Why I study Japanese

[koolaboy]

@hiro49715 どうもありがとうございます！それを三年前に書きました。そして­今十六歳で­す。あまり上手じゃないです。漢字や単語をもっと習­わなくちゃいけませ­んｗｗT_T。

[sayaka886]

wow,very cute♥ ♥ 

[mushikera21]

良いなぁ～。

[pumpkinmm82809791]

可愛すぎる♥

[mydlands]

I like your accent. I am at the beginning of my Japanese journey, and stuff like this inspires me.

[asdney101]

omoshiroi desu ne!!!

[zensan]

すごくかわいいですね・・。日本や日本語の事好きになってくれて­とてもうれしいです。これからもがんばってください。

[kuhouinn1]

すごいです。いろんな意味で

[VongolaCloudAlaude]

boku wa sonani nihongo-wo kakenai desu kedo, monosugoku shaberu no wa tokui desu

[silentboxer1989]

Keep going man. To all of the you tube japanese community thanks. Cause I'm in for 6 months and its still hard and you guys are an inspiration

[minami098]

I want to come to be able to speak English well.

pocky!!!! Lol

[karasuchrono]

COCONUT! They used to have that near my house at an oriental store, but not anymore. 悲しそう。 ;A;

[PrynneSuperful]

とても上手な日本語ですね♪ 私は英語の勉強をしてますが、全然上達しません。。。

you speak very fluently Japanese! I'm learning English but I don't improve well....

[hidexlemonedx]

pocky~♪

cris san , nihongo jouzu desu ne X )

[yusuke19840923]

your japanese is very well:=)

[961ageha]

クリスさん　2007年のＶＩＤ見ました。　今は2010年ですから　日本語はかなりうまくなったでしょうね

[MyHugestFan]

i understood every word you said, but i cant speak as much as you did :S

[channel338]

good job man, thanks for not making it fake. you made it real. You'll get there, keep making vids. Peace out.

[octoceasar]

You're reading. :D

[LeonSand]

Ia'm learning Japanese myself. It getting hard for me hehe

[chucknortits]

申し訳ないんですが君は女らしい。

男を好き？

[bobert59]

日本はとても綺麗国ですか？

日本の女性はとても綺麗だね！！本当です。

[MyLiveAsATEeNaGeR]

I 2 love japan! and im also studying japanese! im getting real good at it XD

[dustatdusk]

haha~you are so cute..

Chrisさんは本当にかわいい。。

がんばって！

[avantsemba]

I'm Japanese.

last year, I was in America to study English so, I feel you!!!!

日本を楽しんで、そして頑張って！

[sakuraichigoichie]

日本に興味を持ってくれてありがとう

日本語がんばってください

（（三＾♀＾三））

[spartasoldier300]

I don't know Japanese but I know Chinese, is Japanese harder or easier then Chinese.

[SushiScenester]

chinese is much, much harder

[griffiegrrltkd]

LOL @ Pocky

[hosozoku]

英国の大学は日本語科ってどんくらいあんの？

[yasuangel07]

そんだけしゃべれれば上出来だよ。

[PachesatsutEnulaitsu]

Nihon to Nihon-jin o daisuki kara, hitori de Nihon-go o naraimasuyo!

I've been teaching myself for about ten months. The problem is I don't know if the sentence above is grammatically correct.

[allgoo19]

Why it comes so effortlessly to some people?

You guys make me depressed.

[isoroku1223]

Good luck.

[ss2430450]

日本語、本当に上手です

頑張ってね♪

[californiataco]

Sugoi!! anata no nihongo wa jouzu desu yo! =D

[isat214]

nihongo wa muzukashii desu ne. but only bec i study on my own. im looking for a tutor and praying for a buddy ... i hope i meet them soon :)

[miko714]

Haha..I really enjoyed this video.

[19800891]

You're cute and funny.

Keep up the good job. I think you're a very good student and an exemple to many young people.

Ouen shiteiru kara, ganbatte kudasai.

mata ne.

[ilovejapan888]

i love japan...i need help with my japanese

[iwamof]

ポッキーのＣＭ懐かしいｗｗｗ

もっとやって～♪

てか、いつ憶えんたんだ？

I remenber poky advertising.

It's so funny, so I want to see more!

But,when did you know it?

[Luckilius]

I like Japanese food culture sightseeing yadda yadda.. You study Japanese for the same reason every other otaku does - because J-girls are fine.

Go ahead, deny it. We all know the truth.

[tacojonesdaddy]

Lol, thats only one... er... half the reason... :P

[EscapeDelPalacio]

you study it cuz you re an otaku period.

an...all asian girl look the same...

[tarantism]

hell yeah they fine.

[hquinn219]

sugoi ne!! anata ni aitai! ;D haha

Dono gurai nihongo o benkyou shimasu ka?

[jgc864]

The best part was seeing my own japanese text book there. Awesome.

[villa2785]

you did summer exchange through YFU didnt you? i think i saw you on facebook. i also used to be a YFU student.

