FYI, your comments will be approved if they are appropriate and sincere. If your comments are appropriate and have not been approved, it simply because I didn't get to your comments yet. Creating video is not my professional occupation (my occupation is being a good mother and a holistic wellness practitioner), so I seek your patience just in case you are wondering what happened to your comments :-)
@phoenixheart6 You ad small "tsu つ" after the consonant that is represented by double - the sound represented by a pair of consonants means you ad a sort of an aspiration sound (not quite the same with the English sense of aspiration but you can get by with it).
@phoenixheart6 OK. I thought you were talking about the double consonant sound. For the double vowel, it's easy. Sign as you write. Just to make clear, this video is just for a finger signs for spelling words. Actual JSL sign language is much more involved using the hands and arms as well as facial expressions just as ASL does. I only remember the finger spelling part of JSL. It's been over 30 years since I learned JSL as a volunteer high school student...
@phoenixheart6 I am not a JSL specialist and even though I learned it once, it's been quite a while since I learned it and used it. I checked it with NHK Minnano Shuwa site. Actually, you move an index finger (downward). I will add the link to NHK Minnano Shuwa site on the Video information because this editor won't allow me to add a hyper link.
I can't speak japanese, but I think about learning it.
I just wanted to ask a question to somebody who already does so:
How much time does one need to actually be capable of communicate in written and oral form even about complex stuff.
Because if I start learning Japanese I wanna speak a good and not just somewhat good, and I agree that someone never stops learning a language, but about how much learning does it take to speak Japanese well enough that I could make a living there?
@Nederdien If your ultimate goal is to live in Japan and live well, consider obtaining a high professional skill. Knowing Japanese helps but won't get too far. Remember that all the natives speak Japanese fluently there. Your chance is not to compete with the natives with the skills that they are good at but with the skills that average Japanese don't have.
Well, I am not trying to outspeak native speakers - but I don't want to end up having spent a lot of time learning Japanese and then just being able to say stuff like "Hello, my name is ..."
I guess it would be good if I could read novels in Japanese ...
@Nederdien Sory, I thought your goal was to make a good living in Japan. If your goal is to read novels in Japanese, then I would recommend taking a college Japanese courses. There are bunch of language learning tools in the market, but I haven't seen one that teaches how to read novels. I took Spanish courses at a college and learned to read poems and novels in Spanish in the fourth semester.
@cdsayitaintso not really japanese alphabet is longer thats all and its pretty easy learning it, im doing it right now m but u really need th accent more than the memorization and its all fun to learn
My teacher told me tsu pronounce as "ju", but here it sounds like "zi"; and the last hiragana should've been "wo", but here it sounds like "o". I don't understand this. Could a japanese poster please help me varify which sounds are adquate?
@AdvertChild98 - the "tsu" つ sounds like "tsu". If you pronounce the "ts" part of the plural English word that ends in "t" such as "mats" and ad "oo" う sound (such as in "tool"), it is very close to our "tsu".
"w" of "wo" を is there only to distinguish it from "o" お, but the sound is exactly the same. Please don't ad the English "w" sound to "wo". I know that Roman-ji is very confusing. It is not a set of phonetic symbols and does not necessarily represent actual sounds. Learn Hiragana!
When looked up on a chart or graph, and a lot of times, when seeing a Japanese person write their own language in the Latin alphabet, you will see this as follows:
sa si su se so, ta ti tu te to
za zi zu ze zo, da di du de do
When pronounced, under English spelling rules, these syllables are as follows, respectively:
sa shi su se so, ta chi tsu te to
za ji zu ze zo, da ji zu de do
The written language conforms to the spoken language, not the other way around.
I don't understand what you mean by "di doesn't exist". Is your keyboard not standard American keyboard? If there is alphabet "d" and alphabet "i", then you can type "di".
sorry, but where's the others? errm, there's kya, but what about kyu and kyo? and, there's po, but, what about pa pi pu pe? I tried your site but, my pc won't read the signs.
