"mina san conichiwa, wattashi wa" Mina= everyone, San = (politeform) conichiwa (Greeting) wattashi wa (I). it's an introduction. then she is telling that she is doing a videoblog. (???)"but that's ok" "I am american"(???)"sorry" I am sorry but I have learned Japanese by watching a lot movies with subtitles. this is parts of what I can translate so I am very inexperienced I'm really sorry somebody help me with translating.
Hey! it sounds your japanese so good o o! You're lucky"^^! Anyway, I'm a french native speaker, so I've already learn english by myself, langue that I very like :D, japanese too, but I think I'm not motivate enough, lol!
im study japanese, and i really apreciate your videos, its took a while for me to find some useful japanese videos. But yours are very interesting :P thanks a bunch!
For how long have you been learning Japanese and how have you been learning it? Because to me, although I know very very very little Japanese, you sound exactly like a Japanese person, your Japanese seems flawless!
great. what made her to learn japanese is fricking "anime". not the Prius or Sony or something cultural... but then she's young... well, i don't see any good use of japanese language in bussiness...
Hey, you're cute! I'm in the beginning stages of learning japanese so I understood probably only 5% of this. Well, I'll get back to reading books now!
You're really good. I've been wanting to learn Japanese since discovering haiku and Japanese architecture in elementary school, but my racist parents wouldn't have any of that. o_O So I had to graduate school first. Then I got sidetracked by random crap, such as getting pulled off and on into the world of anime, fashion, arts, writing, and pr0n.
Oh... my... God. I love how different this is from your Really Intense persona. Your mouth totally looks different as soon as you start speaking Japanese. You sound just like a real Japanese peson. And you are SO adorable. You also play with your hair alot and hide behind your hands. It's like you're all shy. This video was so cute.
I like that you enjoy Japanese culture and that you're actually fluent in japanese right? Nice nice. You haven't been to japan? That's just crazy o__o go there and flaunt some of your Japanese speaking skills.
[ wo hai zi juei de bai ren tai shi huan zi-bun de culture. ]
anata honto ni urushi so mitai yo dana ma oremo itsuka nihon o ikitai na. demo anta to orewa zuibun chigau da. Orewa mukashi kara nihongo wa hidori de benkyoshimashita. Ano toki sensei wa arinakata soshite nihon jin tomodachi mo arinakata. orewa mada jodzu jarimasen kedo mai yori moto jodzu ita kiga. Soshte nihongo wa benkyoshimashita subete o ano hito no tame ni. kanarasu itsuka nihon de iku te aitsu o sangashimasu
Emily in Japanese - Calm and sounds innocent ( so it seems O.o ... ) XD you a japanese mean not very intense... but still... lol XD I'm bored got nothin to do so felt lig youtube and always gotta stop by emily now XD
H-A-T-E-R! It's crazy how people always want to bring someone down. It looks more like the giggling is a nervous reaction not something that is staged.
By the way, I love DDR too, but I prefer Pump It Up another dance stage game... You should try it, but I havent really found any of them here in the US
Keep it up!!! Anata no buroggu no okage de, boku no Nihongo no chokkai renshu wa motto motto yasashiku natte, e..... anata no videoblog shikata wa tottemo kawai yo. E... nanimo iitai ka wakaranai... Omedetou, ganbatte ne, mata ato Emily chan. Boku, Hanuki to moosun dayo
I agree with tokenblackguy3032 's post several pages back. She picked up on a lot of Japan's media mannerisms, and a lot of talk-show type and horribly exaggerated shows. It's really scary to watch and it draws you in it's clutches to make you keep watching. -Shudder.- x_X
omg... when you laugh, i laugh... AND I DON'T HAVE A CLUE OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING XD but anyways.. did you say that ayumi hamasaki should die? WHYYY i love her :D tho i'm not so shure of what you said because i can't speak japanese
Aloha! I watched your videos. Your Japanese is so good! I was surprised about it. I'm living in the US over 5 years, but my English is pre bad. I'll watch rest of your videos later.
When I watched your video first,I was really touched as one of Japanese.There is a lot of Japanese who learn English.But I have never seen American who wanna learn Japanese.I'm praying you to improve Japanese skill more and more.
I love japanes & anime.... maybe a little too much ^^ did i get it right that you said you don´t like anime? then what got you into learning japanes soo fluently? im just curious is all
P.S. zanat0s, you are just jelious -_- soo im an american wannabe for knowing english or do i wanna be a brit? an irish or perhaps scothis or maybe even australian? how does it make her a wannabe for knowing the language?!?!
That's particularly because they're either not aware, not sure, or the most likely conclusion is that they come from a country that basic behavioral psychology will define as collectivism.
