Anya is back & It's snowing! (J4M-175)

[Clawdia13]

is it wrong saying 雨が降っています。(Ame ga futte imasu) ?? or what's the difference between these 2 scentences ? Thanks.

[saxwolf71]

good video, for Japanese lesson!!!

oh, I'm Japanese.

[Ido013]

I think you need a bigger shovel lol.

[SteJvlog]

My dog's name is Yuki, it's a Japanese Spitz! But I don't think he'll be happy to know Yuki is a girl's name...

[Ido013]

@SteJvlog because she's a bitch we wouldn't like it? XD

[HarriHaffi]

Nice video!

Nice shoveling!

Nice teaching!

MVHH

[kaisergrendel]

Does anyone know where this video was shot?

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@kaisergrendel

Opening in HAKUBA -- so much snow... the latter half in Nagoya.

[kaisergrendel]

@Gimmeaflakeman Wow, that's interesting since I hear Tokyo doesn't get much snow! Is it always like that in winter?

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@kaisergrendel

Actually I'm a few hours West of Tokyo in a city called NAGOYA.

[kaisergrendel]

@Gimmeaflakeman Yeah sorry should've been clearer, I meant how Tokyo is roughly in the same latitude as Nagoya but receives much less snow.

[annyonghaseyo90]

These lessons are worth more than a life supply of 金. Well... maybe not but i really appreciate these videos!!!

[edtomorrow]

Hippykiller1 is awesome!!!!

[nocturnalmeloncolic]

notice the kaisatsu drive past ! ha ha haaa

[Yingdang9]

Thanks for lesson no 175 keep them coming, respect. 

[97North]

I missed what you said in the second part because I was watching Maggie an laughing my ass off.

[Nemesis093781]

Thank you for the video.

[ZaOsaka]

LoL Never seen someone shovel with a dirt digging shovel. You must be from Florida or something ^^ You need a real shovel my man.

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@ZaOsaka

I can only assume you know nothing about the weather in Nagoya. It never snows. They don't sell real snow shovels here.

[ZaOsaka]

@Gimmeaflakeman Yeah no I figured that was the case that it didn't snow much where you live :-D I am from Minnesota so just makes me chuckle seeing that used as a snow shovel.

[jmilco]

Great video, nice music too. I was so worried you were going to step on Maggie at the end! haha

[saki14duh]

i did not learn anything bc i was too busy looking at your cute dog play lol

[PiratePotatoe]

that face made me click this video

[yammymyhammy]

totally forgot about the ing form....i always say the polite form...thanks for that one Victor.

[SilverGunZoO]

困るが降っている

I dono if it works with everything, but it's a good lesson :)

[mamika302910]

@kad3t suru tsumori da/する　積もり だ or "to plan"..is different with tsumoru/積もる or pile.

right victor?

[KingHaukIII]

Snow is fun :)

[starletshay]

It's snowing where you're at!?!? Lucky!!!

[ainteeeeeee]

I like the drum and bass song in the background

[elsamuraiguapo]

In casual conversations is the い in the　ている ending of verbs sometimes dropped? So it sounds more like 雪が降ってる ／ /降ってます？

[P00P0STER0US]

*supportive comment*

[ProjectVanBand]

awesome :)

[MrSolarflares]

MAGGGGIIEEEEEEE!!!!

[wtblessing]

2 people aren't trying to learn japanese.

[markshmily]

Great lesson Victor..

So what if some of us already knew a few of those words.

Reviewing is NEVER a bad thing... and for some of us *cough* me... I need to go back now and then to refresh my memory.

Thanks for all your hard work.

[svenrts87]

Nice video! Thanks

[joshuarawr]

CERCL ;)

[WolfHavenXIII]

So if I were to say Yuki ga futteiru to someone and then 2 hours pass by, could I say Yuki wa mada tsumotteiru?

