Japanese Beginner's Conversation - Feelings with a 'shii'

[daiuinternational]

Thank you for the Japanese language lessons! Take care.

[TheKen8992]

thank youuu! watashi wa ureshii desu :D

[TheSast]

Watashi wa subaradhii desu, Kore o mita nochi! Arigato!

[Guitar360Dude]

this is sugoi ! ive fallen in love with japan

[KingoftheGods123]

Cheatings the way to go.

[kymmecute]

can i say "tanoshii mi desu" for its fun/ i enjoy it ?

[ich8bit]

If I want to complicate it a bit ;). So I experimented and wonder if this is right:

Sakana anata no wa ureshii desu ka?

[hinatagirl44]

ARIGATO SENSEI!!!! ^-^

[KareemHawari]

wait soo that whole Japanese writing means sad O.O

[Sorastar111]

@KareemHawari um yeah. the first chracter is for the sound-ka then na the shi then i.

[MsAnimelover4life]

YAY I AM LEARNING!!

[MrAki3461]

I got a grate idea for hole America. Well have Japanese. English + Spanish + Japanese. We need it. Tell our leader runs America!

[Seracinfinity]

So, would you say:

Watashi wa Ureshii desu

[thejapanshop]

@Seracinfinity Yes, "I am happy."

[Seracinfinity]

@thejapanshop Thanks :D

[Seracinfinity]

@thejapanshop Arigato!

[renlove09]

@thejapanshop would it be okay to say:

Watashi mo Ureshii desu?

[thejapanshop]

@renlove09 That would mean, "I am also happy." :)

[AdamsTeinz]

@thejapanshop arigato gosaimasu!

[thejapanshop]

@AdamsTeinz You are welcome!  Thank you for watching.

[TheEpicOtaku]

@thejapanshop I'm sure this is unrelated to the video, but I'm guessing I was right when I said "Hanna Jinxy-chan wa utsukushii." To mean Hanna Jinxy is beautiful. Was I?

[Jettro2199]

@thejapanshop in other terms watashi wa kanashii desu means i'm sad right?

[thejapanshop]

@Jettro2199 Yep.

[OMGBubbles98]

I thought "subarashii" was for "awesome"?

[Brunswick999]

@OMGBubbles98 It can be both :)

[sampleforyou]

haha this is tanoshi!:)

[bluepassionGR]

Ohayo gosaimas, can i ask something? I=Watashi

am = Wa??? like ...I'am...-Watashi wa??

[ultrastupido]

@bluepassionGR Not really. Wa is added after the subject of the noun and has no translation in english. Desu is what means am, or are, or is, things like that. So for example, Watashi wa ureshii desu. I am happy. Desu is the verb, watashi is the subject, ureshii is the adjective, and wa is a particle.

Basically, a simple Japanese sentence goes SUBJECT wa OBJECT VERB. Make any sense?

[Cat6768]

im gonna start a japanese club

[ArabianUsa]

watashi wa ureshii desu arigato, watashi namie wa riia desu youroshiku onigishimasu

[Nimsynimja]

waaaah!just a simple video with 4 words and there are lots of people speaking japanese in the comments!xDi dont know if someones already asked this but are there any good sites to learn japanese for free??coz im learning but its quite hard!muzukashii desu!!

[ultrastupido]

@Nimsynimja Try genkijapan. net (remove the space) and listen to the songs. Also, go on japanese. about. com/od/japaneselessons/u/Start­Learning. htm (remove all spaces) to learn the more technical aspects of Japanese.

[Nimsynimja]

@ultrastupido

thanks!!!xD cool:)

[lolturtle13]

僕は嬉しいです!!

Quick question. What is the difference between any of these phrases. Do they all mean the same thing?

僕は悲しいじゃいません。　僕は悲しいいない。　and　僕は悲しいではいません。

Would it have been ok to write this in all 3 different forms or is there some sort of rule to it? I'm curious. :P

[ultrastupido]

@lolturtle13 The 1st one is polite, as you used the polite form of the verb, imasu. The second is casual, something you'd say to a friend, maybe, as you used the polite form. The 3rd one is more like something that happened in the past, as you used the past form.

[tanj19]

is there a video on how to read Japanese? I know in Chinese that every word is a syllable, it doesn't seem that way for Japanese, so how do you read it?

[Trixiaoyu]

Kore wa ZETTAI KANTAN!! And what about: Utsukushii, Kanashii, Yasashii, Osoroshii, Orokashii... and so on!

