Learn Japanese days of the week

[TheFauCheuse]

The video doesn't work well on iPod, too bad, on PC it's awesome :D

[MissNekoChan182]

such a laid-back video <3



[vxKrOniikshreds]

thanks bro



[Destruction3402]

The kanji for "day of the week" - 曜 - so complicated for such a daily word!

[Fergusforslipknot]

day = yo, bee! (gangsta talk)

monday = get sue

tuesday = car (get sue in the car)

wednesday = sue day

thursday = moku (goku + moe from the simpsons)

friday = family (kin = family welfare)

saturday = homework (do homework!)

sunday (my knee is ichi = nichi)

this is how I typically learn japanese.

[vonmesina1]

do japanese people don't get tired writing these????

[PRISSONERSS]

the voice is making me fall asleep.

[evelynnseah]

This is perfect for us to learn Japanese but why people dislike it ? Thumbs up if agree.

[clickhereforcoolvids]

Thanks so much for uploading this and especially with the romaji part too! It really helped. Thanks!  :D

[Cut3Chibi]

the who is talking is angry lol

[libbieporter1]

music is so unfitting o.O

[YoumiChasu]

are there two versions of the days ?

in an another video I've learned : Monday - Getsuyo-bi(Getsu) ? ^o^

[ASNCwalker]

@YoumiChasu They are both exactly the same, although in the other video you have seen the wording has been separated slightly differently. The pronunciation should be the same as well, Getsuyoubi- Ge/tsu/you/bi. If you have been taught to pause before the "bi" then you may have been taught by a person with a dialect, and if so that's completely fine. On the other hand if you want to practice how to say the days of the week you can split the word into syllables Ge--tsu--you--bi.

[TheLoveMiku]

thank you for this video

[RockIsWhatWeNeed]

easy going =]

[pakhavit]

Dammit, it's not like month D: Ichi youbi, Ni youbi QQ 

[pandachibi0]

Day was my first letter to write in japanese and understand it 日=day

[swiperchey]

getsu youbi-monday. ka youbi-tuesday. sui youbi-wednesday. moku youbi-thursday kin youbi-friday. do youbi-saturday. and nichi youbi-sunday. OTSUKATE SAMA-WELLDONE am i right

[xxLeeshaxx1]

lol, elavator music all the way through. Thanks for uploading, it's been very useful! XD

[BlackhawksRBallin]

Is that The Great Wave off Kanagawa and Godzilla at the beginning? Awesome! =)

[Arceus426]

An explanation for the days' kanji (besides Sunday and Monday, which are obvious):

The Latin names for Tuesday through Saturday mean Day of Mars, Day of Mercury, Day of Jupiter, Day of Venus, and Day of Saturn.

The five Chinese elements are have the planets with these names associated with them. Fire has Mars, Water has Mercury, Wood has Jupiter, Metal has Venus, and Earth has Saturn.

Not sure if that's the actual explanation, but that's why I think they chose them.

[petrustella]

What a non-sense... To tell the Japanese...

Surely there was from long time the association with the five elements and the sun and moon...

We have more to learn from them than it is supposed...

[MrAki3461]

Okey why after the days they have Moon day Fire day Water day Wood day Gold day Earth day Sun day???? And ありがと

[penguincheesecake]

@MrAki3461 because the kanji for the days is like that. and u forgot the U in ariagatoU

[realnamto]

the way how the guy read like if hes not happy to teach us XD

[kvnbrrn]

~Nichi youbi, Getsu youbi

Kai youbi, kayoubi

Sui yo, Mok yo, Kin yo

sui yo, mok yo, kin yo

Do youbi, do youbi~

[WasAbiRASP]

@kvnbrrn Is that to the tune of "Frère Jacques?"/"Are you Sleeping?"

