Frank and the Obaasan - Learn Japanese with an Alien

[xAyaLollikies]

I can imagine seeing an alien like Frank C:

[ricksvidsinc]

i thought obaachan ment grandmother?

[SuperDrolli]

Thank you for this cool video!

I love it. :)

[1nfuzion]

Haha this is incredibly helpful for beginners, but I already know all of this XD

[Kiralover2]

waw this is very awesome thanks alot ^_^

[brokenbloodedwings]

the old lady says watashi wa obaasan desu, thats wrong, coz in japan, u should be very polite and putting san after ur own name is considered disrespectful to the person ur speaking with, coz being polite and humble is very important in japan =)

btw this is so funny! they should make a part 2 for it

[thejapanshop]

"obaasan" means "old lady" so she is saying, "I am Old Lady." But you are right--you should never add "san" to your name.

[brokenbloodedwings]

lol, k thx i didnt kno

[TurnerXI]

it depends, obaa is not a name so and has no meaning with just obaa, obaasan means grandmother.

[MsMRA33]

obaaaaaaaaaaaaachan......watas­hiwa Rose desu...hihihi!

[GothicLolita4Ever]

Make more of these vids! there great!

[RATIONALRDZ]

Dai-jyo-bu　means　big tall strong man.

Dai means Big. jyou is a unit of length.

bu is a man.

He is daijyoubu ( He is big robust strong man).

This word is changed " are you OK ?".

[Ashitanoyuki]

true, but the meaning of dajyobu usually means things r going alright..

[RATIONALRDZ]

mmm, sorry, I think daijyoubu doesn't mean "things are going well, alright ". "jyun chou desu(ka?)" or "umaku itte imasu(ka?)" are suitable for it. Daijyoubu has one meaning "OK" in now Japan. but this is fom my personal feeling. if i made mistake, sorry...

[Shaprika]

Nono, you're wrong. Daijobu means exactly what it says in the video. Seperately, those words mean different things, kind of like "together". If you split it up, "to" involves doing something (going somewhere), "get" is to receive, and "her" is a direct annotation for a woman. No offence, but learn some Japanese before accusing such an awesome video, which makes total sense and helps folks learn some of the basics. 5/5 stars.

[makemehungreii]

kore wa topikku o suteki da yo.....

[ooScribbles]

Fu-dan-ku-dess LMAO!!

[teemu828]

This is good for begginners :) jaa,mata ne!

[spiritualseeker02]

watashi wa erika desu

[yunafantasy25]

Omoshiroii desu, Arigatou Gozaimasu!!!! It is very helpful :)

[munirss]

When the video started I was.."What the heck!? A star Wars movie??" Lol btw this is really atracking me to HEAR MORE! Domo arigatou gozaimasu!

[Cinderalex]

Hmm.. I would saay.. Option 1!

Jokes aside.. xD

Thanx! Fun way to learn japanese xD

[samsimillian]

great, thank you.

[fluxwave123]

What a way to teach things XD...

NICE....

[msdali10]

oh snap that guy just sound like grandma.

[shootthebucket]

was helpful but i could not stand it felt so wierd watching this

[Mizheartz]

Domo arigatou^^

[isucz]

Sugoi!Arigatou!

[kylethebarbarian]

isnt coon a racial slur?

[kyuubisgirl3232]

it's spelled "kun" but their "u" sounds like "oo"

[kylethebarbarian]

I know.

The point about when u is attached certain constatnants, that it becmes silent or just starts sounding like a normal Englisg u is what I was pointing out. Kun = cunt - t, more or less.

[horriehomepage]

Kun = cunt - t ???

That would mean the 'u' in Japanese sounds like the 'u' in 'tub' or 'cub,' which it doesn't. I wish they could pronounce that. It'd make my job a lot easier haha. 'u' doesn't precisely like 'oo' either, the narrator is not a native speaker so when he said 君 (kun) the pronunciation was Americanized. The omission of the 'u' sound altogether which you referred to depends on the next sound. The 'u' in 好き (suki) is typically dropped, however the 'u' in 国 (kuni) is not.

[animekeeper101]

any 1 know what the song os call at the beginning?

[AyAyMari]

This is hilarious and vey helpful I might add. It's a good rest from reading Japanese learning books, plus it's fun to watch. Thank you for this.

[Jinkoundo]

very helpful, thank u

[RogueJediX]

"And so the saga begans"?

[Madman2192]

I have a question lol its about the music at the begining what is it? =P arigato.

[beebear84]

do you have the continuation of frank's story?

[Xgloomshadow]

it was franks 1st time too see a real live alien so he faints? 2:09 - 2:15

i thought frank WAS the alien

[thejapanshop]

It is a matter of... perspective.

[TheP1x3l]

KAWAII

I wanna crash land in Japan....

[geijutsu757]

that's cute and helps a lot.

[Xgloomshadow]

OPTION 1 FTW

[Avionicgenius]

It's bloody entertaining. Thats why it's easy to learn

[thejapanshop]

Thanks!!