[Marrilandv52]

Yuki isn't just a girls name my name is yukimura but it's spelt as Chiame (血雨)

and some of my friends call me yuki-kun

[nintend0fr33k]

Your videos help me so much in my quest to tackle the Japanese language. I had almost given up a while back because I was overwhelmed with all of the new things I had to learn. You've motivated me to start working at it again. I know I can do it! I was in Nichinan and Miyazaki City for a few days last summer, and I got compliments on my Japanese, what little I knew. Were they just being nice to me? Or did they really think my pronunciation was good?

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@nintend0fr33k

REALLY APPRECIATE THIS COMMENT!

[YoshiEatsWasabi]

I DO SNOW BIZNOTCHESSSSS... jk but yeah.

It is not snowing in Tokyo.

Tokyo dewa yuki ga futte imasen.

東京では雪が降っていません。

[wamswright]

Great video :D Thank-you for the lesson.

How nice of Maggie to help you shovel snow. Good dog.

[Relatharr]

@wamswright Heh. Going to have to watch the vid again because I was preoccupied watching Maggic keeping up with the shovel :P

[marqik]

I need more grammar lessons like this. Thank you!

[irit8r]

another great vid! i learnt new word 'tsumoru'

Maggie is being very helpful lol

[Laura17T]

Great lesson Victor. Maggie's adorable. I should have brought you some salt and a decent shovel. Who knew... [^_^]

[edtomorrow]

HAMBURGERS!!!!! Yes cool music and MAGGIE!!! What a cut up! Hehehehe, her nipples were hard... LOL!!!

[keltoi3000]

Really like the music on this one!

[spidlenexor]

maggie let victor pile up the snow XD 

[ThisIsAliceD]

... and of course i spelled maggie wrong ^^ awesome.

[ThisIsAliceD]

meggie is the cutest dog ever <3

[XicedreamsX]

aww bless maggie sensei chasing after your shovel

[Curas1]

Does anyone ever stop to wonder why dogs never get frostbite ?

sleddogs, rescue dogs, hunting dogs, little house dogs, weird huh ?

[doggybag71]

Thanks for the nice video it was very handsome! I especially like the music in this one. And I cant believe the girl in the intro is only 11 o.O

[RobotKoi]

Hah, my girlfriend's name is Yuki. It might be a common name but her's has very unusual kanji so it's a bit original.

[MANNY100123]

Ah, very nice lesson, it was snowing a last month and I was wondering how to say that its snowing in Japanese... but its too late now because it isn't snowing anymore -.-... oh well! maybe it will snow soon again :)

Thnx again Sensei! ^^v

[TheNyxl]

Why Yuki ga futteiru and not Yuki WA futteiru? o.0

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@TheNyxl

Easy answer. Think of A and THE in English. Use A the first time in front of a noun the first time it appears in a conversation and use THE after that.

犬がいる。/ Inu ga iru. = There is a dog.

あなたの犬は健康ですか/Anata no inu wa kenkou desuka?= Is your dog healthy?

In the 2nd sentence we know the dog already exists so we don't use GA.

So... "yuki ga futteiru" implies this is news to the listener. Get it?

Read up more on this on the net, but that's my explanation. There's more to it, but no room!

[TheNyxl]

@Gimmeaflakeman Well yeah, great explanatiion tbh, but it just struck me since I've always learned that wa marks the topic, which in this case should be yuki, since we're talking about the snow, which is falling right?

I might be completely off here, since what you just said actually makes perfect sense... (Self studying moron). Either way, thanks for the reply, I'll keep looking up wa and ga untill i can make sense of it all :)

[gothicmuffinofdoom]

@Gimmeaflakeman This helped me a lot, I'm always really confused about "は" and "が" , but now at least I have a start.

[edtomorrow]

@Gimmeaflakeman I like how if you're asked the right question you snap into teacher mode. Wez morons are soooo lucky to havez youz...

Arigato!!!

[oberkorn13]

Thank you for the video! Always great to watch.

[Nyanko]

ハンバーガーｗ

[mebeAvi]

Where do you live?