@shiawase168ne If you look at the video carefully, you will find answers to your questions. I type both in English and in Japanese on my web site. You might have to change the text encoding to view Japanese characters. I use iWeb to create my web page and that could be the cause for your pc not reading my Japanese letters? I am not sure...
Is there a chance that you can upload the signs with the k, with the s... etc.?? (in the same video, only slower and a little ''break'' between them?) So its easier to learn because there are more letters in the Japanese ''ABC'' then in the English one. So the sign language is more difficult.... I would LOVE to learn this language!! (L)
I'll make flash cards and upload them on my web site when I have time. It's a time consuming work and I have very little time right now... I suggest you to search other channels and web sites that teach Japanese Sign Language. You can find a few links on my web site as well. Good-luck
Thank you for this video... I have been learning Japanese for a few months and I already know the hiragana and katakana characters. I like to use sign language with my friends. Some of them are also learning some Japanese. They say that the characters and pronunciation are hard, but I think they are easy. So instead of speaking and writing Japanese, they decided to use Japanese sign language. So we all found this video and it helped us learn the JSL.
Wow that's amazing! I'm going to be studying to become an interpreter in the fall and it's really interesting to see the difference between ASL and JSL.
I took an JSL course at the local community center when I was a high school student, as I was very much into communicating with people with different languages, cultures, and backgrounds. I learned some ASL for children so to communicate with my son when he was still a baby. No matter what language it is, it's fascinating to see similarities and differences in how we communicate throughout the world.
Maybe another way for me to describe the Japanese "u" sound is : shorter and mixed with a bit of "a". But maybe I'm just hearing things =] Anyway, thanks for the videos, great work !
Thank you very much for your input. As a native Japanese speaker, I cannot know how our sounds appear to non-native speakers, and it is very fascinating and educational for me to hear about the observations like yours. Gives me different perspectives about my own language as well as my own understanding of "sounds". Thank you again. :)
I've just noticed that the japanses "u" sound is closer to the german "ü" rather than the spanish "u". That's funny because the other four vocals sounds quite close to spanish vocals.
Interesting. When I learned German, the "ü" sound was one of the hardest one to get it, and since I no longer speak the language, I am not sure if I'd every got that sound right. To me, it was a lot easier to learn Spanish "u" sounds as I felt it sounded just like Japanese "u" and no Spanish speakers so far told me that my "u" sounds funny, but it might be that Spanish speakers I met so far were just nice to me not to point out my funny accents...
I am a native Japanese speaker, so I don't distinguish R and L very well either, but as for the pronunciation, tongue is up in the air and back in the mouth for R, and tongue is touches the root of front teeth for L. As for hearing the difference, I don't. I only know by the spelling of each word. So, only advice I can give is to increase vocabulary.
Yes, it's a hard one even for Japanese children at first, especially when they are printed. Once you learn enough vocabulary, you will distinguish easily by the context. Another way is to pay attention to the strokes: ソ(so) - the long line is drawn downward from the right of the short line, ン(n) - the long line is drawn upward from the position under the short line.
KATAKANA only contains straight lines. and the word KATAKANA in capitals only has straight lines. thats how i remember it. HIRAGANA has curves. i have'nt explained that verywell but thats how i differenciate between them
I suggest making flash cards. I uploaded a list of hiragana, katakana, and romaji on my home page for you. You can cut and paste the letters. Go to "Library" page of my home page.
The name of the letter "L" in English would be "el" so, we would write 「エル」if we have to, but we usually use the alphabet letter "L" for it.
If you are talking about the sound "l" such as "la li lu le lo" or "ra ri ru re ro", then they are written ラリルレロ. They say neither "l" nor "r" sound exist in Japanese language, and ラリルレロ are supposed to sound between "la li lu le lo" and "ra ri ru re ro".
