Learn Japanese Greetings & Questions : How to Ask "How are You?" in Japanese

[misssweeted]

in anime, they say something like "dishoubou desu ka?" (cant spell the first word) what is the difference between the meaning i wrote and the meaning you wrote?

[drinkfromavampire]

i can say yes in Japanese its hai pronounced  hi

[ajanisnelling]

What are the sounds of the vowels and constants?

[EmanAbd1]

Bless you"" this is eman from Saudi Arabia :)

[EmanAbd1]

You are a good teacher.. May God b

[jensssen]

Okage sama de :P

[Da5thSith]

Not only is she beautiful but I like how she pronounce each word in Japanese because it important plus they are strict on pronunciation  of words plus she show you the word written as well.Sexy but cool to learn from...

[Mediumchild]

why do you leave out the O in o-genki?

[AmieAzuma10]

Respond to this video... Well, the 'o' somewhat makes it a question...

[TheFancywalrus]

@Mediumchild adding the O makes it honorific and more polite, she uses the more informal way

[21gunsgeorge]

of course in japanese ka is ?

[mooksterUSofA]

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Is this possible?

[SLAZHER62]

are you married ? will be more easy for me .. you are so pretty . for sure I will learn ..from you ..speak Japanese love you accent ..

[AmieAzuma10]

Hatsuka: Konnichiwa-gonzaimasu, Amie-Imouto. O geki desu ka?

Amie: Hai, domo genki desu, Hatsuka-Onee-Chan, arigoto-gonzaimasu! Anata wa?

Hatsuka: Domo genki desu, Amie. Doitashimashite.

:3 With the help of these vids, I can speak Japanese with my best friend. ^_^

[sangief17]

If u my home teacher, I cannot learn. Too much beauty...

[DemitriIce]

What if someone wants to say ' no i'm not fine'? would that person say ' iie genki desu'?

[GenerationDarkness]

@DemitriIce you could say; (watashi wa) genki jya nai desu. or genki nai desu.

[PrideofWhitey]

Can you please translate something for me? I have the name of a band and a song, but it's written in Japanese. I would like a translation, so that I can find their music. The name of the band and the song are 朋友-魔力王子

If you or anybody can translate these words for me, I would appreciate it very much!

[KyubiiChakra]

@PrideofWhitey According to google translator it means Friends - Magic Prince I cannot say for sure as I personally cannot read it but I hope this helps.

[TheZeth24]

thanks ma'am. very helpful video.

[pajutez]

ogenki desu...omai wa?

[GenerationDarkness]

@pajutez

i think you meant "omae" although i think thats more a rude version of "you", the more neutral one would be "kimi" or "anata"

[pajutez]

@GenerationDarkness HASAMEO.....

[pajutez]

@GenerationDarkness 話せるよ！メールも出来るしッ(笑)

[Danshivalor]

am I fine!?.. well, it is SHE that is fine! -> Anata wa oishii des!!

[grimmjowES06]

WAtashi wa gengi desu :)

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[kakasuna]

this is really helpful, but i feel like a idiot repeating what she tells me what to repeat...

[licipoohh]

Conversation:

Person 1 :Konichiwa.! O genki desu ka?

Person 2 :Genki desu...anatawa? Person 1 :Watashi mo.!

Both:Sayonara

TRANSLATION:

Person 1:Hello, how are you?

Person 2: I am well. and you?

Person 1:I am ok

Both:goodbye

yea i juss learned that XD

[mychal513]

@licipoohh oh cool but the translation is it the ACTUAL saying or not

[licipoohh]

@mychal513 Yepp =)

[medea3288]

Hello!!!I'm an italien girl but I know english language and your Japanese lessons are very Intersting!!!Thank you very much!!!

[Rotarrius]

what's the difference between Genki Desu ka and Daijoubu Desu ka?

and sometimes can you drop the Desu? i've heard people ask for the time by Saying Sumimasen naji ka? instead of Sumimasen, nanji desu ka.

thanks and why aren't these videos numbered? it's confusing lol

[laughingwarrior]

i'm not learning because the beauty is to much arrrghhhh

[ShatteredBladeXx]

El pollo :D

[HawkeyeAVGNfan]

Wow while i'm learning i felt that it is real

[theDYINGman8D]

XD awesome

[RobertJFreemantle]

Choushi wa Dou desu ka?

