Oborogin's Japanese Lesson 1 "Japanese Pronunciation" 08/01/08

[Imaginaryforces7]

One more :)

When your busy you get a BJ

[Imaginaryforces7]

On your birth day you get a free bus day XD

[hanage1]

Heh, I work at a yogurt shop and when my Korean manager tells me to fill up the vanilla I fill up the banana, because I hear her say "Banirra" and then she yells and points to vanilla, hah.

[ObLiViOnZThEkIllEr]

Nujabes in the background! Much respect.

[Soraplushie]

You are like an asian laurence fishburne

[mark95427]

thank you verry much :D

[AnalogueAbsynth]

can i hear Nujabes in the background?

[iMoonies]

YASU FROM NANA.. IS THAT YOU?

[dani123ddg]

 Oborogin sensei!!!

[dhatudharma]

you lookk like a cool guy!

[faithm]

how in the world would my name me pronounced? "face"? (faith)

[nuggetsonwow]

he's not very fluent in English though, is he? japanese is obv his native tongue, which imo, isn't very impressive.

[avsmary]

your a good teacher...

[bamboobogirl]

Thank you. You are a great teacher. Very very helpful when trying to learn on your own.

[edtomorrow]

Cool!!! I know Im going to learn a lot from you!!! Much more from some of the Jvlogers lessons. For some reason the angle you're coming from is easy for me to absorb. Awesome!!! And Thanks!!!

[FemaleObserver]

At least you're sweet. Well, Japs are always sweet anyway.

[FemaleObserver]

So slow to teach....hehehe, i can teach 100 times faster.. :)

[oborogin]

Come on ma~n.

I am trying to do my best.

Have a good one!!

[risasnuck]

@FemaleObserver

what? then upload urs! show us!

his teachs really gd actually.

faster isnt always gd.

[SmugDarkLoser]

@FemaleObserver

just for you anime guys with T

- think tsubaki from soul eater

[buraotkaman]

you're great!

[oborogin]

Thanks for your complement buddy!

Have a good one!!

[niceprince]

nujabes playing in the backround

[devilzzzzzzzzzz]

wow... suprising how diffrent they sounds but iv learned alot from this video thank you v much! ^_^

[amarula0sunrise]

Njubes in the background? Quality XD

[all3noooo]

おぼろぎんさんこんにちは！

面白かっただな。六月枚は日本語を勉強始めた。難しいので話せな­いw　D:　あなたは教えってるのか？　もすぐヌウーヨウクに引っ越すよ！　僕に教えってください！

ビデオが好きでした！

[MrOnepiece86]

arigato gozaimasu,OBOROGIN san !

[oborogin]

It is my pleasure ma~n!

Please, hang in there to study Japanese.

Have a good weekend buddy!

[jh4everl]

it would be nice if you could have the words on the screen....that way if we want to download your video, we can see what u are teaching. because right now, everything is in the drop-down. anyways...thanks for your vids.

[oborogin]

Thanks for your complement buddy!

I am gonna try to do it later on...

Have a good weekend:))

[pachinko32]

YEAH...

TIME FRIES..

TIME FRIES.....

[oborogin]

That's right!

Thanks ma~n!

Have a good weekend buddy!!

[iluvwine13]

Hey Oborigan san! How are you? I am finally starting to look at your Japanese lessons. I hope to be able to at least be able to carry on a conversation in Japanese so I can expand my horizons. So For this lesson:

Watashi wa american jin desu.

I have that down. Its a start.

[oborogin]

Great ma~n.

Please, continue to study JP from now on as well.

Have a good weekend buddy!!

[AmiOkamoto]

Thank you for making this video.

I already knew all of this stuff, but the way you explain it is so helpful and casual to people who don't know.

I showed it to my friend who has just started learning. ^^

Thanks!

[oborogin]

Thanks for your complements for my vid ma~n.

I am gonna continue to make new vids from now on also.

Have a good weekend buddy!!

[glitzgero]

Nice videos. It's a great help to hear it spoken and explained.

I also do the R/L mix for the R sound, it seems to sound the same as a native speaker. (As I have very hard sounding L's)

However, on the youon (sorry if the words wrong) I can sound all but the R's. They seem to come out as a dual sound (ri-y* instead of ry*), any advice?

(I know it's wrong, but I blame it on 10+ years of speech therapy to correct

my R's and L's)

ありがとうございます

[oborogin]

Thanks ma~n.

I hope my vids will be some help for your studying JP.

Have a good weekend buddy!!

[heddosupin]

arigatou! I will watch your Japanese Lessons and try to learn all of your teachings! You are very informative!

Thanks so much brother! You're a big help.

[oborogin]

Thanks for your complements buddy!

It encourages me a lot:))

I hope my vids will be your help...

Have a good one!!

[ArtofBBoy]

Do I hear NUJABES in the background music?

[oborogin]

Thanks for the comment buddy!

Actually, I am not sure because it is radio...

Have a good weekend !!

[lin2k4]

Thank you for the video. I am still having trouble pronouncing "ru" in Japanese.

Also, was that Samurai Champloo music in the background?

[oborogin]

Thank you so much for your complements.