[bodybaku]

こんにちは、私はBodybakuであり、今日日本語を話してい­る。 私は訳者を使用している。 だれでも日本語を話す方法をひとつひとつの単語のような現実的な­方法私に教えることができるか。 

[Thexundertakerxx]

GenkiJapan showed that the characters for fun were different from the ones here, but the romaji was the same, are they in Hiragana/ Katakana and are you in Kanji?

[thejapanshop]

@Thexundertakerxx That may be it. In a few cases different kanji are used with the same pronunciation but with a slight difference in meaning.  See our Atsui! Hot, Hot, Thick video for an example.

[purplecry]

Watashi wa ureshii.

Anata wa kanashii.

Kare wa tanoshii.

Kanojo wa subarashii.

[superfreakinawesome6]

WATASHI WA URESHII!!!

[FrankTheTankk14]

wait so, "we are happy is" tanoshii watashi tachi desu?

[vixenmacabre]

@FrankTheTankk14 watashitachi wa ureshii da yo

[Trixiaoyu]

@vixenmacabre - ureshii to itte... hontou desu ka? Aa, sore wa ii desu ne! Nihongo wa hontou ni tanoshii dakara. Mainichi, nihongo no benkyou de ganbarou!

[zekk0ut]

@vixenmacabre

Could someone explain what does "da yo" mean at the end of some sentences?

I've just always wondered...

[wishing4nate]

@zekk0ut "da yo" is a way of adding something that has a similar feeling such as "...you know?". It's really more rhetorical than anything. For example, you could say something like "I'm pretty cool, you know" and that would translate into "Ore wa kakkoindayo". Something like that...

[vixenmacabre]

@zekk0ut 'da' us the casual form of 'desu' and 'yo' is like an exclamation mark.

[vixenmacabre]

@FrankTheTankk14 watashitachi wa ureshii desu.

[XXXJuXJitsuXLauraXXX]

Do all the adjectives have 'shii' on the end in Japanese? If so are the grammer rules the same? E.g. Tanosh(i)katta = (it) was fun so Kanash(i)katta = (it) was sad etc?

[GolliM]

@XXXJuXJitsuXLauraXXX not all, there are many so called "na" adjectives such as benri, kirei, shinsetsu etc. usually 2-kanji compounds, that do not conjugate... but also non-kanji na-adjectives like shizuka exist.

There are many adjectives which undergo the conjugation you talked about... moroi (fragile), aoi (blue) to name some. They end in -i, not -shii. But both are grouped under "i-adjectives". Benri and kirei and kirai are not i-adjectives even though they end in i!!!

[XXXJuXJitsuXLauraXXX]

@GolliM Okay thanks, that helped lots thanks! So am i right in saying that the grammar rules are the same for all the ones that end in 'shii'? E.g. Tanosh(i)katta = (it) was fun so Kanash(i)katta = (it) was sad etc?

[GolliM]

@XXXJuXJitsuXLauraXXX Yup. It's only with adjectives that end in -i that you need some knowledge about them if you want to know how to conjugate them..

[sorafan90]

so exactly would u say, "i am having fun", and to just say "i am happy" or "i am sad" u just say "ureshii" or "kanashii"

[ashanti61289]

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[tanya9nithreus]

hmmmm... so how would i say i'm having fun? can you also just say "tanoshii" for that or would it have to be "watashi wa tanoshii desu"?

[YeonGaram]

@tanya9nithreus normally, just tanoshii.

[tanya9nithreus]

@YeonGaram ahhh ok, well thanks! =D that helped hehe ^^

[KuteKatt113]

@tanya9nithreus I'm pretty sure you just said that you were fun. xD Lol, "Watashi wa tanoshinde iru" is "I'm having fun." Although there's also "Kore wa tanoshii desu" which is "This is fun". Even so, as YeonGaram said, you can just say "tanoshii" and skip the other words altogether. =)

[tanya9nithreus]

@KuteKatt113 Lol! XD Ahhhh!! Well, if that is so, then................... I GUESS I'll just use the last option!! xD haha! Tanoshii! xP.

Actually, japanese isn't as hard as we think, but it's hard in the beginning when everything just confuzzles you o.O lol. either way, tanoshii xP. i've learnt something again haha.

[12345franny]

wow this is harder than it looks. im trying to teach myself how to speak. help.

[dangokagome]

isnt wonderful also called skideki or something lol

[YeonGaram]

@dangokagome 'suteki' also means worderful. but if you want to use it, there's some rules. when it comes at the end of the sentence, you have to add 'da'.

He's wonderful. 彼はすてきだ　karewa sutekida.

and when you use it as a normal adjective, you have to add 'na'

Wonderful man. すてきな男　sutekina otoko.