[Sakurablossom123]

O_O Wow. . .I feel so proud of myself ^.^ I could understand all of that WITHOUT even looking at the subs!!!!

[Vakian]

me too lol

[Sakurablossom123]

Yay!! High five? -holds hand up-

[skoolsuxbigtime]

lol same here (purposely put my hand over the screen#)

[Sakurablossom123]

Lol you deserve a high five too lol ^.^ -put's my hand on screen to make a high five- xD

[AngelIchigoMelody]

And Me!

-puts hand on screen-

[Sakurablossom123]

xD Lol yes you too!!

[2DNoodleRusselmurdoc]

_puts hand on screen and almost topples computer-

errr oh crap

[KairiRocks124]

Whoa. O_O I could understand some of this!

-spazzaojdsa- Whoot! XD

[PolakitaNY]

Finally something helpful!

[Deathcoptertrick]

haha frank cant be much of an itergalactic spy if he's never seen a real live alien! great vid btw as always... they all REALLY help, i've subbed :)

[yuionanodesuyo]

aaah i only know romaji.. but how do you write "daijobu" in romaji? is that okay? :]

[thejapanshop]

だいじょうぶ dai jou bu

Don't forget the う u after じょ jo.

[yuionanodesuyo]

oh thanks!! so its like "ò"?

thanks a lot i wanted to know how to spekk that

[Sakurablossom123]

Um I know you probably get this alot but how do you change your setting so you can actually see the japanese writings? If you can answer that would be a big help!

[talentsing1]

Wow! this is so helpful I could understand them without the subtitles! btw i love your website thejapanesepage

[katkittykittykitkat]

ありがと！

[aachelabelaaron]

japanese rulles!!!

[blac1606]

very helpful..simple to understand

thanks

[dresden]

now THIS is the right way to teach japanese. If tells you all the parts of the sentence.

[missedgarallenpoe]

LOL ^_^ funny and educational!

[thejapanshop]

Thanks!

[InuAva]

oo love it!! ^^ Frank-san, gomen...ur not used to 'aliens'...lol

[kurtderfer4]

what does "obaasan" translate to?

[12081985]

grandma

[007isbond1]

hai, soodesu

[steel425]

haha,good,all ur videos are good for me,an amateur haha.

[mycicret]

Kuoi! This is awesome! hahaha! hai genki desu! anata wa? nhhaha

[thejapanshop]

Thanks!

[mycicret]

i think that you guys may want to focus a little more on sentence structure. So then people can make their own sentences using the sentence structure =)

[thejapanshop]

Thanks.  I'll keep that in mind.

[saturasdemon]

I love it! It is the first time I hear this about "ha and wa".

Arrigato gozaimasu! Konnichiwa(ha)!

[eirelav215]

what's the diff. bet. katakana and hiragana?

[XikaIshAwesome]

Katakana is mainly used to write foreign words...I think. ^^;;

[CounterStrikeCZ]

Katakana resembles english words a lot more, like kompyuta = computer, or suimmingu = swimming =D

[slucking]

Wow, This is a cool video, I love how your teaching the basics of Japanese ^^

[thejapanshop]

Thanks!

[animelver123]

aregato^^ これは非常に有用です。

yayz for learning *so gonna get shot for saying that xD

[Ilovemengzi]

お婆さん

[Ilovemengzi]

フランクさんは細すぎました。

[Funkychunkymonkey33]

thank you soo much ive been trying to lern japanese for so long but havent been geting anynthing good keep it up

[thejapanshop]

Thanks!

[YourMomIsMeeyah]

Loved it.

Japanese doesn't seem so hard after all.

[thejapanshop]

Thanks! Everything is a journey--one step at a time.

[natsu76]

for frank obaasan was the alien and he faints wahaha.... very cool ^_^

[thejapanshop]

:) Thanks.  It was... shocking to say the least.

[thebluestofpeas]

that was very helpful, thank you!

[thejapanshop]

you're welcome! Thanks

[LadySakuraPrincess]

Eeto... Well, they didn't include "-han" :(

[tinyke3]

OMG It's on a video ! <3

How come That I didn't notice this one ?

I looooooooove Frank & The obaasan, but now it's on Youtube too :D

ZOMG YAY

-cheers-

[thejapanshop]

Thanks! I hope we will see more Frank sometime soon!

[darkcomadreja]

Frank this was awesome~!! Thank you so much~!!

[thejapanshop]

Thanks!

>>Please upload more of フランクさん　and the おばあさん

Eventually!

[HaoRhe]

'tis great!

Please upload more of フランクさん　and the おばあさん

[BishieXHunter]

Haha...love it. :D

[pixiedustanime]

this is a good way to learn^^ plz keep this up!!!

[FaWzY86]

lol, yeah, that's awesome, although it's very basic for me, I hope you continue the series. :)

[thejapanshop]

Thanks! This was my first attempt at video editing. :) There are other episodes on thejapanesepage. One day I will finish the saga...

[tinyke3]

I really like to see the video from the last episode where he is talking to sushi =D

Because that's a hard kaiwa, because of all the verbs... =)

[Hontodesu]

OMG this is so funny, love it!