On that note I think Applemilk could learn a very important aspect of Japanese culture: the culture of modesty. I have met Japanese people whose English is perfect (pronunciation and all), and yet if you ask them "do you speak English" they'll probably tell you "my English is not very good." I've never met a Japanese person who said they were fluent (even if they were). Apple is very good and has a high level of Japanese but I don't think (and I could be wrong) she's fluent.
I think you're commenting on my criticisms of her Japanese here and I can completely understand where you're coming from. The only reason I decided to say anything at all is the fact that she insists on telling people in many videos that she is FLUENT. As I said in another comment on another video, a fluent person would know the word for driver's license (unten menkyou) and other words that she didn't seem to know.
Not exactly true, because it also depends on the culture and its uses for it. My mother speaks Spanish fluently (she was born and raised in Panama for one thing) and often times she won't known certain Spanish words that some other person will say. It also depends on which dialect of Japanese she's learning.
unten menkyou is the same in every dialect I've encountered. The only one that I think would have a possibility of being different would be Okinawa which I can tell you by hearing her she isn't learning.
I might have made a video like this, when I was 12. *GIGGLE* how many times did you rehearse it beforehand? *GIGGLE* and what's with your voice, did you eat chalk or something? That's what paedophiles do you know.
hoodie w/lace = a completely impractical & ugly thing that makes you look like an extra on a production of "the crucible". 5 years? damn. from my experience learning languages japanese (was my 4th) and watching others learn i can see the change after a year or two of living there or
CONSTANT exposure to japanese mannerisms, body language, and accent through some kind of media. But for 5 years and not living there for a substantial amount of time, she must be a HUGE japanophile with the amount of media she would have to take in to pick up all that. Im a cultural anthro major but if someone here is linguistic anthro please correct me =p
Next "bideo burogu ga tsukuritai" should be "...wo tsukuritai." Finally, what is "beta" in the parentheses? Are you trying to say your Japanese is cliche?
I am a Japanese teacher. Wo and Ni are interchangeable with the ~tai form of the verb.
Her Japanese is amazing. I don't believe she picked it up just with lyrics and manga. I am pretty sure she has lived in Japan for a fairly long time. The Japanese is too natural.
I wasn't talking about ni, I was talking about ga. Believe me, in my studies in Japan I was scolded by my teacher for saying "ga ~tai". It sort of sticks with me. Also, to Apple, it seems some of my comments have been deleted. Is there a reason?
Yes, with verbs of motion you need to use ni or e.
Yes, wo is more natural. However, ga is also O.K., but the nuance is slightly different. It is contrastive. FYI you can also use wa in a negative sentence. Then ga in the answer as it is contrastive. i.e.
ocha wa nomitaku arimasen.
omizu ga nomitai desu.
Please check with a Japanese grammar handbook. Jya ne!
I'm quite aware that ni/he are used for designating location, going to, etc. but this wasn't my point. My point was ga. Also, are you teaching your students things like "nomitaku arimasen?" Technically it's correct but even in the most formal situations in Japan the natural way of speaking is "nomitakunai desu." (actually ~tai shouldn't really be used in very formal situations and is considered sort of rude in front of superiors). You should teach your students how to sound natural.
Yes, I teach both the formal and informal forms. Yes, I teach them that ~tai should not be used with superiors.
By the way, formal forms are used a lot in writing and in news broadcasts and the such. They are important to know. I am not just teaching my students to speak, but also to understand the written and formal Japanese found in these types of materials.
The problem with e-mail is that what is not said is then seized upon as an omission. Oh well, the nature of the beast.
Point taken about literary/news/etc. But I don't think ~taku arimasen should be taught as the primary. It's easy to understand ~taku arimasen on your own if you've been taught ~takunai desu as anybody at that level knows nai=arimasen (dict form). But I understand where you're coming from.
I also think her Japanese is very good, especially if she learned by songs as she said (which I'm doubtful of). However, she insists on telling her viewers on a regular basis that she is FLUENT so she should be held to the most magnifying microscope. I've met Japanese people who were absolutely perfect in their English but they never say there are fluent and are usually extremely modest (something Apple should learn about the culture). Honna ne (Awa-ben).
Yes, I agree. Unless she is a genius, which is possible, she has lived in Japan. The mannerisms, body language etc. had to be learned while in the country. You don't pick that up from song lyrics. Yes, she does need to learn to be modest, but if she makes mistakes, so what. We should encourage people to speak languages without being self-conscious. Fear of making mistakes is one of the biggest barriers to learning to speak a language. Just let er rip! Good luck with your studies. Ganbatte!
Another thing, how do you figure that wo and ni are "interchangeable?" Example: "Ore wa nihon ni ikitai nen" and "Ore wa nihon wo ikitai nen." There are separate cases where ni ~tai and wo ~tai can be used for there specific functions but they aren't "interchangeable."