[Xgirl9111]

wow thxs sakura i hope to learn moe from u in the future xD

[amitnarayankar]

Learning japenese is so easy. Moreover my mother tongue(Marathi) has almost same sentence formation and question markers. Instead of desu we have 'ahe' and question marker is the same.

[greyhall1]

Wouldn't you ask " O genki desu ka?" ?

[firedigimon99]

Thats the more polote way to say it

[greyhall1]

@firedigimon99 I don't want to know how to say it the "polote" way. I want to know how to say it the polite way! :-)

[dale456654]

@greyhall1 That's what I thought. I'm not sure what the "O" does.

[Leicea]

If someone asks you if you are ok and then you want to ask the same question to that person, what would you say?

Like:

-How are you?

-I'm fine, and you?

"and you", how would you say?

[greekmadnessss]

i'm fine, and you?= genki desu, anata wa?

[EvilRabbitUK]

@greekmadnessss ore mo.

[Mediumchild]

@greekmadnessss is that correct?

[Cartoonothing]

@greekmadnessss - You don't really need to add the "wa" if you don't want to.

[haylz27]

I think it is "anata wa?" to say and you.

[oblivion1717]

@Leicea you would say...

Genkidesu (insert a thank you to be polite) arigato. Anata wa? (and you.)

so "and you?" would be (Anata wa?) :)

[greekmadnessss]

when someone asks you "Genki desu ka?" and you are not that well what do you say?

[MrGrimo1986]

Genki ja Arimasen -

[Ghakimx]

'Iee'.

[JOJOYUBARI1]

Ma Ma desu,[which sort of means 'So So',

[CockslamUrBhole]

just lie and say yes.

I don't remember the last person I ever encountered that truly cared how someone was doing when they asked.

It's all just making conversation.

[oblivion1717]

@greekmadnessss Momo, can mean so, so. that's an alternative ;)

[martialartsmom]

IM LEARNING! ;) genki desu ka!!!!!!!!! im so smart

[TokyoMewMew96]

LOL me tooo.=]

[temyca]

desu - (is, are or am) and is a polite form

ka - is a question mark (that is why you don't see question marks at the end of the sentence with ka, just a period) and it makes the sentence a question

[luis9382]

wait dose sesu mean make a question or ka make a question?

[babycrier96]

ka makes the question.

[luis9382]

(sesu mean) means what learning as i go so thanks man.

[raptorrawr17]

I believe "ka" makes the statement into a question.

[katelynnmonroe]

i thought it was O genki desu ka?

[dgk990]

you put the O in front of it to make it more polite.

You would use this if you were talking to your parents, teacher, elderly people, etc.

You don't have to though if you are just speaking to your friends or something of the similarity.

[stab456]

the o is honorable, saying;

"how is your honorable spirit?"

in her case, she's just being rude.

[TheCrazyStudent]

She is not being rude. "Genki desu ka?" is polite language. Using "ogenki" instead of "genki" makes the language more sophisticated, but it's not necessary to use that form.

Casual language is just "Genki?", and even that form isn't rude if you are talking to your friends. Saying just "Genki?" to an elderly who is a complete stranger to you might be a bit rude, though.

[stab456]

im not sing shes bein rude, just shes not being polite

[cloudvol7]

Why don't they just say Wa Anata genki desu ne? It's like saying are you good...

[temyca]

you don't need anata wa because the speaker is already implying "you" as the receiver.

[Vengence0100]

@temyca

Indeed. Because why would I be asking if I was feeling well or not? So I walk up to someone and ask, "Am I feeling well?" That's just silly. In all actuality even the English form has an "I" that isn't necessary. But, then again, there's a lot in English that is redundant.

It's like walking up to someone you don't know and saying, "Speak English?" They know you're asking them because of the implications of the question (why would I ask someone else if I speak English?).

[mashi384]

genki desu ka litterally means "are you in high spirits/energized"

you can say that.

but "hajime mashite" is litterally used for "how do you do"?

[warriorboy1984]

SUSHI!!!!

[paularinah]

is the 'U' in desu' silent? i can't hear her pronoucing the u sound...

[mOrOOkiDD]

"right" the U maybe is silent but not always.

[KaniaProductions]

yes it is

[Mooncutter22]

in most cases it is silent but not rly. what i mean is that when u say it at normal speeds u say so fast that you dont rly hear the U at the of letters. Ex: Kisuke, when u say it, u say (KEESKAY)

[mashi384]

it is there, but not clearly pronounced when you talk fast ;] you dont have to.

