Beginning Japanese-2: word order, desu, and more genki

[monepigen]

Hajimemashite! Watashi no namae wa shimoon^w^ arigatou gozaimasu (for these videos!!) I love Japan!

[hinko13]

watashi ha Jake desu! :D

[EnigmaLily]

私はリンジーです。　:)

[ElthianTri]

今日は、　僕は　ケン　です。

日本語が　ちょっと　分かります。

この　ムービは　十分　ですか？

[ElthianTri]

今日は、　僕は　ケン　です。

日本語が　ちょっと　分かります。

[loxcovInC]

I have a question... You say: ''Watashi ha Victor desu''... But can't you also say: ''Watashi no namae wa (name).'' ??? :D

ty gimmeabreakman

[TheMayusama]

どうもこんにちは! 私はサラです。

Any possible nick-names or is it too short?



[kira1a]

watashi ha kendaru (kendall) desu nya

[123japanesecom]

どうも。あたしはミランダです。　

[ekijii]

わたしはｴｷです！　( i am Eki )

Thanks for your videos, i have learned just some hiraganas and moving to katakanas....hard work but hope that goes well :)

[MrYesman41]

your videos are good!

[jenbblp]

watashi wa Jhen desu.

genki kai? 

[Ateykwa]

Konnichiwa, hajimemashite! Watashi-ha Tim desu. Genki desu! Sayonara, Victor-sensei. Otsukaresama deshita!

So... hows that for one day?  :D

[1979ThisisL]

watashi-wa Elu des. I Am L :P

thanks for these videos dude, you dominate youtube for japanese vids.

[ColdCutz007]

Watashi wa Lenny desu mushi mushi

[hty930]

Wait, didnt the "NOOO! the Naruto Way (with Guest Sensei ViktorColling)" video say that -ja nai shouldn't be used in real conversations? or does the "n" added after the verb make a difference?

[Gimmeabreakman]

@hty930

Where did he say that?

[hty930]

@Gimmeabreakman

At 0:50 he says something like "don't use these unless you're in a really casual situation", and the second example is ~n + jianai/ Jia neee...

Or was the whole video a joke, and people actually use those super negative imperatives all the time?

[tangerinek09]

thats cool and by the way, Tan-chan is a really cute nickname!! :)

Thanks for your quick response.

[tangerinek09]

watashi wa Tangela desu.

quick question...how would my name be translated in Japanese? are there any nick-names that would be good for me to use?

[Gimmeabreakman]

@tangerinek09

Your name would be TANJERA. Maybe Tan-chan would be your nickname.

[seul2soul4u]

Watashi ha Kimberly desu.

[alexkboorman]

Cercl

[worldtravel101]

watashi ha Hiolto desu... its really not that, but its about as close as they can get to hilton most the time hahaha =)

[triva]

ごめん。このビーでよはすごいですよ。ありがとうございます。

[triva]

このビーヂョすごいです。ありがとうございます。

[tristin183]

watashi is a girl right?

[Gimmeabreakman]

No, it is not a girl's Japanese. It's slightly formal. Look it up if you don't believe me, but I am sure.

[tristin183]

i do believe you. your the teacher. its jusut in animes i have heard a guy say watashi

[cookiepwnsU]

@tristin183 watashi= for females and formal for males.

boku=normal for males only.

[tristin183]

@cookiepwnsU Thanks. that's what i meant.

[serverwolf]

@cookiepwnsU atashi. atashi is female. watashi is formal.

[emelenciano]

watashi ha Edwin desu.

[Rich7714]

Brilliant, thanks for the lesson again. You're doing a fantastic job!

[Serkant75]

Hi gimmeabreakman! thanks for the post. ARe you always that lively or have you been used to talking with your whole body=) ? man just living in germany makes me more stiff than the old german natives ...

[koukku23]

good lessons. its funny speak some japanese my friends when they dont undrestand what im saying to them so i can say what ever i want to them (anata baka desu) and they are like o.O

[xellaxEXCORCISTx]

Watashi ha Ella desu!

Thanks for the lessons!! I'm taking notes, and limiting myself to videos a day!

My friend Manamei told me about this!

[lizardlegs91]

Watashi no namae wa Jon desu

genki desu yo

[avanzagirl]

私はタラです。ありがとうビタ先生。

[chickenzwings]

Watashi ha Jake desu.

[visualxjinsei]

私はケイルです。

[BellaWoolf]

From what ive learnt so far, using wa instead of ha in the same examples you gave seems fine, is that ok?

[haunted2bewanted95]

Watching all these vids again, they're very interesting... Watashi ha Aoife desu.

[Rawm3r]

my japanese friend yudai says that only crazy people say genki. lol

[Gimmeabreakman]

Huh? THAT is crazy. Genki is 100% absolute normal.