Dude, stop pretending your some amazing Japanese God that knows everything about Japanese and can criticize every little thing like your word is law. And for your information, I've also learned that you can use ga with the ~tai form and that nomitaku arimasen is perfectly acceptable while formal. Get off your high horse and take that stick out of your ass, while you're at it.
I don't believe I know everything about Japanese or that I'm "fluent." Apple was the one who said she was fluent which was the whole reason I commented in the first place. If she didn't make a point to emphasize that in her vids I would have just ignored the mistakes. I said ~ku arimasen was technically correct but I never heard it used in a real situation. Cheers.
I agree she should've used modesty and not insisted on her fluency, but just don't go claiming like you're 100% sure that certain things are wrong unless you think you're fluent as well. You sound just as arrogant as she does.
Guys guys listen up. I am the same as her. I am a white guy who speaks fluent Japanese and I studied it all by myself from music and TV. you can aim me at Jabx82
Are you by any chance sick from cancer and about to die ? I didn`t get 97 % from what you've said ( the 3% are from anime and hentai :P ) But the whole video was rather depressing for me
subarashi,maravilloso,terrific
jabekm 2 years ago
someone post the video translated please ;D
vulgoremetal 3 years ago
It's awesome that she bigan to study japanese at 12 years old!
oldsea258 3 years ago
What the hell, what? How'd you learn?
spaceorbison 3 years ago
holey shit.
youre good.
gosh all you need is black hair and youre good.
how long did it take you to learn jap?
bhumolak 3 years ago
sooo many words, so little time, I really need to get better...
今晩はみんなさん^^
Idontownaguitar 3 years ago
how u learn japanese?
bunmoobun 3 years ago
nice..
bakagaijin214 3 years ago
man ireally wish i understood!
sweetheartxoxo101 4 years ago
linktwo 3 years ago
just to point out:
if you're typing it out like that in romaji, normally it would be:
"minna-san konnichiwa, watashi wa"
:)
semoss50 3 years ago
可愛いｗ
heartxxchu 4 years ago
日本語上手ですね。
funagakoi 4 years ago
OMG you even adopt the japanese cutie thing!!! witch makes me wanna ... eat pizza with you ...
foxlatenight 4 years ago
i am sooo jealous ..... i really really want to learn japanese
NarutoHinata17 4 years ago
go do it!
zeropeanuts 4 years ago
倖田來未好きですか?
RozenMaiden626 4 years ago
Wow...
O_O
Your accent is different now than it was then........ >.>
Shinyas1andonly 4 years ago 2
goddamn it...I love you!
patriziomestizio 4 years ago
ohmg your brilliant.. if you can speak good japanese i think i can too.. how long did it take you to master it emily?
xthaoweex 4 years ago
Hey! it sounds your japanese so good o o! You're lucky"^^! Anyway, I'm a french native speaker, so I've already learn english by myself, langue that I very like :D, japanese too, but I think I'm not motivate enough, lol!
NeptunianAngel 4 years ago
lolll
treehamallama 4 years ago
Do you know Japanese singer B'z?
I like Mr.childen and B'z.
Gackt is very cool. I think so.
yktrm 4 years ago 2
you have heavy western accent in your speak
tedthepantythief 4 years ago
you have a heavy Japanese accent in your writing.
twoplanker44 4 years ago
i dond`t uderstand why there are so many people who says hate you ,Emiri-san :(
can you explain me?
eccoromi 4 years ago
理由は日本人男のチンココンプレックだ。笑
raitei12110 4 years ago
在日の方ですか?下品なことは言わないでどうぞ日本を愛してくださいね=)
fyiwh104 4 years ago
good joke:P
edward7tk 4 years ago
SHE IS NOT JAPANESE THAT IS WHY
clickityclack666 4 years ago 5
How do people read boxes in japanese?
LOL
CheddarCutie66 4 years ago
欧米人の喋り方じゃないな・・・。
アジア女性のシャイなそぶりを真似してるのかな。
obon1234567 4 years ago
verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry pretty voice!!!!
your japanese is verrrrrrrrrrry gooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(^0^)
willmoniawhitehook 4 years ago 3
可愛い声だ。惚れそう。
fenethtool 4 years ago 2
why do you try to speak with a little girls voice? you speaking japanese in later videos sounds totally different
sparood 4 years ago 4
発音はとてもいい！私も外国人です、フランスから来ました。日本語で話している外国人いつも分かる！がんばって.とこでどしていつも笑っているの？マリファナを吸ったの？
germainl 4 years ago
im study japanese, and i really apreciate your videos, its took a while for me to find some useful japanese videos. But yours are very interesting :P thanks a bunch!