[dangokagome]

but what is wa? actually?

[MrKongmengxful]

this is a ramdom question...um...

does " to" means "and" in english because I've heard anime characters saying it many times...example: " Akari to Yuuki"

then Sub: " Akari and Yuuki"

is it? please tell me....thank you :)

[thejapanshop]

@MrKongmengxful Yes. "to" is "and."

[jorgio375]

@thejapanshop just to add to that, to is for listing nouns. There are other words for and, such as soshite, which connects clauses.

[KazKylheku]

@thejapanshop "to" is not exactly "and", but close. Also it is not only and, but has other meanings that are completely different. For instance can put "to" after some statement to indicate we are quoting it to talk about it. E.g. ame ga furu to omoimasu. (I think that it will rain).

[indigoeast4444]

@MrKongmengxful　O 3 O It can also mean "with" like when together with "一緒" (issho) :D

Like ユウキちゃんと一緒に行って。Yuukichan to issho ni itte. (You) go with Yuuki.

[MrKongmengxful]

wait, can "watashi wa ureshii" means "I'm happy" as well?

[YeonGaram]

@MrKongmengxful it's grammarically correct. but japanese people usually prefers just 'ureshii'

[TheAkatsukiKonan]

does konan meen little south in japaness and could you please tell me what nagato meens in japaness there names arigato gozaimas

[The10tailedJinjuriki]

@TheAkatsukiKonan konan and nagato XD what else do you want? whas pein in japanese?

[YeonGaram]

@TheAkatsukiKonan

it depends on which kanji you uses... if you use 小南, yes it means 'little south'

nagato mean 'long door' it's a family name. 長門　naga to Nagato Yuki = 長門ユキ

[YeonGaram]

@YeonGaram and it is also a name for certain Japanese city.

[aliedesuacido]

so if i want to say im happy it wood just be : Im ureshii?

[thejapanshop]

@aliedesuacido Sure. You can just say, "ureshii" to mean "I'm happy."

[YeonGaram]

@aliedesuacido just ureshii. Japanese and Korean language tend to skip subject.

[ThatBizarreMonkey]

so how would you say "She is sad?" is is something like "Kanojo wa kanashii desu"? /

[thejapanshop]

@ThatBizarreMonkey Yes! Very good.

[collute]

@thejapanshop

what?

NO!

kanojo wa kanashii gatte iru

[KazKylheku]

@thejapanshop I do not think it is very good. The question particle -ka is missing. "... kanashii desu ka?" I haven't ever heard Japanese native speakers using "desu" or "masu" to make a question without adding the particle ka. I see that your web site's domain name is registered to one "Clay Boutwell" in Florida. Hee hee... :)

[thejapanshop]

@ThatBizarreMonkey As KazKylheku pointed out below, you do need a "ka" at the end.  So much for early morning replies...

[swanfia]

funnnn!!!!!

[stellang0826]

watashi wa kokoro = my heart

mina= everyone

nante= but

konichiwa !mina ! ganbatte!

[TheSarcasticUzumaki]

Wouldn't the Wa in " Watashi wa kokoro " be No? Since No is used to show possession?

Watashi no kokoro = My heart

Watashi no kuruma = My car

Watashi no Okaa-san = My mother

[dangokagome]

@TheSarcasticUzumaki but i tought that ''no'' just uses to that person or to everyone.

[Dallral]

By the way Japanese adjectives that ends with an "i" can be turned into a negative by simply removing the final "i" and replacing it with "kunai".

For example:

Ureshii=happy

Ureshikunai=not happy

kanashii=sad

kanashikunai=not sad

tanoshii=fun

tanoshikunai=not fun

and well you get the idea.

[HunGriie]

wats 'shi i'mean?

[mydearcassandra]

@HunGriie

Japanese adjective has "shi i" or "i" at the ending of a word.

[Babiijab98]

yaya im learning japanes when im only 11 =0

[TiggerKool1155]

@Babiijab98 me 2

[noinuchan]

@Babiijab98 i started japanese when i was 8 now im 12 and im extremely proficient in this magnifique language

[anonymouspersonlalal]

soo basically, when U wanna say this is fun, it can be: "kore wa subarashii desu"?

[PinKpAndAs1]

not really. It's more like "Tanoshikata ne!" or "Tanoshi!" This is fun isn't it! or This is fun!

"Kyo wa tanoshikata ne" Today was fun, wasn't it. Or withought the "ne" Today was fun!

[nurulabma]

er... wait, how do u say, i AM happy then?

[anonymouspersonlalal]

I dunno, maybe

watashi wa ureshii. or ore wa ureshii or maybe boku wa ureshii.