I know for sure that it is not "ra ri ru re ro". To me "la li lu le lo" sound closer to ラリルレロ, but I am Japanese and my English pronunciation of "L" sound may be wrong. When Californians say "water", the "ter" part of the word "water" sound a bit like "ラー and if I were to write down the sound in Katakana, I would write ワラー.
I recommend you to pause the video where you feel as though you need to stare at it longer. Yes, it would be very beneficial for you to invest on some books as well. Afterall, this is just a tool to help your study. I didn't expect anyone to learn Hiragana, Katakana, and Japanese sign language by just looking at this video clip.
Katakana ハ (ha) looks similar to the kanji for the English word eight 八 (hachi). However, as you can see they are not exactly the same.
は is a member of a group of words in Japanese called particles. Without going into great detail, particles are connecting words that are used to basically section off pieces of sentences. As for the origin of the particle は and where the pronunciation as wa originated I am uncertain.
The word こんにちは (English: good afternoon, or hello) when broken down is こん (kanji = 今 meaning now), にち (kanji = 日 meaning day) and the particle は. In Japanese classes the particle は is translated as "as for". So if we literally translate the word こんにちは it would be "as for the day now".
@ChristinaWolfle It's written in hiragana as "konnichiha", but there is a rule that makes "ha" to be pronounced as "wa" that is when "ha" is used as a particle at the end of a noun as a subject/object indicator.
thnx. and ive got a quesion. ive been reading a few easy children books in hiragana and alot of the time i come across
some hiragana like "su" (sorry dont no how to type in the actual japanese hiragana)
and it would have like a quote mark above the character so like su"
(but not romaji).
all i know about the " thing is that it changes the sound from like 'su' to 'mu' for example. but the question is, how do i know which soundings to add to what charater?.
The (") sound set is in this video clip. It is right after the basic sound set. You can download "Hiragana List" from my blog site (go to my profile to find the link). It's free of charges.
write now im learning katakana. its kinda hard though coz ive learnt hiragana but yea, katakana and hiragana have the same soundings so i kinda get mixed up. but i guess the best way is to practise, practise aaaannnd some more practise
Yes, my son still gets confused with the two. He learned Katakana before he mastered Hiragana at the Japanese school he used to go. I would have liked him to master Hiragana first, but that was not the way the school taught.
I recommend you to focus on Hiragana first. Once you are very comfortable with Hiragana, there will be less confusion. Katakana is mostly used only for foreign sounds, onomatopoeia, and mimesis. Good luck with your study. がんばってね。
Sorry. I guess my brain was stack... now I see what you meant. Silly me. I know what gibberish is, and the 8D certainly looks like a face! I sometimes get needle point view that puts me into total brain comma.lol
the hand gestures are called sign language. this set of sign language is called Japanese Sign Language. the ones shown this video clip is equivalent of the alphabet signs in American Sign Language. in this vieo clips, two sets of Japanese writing systems called Hiragana and Katakana are shown along with the Japanese Sign Language.
FYI, your comments will be approved if they are appropriate and sincere. If your comments are appropriate and have not been approved, it simply because I didn't get to your comments yet. Creating video is not my professional occupation (my occupation is being a good mother and a holistic wellness practitioner), so I seek your patience just in case you are wondering what happened to your comments :-)
kohyin 7 months ago
I'm taking both Japanese and ASL so by mixing two things I love ypu get JSL. <3
samusofaether 9 months ago
@samusofaether Great! "Ganbatte!"
kohyin 9 months ago
How do you do a double character, like ookii or kakkoii?
phoenixheart6 9 months ago
@phoenixheart6 You ad small "tsu つ" after the consonant that is represented by double - the sound represented by a pair of consonants means you ad a sort of an aspiration sound (not quite the same with the English sense of aspiration but you can get by with it).
kohyin 9 months ago
@kohyin I mean how do you sign it.
phoenixheart6 9 months ago
@phoenixheart6 If you look at the video carefully, it will show you how to sign small "tsu".