BREahh 4 years ago
まあ、君の日本語ゎそんな下手ちゃうヶど～
絶対冗談んためにゅーたんやろー？笑
おもろぃんことゎ、日本語と英語喋っとるんとき声なんか違うやで。。
結構日本語を喋っとるんとき声が高くなるシーと顔もちゃうシー。まぁ、そんだヶぐらぃヵﾅ。。あんまコメントゎないっす・・
jyasu 4 years ago
Why do you smile when you speak Japanese :'/
Kawaii (L) x]
qeew2 4 years ago
your japanese is very goooooood!!!!!!!
can you read Japanese??
1991311 4 years ago
i think it's hot when non-japanese speak it!
i don't care what she's saying.... as long as she keeps talking like that!
oh yeah!
manbitesdog1 4 years ago
nihon go ga umasugi!!!! Your Japanese is amazing!!!!!!!
naokoooooo 4 years ago
I am a Japanese man in rough Shanghai now, but your talk heal me.
nari021 4 years ago
i'm flipping through the comments, trying to find a native speaker's critical evaluation of her speech. enlighten me.
sssssup 4 years ago
For how long have you been learning Japanese and how have you been learning it? Because to me, although I know very very very little Japanese, you sound exactly like a Japanese person, your Japanese seems flawless!
heroinpenguin666 4 years ago
wow....... I am jealous.... I hope i can speak German and Russian language as asian. =_=
Leizarus 4 years ago
It's kind of funny, you sound so feminine in Japanese but like a Tomboy in English
dxy12 4 years ago
That is SO true!
JoulseyCupid 4 years ago
how long have you been studying ive been 3 years
Imnotapansy59 4 years ago
歌ブログを見ました。アカペラでしたね。エミリーさんの日本語の発音や歌を聞いていると、とても音感（おんかん）がいいと思いました。日本で歌手デビューできるといいですね。がんばってください。
artmnet0 4 years ago
日本語ができません
＞＜
mi4evr 4 years ago
nihongo umai!
masenYTver 4 years ago
great. what made her to learn japanese is fricking "anime". not the Prius or Sony or something cultural... but then she's young... well, i don't see any good use of japanese language in bussiness...
Pradahappy 4 years ago
Emily san Konnichiwa!
Hontouni sugoito omoimasu. Takusan benkyou shitandesune.
Watashimo motto ganbarimasu.
Ouenshiteimasu!
- Taiga
tgrtgroy 4 years ago
日本語ぜんぜん下手じゃないよ～ 上手＾＾この女の子かわいい～
yokoaoki 4 years ago
wtf did u just said? woah.ur good im half japanese and i cant even speak it. i think im white washed -.-
justjoan12 4 years ago
yeah i'm half asian too, and only speak english. im learning chinese tho. EURASIAN pride dude!
mgibbs88 4 years ago
konnichiwa~
jya.. hajimemashite, watashi no namae wa shinshia desu!
ima, gakkou de nihongo wo benkyoushiteiru kara, anata no bideo wo mimashita.
anata no nihongo wa sugoi desu yo.
nihonjin no tomodachi ga atte, totemo ii to omoimasu.
urayamashi~~.
tomodachi to isshou ni, nihongo wo hanashimasu ka ?
realitygirl 4 years ago
Hey, you're cute! I'm in the beginning stages of learning japanese so I understood probably only 5% of this. Well, I'll get back to reading books now!
Blomvik 4 years ago
Emily-San no Nihon-Go wa Subarashii dane!!
Ganbatte Emily-San...
Tsuzukeru Kudasai!!
Kimi ga ore no IDOL desu!! ^_^
Ja, Matte ne!
Trixiaoyu 4 years ago
FUCK U Kakashix9!!! U DONT KNOW WHAT UR TALKIN ABOUT!! she is the best! applemilk1988 is 100% better then u!!!
kodahip 4 years ago
You always seem tired when you speak Japanese.
Maybe..
hymentotep 4 years ago
WOw~awesome!
Hi Emily, I'm Japanese.
I'm surprised because youer speaking Japanese fluently!
kumablackcat 4 years ago
subscribed a bit ago, but just back to catching up with people now - where did you pick up your japanese?
egraves 4 years ago
っていうか、日本人？ 日本で育ったみたい...
bokufujiwara 4 years ago
You're really good. I've been wanting to learn Japanese since discovering haiku and Japanese architecture in elementary school, but my racist parents wouldn't have any of that. o_O So I had to graduate school first. Then I got sidetracked by random crap, such as getting pulled off and on into the world of anime, fashion, arts, writing, and pr0n.
goescrunchxxx 4 years ago
笑い方まで日本人みたいだね。
88hal88 4 years ago
ahhh wow.. great.. ey! i hope to chat u soon, hav Ym ?
beyeh 4 years ago
WOW you can even laugh in Japanese. CHO KAWAYIII !!!
agenttube007 4 years ago
Oh... my... God. I love how different this is from your Really Intense persona. Your mouth totally looks different as soon as you start speaking Japanese. You sound just like a real Japanese peson. And you are SO adorable. You also play with your hair alot and hide behind your hands. It's like you're all shy. This video was so cute.
thedreadedzero 4 years ago
I like that you enjoy Japanese culture and that you're actually fluent in japanese right? Nice nice. You haven't been to japan? That's just crazy o__o go there and flaunt some of your Japanese speaking skills.