[Rawm3r]

Maybe it's and accent difference or something he lives in Osaka. I don't know lol. Oh by the way. Have you ever taught Enlish in Japan?

[Gimmeabreakman]

No, it's not an accent thing. I've lived here for over 18 years. It's just wrong.

[nttb6403]

Watashi ha Nguyen desu.

[hellrell400]

great vid very helpful

[bigggyd]

minosan konichiwa ,boku wa travis desu

[Norgegutten]

Watashi no namae wa Moruten desu ^^ onamae ha nan desu ka? 8D

[ArnoldSlate]

わたしはArnoldです。

[markshmily]

Watashi ha Mark-San desu. Hajimemashite.

[roxyravenheart]

わたしはロクシです

[burnsieboy44]

I've followed up like you told me and I'm learning SO much from you. I had a nice base for the language because I've watched a great deal of anime for the past year, but the way you explain everything just puts it all together. When I'm old enough I'll go to Japan. Hopefully within 5 years when I graduate from college haha.

[Gimmeabreakman]

Check out gimmeaflakeman. TONS of vids there.

[LostKitsuneRonin]

watashi ha Chas desu

[InstantCombat]

watashi wa burendonu des

[The1337Kevin]

Boku wa Kevin desu. Hajimemashite. Genki desu ka?

[KikyoPlay1]

5:00 did you say "you are full of vinegar". lol iino. Atashi wa Sabrina-Chan desu, hajimemashite. Honorifics are fun you make a video on them XD

[Guimaz77]

がんばって。これはおもしろいです。

[Xoffelocin]

Watashi wa Xoffy desu.

Watashi wa Nicole desu.

x3 Your lessons are very good, the most helpful I've seen on youtube so far. You explain things very good. :3

[rsilvia1999]

watashi wa silvia desu!

[lordandrei1991]

watashi ha Andrei desu

Japanese is quite similar to Romanian too. I have lots of cousins who learned Japanese because it was easy and some moved to Japan. I hope I will learn it too until I finish college

[loveaime03]

watashi wa Lily desu...=]

[SAMURAIHEARTX3]

日本語って超不思議だよな～。

俺日本人だけど自分でもそう思うし。他の言語とは全然違う文法だ­し。

トリビアだけど一説には片仮名は、イスラエルのヘブライ語だって­いう説がある。

[Bboyphobia]

watashi wa booby desu

[Kazangsta]

わたしはクリスですよ。どぞよろしく。

(i hope this was correct...only been learning hiragana for 2 weeks.)

[SAMURAIHEARTX3]

わたしはクリスですよ。どうぞよろしく。

う　uが抜けてる・・・

[Kazangsta]

so your saying i forgot the う?

[Gimmeabreakman]

Yep. Samurai is good.

[CoNkOrE]

watashi ha Konna'a desu!

[annaswhisper]

Watashi wa Anna desu. Genki Kai?

[kakashimufin]

Watashi wa Brittney desu. :)

Thanks for the lessons. :D

[crzer07]

Watashi wa Gyrese tomoushimasu. :)

[xFL1PPYx]

Watashi wa Will desu. Genki desu ka?

[Gimmeabreakman]

Very good! New series on my gimmeaflakeman channel!

[1989Lucky1989]

Hajimemashite O Genki desu ka

[TheDaZEdOne]

Watashi ha Jon Desu.

Thanks for this, it is Awesome. I'm heading to Japan in 4-5 months and I can already tell this is going to be a huge help!

[xxAlucardDracula]

Watashi ha Ashlee desu.

[0livia0live]

Watashi ha Olivia desu!

[bam61593]

Watashi wa Jesse desu

[Kickastina]

Watashi ha Kristina desu.

[killerpenguin009]

Watasi ha Dustin desu!

[ishonru]

Hello Konichiwa ETC. Y ou have helped so much with

my 3 rd new language 1 english 2 Latin 3 japan

i have been wondering could you inform me of any camps groups that go to Japan for summer, i would ask you but you know guy on youtube take me to japan kind of creepy or riskyto Parents you understand . So i was just wanting to go to Japan to learn japanese really well. Ishonru my username is miss spelled ISHON-RYU . last does rosetta stone work very well ill post this on all ur videos respond

[dogtree103]

Watashi wa Cheyenne desu!

Thanks alot for these videos! I've been tring to learn japanese for a while :]

[beatboxpeej]

watashi wa, Jin desu! nihongo wakarimasen :( chingokugo wakarimasu!

[DAbears5]

anata wa chuugoku desuka?