kohyin 9 months ago
@phoenixheart6 I did look at it carefrully. I'm talking about a dobule vowel sound
phoenixheart6 9 months ago
@phoenixheart6 OK. I thought you were talking about the double consonant sound. For the double vowel, it's easy. Sign as you write. Just to make clear, this video is just for a finger signs for spelling words. Actual JSL sign language is much more involved using the hands and arms as well as facial expressions just as ASL does. I only remember the finger spelling part of JSL. It's been over 30 years since I learned JSL as a volunteer high school student...
kohyin 9 months ago
@kohyin I guess that just means you do it twice. Just wondering because in ASL, I've seen them move the letter to the side when there's a double.
phoenixheart6 9 months ago
@phoenixheart6 I am not a JSL specialist and even though I learned it once, it's been quite a while since I learned it and used it. I checked it with NHK Minnano Shuwa site. Actually, you move an index finger (downward). I will add the link to NHK Minnano Shuwa site on the Video information because this editor won't allow me to add a hyper link.
kohyin 9 months ago
Culinan. Net is a colaborative network of people who want to share signs.
Let's make the Sign Language Shine !!
-------- culinan.net ----------
Find on the top of the homepage the english flag to switch the whole website in English.
CulinanMd 10 months ago
ARIGATO HAJIMEMASHITE!
TheMewdude 1 year ago
Graciiias!!
catalina7119 1 year ago
@catalina7119 de nada!
kohyin 1 year ago
Here in Brazil, we have a different language . it's called "LIBRAS" ( Brazilian Sign Language ), I guess JSL is very hard ... It's my opinion...
marikosu1994 1 year ago
I can't speak japanese, but I think about learning it.
I just wanted to ask a question to somebody who already does so:
How much time does one need to actually be capable of communicate in written and oral form even about complex stuff.
Because if I start learning Japanese I wanna speak a good and not just somewhat good, and I agree that someone never stops learning a language, but about how much learning does it take to speak Japanese well enough that I could make a living there?
Nederdien 1 year ago
@Nederdien If your ultimate goal is to live in Japan and live well, consider obtaining a high professional skill. Knowing Japanese helps but won't get too far. Remember that all the natives speak Japanese fluently there. Your chance is not to compete with the natives with the skills that they are good at but with the skills that average Japanese don't have.
kohyin 1 year ago
@kohyin
Well, I am not trying to outspeak native speakers - but I don't want to end up having spent a lot of time learning Japanese and then just being able to say stuff like "Hello, my name is ..."
I guess it would be good if I could read novels in Japanese ...
Nederdien 1 year ago
@Nederdien Sory, I thought your goal was to make a good living in Japan. If your goal is to read novels in Japanese, then I would recommend taking a college Japanese courses. There are bunch of language learning tools in the market, but I haven't seen one that teaches how to read novels. I took Spanish courses at a college and learned to read poems and novels in Spanish in the fourth semester.
kohyin 1 year ago
Wow, so much more complicated than the ASL alphabet.
cdsayitaintso 1 year ago
@cdsayitaintso not really japanese alphabet is longer thats all and its pretty easy learning it, im doing it right now m but u really need th accent more than the memorization and its all fun to learn
CTWcauseiMissyou 1 year ago
My teacher told me tsu pronounce as "ju", but here it sounds like "zi"; and the last hiragana should've been "wo", but here it sounds like "o". I don't understand this. Could a japanese poster please help me varify which sounds are adquate?
AdvertChild98 1 year ago
@AdvertChild98 - the "tsu" つ sounds like "tsu". If you pronounce the "ts" part of the plural English word that ends in "t" such as "mats" and ad "oo" う sound (such as in "tool"), it is very close to our "tsu".