[ wo hai zi juei de bai ren tai shi huan zi-bun de culture. ]
idiobo 4 years ago
I'll find out what you said when I'll finish learning japanese! In the begining you said: everyone hello
winxcat 4 years ago
XD very nice job!
to ppl like kinkikidslei: 真是的,说日语有啥不好啊? 不想听就别看! seriously...
revoltac1210 4 years ago
让她说日语怎么了？她自己觉得有一死就行...
dixiehai 4 years ago
Have you taken JLPT?
I'm so curious about your level.
Man, I hate anime too.
We could be friends if you lived in Kumamoto.
Ciaela 4 years ago
can i ask u how long it took u to learn japanese
1starfox1 4 years ago
she saiiiiiid 5 years duuuude
Ciaela 4 years ago
白痴！ 为什么说日本语，说漢語！！！！
kinkikidslei 4 years ago
Every time I watch this I end up staying up until 4AM going on a Japanese study rampage.. lol
Looks like I'm doing it again.
Thanks Emily-chan! :D
sonikku10 4 years ago
馬鹿
barnabycross 4 years ago
Nice Job, I'm learning Japanese again LOL.
Thanks for inspiring me. :)
melcab 4 years ago
This is great, all i know how to say is
Ohio, watashi _______ juusen tai.
ILikeThePies 4 years ago
Fastest way to be master a forein language = Make a native speaker boyfriend/girlfriend.
therefore,
applemilk = Must had many experiences with J boyfriend like Gackt XD
artoo20 4 years ago
wots so funny?
kasaneko15 4 years ago
oh wait nvmnd false alarm
KingKenny04 4 years ago
HAY! GET ON MSN NAO NAO NAO!!!!
KingKenny04 4 years ago
anata honto ni urushi so mitai yo dana ma oremo itsuka nihon o ikitai na. demo anta to orewa zuibun chigau da. Orewa mukashi kara nihongo wa hidori de benkyoshimashita. Ano toki sensei wa arinakata soshite nihon jin tomodachi mo arinakata. orewa mada jodzu jarimasen kedo mai yori moto jodzu ita kiga. Soshte nihongo wa benkyoshimashita subete o ano hito no tame ni. kanarasu itsuka nihon de iku te aitsu o sangashimasu
zakena 4 years ago
cho-umai.
gongneixiao 4 years ago
Emily in american - Crazy... but funny....
Emily in Japanese - Calm and sounds innocent ( so it seems O.o ... ) XD you a japanese mean not very intense... but still... lol XD I'm bored got nothin to do so felt lig youtube and always gotta stop by emily now XD
MaMaxxEx 4 years ago
omg...you sound like you were born in japan. but you said your from california didnt you? in a comment on the first vid.
amythepure 4 years ago
Good god, I wish I could speak Japanese half as well as you. Also, your room is an unbelievable mess. It looks like you've been robbed.
StevePoppers 4 years ago
She is a manga school girl. I'ts all computewr animation. You can't tell? Pretty nice work huh. It's amazing what they can do these days.
JDubbsTheatre 4 years ago
I don't get it -_-"
Please talk in english. =/ I can't understand japanese and I know you can talk english =S
I don't talk dutch on the world wide web either. =[
viviones 4 years ago
teach me japanese D:
1girl2sweet 4 years ago
her english accent is still very strong in her japanese :3
bboyzshannon 4 years ago
H-A-T-E-R! It's crazy how people always want to bring someone down. It looks more like the giggling is a nervous reaction not something that is staged.
firesinged 4 years ago
wait wat?
returnedfavor 4 years ago
Now how would you say "Pretty Intense" in Japanese? かなりきわどい？かなり込み入った？かなりぴょーきな？＜笑＞ That's a tough one!
manakoihaya 4 years ago
Hamasaki Ayumi...why?