[HikariAppleButterFly]

@anonymouspersonlalal

if you say "ore wa" you would be considered very rude

if you say "boku wa"(if your a girl) you would be considered a boy

[ChungFat4eva]

you wouldn't really be considered a boy, just boyish or a tomboy

[MusicMagic8]

I think it is Atashi wa or

watashi wa ureshii

[masatotami]

watashi stands for I

I don think watashi is the right word =/

[ladyishtar]

@nurulabma

Just an exclamation of "ureshii!" or "ureshii yo!" is usually enough in an informal situation. You don't really need a pronoun most of the time, because people will guess you're talking about yourself from context.

"Watashi wa ureshii desu" would be the formal way to say it, though.

[PinKpAndAs1]

"Ureshii kata" I'm happy or "Watashi wa ureshii." I am happy.

[eams2714]

パイパイをしゃぶることが大好きだよ！

[missdinamit]

domo arigatou ^_^

[AnimeOtaku1998]

Minna-san no tanoshii desu ka?

[S0NiCCCCC]

hai! nihongo ga daisuki desu!

[adanBLURbis]

sayounara-goodbye

[shanirideshorsesss]

how do you know what 'ba' is to write in hiragana? Is there a ba bi bu be bo?? HELP!

[thejapanshop]

You write ha, hi, fu, he, ho but with a ten ten (looks like a double quote) ばびぶべぼ

[saiyukidean]

arigato gozaimasu!

[EternalxBlack]

watashi nihonjin dayo.Watashi wa kanashi.this video repeats the word 2 much

[tRiXtErEmo11]

Aah, arigatou gozaimasu!

Mata, boku wa nihhongo ukeru ni oneigaishimasu.

is that okay with you?

[msgirl16]

hey can i ask s/th?how can i say i am happy in japanese?can i say watashi wa ureshii?

sorry i don't know i am just beginner from today!

[Luioomba]

Yeah, that's right =], but you have to put desu at the end.

Watashi wa ureshii desu.

[msgirl16]

thanks!=)

[Luioomba]

^ ^ your welcome =].

[BigBlueChippy92]

mhh.. if kanashii means sad, then kanashimi = sadness? or did i get something wrong?

[Yayakills]

lol @ video-.-

[siumian]

i wish my school have japanese class= =

[AllysaZombie123]

Oh my gawd, doesn't a lot of people do? XD

[saeed2008aae]

I wish my country had even Japanese learning books :\ ; It's really a pain not having those around

Long live anime and Internet

[XtraNormalVideos888]

I know!! Instead you have to learn spanish...-.-

[maxX10114]

me too, my school used to have japanese classes but got rid of them and now only offers chinese T_T

[LemonatoR32]

@siumian My school doesn't have one due to "lack of interest," and so cut the class out the year before I became a freshmen.

Now I'm stuck teaching it myself... DX

すごくむずかしいですよ～～～～！！！

ぼくのがっこうがだいきらいです。。。

[zekk0ut]

@siumian

Apparently they're already having trouble teaching english.

[BlanFan2O]

I need someone to talk to in japanese; I NEED PRACTICE, haha! good video man, really helpfull! if my japanese level could only catch up to my spanish level that'd be awesome and it seems these videos will make it possible!

[jaeyg]

mina-san, konichiwa. watashi wa smile desu .. hajimemashite ^^

[fuzyfan]

ahhh konichiwa Smile-san hajimemashite watashi wa Kaito desu yoroshiku onegaishimasu

=DD

[Cloud2797]

Duomo Arigatou gozaimasu

watashi wa ureshii desu :D

[Guardian016]

I teach you a good Japanese word!

いかす or イカす ikasu

means groovy!

[vga994]

yeah this video really helps.thanks for uploading cheers.. :)

[kimochii1415]

tanoshikatta desu,,arigatou ne!!

jaa,mata ne!!

[venduti]

wat means tanoshikatta?

[kimochii1415]

tanoshii-fun,,tanoshikatta,,is the past tense of tanoshii,,after I watch this video I would say,,tanoshikatta desu ne,,its very fun to watch this video,,!!

[SectaTutorial]

Watashi wa V desu!

XD

[fuzyfan]

baka ne xD

[gurdianangeljay253]

watashi wa jay desu. watashi wa ureshii

i think that says: my name is jay. im happy

[doctaword]

You don't need to say watashi twice. The subject was already estrablshed so you can just say Watashi wa Jayu desu. Ureshii desu

[theclumsybiscuit]

So, can i say:

Ureshii desu.

&

Watashi Wa Ureshii Desu.