[PandaLord74]

well kinda

[TheCrazyStudent]

@paularinah

Both "u" and "i" are often silent (or kind of "muted") when they come before a syllable whose initial is a voiceless consonant.

In the end of a sentence, the "u" is most often silent in "desu" or words that ends with "~masu", like "gozaimasu" and "arimasu".

[iMMoRTaLBrian]

Daijoubu means, i'm fine, i watch to much naruto

[MNY0713]

No, it means "are you okay?"

[Danone306]

I left 3coments by now,lol,where r they?

[Danone306]

Daijobu it's like "it's ok,don't worry bout dat" ^^

[Danone306]

Daijobo it's like "it's ok,don't worry bout dat".I hope I helped u ^^

[Danone306]

Daijoubo it's like "it's ok,don't worry bout dat"! I hope I helped u ^^

[utotakoeh]

what does "daijobu" mean? isn't it the same with "genki desu ka?"

[TheCrazyStudent]

No, it's not the same.

Imagine your friend tripping on a stone, falling to the ground. Then you want to ask something like "Are you OK?" or "Are you alright?" You then use "daijoubu" to mean "OK" or "alright".

"Genki" is another na-adjective meaning something like being healthy, not only physically but also in your mind.

The equivalent in English would be something like "Are you feeling well?" which is very different from "Are you alright?"

[Userguape]

She is cute. I want to marry her

[renatoneves83]

I wished I lived in LA. She seems to make learning Japanese  very easy.

[jaeyg]

anata wa baka desu ka?

[juju6018]

元気ですか　hehehehehe:-P

[jsprite123]

She's a fine/hot lady, and thank you very much for the learning via her videos. No need for retards to insult her.

[maggru91]

Genki desu ka?

[clowdycloud]

hi genki desu :D

[spekion]

Hai Genki Desu

[wHesZxtHlifAh10]

i thought the question should be "o genki desu ka" and not just genki desu ka...

[nothing13nothing13]

yeahhh thats what i thought too.

[smeggshooter]

lol ok well the O is for politeness SO THE FUCKING BITCH ISNT POLITE!!! O: KILL HER!!!!

[afsgdgd]

... man, are you ok? O.o

[smeggshooter]

haha yeah am areet lols sorry i was only joking or was i ........ we shall neva know

[afsgdgd]

i know but... lol :D

[FernandoPaganni]

"o" is a honorific form, a polite form.

[lurtz94apa]

o genki desuka is more "polite"

[TheCrazyStudent]

The 'o' and 'go' prefix is making the speech more sophisticated, and is a way of "word beutification". It has more to do with honorifics rather than politeness. Different levels of politeness is more clearly indicated in the end of the sentence.

Genki?

Genki desu ka?

Genki de gozaimasu ka?

These are just a few examples. The last one is too polite for daily use, and only used when talking to a high royalty of some sort, or someone of similar status.

[stocxt]

if someone asked "genki desu ka?" in a way like "Are you hurt?" can't you answer back "Daijoubu" as in "I'm fine"

[iloveapple]

That makes it sound less like a greeting.. I think "Daijoubu" is more of an answer to "Are you ok?" "Genki desu ka" to ask "Are you hurt?" seems a bit awkward..

[TheCrazyStudent]

If someone asked "genki desu ka?" in a way like "Are you hurt?", then that person probably can't speak Japanese very well since it's not appropriate to ask that question in a situation like that. You are more likely to hear "Daijoubu desu ka?" if it looks like you're hurt.

Moreover, if someone asks you in English if you are hungry, you don't answer "Yes, I'm thirsty."

In the same way, if someone askes if you are "daijoubu", you should also answer using "daijoubu". Same goes for "genki".

[aderilus]

in DESU is the U silent... i wasn't sure.

[TheUnknownUchiha]

It would be pronounced like des. The sound "su" doesn't exist in Japanese.

[ryuzakilawlight]

hey gyes-do u say-so desu ka or so desu ne?

[BaeRli991]

it's: Genki desu ka?

answer: Hai, genki desu.

[BlanFan2O]

"genki desu ka" is "are you ok?". "genki desu ne"

would be "you're ok, right?" answer for yes "hai, genki desu" answer for no, simply "iie"(spelled wrong?)

