[13B] "Watching a baseball game"

[gokharol]

Hey, in all the cases or at least some of them, could I change the "ga" to "ha"? still think this "ga" is a little bit weird...^^

[sangobl]

aploosh can you please write these two sentences in the beggining of this video in japnese..I want to understand the word for player and practise..thanks

[jahzeelk3vin]

@aploosh what is the meaning of dewa and but mite imasu ??

[Aploosh]

スタンド「su•ta•n•do」means "the stands".

で「de」means "in".

は「wa」marks the topic, which in this case is "in the stands".

見る「mi•ru」means "watch".

〜ています「~te•i•ma•su」means "~ing"

Thus, 見ています「mi te•i•ma•su」means "watching"

[Ineedscissors62]

what does ''ima'' mean?

[Aploosh]

now

[Tran295]

why can't say: kaio san wa televi o mite imasu

[Sylent7]

What does dewa mean plz? Is it possible to use "ni" instead of dewa?

[kriffix]

nope, dewa/niwa are similar but are different!

First off, dewa has multiple uses, but i'll talk about the one you're asking about here for now.

"de" here is used to mark where an ACTION takes place. The "wa" afterwards is to indicate that this is not only where the action takes place, but also the topic of the sentence.

hope that helped, if not message me for more info.

[Sylent7]

Thank you. That did help.

[ZShakibGO]

could you explain me niwa plz?

[crimsonblad5]

dewa is a topic marker

de- means at or with (where and action is)

and wa is the subject

[ronaldindia]

As far as i have heard, the particle "ga" is most often pronounced "nga" by native japanese speakers, similiar to if it were pronounced with a closed nose :) While the "ga" is quite easy to pronounce individually as a word, i believe the japanese find it more convenient to pronounce it "nga" when they use it in a sentence. You may try it too !!!

[ikadir18]

BIHS54 - i agree with you. I feel that Mary mispronounces 'ga' - she says 'na' - when it should be more like 'gna'. If you compare her pronounciation with Mine's. Otherwise she's a good teacher.

[icramatrisi]

where is the url guys?

[MvpMartell]

It seems that the japanese "ga" phonetically

sounds like "na". Shouldn't it be "na".

I keep hearing "ga" sound like "na".  Is anyone else hearing it like that?

[robbWA]

HAHAHA! Thats the best!

[Droog1978]

Love the old school Harajuku footage.

And Althaus would totally get boned.

[robbWA]

I love Althaus. All those cute gestures and faces she makes, bud, shes gonna get it!

[BIHS54]

I hate Althaus. Why does she keep pronouncing a "g" like an "n". If its an "n" sound then show us an "n" not a "g".