I am gonna keep up to continue the lesson from now on as much as possible.

Let's study together.

Have a good weekend buddy!!

[srcityofheroes]

I'm gonna support you for the WHOLE year, you're a good guy, and domo agrito for the Japanese lesson, I've been taking it for along time now.

And yes, it's "Time fries", I was not thinking hehe

Btw, great english mate, keep up with it!

[oborogin]

Thanks buddy!

You are soo0oo sweet ma~n.

Keep warm （*^-')d"

Have a good one!!

[srcityofheroes]

Lol "Time frys"

[oborogin]

It is...time fries..

I am gonna keep up from now on also.

Please, support me this year as well.

Have a good one buddy!!

[Godl1keNL]

Great thank you I am learning myself japanese but struggling with grammar and speech but do you guys mostly use Hiragana or more characters?? ありがとう　ございます　is that correct? and i will check you vlog

そよなら

[Gimmeabreakman]

Your Japanese is pretty good for a New Yorker. 冗談だよ！

[oborogin]

Thanks buddy!!

Actually, you are one of the person who encouraged me to start this vlogging.

I really appreciate you ma~n.

Have a good time at YT live, and say hello to other YouTubers for me.

I am looking forward to meeting you guys in the near future.

Have a good one!!

[joebevis92]

this explains east asian stereotypes who say harro instead of hello

o well can't all be perfect lol

i just hope that when i learn to speak enough japanese that i don't sound like to much of crazy foreigner

[oborogin]

Thanks for the comment!!

I guess you will be great speaker of Japanese.

Please, hang in there, and I am gonna continue to make new lesson vids from now on also, when you have time, please, check it out!

Have a good one!!

[xtremevillain]

Hello. Can you do a more in-depth R one? Thanks.

[oborogin]

Thank you for the comment buddy!

In general, it is said that Japanese R sound close to L sound though. If I say more detail, when you pronounce Ra,Ri,Ru,Re,Ro sound, You need to touch your tongue against the roof of your mouth. I think I gotta make a explanation vid about the pronunciation in the near future.

Have a good one!!

[crunkykong]

Thanks for the lesson! Also, I love the Nujabes/FatJon music in the background :)

[oborogin]

Thank you so much for your kind comment!

It encourages me a lot.

I am gonna continue to male lesson vids from now on also.

If you like, please, check it out!

Have a good one!!

[koolaboy]

and I didnt mean that in a bad way at all

[koolaboy]

anyway thanks for the video

[koolaboy]

whoa for a sec I thought you were african :P

[oborogin]

Thanks for the comment.

Unfortunately, I am not African.

Here The Bronx, There are lot's of African people are living.

And I have many nice & cool African friends.

They are really energetic, and sometimes their energy encourages me a lot.

Have a good one!

[BlueangelM]

you know some people dont like when you say african.. we like to think of ourselves amwerican,, seeing that this generation isnt really from africa.. lol.. im jsut speaking for some people.. ( love the vid) im learning! ^_6

[oborogin]

Thanks for the comment.

What you are saying is true. But the people I mentioned are first generation and some who just recently moved from Africa. That's what I meant.

I will continue to make new lesson vids once in a while, so please continue to watch them. I hope it will be helpful for you.

Have a good one!!

[stuntmankurisu]

Oborogin thanks for taking the time to educate us just a bit more on the Japanese language. I am going to be going through you videos and hopefully progress my study =)

[oborogin]

Thanks for your comment.

I am glad that my lessons became your help.

When you have questions, please, feel free to ask me.

Once again, thanks a lot!

Have a good one!!

[BananaOrangeBerry]

英語うますぎ。

日本語のレッスンはありがとな。もし英語の質問があったら、ぜひ­言って。

[oborogin]

Thanks for your complements for my English.

I am really encouraged by your cheerful comment.

When I have question, I will ask you for sure buddy!!

Thanks a lot!

Have a good one!!

[gxcad]

I disagree with you on the R becomes L. I think its more like R and L sounds BOTH become a 'R and L at the same time' type sound.

Koichiben makes a video about it at some point...

[oborogin]

Thank you for the great comment.

I mentioned about the differences "R" & "L"sound in general. In japan, there are many type of accent which is depending on each dialect. R"&"L"sound also affected by it I think. So, generally it is said "R"sound close to "L" sound in Japanese.

Anyway, I am trying to make Japanese Lesson from now on also, When you have time, please, advice to me from now on.

Thank you so much.

Have a good one!!

[sanbastion]

Well somebody taught me to pronounce it like "lu", but I guess it isn't too mucha dilemma

[oborogin]

Anyway, I think people who are learning Japanese do not have to worry about pronunciation much in the beginning.

The most important thing to learn Speaking Japanese is speaking out loud with confidence. And Japanese Pronunciation is much more clear than English. It is more of Spanish. You will get use to right pronunciation gradually.

[gxcad]

I agree, don't worry about it too much in the beginning. As you get good and want to fine tune and perfect your pronunciation, you can come back to it.

I feel myself to pronounce at a native/very nearly native level and I pronounce it as 'rlu'. Its hard to explain in text...

[NaoHikaru]

Great advise!! ありがとうございました。