[estefanycabrera]

what does daijobu mean ? doesnt it mean im fine? help -__- my godmother is coming and i totally suck at japanese plus she only speaks japanese ans spanish and i only speak spanish and english but she said she is gonna make me speak to her in japanese eep she is gonna know that i forgot the few thigns she taught me -_- why is my godmother japanese the one place i love so much and now she says if you love it so much "YOU MUST LEARN" she scares me

[BlanFan2O]

oh damn that sucks and I don't know what that means! but if you want to say you're fine you could try "watashi wa genki desu". I'm not sure if that would be ENTIRELY correct but you could try.

good luck!

[estefanycabrera]

yeah i need it since she said if i dont get some sentences right she is sonna beat me with a stick lol is like im back in my country DR they beat the kids up with branches is funny thas why i never misbehaved -_-

[Pinkmermaidprincess1]

acually that means are u ok?

[estefanycabrera]

thank you omg im so gonna get a beating from my godmother if i dont learn -_-

[Pinkmermaidprincess1]

ur welcome im ot that good but i know a couple of things

[asakidesigns]

it's translated as are you alright? as an e.g. if you fall or get hit I will then ask daijobu? not genki desu ka

[estefanycabrera]

arigatou i love to learn thank you sooo much ^_^

[amelianightingale16]

no no no dont say "watashi wa genki desu" thats so wrong lol. just when u see her say "konnichiwa" which means hello/gd afternoon. "ohayo"(casual) for morning "ohayo gozaimasu" (goodmorning polite) "konbanwa" (good evening) and then just ask her "o genki desu ka?"

[estefanycabrera]

will try lol if i remember im not to good with memory xDD

[SHENAKU]

i learned from a japanese it's best to just answer genki desu when asked( o) genki desu ka. and that (o) genki desu ka means how are you? not are you ok, it says so in my japanese book too

[TheCrazyStudent]

Just an advice: If you are going to learn a foreign language, you have to learn what is actually being said in every sentence. Not just learning what a native English-speaker would express in the same situation.

When an American say "How are you?", a Japanese person says "Healthy is [question]?", so in other words just "Are healthy?"

A language should NEVER be learnt expression-wise. A language should be learnt by breaking it down into pieces and patterns, learning to understand them all.

[rainbowrants]

@TheCrazyStudent EXACTLY. I belive you should learn literal, and then context its used in. Because people will get confused. Hajimemashite for example. Doesn't mean "nice to meet you", and it can defintily be used in other situations

[TheCrazyStudent]

@rainbowrants

I totally agree! The problem with a lot of the Japanese learning material, like books for example, is that they persist in giving the Japanese expression and then giving an English expression-based "translation". This is more likely to confuse the learner than anything else.

["Hajimemashite" comes from the verb "hajimeru". It is then conjugated to the polite form "hajimemasu" and then to its te-form, "hajimemashite".]

Why are such short and simple explanations often omitted..? :O

[laegodo]

@TheCrazyStudent thats bullshit

[laegodo]

@TheCrazyStudent i think i would know my self i speak twelve languages fluently including this one

[laegodo]

@TheCrazyStudent ich brauche schnelleinen artz habe thats german means to go fuck your self

[TheCrazyStudent]

@laegodo

I don't study German, but how about teaching me how to say "Grow up, dude!"?

If there is something I said that you don't agree with, why don't you tell me WHY you don't agree. Unless you don't want to confess that you are just trolling?

[mychal513]

@TheCrazyStudent thank you for teh advice i guess

[skvakagud]

@TheCrazyStudent so true, because that will give you "social language understanding" which is what you really want to know, if learning another language.

[BlanFan2O]

well still ya get the idea, every language and country has it's own slang.

[dgk990]

is there any slang in japanese like in america?

like how would say, "yo what up dawg?"

:P just wondering

[BlanFan2O]

I'm sure there is, there are slang terms for just about every language. but you can't really learn them from a tutor. it's like in spanish, "esse" or however you spell it is a slang term. I think it's the spanish version of "dude" but I'm not sure.

[greentfox]

haaaii

okagesama de, genki desu yo

;D

[SheSister]

konnichiwa, genki desu ka?

Hai! genki desu.

but am i right now:

ichigo ga suki

i like strawberrys

but is this right then??

ichigo ga suki ka?

do you/i like strawberrys?

PLEASE HELP ME!!!