"w" of "wo" を is there only to distinguish it from "o" お, but the sound is exactly the same. Please don't ad the English "w" sound to "wo". I know that Roman-ji is very confusing. It is not a set of phonetic symbols and does not necessarily represent actual sounds. Learn Hiragana!
kohyin 1 year ago
Clarification:
When looked up on a chart or graph, and a lot of times, when seeing a Japanese person write their own language in the Latin alphabet, you will see this as follows:
sa si su se so, ta ti tu te to
za zi zu ze zo, da di du de do
When pronounced, under English spelling rules, these syllables are as follows, respectively:
sa shi su se so, ta chi tsu te to
za ji zu ze zo, da ji zu de do
The written language conforms to the spoken language, not the other way around.
essillius 1 year ago
Why does she say gya gyu gyo twice? The second time its chi, so it should be cha chu cho, but i hear gya gyu gyo again. O.o Wth?
MurdocLC 1 year ago
@MurdocLC she doesn't. Maybe there was a streaming problem? After ぎゃ ぎゅ ぎょ gya gyu gyo is じゃ じゅ じょ and ぢゃ ぢゅ ぢょ both set pronounced exactly same.
kohyin 1 year ago
@kohyin Wait wait wait. I thought about it really carefully.
Ahaaaa! Damn it, i got confused by じ and ぢ, forgot that ぢ is same as じ, thus making all the や ゆ よ the same with chi".
How do u type ぢ btw? Since there's two ji.
MurdocLC 1 year ago
@MurdocLC
di for ぢ, and ji for じ. My qeustion is how are you typing the hiragana if you didn't know?
kohyin 1 year ago
@kohyin di dosent excist, but if it did it would be di yeah.
I just copied u. But oh, how stupid of me, i should just type "di". *facepalm*
MurdocLC 1 year ago
@MurdocLC
I don't understand what you mean by "di doesn't exist". Is your keyboard not standard American keyboard? If there is alphabet "d" and alphabet "i", then you can type "di".
???
kohyin 1 year ago
@kohyin No, haha, I mean di dosent excist in japanese. Its da ji zu de do.
MurdocLC 1 year ago
@MurdocLC I see!
kohyin 1 year ago
@kohyin there isn't a streaming problem. they are read the same just as yew, you and u are read the same.
essillius 1 year ago
what...s that at HA? the hand looks deformed.
MoQuake 1 year ago
@MoQuake it's pointing index finger and middle finger pointing outward.
kohyin 1 year ago
sorry, but where's the others? errm, there's kya, but what about kyu and kyo? and, there's po, but, what about pa pi pu pe? I tried your site but, my pc won't read the signs.
also, what about if I wanted to use gya etc.?
shiawase168ne 1 year ago
@shiawase168ne If you look at the video carefully, you will find answers to your questions. I type both in English and in Japanese on my web site. You might have to change the text encoding to view Japanese characters. I use iWeb to create my web page and that could be the cause for your pc not reading my Japanese letters? I am not sure...
kohyin 1 year ago
今は手話でアタシの名前が出来る～～よし！
shiawase168ne 1 year ago
kanagrams is a great way to learn kana (hiragana and katakana). This way seems silly to me.
nicholaswestley 1 year ago
kanagrams is a great way to learn kana (hiragana and katakana). This way seems silly to me.
nicholaswestley 1 year ago
Is there a chance that you can upload the signs with the k, with the s... etc.?? (in the same video, only slower and a little ''break'' between them?) So its easier to learn because there are more letters in the Japanese ''ABC'' then in the English one. So the sign language is more difficult.... I would LOVE to learn this language!! (L)
Shemaraba 2 years ago
I'll make flash cards and upload them on my web site when I have time. It's a time consuming work and I have very little time right now... I suggest you to search other channels and web sites that teach Japanese Sign Language. You can find a few links on my web site as well. Good-luck
kohyin 2 years ago
Thank you for this video... I have been learning Japanese for a few months and I already know the hiragana and katakana characters. I like to use sign language with my friends. Some of them are also learning some Japanese. They say that the characters and pronunciation are hard, but I think they are easy. So instead of speaking and writing Japanese, they decided to use Japanese sign language. So we all found this video and it helped us learn the JSL.
tonyboyangie3 2 years ago 5
Thank you for your kind comment. I am happy to know that you and your friends find this video helpful.
