Learn Japanese Lesson 1: Greetings! Subtokyo Ep.012

[notamasochist]

Wow, im gonna subscribe because this was actually pretty good.

[XxFearlessFreakzXx]

Thank you so much, this helps a lot :) It was a really good and helped me with the basics! :)

[MrRubberDuckClan]

Man being brought up in canada for the past 17 years this is gone be hard :/

[insaneBeyondBirthday]

>:) and I can buy that Japanese game that hasnt came out anywhere else that I really one :D Thank you

[amelie1416]

OMG u make it so easy u and just got yourself a new subscriber ;)

[ixapyc]

Cool! Help with my as of yet non-existent Japanese is at hand. And very well presented, too. Thanks!

[TheSast]

You say 'thank you' in Japanese very slow you can say it like, Doi-dash-mash-te!

[BlackHeavenSymphony]

@TheSast I can say it pretty fast but that's just me. But yeah you hit nail on the head. And to write it in Hiragana it's どういたまして。

[makedaevilmage]

Would love to know how to say ''Thank you very much'' :)

[Subtokyo]

@makedaevilmage Thank you very much would be "Domo Arigatou Gozaimasu"

[MrRubberDuckClan]

@Subtokyo i gota learn japanese in 6 months u think it's possible i know NUTHING im goin to japanese drift meets in 6 months so i wana atleast learn abit

[TulsaIzMiiHood]

lol i help my mom remember oyasuminasai by saying : oh yah sue me nah! sigh* .....xD but yeah , but atleast she remembers

[Subtokyo]

@TulsaIzMiiHood hey, that works! lol

[TheDylanDynomite]

Vid starts 1:30

[Rukia392]

Oyahsumi=o ya sue me hehe thats what it spunds like

[Subtokyo]

@Rukia392 lol thats how its pronounced! :D

[Rukia392]

@Subtokyo Seriously if you say oyahsumi slowly it sounds like oh yeah sue me!! X-D

[zero9112]

I know Spanish and some Italian so when you use the romaji spelling is quite easy for me properly pronounce it in Latin. Thanks.

[Subtokyo]

@zero9112 great! thanks for watching!!

[crazykarateman94]

Hey man, that was awesome! Probably one of the best video's of how to speak Japanese! I will definitely keep watching and practicing. Arigatou!

[beybladestar]

For both good morning & good evening, there's a Kanji for it. There isn't a Kanji for good afternoon/hello

Good morning

ひらがな-おはよう

漢字-お早う

Good evening

ひらがな-こんばんは

漢字-今晩は

[Clarissaybadgirl]

thanks for the lesson :) . i pretty enjoyed it .. keep it up young man :D

[Subtokyo]

@Clarissaybadgirl thanks! :D please keep watching!

[masterbeefxD]

pokemon white! :o



[Subtokyo]

@masterbeefxD if you mean the game box behind me, that's actually pokemon Black XD

[Michael5476]

Thanks for the very handy guide on how to pronounce it accurately =) And I finally learned how to say "you're welcome" in Japanese, besides Domo. Thanks Alex!

[anthritVlog]

This is going to be fun.

[cylonj7337]

Thanks for your recommendation Alex! I went ahead and purchased the book that you mentioned " let's learn hiragana." I believe it will help me learn the basics and have fun understanding the language. I would like to go off the subject and comment on your recent video about the giant gundam in Shizuoka. When I first saw that statue in the video, I was amazed and" blown away" by the craftsmanship that went into building it. Once again " arigatou gozaimasu,"and god bless Japan: )

[cylonj7337]

" Thanks for the lesson, your tutorial is very well laid out and easy to understand."

I would like to go more in depth on the Japanese language and also want learn the characters. Any suggestions on where to find a good learning material without spending a fortune?

[Subtokyo]

@cylonj7337 thank you! Umm I'm sure you can find plenty of free material online to start learning Japanese, if you want something more organized you can probably pick up some handy books to begin learning Japanese characters. I forgot to mention this, but I've written a basic Japanese learning comic book type book with another person, it goes over the basics. You can get the book at my website, under the print comics section. its called "lets learn hiragana" :)

[RurouniHeero]

Hey Alex, just wanted to know, usually when I'm in Japan, I hear young folks or people who know each other more use "ohayou" only, but isn't it more polite or common to say "おはようございます。"? (ohayou gozaimasu) Since "ohayou" would be more like "Mornin!" and the later would be "Good morning". I'm still learning the basics so I might be wrong! じゃあ!

[Subtokyo]

@RurouniHeero no, you're absolutely right. "おはようございます" (ohayou gozaimasu) is a polite or more formal manner of saying good morning. I'll probably do a segment on formal speech and greetings, With stuff like Ohayou Gozaimasu, Arigatou Gozaimasu, Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu, and that type of stuff :D

[RurouniHeero]

ありがとう!! 気をつけて。じゃあ、またね。

[goshinbi44]

I think a lesson on how to order things in a restaurant would be nice, and since this channel covers subculture, vocabulary and information about maid other themed cafes would be interesting.

[Subtokyo]

@goshinbi44 Thanks for the suggestions, these are definitely good things to cover :D

[Oty3d]

It is always good to practice the basics.

With college keeping me busy I have to review a lot.

[EuricaeriS]

Nice video :) While it doesn't really apply to this video, for other phrases it would be nice to hear you say them in a full sentence, just so we can hear how you say them when spoken faster :P

[Subtokyo]

@EuricaeriS yes of course, I'll get into that slow and steady. I'll be showing you guys simple sentence structure and layout so you can make your own fun custom sentences :) and I'll do more demonstrations of me speaking at normal speed then! Thanks for always watching XD

[Jaerad333]

In the lower left, is that a fullmetal alchemist poster?

[Subtokyo]

@Jaerad333 That black FMA book is the first "art of Fullmetal Alchemist" book, great artbook, available in the US (which is where I got it) The little box on top of my PSP box is a box that had a Edward Keychain in it.