[greentfox]

anata wa? ichigo ga suki desu ka?

[BlanFan2O]

hai!

[swiftmasterchop]

you are so FREAKIN COOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gummybearsrule146]

oh this is soooo complicated

[CappsGrad]

Nothing in life thats worth having comes easy

[mbplove]

konnichiwa, genki desu ka? Can I say it like that :S confused

[misunderstoodblood]

you can, but it would kind of sound a bit like your worried about if theyre alright :)

[laa1664]

Let me flex my Japanese muscles lol.....

Kono onna wa daisuki desu ne

Honto ni kawaii desu ne! ;D

[Dunjkaa]

What does it mean?? Is it that you like the girl, and she is cute?? Or am I wrong?

[ilovedao]

i have never heard this phrase without the honorific "O"...ex. Ogenki desu ka.

I'm not an expert(of course_

[aquiace]

My understanding is that O- is added to be more polite. Both are fine.

[evergara]

the addition of 'O' can mean 'as for yourself'. So Ogenki des(u) ka => 'as for yourself, how are you?'

[jongkongmas]

genki desu....kyo wa saiko genki de ima...

[MILLTICKET7]

genki des ka

[misunderstoodblood]

hai genki des ^_^

[KEVO12jew]

no dont do anything diffrent ok your are perfect thank you for making this video

i need more help trying to speak

[illumis]

culturally wise おげんきですか is only used when you have not met someone for quite a while. it is not as commonly used as its english translation (loosely) "how are you?".

[xXAngelaWazHereXx]

i love the word ''hajime mashite''

i luv to say it 5 times fast

hajime mashite hajime mashite hajime mashite hajime mashite hajiime mashite

[xVampirexHybridxTrym]

hon'in koigokoro myu-jikku

I Love music in Japanise...(right?)

.

hon'in gozen shujouteki

Im emotional....

i just wondered if I did it right ...

by the "wordbook" online....or something

[cdoug25]

Sorry not right: i know the first one, but umm i don't think i will learn the second one for a few months lol, probably years, ive been learning it for 5 years now at school, and you would say:

I love music:

Ongaku ga suki desu

Ongaku: Music

ga: prefix

Suki: like

desu: it's/its/ I (it has many different meaning)

[xVampirexHybridxTrym]

like...

music me like or something....

[wutisupman]

Wouldn't it be

Ongaku o suki desu?

Since music is the direct object...

Like the full sentence would be

Watashi wa ongaku o suki desu.

I  music like

[dckdckmoose]

It would be "ongaku ga suki desu" because "suki" is not a verb, it is an adjectival noun. Therefore you use the subject marker "ga" as opposed to the object marker "wo".

Watashi wa ongaku ga suki desu.

[cabovercmk]

well there is

Hajimemashite- How do yo do/It's nice to meet yopu

dou desu ka?-How is it going?

Ogenki/Ongenki desu ka?-Are you decent?

Ikaga desu ka? How are you? and among other things. The thing with Japanese ais that there are millions (not literally) variations for one english word.

[D2burkhead]

Hajimemashite literally means first time to meet

[greatgmasta]

I thought it was hajimeashite. No wonder japanese people look ay me crazy, I was saying it wrong. This was alot of help.

[JUSTIFYINGme]

what does hajimeashite means?

[tamarianer]

Hajimemash(i)te (the i is not spoken) means "Good day". You say that, when you meet someone for the first time. If you know the person which you meet, then you can say "Konnichi ha".

I hope it is correct. That is the explanation i know, rather i read on a website.

[lussygirl]

dosen't is mean nice to meet you or something like thant ???

[jaejames]

well konnichiha means mid afternoon after 10am so you can use either hajimemashite nor "konnichiha "on the right time ;D it is actually konnichiwa but the 'ha' is been use anyone know the reason?

[FunkyEmoPunky]

but if " genki desu ka " means are you okey

then o-genki desu ka means how are you?

[littleninnie]

yes but "ogenki desu ka?" is the polite forme.

[socobolococo]

THANKS A LOT!!

[Ryokakid]

THNX! IT HELPS ME ALOT!

[hawaiifreak1234567]

but i thought it was san wa ikaga osugoshi desu ka...

anyone know?

[luxollidd]

why does genki desu bring mean to 'I' am fine??

because there's no watashi in it

so if u say it like that u could say anyone is fine

why the sentence is directed toward self?

thanks for xplain