Japanese Lesson - Super Awesome High-Level Japanese

[yoka955]

I actually learned this grammar in Japanese intermediate 1. ^-^

[mizugawa]

Hot chick who's into grammar - how awesome is that!

[wartarot]

Good intermediate lesson but simply it's the same pattern as:

koto ga dekiru-can do, changed to:

koto ga suki-like to do.

Oyogu koto ga dekinai-I can't swim.

Oyogu koto ga suki ja nai-I don't like swimming.

Oyogu being an intransitive verb, but with transitive verbs it's better to go with potential forms rather than use koto ga dekiru.

Nihongo ga hanaseru-sounds better than nihongo o hanasu koto ga dekiru.

[GenerationDarkness]

what was the verb they used for "Read"? i only know about 読む

[wartarot]

@GenerationDarkness Dokusho.

[DraggingMorons]

I like to have some freedom.

[TheCrazyStudent]

"Super awesome high-level"? I don't know about that. This is actually rather basic grammar. :P Still very interesting lesson though. Thanks for posting it here on YT.

[RyokoandYami]

We loved this at the beginning of semester 2 at my college. : )

[blackflagwaver]

I get a sense from this video that not only are we learning a few tips on the Japanese language, but that George is teaching the two girls some English lol! ^_^

[elsamuraiguapo]

For those studying or taking a course using the genki textbooks, this is covered in lesson 8 of the first book.

[VictoriaLucenera]

（週末に）何をするのが好きですか。

It is one of the most important sentences we have to learn at 1st year college (Naples, Italy) :-)

Now it's 4th year already! *sweet memories*

[PocketMint]

lol this is very useful.. like very very

[jrwinekone]

lol ok?

[MoonliteMemory]

i love it! suki no koto? haha

great vid :D

[MaterCz]

@MoonliteMemory well rather suki na koto ...from purely gramatical point of view...

[AbePwns]

Well shit! These girls are having trouble, how am I supposed to understand?! :(

Interesting, nonetheless.

[TayuyaKyuu]

@AbePwns Sometimes its hard to think about the way you speak and the structure of your own sentences. Its like taking a grammar class where you'll be listening to the sentence structures but you'll be thinking .."but.. I already know that". Its just hard to actually put it into words when you're used to just speak without putting effort into forming sentences.

[edwinzanpaku]

ty for upload!xD

[Kserijaro]

awesome!

[MurdocLC]

Yeeeah, too advanced. Haha, I dont want to sound like a gaijin but im sure ill allways will. And never sound as good as you George. T_T

[RaimiiChan]

I already knew how to say i like doing something Using "koto" i feel special now ^-^ But i didn`t know about "するのは" so i think ill use that from now on too. Thanks :D

[Daylady1028]

Interesting. I have yet to come across any lesson on this >_< Very helpful!

[FranksAJATT]

相変わらずあなた達面白いね！でもこのレッスンは別に長高いレベ­ルじゃないと思うけど・・それよりあのシャツは！イッタイどこで­買ったの？ ^_^

[FranksAJATT]

lol now that is an awesome shirt! where can I get that? j-list(dot)com maybe?

[yesjapan]

@FranksAJATT Thanks, FranksAJATT! The T-shirt is a Yesjapan original T-Shirt available at the YesJapan online store.

[anikinippon]

Good stuff, love your show, keep up the good work

[NMRA]

the girl on the right talking about reciting Buddhist scriptures?

before I read the subtitles I thought she was talking about singing alone... I'm kinda curious now, because it's unusual to find someone who spends their weekend that way.

[NMRA]

was Natsuyo-san (that her name? the one on the right) talking about reciting Buddhist scriptures?

before I read the subtitles I thought she was talking about singing alone... I'm kinda curious now, because it's unusual to find someone who spends their weekend that way.

[animegirl5165]

Thank you, that was very informative. I've always wondered how you would say that. =]