[kvnbrrn]

@WasAbiRASP yes it is. my japanese 1 teacher taught it to our class XD

[StarAWings]

*giggles* I learned these words while I was watching V6's Let's go to school! They had a game with teh days of teh week and I just memorised them.... This will show them! Boybands are educational! XD

Atleast now I can study teh kanji

[slccs20]

The easiest way to learn Japanese. Many samples and lessons, check the video out - youtube.com/watch?v=wfseANZtMN­g

[fanaticforanime]

Arigato ne. ^^

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[sophiacardcaptor]

this is great but its too hard to right in jappanese

[concujak]

Gochira lives !

[almostgrwn]

I love the elevator music..and then the random rock..lol thank you

[KitKatman2008]

Kanji characters:

Monday: "day of the moon"

Tuesday: "day of fire"

Wednesday: "day of water"

Thursday: "day of trees/wood"

Friday: "day of gold/metal"

Saturday: "day of earth"

Sunday (easiest one): "day of the sun"

Unlike Western philosophy which has four elements (fire, air, earth, water), Eastern philosophy has five (fire, wood, water, metal, earth) and air is dropped. The Chinese, Japanese and Koreans follow the Eastern philosophy of days.

[Konata101]

@KitKatman2008 Alright but can you explain how Mars comes in for "tuesday" because I guess it means mars as well. They all mean planets but Tues? Mars? How?

[WindsorDayTours]

@Konata101 Do you mean English days of the week? Tuesday = Tyrs (or Tiws) day, being one of the Norse gods. To be honest, most of our days of the week are named after gods & goddesses rather than planets - just! Moonsday/Tiwsday/Wodensdsay/Th­orsday/Frig (Freya)'s day/Saturnday/ Sun-day

[000emma000]

the best part was when i say YEAH! LOL

[DaeWixr]

sun, moon and "5 elements" =O

woohoo find a way to remember that in jap =P

[DNAngelManiac]

i thought there were only 4 elements?

[yulatheterror]

haven't you ever seen fifth element with bruce willis!

[itsallhere234]

@yulatheterror lol that movie is the best i like chris tucker in it, him and bruce willis are good acters

[sageteenshuriken]

@DNAngelManiac fire water earth air lighting

[munkiemee]

@DNAngelManiac yes you are correct. fire, water, air and earth.

[karmen127]

love the little rock with yeah! lmao

[1withgreeneyes]

Thank you! Great help!

[kittiemill]

Thank you. The music is a little annoying because I can't hear you say it but still, I really need to learn at least the basic stuff.

[9994shosho]

nichi youbi da

[Nu13th]

Ah! Wrong question. Why divide 29 by 4 is the right question? Ans. The four quarters of the moon. 29 / 4  almost equals 7 day weeks. So common observation of the night sky could have independently led to the seven day week. Very Genki!

[Nu13th]

Was there traditionally a seven day week in Japan or is the seven day week a Western adoption?

[hunyaga]

Now that is the first interesting question I have heard on this video. VERY good question. Unfortunately I'm not sure what came before the western 7 day calendar. I'm sure it must have been some kind of calendar linked with important religious Buddhist events though. Will have to look into that.

[SilverWolfoftheSnow]

@hunyaga hnnn......didn't they have a lunar calendar, and called days based on the phases on the moon? Like Izayoi, etc............(IDK. I know Izayoi appertains to a moon phase) but......it would make sense if they used a lunar calendar

[LarlAbreket]

Actually, the Japanese seven day week doesn't come from the west, but from China. The ancient Chinese referred to the sun moon, and other planets as "The Seven Luminaries." It is these seven astral bodies that the days of the week are based on. ^_^

[Nu13th]

Thanks for the information. So now the question is: Does the seven day week, found in Western and Eastern culture, come from a common source? 'Kind of sounds like it's a common source with Sunday, Monday, Saturday (Saturn). I'll do some research. Thanks (^.^)

[Nu13th]

A paleolithic tally stick called called the Labombo Bone dating back 35,000 years ago had 29 notches. The notches are thought to count off the days of the lunar month. Now why divide 29 by 7???

