a little out of place though. i'm guessing arujeria is the romanized version of algeria in japanese. so arujeria kara kimashita->アルジェリアから来ました->i'm from algeria. not to be rude, but if you couldn't figure that out you probably shouldn't be correcting him!

[amadeus2490]

The problem with this video is that the mic is too far away, and the words are a bit slurred. Try to get a little less background noise and speak the words a little louder and clearer. Great job otherwise.

[jimmyjamesmcgregor]

Yes, this video has many problems, but it was the best I could do on the day. ThankU for your suggestions, and I will try to improve in future. Kind regards, James

[kemushichan]

:D GANBATTE!! AND DON"T FORGET TO SMILE! ;) put some OOMPH in it!

[youngz555]

すげーつまらなかったよね！耳が痛いぐらい彼の発音が苦手だ！

[ophartbeard]

お前のほうが"苦手"Where do you come from? You're not Japanese, that's for sure. Just because you know a few words, doesn't give you the right to bag people. You suck!

[KinhJay50]

There was some useful info in here, but o namae wa nan desu ka? means what is your name!

[awasa72049]

No. No. No. CAR-AH is not から. He's better off saying Kahlah. I bet he's not even fluent.

[bagelfanatic]

Yeah your accent hurts my ears.

[mykalsea]

yes japanese is very difficult & not everyone can learn it, there are many people that have lived in japan for YEARS & cannot speak a word.Its something you really have to take time & study to know.dakara jimmy ganbatte benkyouして　ください

[mykalsea]

quit hating on james his japanese is perfect for a man starting in his mid fortys,you try learning a new language when your 40 also.

[jimmyjamesmcgregor]

Thank you mykalsea! But oh no, do I look mid-forties? Maybe it's the beard? (btw, I'm 39.) Yes, I am trying hard to learn a new language and Japanese is difficult for me, so arigatou gozaimasu for your understanding :-)

Are you learning Japanese?

[TruthSeek]

I'd highly advise watching some Japanese drama shows, or if you're into any sort of anime. I don't know what all you know about the "genre", but there's a great variety of themes. I would personally recommend Monster (TV), Death Note, and Ergo Proxy, as I'm into psychological shows, though any sort of Japanese media is good. (Songs can confuse the hell out of you though.)

[greentfox]

ano, kore wa...omoshirokunai. we need something more inriching, and James needs to work on his accent

[koowie]

and you need to work on your English spelling. Go cry somewhere else.