HelenaJinEn 4 years ago
gackt rocks XD and your japanese too : )
AnnaJuliaMonika 4 years ago
I love the art of linguistics and your face is beautiful, too.
sRowTL985 4 years ago
Yeah, it sounds SOOOO like Spanish!
sRowTL985 4 years ago
By the way, I love DDR too, but I prefer Pump It Up another dance stage game... You should try it, but I havent really found any of them here in the US
Keep it up!!! Anata no buroggu no okage de, boku no Nihongo no chokkai renshu wa motto motto yasashiku natte, e..... anata no videoblog shikata wa tottemo kawai yo. E... nanimo iitai ka wakaranai... Omedetou, ganbatte ne, mata ato Emily chan. Boku, Hanuki to moosun dayo
hanukikanker 4 years ago
it sounds alot like spanish
shadow1794 4 years ago
Are you fucking kidding me? No way dude!! Japanese and spanish sound alike? is not like; Hola como estas? (than) gneki desu ka? Entiendes-wakata!!
melgarejonyc 4 years ago
ya buddy get off the drugs spanish and japanese sound almost nothing alike and besides spanish sux ass
RozenMaiden626 4 years ago
Wow, you're a faggot. Die.
Falangist 4 years ago
your goood in japanese,how long does it take for you to learn?
Jimy619 4 years ago
ok do you sound young wen speaking japanese or dose it just come with the language?
AdamRocker56 4 years ago
her voice gets lower as the video goes on
shadow1794 4 years ago
I agree with tokenblackguy3032 's post several pages back. She picked up on a lot of Japan's media mannerisms, and a lot of talk-show type and horribly exaggerated shows. It's really scary to watch and it draws you in it's clutches to make you keep watching. -Shudder.- x_X
Kyuubikun 4 years ago
omg... when you laugh, i laugh... AND I DON'T HAVE A CLUE OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING XD but anyways.. did you say that ayumi hamasaki should die? WHYYY i love her :D tho i'm not so shure of what you said because i can't speak japanese
imepaskaahoro 4 years ago
dont u guys notice shes japanese.. living in america.. doohhh.. she jst dsnt reli look like a jpnese
lnnART 4 years ago
Aloha! I watched your videos. Your Japanese is so good! I was surprised about it. I'm living in the US over 5 years, but my English is pre bad. I'll watch rest of your videos later.
kiakaha024 4 years ago
Nice skills, but you don't look very natural, especially with that strange smile
BlackVirtue 4 years ago
Emily サンはかわいい帰宅している! よい仕事!
Shinyas1andonly 4 years ago
i wanna learn japanese :(
babypersia 4 years ago
you sound sooooooo different when you speake english, you sound way more lower pitch!;)
jessepoo82 4 years ago
Watashi wa aishiteru Emily-san.Kawaii desu
gtrdriven 4 years ago
Watashi wa aishiteru Emily-san..Kawaii desu
nikklazz 4 years ago
When I watched your video first,I was really touched as one of Japanese.There is a lot of Japanese who learn English.But I have never seen American who wanna learn Japanese.I'm praying you to improve Japanese skill more and more.
kosuke0721 4 years ago
you're really good!! *bow* kawaii desu!
LexyGlamorous 4 years ago
Didn't understand a word you said (well maybe the odd word), but I watched your other vids and you rock! Kepp up the Pretty Intense Japanese Lessons!
SoulLily 4 years ago
こんにちはapplemilk！ 日本語ウマイ！あたしの日本語は少しだけ話せます。でも、あたしはapplemilkさんと同じです。アニメはちょっと。。。そして日本語のうたが大好き！（ドラマも大好き！）あたしのお友達も独りで日本語を勉強しました。がんばってください～ね！
Shipuh 4 years ago
title is "FLAVER"
if you havent listened it , i highly recommend
take care
kangaloovalley 4 years ago
すごいですねapplemilk さん。本当にあなたの日本語じょうずですね。まだ日本語はアメリカでべんきょうしただけですか？
Anyway, have you listened HIKARU UTADA's "new song"?
kangaloovalley 4 years ago
おお、これが本当の「自己紹介」ですね！
That's impressive!
eMachinesJ2920 4 years ago
hmmm i can't understand what you're saying, but you're pretty much the cutest girl ever when ur speakin japanese
kaotonix 4 years ago
cute!!
mustangagogo2006 4 years ago
sooooo cute!!Your japanese is sooo gooood!!I can understand all.keep study with Gackt's music!
jj26hiro27 4 years ago
1 year down another 4 years till im that level lol. it was quiet easy to understand most of it after one year lol. them books really help :P
tunaegg 4 years ago
I love japanes & anime.... maybe a little too much ^^ did i get it right that you said you don´t like anime? then what got you into learning japanes soo fluently? im just curious is all
P.S. zanat0s, you are just jelious -_- soo im an american wannabe for knowing english or do i wanna be a brit? an irish or perhaps scothis or maybe even australian? how does it make her a wannabe for knowing the language?!?!