[ZFSBoss2090]

@Nu13th No one can say when it began, but for pretty much as long as there has been any kind of written history all cultures have recognized a seven day week. It's based on the lunar cycle which has 28 days, and the 4 easily recognizable divisions of that cycle, each of which last for 7 days. While the length of a month or year may vary from culture to culture in ancient history, the week has always been the same.

[Nu13th]

@ZFSBoss2090 Thanks for your reply. I think you're right. The ancients were so much more in touch with natural events like the four stages of the moon. Today, we are lucky if we can even see a night sky full of stars.

Good day to you.

[thephilosopherkartik]

@Nu13th The seven day week, along with names for days corresponding directly to the western calendar, were brought to Japan around AD 800 along with the Buddhist calendar. The days are named after the Asian '7 Luminaries', the sun, moon, and the five planets visible to the eye (which are named after the five elements in traditional East Asian philosophy). Sorry for replying to such an old comment, but I couldn't resist!

[Nu13th]

@thephilosopherkartik Thank you for replying even now. Your reply re-sparked my interest. So, out of curiosity, I set off on a wiki-trip. I ran across a wiki article you'd perhaps read. From that article: "The seven day week, with names for the days corresponding directly to those used in Europe, was brought to Japan around AD 800 with Buddhism calendar. The system was used for astrological purposes and little else until 1876." I'm looking into the, "...until 1876." Great day to you!

[GooddayJulia]

I love this video. it definitely helped me remmber the days of the week. I first saw it on a podcast from learn japanese with beb and alex. they're great

[PrikaAmelia]

today is sui youbi ^^

quarta - feira

[vrugbankirt]

I love your style. I'm think it's very hard to

speake but now I can enjoy it. Thanks.

[NicGonzalez1]

Alex and Beb make learning Japanese fun. They are simply the best.

[SAMURAIHEARTX3]

サンデー　マンデー・・・分かってる所からでいいですか？

[Edwards3Carrots]

NICHI YOUBI! Arigatou Gozimasu! ^.^

[Bloodlovefreak]

lol why are the elements used?

[209fool]

today is Do youbi

[Unmde]

can some one help me find a video on

japanese Hirgana like the english and Japan ways

[TheHairyGeek]

thanks, faved for future reference

loved the ending, massive change of tone, made me smile :)

[islamissheaven]

wowoow  haliroious

[Jesusandashley]

today its kin youbi!!!

[manni788]

omg that soo made me laugh

[fynnfish]

still ka youbi! arigatou!

[Ladyluna202]

Wow, to learn the days of the week i just learned an easy and catchy song. Now I've memorized every day of the week.

[MewBlackberri]

Woops, messed up Thursday there. @.@ (twas posting in a rush)

That's quite the helpful bit of information.

Thankies. ^^

[MewBlackberri]

waita second! For tuesday, it looks like we've got the fire kanji, and wendsday has the water kanji, and thursday air. Is this a coincidence, or are there elements associated with the weekdays in Japan?

[Jawad170]

I noticed that too!

[naateher]

hai. Arigato ! 私は日本語を愛する

[sonadow99]

arigato!!!!! san.....sayounara

[sadria1]

hai. kin youbi. arigatou

[sonadow99]

i am going to reply the same thing but in eigo (english) yes.friday.thanks.

[onitaro]

Sui youbi right here! YEAH! *0*

[ChaoLover886]

today is Ka Youbi. YAY JAPANESE!

[tokiohotelchik]

LOL at the change! XD

I was like YEAHH!

[zelbach]

This is the best sort of lesson -- basic and to the point. I also like how it has romanji so I can see the words as they are spoken.

[mikerps]

otsukare sama hunyanga i don't know japanese i got that sentence from your video to use it for a video comment nice video.

[piplup10203854]

ka youbi sounds like kyoubi

[dirrtybubbles]

im woundering how u would us it in a sentence since it would sound different ..

[animegirl465]

im going to jess that youbi means day?

[Jashintoubara]

Ni does

[animegirl465]

ni means day then what does youbi mean? and thank you

[Jashintoubara]

Im not sure actually what youbi means but it could just be how to say Day in the sentance of "Today is Monday" or something like that. Ni means day/sun.