[beatboxpeej]

well I meant I speak little of Chinese...Im not chinese (language)

[Genki2009]

Watashi wa (ha) ni ko ru desu. (Nicole) I am almost done with my first quarter of Japanese! I love it! I love this sight too, it helps reaffirm things I have learned so far! Our book is called Genki so it was particularly interesting to hear its meaning as out teacher has not described it yet. Tomorrow I plan to ask her Genki desu ka?

[Neo08CA]

watashiwa Neo desu.

[soapybubbles3]

Watashi ha sophia desu

^_^ thank you for the videos they are really helpful!

[buccigami777]

watashi wa stephanie desu!

haha this is really fun..... btw.. :D!

[GameShowGuy]

Hey there. I agree with what you say on the gimmeabreakman website that it's better to write "watashi wa" than "watashi ha". I've been self-teaching for about eight months, and all the textbooks spell the particle as "wa" when it's pronounced that way.

Thanks for the lesson.

[Gimmeabreakman]

I don't think it's "better". It's easier to understand and I don't have to keep repeating the reasons why I write "ha". Personally, I prefer "ha" because that is what the hiragana is. は！Not わ。

[AWannabeProgrammer]

わたしはジャスティンです。

[imraddooemgee]

Watashi wa　Collette desu.

私わこれってです！

ありがと〜

[ILuvEire]

Du bist einen guten Lehrer!

[ChimeitekiKaze]

私はトマです。

[nurikosguardian]

Watashi ha Nikorasu desu (Nikorasu = Nicholas)

[ILuvEire]

If you're curious the Japanese writing would be:

私は二コラスです。 (With Nikorasu in Katakana.)

[MissHaradaDoujinshi]

Watashi ha Michiru desu.

=3

[huddz]

Watacshi no namee wah Huddz desu,

domo arigato goziamasu Victor.

[visualmicstand]

thank you is domo arigotou gozaimasu

[princessjupita]

Atashi ha Omo desu....thanks so much for these lessons.....looking forward to knowing what "thankyou" is so i can thank you in Japanese. Hajimimashte!

[Yotsulyn]

Thank you for sharing us your japanese lesson, it's very entertaining the way you teach, This video is great, more power to you, keep up your good work.

[kakera]

I definitely need help with the flow of my Japanese. I have been learning for a while but I just feel so... stupid trying to speak it. Doesn't help that I don't have anyone to torture with my bad skillz....

:p

[montfast]

I love your videos. What a relief they are, after trying to find user friendly material. I am a fan.

zalie

[Fortist]

watashi ha fortis desu

arigatou Victor-san

[xTheBrandoShowx]

ore ha Burandon Desu ^^

kool videos Vic

[LBDyablo]

cercl

[SuperMonkeyJapan]

私は猿です！！！

[0diidii0]

oh and.. わたしは イーディス です

[0diidii0]

Oh thank you so much for your lessons. I Trying to learn Japanese (no classes for now). I've actually learned a lot in these past 4 months. I look for information anywhere I can find it. I listen to music, watch dramas, read books, and especially watch videos like yours. I just discovered you today and I am a new fan. So ありがとう。

[Taldein]

Wow, someone beat me to my name.

watashi ha Jarrad desu

And thanks for these videos, I'll be starting to study Japanese soon, and I was hoping to get a edge on conversational uses. So yeah, thanks.

[Dragonode]

watashi ha jared desu....

keep up the good work man, this is really entertaining

[al260825]

genki

[emilylovescaleb2008]

Watashi ha Emily desu

[mibella]

Hey... I love your videos they are useful and have really interesting facts... but sometimes, you start to ramble and it starts to get tedious to watch

[zina671]

watashiwaZinadesu, Ogenkidesuka

[LaSwagga]

Watashi ha Norris desu!

[birchofacookie]

Watashi ha joe desu

i heard my name would be junochi-san

[joebevis92]

my name is also joe and the translation would be jozefu - joseph

[ianpalmerstuff1]

Watashi ha Ian desu.

[tophblindbender]

Watashi ha Hersi desu.

[MikesAngeL11]

Watashi wa Rinda desu.

[TF1Akrata]

oh and watashi ha aj desu.

[TF1Akrata]

hey i'm excited to cause i really wanna learn japanese. nerdish? don't care.  thanks a lot for the vids

[MrEwok]

watashi wa Kurisu desu

[INGc3z4r]

Watashi wa Cesar desu, arigato!

By the way should I write Cesaru or just Cesar?

[thesloppywizard]

cercl

[CriticalNin3R]

Watashi wa patrick desu.

[pzxxxx]

so it's watashi wa Perry desu and not watashi ha Perry desu? even though we pronounce the 'ha' as 'wa', why is that even the writing is changed to 'wa'?

[pzxxxx]

nvm, the comment response vid answered my question heh

[Gimmeabreakman]

Good to hear!