BasseFiend89 4 years ago
Amazing! I really hope that if I rpatice I'll be able to speak Japanese as fuletnly as you! Amazing! Perfect! Sugoi!!
arinaotakugurl 4 years ago
wow ! damn sweet !!!
realfgh 4 years ago
why do you look like you're gritting your teeth when you speak?
asuranrocks 4 years ago
you may speak Japanese but you will always be a foreigner, a japanese wanna be... Some people call it hmm.. Pathetic?
zanat0s 4 years ago
just cuz you cant speak Japanese !!! By the way Jealousy is very unbecoming!
305319 4 years ago
ok i understood just a little bit but... you speak very well, sounds natural ^^
kyodarkfire 4 years ago
i dont know what you're saying, but u are damn cute, i dont know, you're cuter when u speak japanese
kaotonix 4 years ago
emily~chan...can u give me private lessons?
my girl friend is japanese!!!
tanifuji 4 years ago
the only part of this I understood was "dance dance revolution"
afp3683 4 years ago
maria ozawa lmao! jav pwnd xD
FrozenTear824 4 years ago
she's an Omish Wapanese person
kaoboi8 4 years ago
she sounds like maria ozawa o_o.
shiryu22 4 years ago
That's particularly because they're either not aware, not sure, or the most likely conclusion is that they come from a country that basic behavioral psychology will define as collectivism.
shedano 4 years ago
u might have said how old u are but i coudn't hear u sorry. open ur mouth more.
kasaneko15 4 years ago
i started learning when i was 12 and i'm 16 now, how old are you?
kasaneko15 4 years ago
On that note I think Applemilk could learn a very important aspect of Japanese culture: the culture of modesty. I have met Japanese people whose English is perfect (pronunciation and all), and yet if you ask them "do you speak English" they'll probably tell you "my English is not very good." I've never met a Japanese person who said they were fluent (even if they were). Apple is very good and has a high level of Japanese but I don't think (and I could be wrong) she's fluent.
hoteinokodomo 4 years ago
well said dude....humility is but a lost virtue...
yigalite 4 years ago
I think you're commenting on my criticisms of her Japanese here and I can completely understand where you're coming from. The only reason I decided to say anything at all is the fact that she insists on telling people in many videos that she is FLUENT. As I said in another comment on another video, a fluent person would know the word for driver's license (unten menkyou) and other words that she didn't seem to know.
hoteinokodomo 4 years ago
Not exactly true, because it also depends on the culture and its uses for it. My mother speaks Spanish fluently (she was born and raised in Panama for one thing) and often times she won't known certain Spanish words that some other person will say. It also depends on which dialect of Japanese she's learning.
shedano 4 years ago
unten menkyou is the same in every dialect I've encountered. The only one that I think would have a possibility of being different would be Okinawa which I can tell you by hearing her she isn't learning.
hoteinokodomo 4 years ago
Your Japanese's perfect & cute! I guarantee!
kzm25697 4 years ago
I might have made a video like this, when I was 12. *GIGGLE* how many times did you rehearse it beforehand? *GIGGLE* and what's with your voice, did you eat chalk or something? That's what paedophiles do you know.
*GIGGLE*
ashuramononoke 4 years ago
bravo!! lov ur acent =P
kyodarkfire 4 years ago
hoodie w/lace = a completely impractical & ugly thing that makes you look like an extra on a production of "the crucible". 5 years? damn. from my experience learning languages japanese (was my 4th) and watching others learn i can see the change after a year or two of living there or
tokenblackguy3032 4 years ago
CONSTANT exposure to japanese mannerisms, body language, and accent through some kind of media. But for 5 years and not living there for a substantial amount of time, she must be a HUGE japanophile with the amount of media she would have to take in to pick up all that. Im a cultural anthro major but if someone here is linguistic anthro please correct me =p
tokenblackguy3032 4 years ago
Whoa, is that a hoodie with lace? Dang, that's a great marketing plan.
CKRikou 4 years ago
Next "bideo burogu ga tsukuritai" should be "...wo tsukuritai." Finally, what is "beta" in the parentheses? Are you trying to say your Japanese is cliche?
hoteinokodomo 4 years ago
I am a Japanese teacher. Wo and Ni are interchangeable with the ~tai form of the verb.
Her Japanese is amazing. I don't believe she picked it up just with lyrics and manga. I am pretty sure she has lived in Japan for a fairly long time. The Japanese is too natural.
Timkun1 4 years ago
I wasn't talking about ni, I was talking about ga. Believe me, in my studies in Japan I was scolded by my teacher for saying "ga ~tai". It sort of sticks with me. Also, to Apple, it seems some of my comments have been deleted. Is there a reason?
hoteinokodomo 4 years ago
Yes, with verbs of motion you need to use ni or e.