[nirvgardengod]

i thought little dogs got cold quickly

[TreeFrogTownPerson]

Maggie is so cute, chasing the snow! ^-^

[nielswolfgang]

I didn't think they got so much snow in Japan. Nice.

[MoraaNL]

Should really use more of this kind of music.

[thegammanaut]

Thanks for the lesson, I learned a little something today ;P

[giugnhgbvinierngvb89]

Good video. Nice music. Great script. Shit lesson.

[acromel]

雪がお降りになります。ちょっと変ですけど敬語は興味深いと思い­ます。



[MurdocLC]

What a great video! Nothing amazing happens in this video but it's just perfect. Thumb up ofc!

And *gasp* Anya is back! Gotta check wth happen to her!

[kad3t]

Doesn't "tsumoru" also stand for "to plan" on something?

And also Anya is probably the sexiest lady on YT, so glad she's back. ^_^

[OfLaSoul]

The snow over there is lovely, just like in Canada. However, when you're driving it's a bish xD

[Datisookmooi]

Awesome stuff.

[MrSands2000]

Love these vids.

[mozart028]

I admire your japanese skills.

It's weird to think you can speak Japanese as well as you do, while at the same time stating that "if you like japan, you're probably more of a japanophile than me." haha. It just goes to show that you could learn any language you wanted to over time.

[dexteronline2003]

Like these Victor. Sort of combines Gimmeaflakeman with Victor In The World.

[iiYukiko]

Yuki is the most common..?

hmmmm...

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

[ViktorColling]

Supporting with a comment, thumbs and all that :)

Question: If the snow has piled up and now just lies there like a small hill what would you say? It isn't snowing anymore but the snow is still piled up.

(V)

[109mytiger]

@ViktorColling  The snow has piled up - Yuki ga tsumotte iru.

Polite way -- Yuki ga tsumotte imasu.

[doggybag71]

@ViktorColling

I'm pretty sure that's when u say 雪が積もっています。It's is similiar to getting married (or marrying right) and I am married. To marry: 結婚する。Ｉ　ａｍ　ｍａｒｒｉｅｄ：結婚しています。

You can check here for more info :)

guidetojapanese (dot) org/learn/grammar/teform

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@ViktorColling

tsumoru has a "white image" so if it is falling and piling up nice and white I would say tsumotteiru/tteimasu -- like the comments below. But if it's old and and has not melted yet I would use nokoru 残る.

Yuki ga nokotteiru.

If it's work you mean. Like work has piled up. Then we have a special expression.

Shigoto wa yamazumi da.

仕事は山積みだ.

Work is all piled up. (Meaning you have a lot of work to do.)

How's that?

[bundangbear]

What is that, a Nagoya snow shovel? I've seen the proper (huge) snow shovels in Japan, in Ibaraki-ken, a bit north.

[totaldramaqueen108]

maggie ahahahahahaha

[ZeakwildfireAB]

lol maggie is so cute. i miss my dog

[goodWalking]

ほんと雪が凄いですね！

雪が吹雪いている時は外出したく無いです。

マギーは嬉しそうだけども……。

[ozzy78]

yay! Thanks for the lesson and welcome back Anya!

[bundangbear]

Is Yuki REALLY the most common woman's name in Japan??

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@bundangbear

These days, probably not... but that would make a good lesson!

[bundangbear]

@Gimmeaflakeman Why yes, it would be a great lesson! YUKI-CHAN SUKI DESU~!  If you'd like me to do the Intro to said lesson, hit me up, hermano!

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@bundangbear

Actually I would LOVE an intro from you! Or rather... your alter ego!

[bundangbear]

@Gimmeaflakeman REALLY? Kuma-chan? I'll let m her know. PM me about what to say, how long, etc. I'm pretty sure she'll be up for it!!

[edtomorrow]

@Gimmeaflakeman @bundangbear / Kumachan rocks in the highest!!!!

[c0etam]

:D thanks