[naaaanami]

かっこいい♪

[MizukiiChan]

Your so cute and amusing. ^ ^

your Japanese is very good!

I hope some day I'll be as good as you!

[ActionChinaMan]

ポッキが美味しいですよ！

i love you vlogs! im in tha same boat as you!

but

i haven't had the channge to to to japan yet, and its still difficut to form sentances! only simple ones! hahah

[Fencer222]

podziwiam Cię. I am from Poland. I learn japanese too. You are so cool! Pozdrawiam!

[ilovejapan888]

i wish i can be that good

[butterflyssleep]

omg your japanese is soo good!

[dareka54]

"takusan boku ni oshiete kuremashita."

That means "I learned it all by myself", right? I may be wrong; my japanese is quite poor. ^_^;

[crispix59]

you know, that is a good question.

i did this one a long time ago and I don't remember exactly what i was saying haha. For practice I would just turn on the camera and wing it. Since I was talking about my neighbors i think i meant [takusan boku me ] ( allot, to me) [oshiete] (they taught me), [ kuremashita] and gave me. So i guess I was trying to say they taught me allot and gave me allot. ( i probably was just learning te form sentence combinations so i was experimenting.)

[nordork]

@crispix59

！君と僕が同じ教科書作ってる！（まあね、僕が日本語にアドベン­チャー三作ってる）

実に君が日本語良く話せるだと思う！一生懸命勉強した方がいいと­思う！

：O僕も日本語勉強してるので僕達が一緒に勉強出来る！

（懇談が大丈夫じゃなかったらごめんね）

[superwookiee]

Your Japanese is better than mine. I only know one sentence!

Watashi wa pan o tabemasu.

Yes, I do.

[xXxalmostsickxXx]

Great ^-^

I understood a few things *proud*

I'm learning japanese too ^-^

But I just started so I'm not very good yet ^-^"

[Yujiyangu]

あなたはよく花せますね?^^

[Saruzu]

You look kinda like that one guy from Grey's Anatomy. Anyways, your Japanese is better then mine. Heck, I'm still memorizing the alphabets.

[irokui]

こんにちは^^

私は日本人です

日本語とても上手いですね!

あなたも私もポッキー^^

Hi,I'm Japanese.

You speak Japanese very well!

Pocky~♪

[hatemu]

how long does it take to learn the japanese language? does anyone know how long it takes to be fluantin japanese?

[crispix59]

ahh, the holy grail of possibly all japanese related questions. All of us ask that along with what book is best, and how do we learn kanji fast amongst other things. It is all part of the journey- a very patient one. Many of us find our own study habits - one of which is practicing speaking online like on youtube!

[Saruzu]

Well, I've heard that it's easier then English, and it took me a year to be fluent in English so around a year or so you should be able to read and write, but only with practice and lots of it.

[inblank]

@hatemu I've heard that it would take about 4 years to become fluent in Japanese.

[asumi777]

Thank you for studying Japanese.

[Jary2]

日本語　は　むずかしくねえ　なあ

[xninjamx]

SO...why do you study Japanese again???

[ugp4130]

まいにち　わたし　は　にほんご　を　べんきゅして、　にほんご　に　すんで　います。　その　びでお　は　たなし　かつた　です。

[EdwardTheGreat]

bwah! subtitles?? o_O

[xxwho0am0ixx]

pokii wa oishii desu~

[barrentree]

Subarashii. Jibun no benkyou shihajimeta riyuu wo oboesaseru.

Keep working at it! Ganbatte^^

[Elisamar08]

GOD YOUR SO CUTE!!!

[zenhill]

hey you did well, i could understand you. i reckon it takes guts to make a youtube vlog when you are still developing your japanese. im thinking about making a seperate account where i only speak japanese (my wonky japanese that is). :) this vid of yours is hugely popular huh! :))

[fsa66]

hontoni nihongo wa muzukashii desu ,demo totemo omoshiroi desuyo.

watashi wa kyonen no hachigatsu kara nihongo wo benkyoushiteimasu dakara sukoshi nihongo wo hanasu dake desu.

hontoni nihongo ga daisuki da yo.

sorry if i wrote something wrong iam just bigining to learn japanese, well actually i speak a litte english too because my natural leanguase is spanish.

el video esta divertido .

[yurikohito]

nihonn wo dame ni shinai youni ganbarimasu

Cris mo ganbatte ne!:-)

[dokimune132]

anatamo watashimo pocky! yay!lol

[smileyg2]

omoshiroine! watashimo videoblog o skuttemitai. watshi mo nihongo wo benkyoshiteirukara.

[ironriver]

kawii na, kimi

[rarima]

Nihongo, jouzu desu ne. Gambate nichijo kawa oo tanoshimeru yoni nattekudasai. If you want to get better at reading, I recomend getting Comic books in Japanese. Funny Comics: Kyo Kara Ore Wa, Shonan Jiaie Gumi, GTO, Slam Dunk. Also, watching japanese TV shows are great learning tools for listening skills. Funny Show Recommendations: Mecha Ike, susunu Dempashonen(old show, not sure if its still is running), Ikinari Oogondesetsu, gugu ninty-nine.