Yes, wo is more natural. However, ga is also O.K., but the nuance is slightly different. It is contrastive. FYI you can also use wa in a negative sentence. Then ga in the answer as it is contrastive. i.e.
ocha wa nomitaku arimasen.
omizu ga nomitai desu.
Please check with a Japanese grammar handbook. Jya ne!
Timkun1 4 years ago
I'm quite aware that ni/he are used for designating location, going to, etc. but this wasn't my point. My point was ga. Also, are you teaching your students things like "nomitaku arimasen?" Technically it's correct but even in the most formal situations in Japan the natural way of speaking is "nomitakunai desu." (actually ~tai shouldn't really be used in very formal situations and is considered sort of rude in front of superiors). You should teach your students how to sound natural.
hoteinokodomo 4 years ago
Yes, I teach both the formal and informal forms. Yes, I teach them that ~tai should not be used with superiors.
By the way, formal forms are used a lot in writing and in news broadcasts and the such. They are important to know. I am not just teaching my students to speak, but also to understand the written and formal Japanese found in these types of materials.
The problem with e-mail is that what is not said is then seized upon as an omission. Oh well, the nature of the beast.
Timkun1 4 years ago
Point taken about literary/news/etc. But I don't think ~taku arimasen should be taught as the primary. It's easy to understand ~taku arimasen on your own if you've been taught ~takunai desu as anybody at that level knows nai=arimasen (dict form). But I understand where you're coming from.
hoteinokodomo 4 years ago
I also think her Japanese is very good, especially if she learned by songs as she said (which I'm doubtful of). However, she insists on telling her viewers on a regular basis that she is FLUENT so she should be held to the most magnifying microscope. I've met Japanese people who were absolutely perfect in their English but they never say there are fluent and are usually extremely modest (something Apple should learn about the culture). Honna ne (Awa-ben).
hoteinokodomo 4 years ago
Yes, I agree. Unless she is a genius, which is possible, she has lived in Japan. The mannerisms, body language etc. had to be learned while in the country. You don't pick that up from song lyrics. Yes, she does need to learn to be modest, but if she makes mistakes, so what. We should encourage people to speak languages without being self-conscious. Fear of making mistakes is one of the biggest barriers to learning to speak a language. Just let er rip! Good luck with your studies. Ganbatte!
Timkun1 4 years ago
Another thing, how do you figure that wo and ni are "interchangeable?" Example: "Ore wa nihon ni ikitai nen" and "Ore wa nihon wo ikitai nen." There are separate cases where ni ~tai and wo ~tai can be used for there specific functions but they aren't "interchangeable."
hoteinokodomo 4 years ago
ga ~tai is always incorrect as far as I can think. The closest thing to ga ~tai would be ~te hoshii.
hoteinokodomo 4 years ago
she said that she has a japanese friend
cjizol 4 years ago
My keitai has about 70 names entered in the address book, 85% of which are Japanese people I met in Tokushima, Japan.
hoteinokodomo 4 years ago
Dude, stop pretending your some amazing Japanese God that knows everything about Japanese and can criticize every little thing like your word is law. And for your information, I've also learned that you can use ga with the ~tai form and that nomitaku arimasen is perfectly acceptable while formal. Get off your high horse and take that stick out of your ass, while you're at it.
kupoporo 4 years ago
I don't believe I know everything about Japanese or that I'm "fluent." Apple was the one who said she was fluent which was the whole reason I commented in the first place. If she didn't make a point to emphasize that in her vids I would have just ignored the mistakes. I said ~ku arimasen was technically correct but I never heard it used in a real situation. Cheers.
hoteinokodomo 4 years ago
I agree she should've used modesty and not insisted on her fluency, but just don't go claiming like you're 100% sure that certain things are wrong unless you think you're fluent as well. You sound just as arrogant as she does.
kupoporo 4 years ago
i'm learning japanese right now! i think it's a really rad language!
watashi wa super cathy! desu.
nice videos.
bluddybear 4 years ago
peoples whole accent and voice change when they speak different languages
Tyoske4444 4 years ago
Guys guys listen up. I am the same as her. I am a white guy who speaks fluent Japanese and I studied it all by myself from music and TV. you can aim me at Jabx82
DaiJabu82 4 years ago
FUCK YOU WHITE GUY.
JapaneseBoy1 4 years ago
lol hey man keep your cool
melcab 4 years ago
You should really try to open your mouth. Gives me the feeling like you're talking from your belly... are you a belly talker, I bet you are.
StaticImp 4 years ago
I've been living in Japan for the past 5 years, and I must say that your Japanese is excellent :)
QuantumRider 4 years ago
Are you by any chance sick from cancer and about to die ? I didn`t get 97 % from what you've said ( the 3% are from anime and hentai :P ) But the whole video was rather depressing for me