?

[Sue1589]

I love japaneseee xD

[ouran4445]

me 2 i want to learn soooo bad....

[Luciditi]

I wish people made clear that o genki desu ka doesn't mean how are you... its just used in the same way. O genki desu ka really means "are you genki?" (healthy/in good spirits) which is why you reply "yes i am genki" aka Hai genki desu!

I just noticed that so many people are confused on why you don't say ureshii desu in response to o genki desu ka.

[panda24ling]

Good video to learn Japanese ^v^

[Onimaru2684]

" watashi mo ureshii?" will that work? xD

[thejapanshop]

That woudl be "I am also happy."

[fndalves]

what about "watashi wa ureshii" ?

by the way, how do I know when to pronounce the hiragana for "ha" as "wa"??

[bznarroz]

you can just say "ureshii desu"

and i think the only time you read "ha" as "wa is if it is a particle

[hardlyknown79]

mainly within a word.... the ha is pronounced as ha... but as it indicates the "topic particle" in a sentance (in which it would be alone right after the topic you are talking about) then it would be pronounced wa... otherwise its ha when its a part of a word

[unwantedsoulx]

I think you may reply : Genki desu(I'm fine)/ Genki yo. Arigatou. (Fine, thank you.) :D

[GimmieURcookie]

If someone asked you " O genki desu ka?(how are you" would you say " hai, ureshii desu" ???

[thejapanshop]

The standard reply is 'hai, genki desu.'

[GimmieURcookie]

Ok then, but how would you use these examples from this video then?

[kakliza]

it's slightly different from the English concept of replying with "Great!!!" when someone asks you how you are, i guess. In one external example, apparently, URESHI means "I'm glad". genki´s literal meaning is = healthy

If a person asks, ogenki desuka? means how are you? the normal reply as thejapanshop said, is genki desu (or just genki)...which means "I´m fine".

[unholydegas]

anata wa ureshii desuka?

Hai,... ureshii de chotto anakasuita da ne!

Hai Douzo...

[WishWish90]

what did you just say?

[Sian103]

Could you use some of these feelings if someone asked you お元気ですか？ ^^

[thejapanshop]

Yes, but as with the English, "How are you?", the set response is usually a choice among just a few answers.

[Sian103]

Oh, I see ^^; Thankyou~

[unholydegas]

Dou itashi mashite...

"you're welcome"

But is it tru japan shop that when in japan it's generally not asked? How are you?

And isn't it also tru that when you meet someone for the first time you wouldn't say "watashi wa namae ga ...... You would just say Name desu? Arigatou Gozaimasu, TjsSensei, Nihongo ga chotto muzukashii ne? Wakata ni hayakimasu...

[pookiehohn]

I know it's dirty but a good mnemonic is

the only time I'm sad is when I can not shit. ( kanashi)

[OmgCannon]

わたし。。。きょねん　の　なつ　から　にほんご　を　べんきょしました。　いま、　この　ビデオ　は。。。

やさしい～

If anyone wants to try translating, it's in hiragana　(minus video・ビデオ).

[nijiro1987]

これって？

"I've been studying Japanese since summer of this year. Now, this video is... easy!"

私は、１３歳から一人で勉強していました。今２１歳です。とても­上手じゃありませんだけど、楽しいだからゼンセンがんばりましょ­うね!

[angel2411]

Can't Shiawase also mean Happy?

[thejapanshop]

Yes, shiawase means 'happiness'

[angel2411]

O okay thank you!!!!!!!

[nijiro1987]

As stated, it means "happiness"; it can also be made into a "na" adjective, "shiawase na":

幸せな子犬ですね！

"Isn't he a happy puppy?"

[marge183]

nummysummich..

it's like this:

"watashi wa ureshii desu"

[Catacipige]

great video...it helps alot...I have a pretty good grasp on grammer but these videos help me learn more words so for you I say...

Domo arigatou...watashi-wa ureshii desu...anata-wa yoku kyoshi desu

plz correct me if I made mistakes ^^

[Nummysammich]

so you could say "watashi wa desu ureshii"?

just wanna make sure here^^

[mizugawa]

Well, you could indeed, technically that is. The right way is "Watashi wa ureshii desu" tho ... (^__~ )

However if you're in a situation which allows less formality you could just say "ureshii".

[kittashi13]

i luvve japanese witch is why im trying 2 learn it and cause most of japans anime arent translated so i have 2 get use 2 reading em in japanese!!!!i luve japan!!!!!!!!

[Kisasohma94]

subareshii! Arigato.

I'm a beginner at Japanese.

Some of the words are hard to read