[Masih89]

俺はお前の世界。

[frankyownage]

Watashi wa Frank desu

[PurplePinstripeDevil]

Watashi wa Maya desu.

[mastergaara117]

watashi wa matt desu.

[cheesesmiles]

?.? eh

[cheesesmiles]

hehe wa

[cheesesmiles]

HAHAH SUGOII! MINNA-SAN WA SUGOII DA YO! gambate minna!^0^/ (hahah awesome! everyone is so good! keep at it everyone!)

[SonyaAnuka]

Watashi wa Sonya desu.

[bigethaniel]

watashi wa etane desu,doozo yoroshiku

[only1ofme382]

Watashi wa Aiichi desu. Genki desu ka?

[heksefather]

Watashi ha William desu.

[lilspiritgurl]

Watashi wa Seaira desu, and I already knew this too!!!! T.T;;

[Glasschick07]

Watashi wa Antoinette desu!! I am feeling not so genki taking a abiru.......

[calciumchris]

私はクリスですよ！

[gurkenkralle]

すごい！！

私はアレクスです。

[adonis1077]

watashi wa Dylan desu. ^^ :3

[chrisvgt2010]

watashi wa steven desu

[katherinedawn]

I like your lessons,they are short, and easy to remember. That's the best way to learn languages, just repeating and hearing. I am currently working on German, since I'm in Germany, but Japanese is really interesting, and it's cool to learn stuff!

[imraddooemgee]

Watashi wa Koretta desu.

Your videos are a great help to me^^

[jancassidy]

watashi ha Cass desu

great video, how dya type in japanese letterin so easily, different keyboard?

[inulover205]

it depends....

On my computer you go to:

control panel

(and there is should have a picture of a world and a clock or it should say language click in that)

Click Regional and language options

(another screen will pop up and at the top click keyboards and languages)

Click Change Keyboards

(another screen will pop up it should said text services and imput languages.)

click add and click japanese

[FreezingMoonFog]

watashi ha Joe desu

[uchiha096L]

mina san hajimemashite, watashi wa L desu... watashi wa genki da ne!!! hihi...

[steelsnow101]

Watashi wa Ryan desu. =]

[tophblindbender]

watashi wa alexander,

[daddycez]

Kobawa Victor! (I know it's like midnight there now, lol) Boku ha Cesar desu! I've been watching your videos in and out! And I've been trying to memorize the hiragana/katana symbols too! You're a great help and awesome person!  I love the culture videos too! =)

[lukas090]

わたしはルーカスデス

watashi ha Rūkasu(Lukas) desu.

is that right?

[sugoiakl]

Watashi ha Brittany(buritani) desu.

So for this kinda sentence its ha not wa?

[cheesesmiles]

no its wa not ha "watashi wa Buritani is correct" ha is not used

[forest556]

The hiragana for "ha" is used in place of "wa" when writing....I'm not too sure why though.

[animeprincessninja8]

watashi ha angela desu!

[forevercomescrashing]

Watashi wa Ben desu!

[gymnastics101]

konnichi wa debon desu. tsuki ga suki desu. boku wa nihongo no gakku desu demo nihongo ga shihoshi wakarimasu. terebi no nihongo ni amerika o mimasu. well it may not be much difficulty there but it's a good start

[blomlie]

Hajimemashite, watashi wa Brian desu. Doozu yoroshiku.

Basically stuff I've picked up from friends, so I don't know if it's spelled correctly or correct at all ;P And from your videos of course.

[tbwaltrip]

Konnichiwa! Babara san desu aka babuchan.

Benkyo suru!

[Michael6140]

watashi ha michael desu

私輪マイクルさん

don't know if the kanji is right haven't mastered that yet XD and katakana neither just my name :p

[GnarlyBebe]

Atashi wa Ayumu desu.

[OShitKid]

Watashi ha James desu.

[glittervertigo]

Haha, your lessons are awesome. ^_^

[chica501]

Can you mix hirogana with kanji? Do people often do that?

[Gimmeabreakman]

All the time!

[chellyman]

watashi ha gustavo desu. hajimemashite. nihongo o benkushiteimasu. (hope i wrote it right):)

[ALBERTOSKATER436]

watashi wa aruberuto

[RonSchira]

Watashi ha Ron desu.

[drummerboy0186]

watashi ha gerardo desu

[MrMacromedia]

sekkusu ga daisuki desu ka

[lordofhej]

it's need moar desu!!!!!111

desu desu desu desu desu desu desu desu..etc

[happy04chic]

i love you, you're too funny. i enjoy the quick breakdown of the language. watashi wa lili desu.

[XxHitomixX]

Just out of curiosity, if someone asks you, "Genki desu ka?" doesn't that translate more like "How are you?"