[lingle41]

ni and youbi mean the same danm thing!!!!!!!:-(

[kissmyass112]

yeah youbi, bi, nichi, ni, all mean day

[crysta411]

Youbi definitely means day, don't listen to the clown who isn't taking a Japanese college course. He/she probably looked it up in an online dictionary. And even if they did, they should look it up at jishoDOTorg

[animegirl465]

i wish i knowed that sooner when i was testing my self i have "ni" stuck in my head but thank you i looked it up on 3 different online dictionarys to make sure its youbi

[goefu50]

Nick Gets a Car SMoKin Dope.

Nichi Getsu Ka Sui Moku Kin Do

[AutoRacingfan]

wonderful! magnifico ;p

[yayoiharuko5]

THANX!!!

[mizzyAt]

ka youbi(tuesday) sounds like kyuubi in naruto if you know what naruto is.....

[FallonAnuk]

actually it sounds like coyote

[MinagiHitomori]

i love naruto!!!

[Jashintoubara]

who dosent know what naruto is. its the most annoying show in the world. "BELIEVE IT!"

[PinkkBubblegum]

月,火,水,木,金,土,日

moon, fire, water, wood, gold, soil, day. (in chinese)

wow... xD

[Laughinglittleking]

im preety sure they also mean thet in japanese too

[huyi122]

月>火>水>木>金>土>日

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

this sequence could be helpful to those Chinese learner

[kaoriiida]

Just the first kanji changes each day,Getsu -> Moon, Ka-> Fire, Sui-> water, Moku -> tree, Kin-> gold, Do-> Ground, Nichi-> sun.

The second part "you-bi" is same in any day.

[bouUod]

yobi yobi...

[DemonaLlama]

What a cool idea! Well done!

[BryantChang88]

nice...i remember all alr

[kurakurakurage]

勉強が終わった途端に、元気な音楽(；´∀｀)

[yoyashi]

Thx you very much

[TotallyRandom101]

NO! Japanese is TOTALLY different from Cantonese or Mandarin. I speak Cantonese fluently and didn't understand the Mandarin

[lht002004]

Japanese is so same to Cantonese!!

[takumi00123]

simply and easy ^^ good job

[chrisdotwynn]

this was a cool vid, even though I dont plan on learning any other languages, hey youtube, add me as a friend!!

[pocketpcmaster]

too bad! i wanna learn japanese for a while but dont have time =(

[jimmylee0413]

I am studying japanese and this help me very much!!!

thanks for upload!!!

[rliuLY]

YEAH!

[mysticalelf233]

arigato gozaimas^_^

[JapanXGirl]

it's gozaimasu not gozaimas

[mysticalelf233]

lol ooh oops hehehe close just one letter off lol

[monstahz]

wow that was fun =D

[SangoKatana]

lmao. YEAH

[depeend]

this is not like kanji rigt? haha , måndag, tisdag, onsdag ,torsdag,fredag,lördag and söndag..thats the week in swedish xD

[BrainTwitch2]

those are really close to the Danish ones;

mandag, tirsdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lørdag, and søndag!!

[wuemura]

sankusu!!! tomo yo!!

[Nunchakunoob]

domo arrigato :)

[imtama]

arigato! great vid..

[cheesecake124]

Arigatou ^-^

[jan3019]

YEAH!!! thanks!

[animeluver1213]

yay yay thanks for posting ^_^ i always wanted to know how to say the days of the week... now onto months =.="

[Zonafia]

months are easy. it's just like 'one month' 'two month' (ichi gatsu, ni gatsu) etc.

[silverliss]

That video made me laugh hahaha!!! Arigatou!

[veloboy]

domingo, lunes, martes, miercoles, jueves, viernes, sabado! muy bien!

[unholydegas]

Sabado, sabado, sabado

sabado, sabado, sabado noches

sabado noches alright alright...ahahhaha

[cecile224]

filipino ka? mabuhay

[unholydegas]

IIe, spanish...

saturday saturday saturday

saturday.....