Essential Japanese phrases. (learn 25 new phrases)

[6734981]

Thank you so much!! You do such a great work.

[Mmmyess]

Why do you carefully pronounce the last vowel of some words (e.g., ohayoU gozaimasU, ittekimasU) when going over the word syllable-by-syllable, but then not pronounce that vowel AT ALL when you say it quickly???

[poly1pop]

For me I remember the romaji but having little trouble with kaji.

[LegendaryxEyes]

Perfect video! Arigatou gozaimasu~

I love learning Japanese :)

[DJLion826]

ありがとう！

[Lurvane]

Thank you! Please do more like these :)

[Lurvane]

あなたは大好きです！　＾＾

[geragna]

Just what I've been looking for! Thank you!

[edtomorrow]

Ahhh! There you are. Glad to see / hear you back!!!

[DistantEvolution]

i really like the website. i will use it quite a bit. thanks :)

[madneo87]

Yukkuri hanashite kudasai

Sometimes it's hard to hear how to pronouce the words.

Cause you're pronouncing it quite fast.

But aside from that it's all good ^^

[CatwomanJolie]

@madneo87

I agree! I will keep your suggestion in mind for my next video! ;)

Suggestions like yours are helping shape my video lessons into more productive ones for everyone! So thank you neo! :)

[madneo87]

@CatwomanJolie

Allways happy to help =D

I must say you have a very friendly and kind voice to listen to which makes learning alot easier and more fun =]

At least that's my opinion.

Just wondering how do I say/type Happy 20th Birthday in Japanese?

Since my best friend will become 20 soon and I wanted to congratulate her in Japanese.

Already hontou ni arigatou CatwomanJolie Sensei ^^

P.S: Keep up the great work! =D

[CatwomanJolie]

@madneo87

Thank you, what a nice thing to say! :) I'm glad my voice doesn't scare people away like Mr.T for example :O.

Okay so in Japanese we use the structure " ______ no Otanjyoubi Omedetou!" When saying "Happy ___th birthday" as in "Happy 20th Birthday!" Just place the number inside the blank space. (*note: most Japanese people understand the English numbers, so you can use the number (20) instead of the Japanese number.

[CatwomanJolie]

@madneo87

So the phrase would be: ( nijuu sai no otanjoubi omedetou!  = Happy 20th birthday! )

(Since you will be saying this to your friend it is A o.k to use this informal phrase)

You can also include your friend's name after that like this:

nijuu sai no otanjoubi omedetou miki chan/kun!

*Just replace "miki" with your friend's actual name and use"chan" if she's a girl or "kun" if he's a boy.

Hope this helped!

[madneo87]

@CatwomanJolie

You're a star! *gives you a very thankful hug*

Just so you know she's not Japanese.

She just likes Anime and other Japanese stuff just like me =D

Although I am more infected with the Japan/Asian-O-Virus XD

Well practicing the pronounciation right now to get it ready for the 19th (that's her birthday).

Just to show how much I appreciate it: Doumo arigatou gozaimasu Jolie Sensei! ×20

[rhikanda]

@CatwomanJolie Wouldn't it be "hatachi" for 20, instead of "nijuu" since it's a special age in Japan?

[Honeydew7396]

Yoku yo! 

[CatwomanJolie]

@Honeydew7396

hontou ni arigatou Honeydew san!

[Dantecool12]

sashiburi desu ne

well i want to ask two questions:

when i want to say (say it one more time) can i say (mou ichidou onegaishimasu) instead of (mou ichidou itte kudasai)??

second , in your link which i think it is quite interesting ,when i want to know what does this word means in English can i say (sore wa eigo de nan desu ka) instead of (nanto imasu ka) in your link ???

thanks for this nice lesson it was light and simple :)

[CatwomanJolie]

@Dantecool12

un, hisashiburi da ne! Hope your doing well! :)

Yes, it's perfectly fine to just use "mou ichido onegaishimasu". Say your on the phone and the operator said something your ears didn't pick up...saying "mou ichido onegaishimasu" will let the operator know that you want him/her to repeat something since you didn't hear or understand what was said.

[CatwomanJolie]

@Dantecool12

1. mou ichido itte kudasai (is more specific, here your asking the listener to say what he/she said one more time.)

2. mou ichido onegaishimasu ( can be used in a variety of situations since it's usage is much more general and can be used to ask someone to say something again or to do something again..it's nuance is more of "one more time please" , so it's not as specific as "mou ichido itte kudasai".

again, both do the trick in this case. ;)

[Falcondick69]

@CatwomanJolie i was wondering as far as reading the japanese text, how exactly is that done? as far as i can tell there is no spaces between the words so i see it like one word like it says "howareyou" instead of "how are you?" or when you combine them do you read them all like one word to make the phrase/sentence?

[rancidx3]

Glad you are back

[lalaXPlala]

the one phrase that i just cant remember no matter how often i hear it is oyasuminasai...

but thank you for this this is really helpfull

[Misslovebeautyful]

Thank you very much ! =D

Great video ♥

[CatwomanJolie]

@Misslovebeautyful

My pleasure! I'm happy you approve! : ) arigatou ne!

[bahamasartits]

good stuff

[xXbenikoXx]

Thank you! It's been so long since your last upload! Hope you're well.

[CatwomanJolie]

@xXbenikoXx

Thank you beniko san for keeping up with my video lessons. I'm doing just great! Thank you for asking. I hope all is well on your end too!

Thank you again for visiting & commenting. : ) Ja ne!