[breathmaster]

Crispix59, sugoi desu. O genki desu ka. Watashi mo nihongo no benkyou o shimasu. Doitsu jin desu. Ganbatte kudasai. Hai, totemo muzukashi desu ne..

I think I speak a little bit like you. So funny!!!! How long have you been learning Japanese? I started last year.

[crispix59]

Oh! Comment wo arigatou! I think it is so neat that you are from Germany! And it seems like you speak good English too! That is so cool! Are there Japanese classes in Germany? (how do you study?). Have you ever been an exchange student to America or Japan? I was just wondering. Ganbatte Kudasai!

[breathmaster]

Totemo omoshiroi desu ne. Yes I attend Japanese classes here in Berlin. I have started because I use to have classes in Jap. Tea Ceremony too. This is all about disciplin. Love your Japanese. I speak it the same way, I cry me a river...How many kanjis have you learnt? Muzukashi desu...LOL

[tennennomizu]

pocky no cm wa saikoo!!ww

[Tsubaki124]

oh!

[AmazingAbel]

totemo nihongo umai desune.

nihongo ha totemo muzukashii kara anata ha totemo sugoi to omoimasu.

[googlesan]

nihongo umai desune

[namida1984]

rox i[m your fan...

[khayav]

I wish I knew what you were saying :) The only thing I understood was friends. LOL!

[demonkogure]

kawaii!tabetyaitai!

[kotatsusama]

I enjoyed the Pocky clip...Maybe I should try to incorporate some of my own Japanese commericals into my videos too..I like that idea

[crispix59]

Haha, The funny thing is, one of the first things I used YouTube for was to watch Japanese commercials. They are crazy! I love them. When I was in Japan, I thought they were almost the most interesting thing on TV.... well after their crazy game/talk shows of course haha. What college do you study Japanese at? I am looking into colleges in Chicago, and Japanese is a course I would want to pursue there. Do you have any tips or advice?

[kotatsusama]

Do you currently live in IL? If so, the Chicago-land area? I'f not, I'm just curious why you want to come to Chicago? Once I hear back from you about these questions, I will offer you some advice! Lata~~

[crispix59]

Oh, im sorry. I live in the detroit area of MI. I am a Junior in high school and starting to look for colleges.  I may want to go to North Western or UofC. both are on my "list".

[alexkazu]

nihongo no benkyou ganbatte!

ippai hon yonderune!!

i like pocky too! theres so many varities of it!

[An1old2bird3doll]

A lot of Japanese books. You study very hard!!

Btw, what kind of meaning did you use "tyousa" in? I was not able to understand it.

Oh, I like Pocky, too. A strawberry flavor is the best!!

[crispix59]

At 1:30 I say : " takusan omoshiroi mono ga chousasuru no ga aru." . In English - I am trying to say : " (Japan) has many interesting things to study." It is probably incorrect. I am sorry. I am afraid that I make many mistakes. I experiment a lot. Isn't that what "Chousa" means - experiment -? haha, shiranai...

[An1old2bird3doll]

"chousa-suru" means "investigate". "experiment" means "zikken-suru".

"(Japan) has many interesting things to study." is "(Nihon wa) benkyou-suru noni takausan omoshiroi mono ga aru". You can't use "chousa-suru" in this case. Ganbare!!

[crispix59]

So complicated!!! I will try to use both new tango in my next vlog! Domo!

[cecilcut]

I heard why you study Japanese and I'm impressed!!!

Please keep studying...

btw I recommend you to use "Boku" or "Ore" instead of "Watashi"

Japanese high school students usually say "Ore" or "Boku" as the first person word.

[crispix59]

wow - ok I will change that!! In my textbook it says that Boku is for little boys and Watashi is for everyone. Hmm. it is probably wrong! Please tell me what is best.

[cecilcut]

yeah! Certainly the text book isn't wrong. Little boys say boku, anytime, anywhere.

And there aren't so many high school students who say Boku when speaking with their friends.

They usually say "Ore" at such time.

But, when they speak at public domain or talk with their superiors, saying Boku or Watashi. ok?

Ganbatte ne!

[crispix59]

Ok. It is confusing, but I will understand with time. I will use both Boku and Watashi in My next vlog. Will that be ok? p.s. I think your new videos are funny.

[cecilcut]

haha thanks for watching me.

yes, Boku is ok. Though Watashi is NOT bad.

[palehorse864]

I'm only learning myself, but should he only use Ore in certain instances to avoid looking boastful or arrogant? I can understand how it would be ok among your friends, but using it all the time could make him appear to have a big head (I.E. Narcissistic)

[takamatsuyade]

ii omoide dana /o\

[crispix59]

Gomennasai... wakarimasen. Eigo de nan to imasu ka?