kohyin 2 years ago
please we would also like to see a big face on the screen of the person pronouncing the stuff because that gives better clues on how to spell.
sofianbelhedi 2 years ago
Wow that's amazing! I'm going to be studying to become an interpreter in the fall and it's really interesting to see the difference between ASL and JSL.
kreiger 2 years ago
I took an JSL course at the local community center when I was a high school student, as I was very much into communicating with people with different languages, cultures, and backgrounds. I learned some ASL for children so to communicate with my son when he was still a baby. No matter what language it is, it's fascinating to see similarities and differences in how we communicate throughout the world.
kohyin 2 years ago
Yeah, definitely. I love the different languages hope to learn quite a few.
kreiger 2 years ago
for me hiragana is a lot easier to write
warser3401 2 years ago 2
Maybe another way for me to describe the Japanese "u" sound is : shorter and mixed with a bit of "a". But maybe I'm just hearing things =] Anyway, thanks for the videos, great work !
verymaddog 2 years ago
Thank you very much for your input. As a native Japanese speaker, I cannot know how our sounds appear to non-native speakers, and it is very fascinating and educational for me to hear about the observations like yours. Gives me different perspectives about my own language as well as my own understanding of "sounds". Thank you again. :)
kohyin 2 years ago
I've just noticed that the japanses "u" sound is closer to the german "ü" rather than the spanish "u". That's funny because the other four vocals sounds quite close to spanish vocals.
verymaddog 2 years ago
Interesting. When I learned German, the "ü" sound was one of the hardest one to get it, and since I no longer speak the language, I am not sure if I'd every got that sound right. To me, it was a lot easier to learn Spanish "u" sounds as I felt it sounded just like Japanese "u" and no Spanish speakers so far told me that my "u" sounds funny, but it might be that Spanish speakers I met so far were just nice to me not to point out my funny accents...
kohyin 2 years ago
:D
I like learning English!
But I have a question about pronounce. I'ts diifficult for me to tell the differenc between m and n. R and L, help?
innpressTV 2 years ago
I am a native Japanese speaker, so I don't distinguish R and L very well either, but as for the pronunciation, tongue is up in the air and back in the mouth for R, and tongue is touches the root of front teeth for L. As for hearing the difference, I don't. I only know by the spelling of each word. So, only advice I can give is to increase vocabulary.
kohyin 2 years ago
:D
I like learning JSL!
But I have a question about Katakana. I'ts diifficult for me to tell the differenc between SO and N. help?
heynello 2 years ago
Yes, it's a hard one even for Japanese children at first, especially when they are printed. Once you learn enough vocabulary, you will distinguish easily by the context. Another way is to pay attention to the strokes: ソ(so) - the long line is drawn downward from the right of the short line, ン(n) - the long line is drawn upward from the position under the short line.
kohyin 2 years ago
Ah, Yes I see that now! Thank you very much :D Arigatou
heynello 2 years ago
KATAKANA only contains straight lines. and the word KATAKANA in capitals only has straight lines. thats how i remember it. HIRAGANA has curves. i have'nt explained that verywell but thats how i differenciate between them
ScouseAngel 2 years ago
That's a great tip!
kohyin 2 years ago
katakana is getting difficult i recognize some, hiragana was easy because they look like pictures but katakana im stuck any tips?
dudewitgunz 3 years ago
I suggest making flash cards. I uploaded a list of hiragana, katakana, and romaji on my home page for you. You can cut and paste the letters. Go to "Library" page of my home page.
kohyin 3 years ago
Why did she say "hu" instead of "fu"?
usenetposts 3 years ago
there are a few ways to romanize the japanese syllabary, and some people choose to use "si" "ti" "hu" and "tu", etc.
it's just a matter of preference, and here in japan you're just as likely to see "sinjyuku" as you're likely to see "shinjuku"
"sinjyuku" is soooo ugly, hahaha
grammarnazixx 3 years ago
They pronounce fu like hu
Sian103 3 years ago
she didn't ^_-
AlwaysAmiYumi 3 years ago
how do you wright the L in katakana? if they don't use the lettre L, then what should i replace this L?
MysticDragons 3 years ago
The name of the letter "L" in English would be "el" so, we would write 「エル」if we have to, but we usually use the alphabet letter "L" for it.
If you are talking about the sound "l" such as "la li lu le lo" or "ra ri ru re ro", then they are written ラリルレロ. They say neither "l" nor "r" sound exist in Japanese language, and ラリルレロ are supposed to sound between "la li lu le lo" and "ra ri ru re ro".
kohyin 3 years ago
I know for sure that it is not "ra ri ru re ro". To me "la li lu le lo" sound closer to ラリルレロ, but I am Japanese and my English pronunciation of "L" sound may be wrong. When Californians say "water", the "ter" part of the word "water" sound a bit like "ラー and if I were to write down the sound in Katakana, I would write ワラー.
kohyin 3 years ago
wow interesting!
SUGOI
LiveLoveBurnDeath 3 years ago
Arigato!
kohyin 3 years ago
can someone help me, im trying to learn japanese and i dont know which one of the hand writings im supposed to learn? hiragana or katakana?
johnthenater 3 years ago
It'll be good to learn both eventually, but I recommend you to start with hiragana.
kohyin 3 years ago
i have learned hiragana but learning katakana. but i have no driving force unless i'm in a classroom with my hilarious japanese teacher
crazyman9501 3 years ago
would be easyer if they were just words
like kanji, spelling out a whole word
seems like it would take a while
But this is what ive been looking for for several years, i must try to learn them
Raymasaki 3 years ago
oh my god....sanksrit/hindi its much easier to learn!!!
adityaworld 3 years ago
yay! yubimoji~!
i fond a chart which explains how to put the "voiced" markings in, also how to do the smaller characters.... it's in the way you move your hand...
halfflame1 3 years ago
ありがと ございます ！finally found this ;)
thank you very much ;D
gaikokuSARU 3 years ago
woah, 3 words: WAY TOO FAST!
jeez, guess i'll just have to find a book on jsl...
ImshiWandrer 3 years ago
I recommend you to pause the video where you feel as though you need to stare at it longer. Yes, it would be very beneficial for you to invest on some books as well. Afterall, this is just a tool to help your study. I didn't expect anyone to learn Hiragana, Katakana, and Japanese sign language by just looking at this video clip.
kohyin 3 years ago
thanks for the advice
i was looking online for a book on JSL but i couldn't find anything at all! do you have any advice as to where i could find one?
ImshiWandrer 3 years ago
Check Kinokuniya Bookstore. They are inside Mitsuwa Market (I live in California). Also the check NHK's Minnano Syuwa site.
kohyin 3 years ago
I thought that ハ ｍｅａｎｓ ｅｉｇｈｔ （ｈａｃｈｉ）？ ｓｏ ｗｈｙ ｉｓ ｉｔ ｈａ ｉｎ ｋａｔａｇａｎａ？
Ａｌｓｏ， ｗｈｙ ｉｓ は ｕｓｅｄ ａｓ ｗａ？ Ｆｏｒ Ｅｘａｍｐｌｅ ｉｎ ｋｏｎｎｉｃｈｉｗａ
こにちは。 Ｓｈｏｕｌｄｎｔ ｉｔ ｂｅ こにちわ？
Ｃan anyone answer my queries?
phoonjzc 3 years ago
Katakana ハ (ha) looks similar to the kanji for the English word eight 八 (hachi). However, as you can see they are not exactly the same.
は is a member of a group of words in Japanese called particles. Without going into great detail, particles are connecting words that are used to basically section off pieces of sentences. As for the origin of the particle は and where the pronunciation as wa originated I am uncertain.
ebonyofold 3 years ago 2
The word こんにちは (English: good afternoon, or hello) when broken down is こん (kanji = 今 meaning now), にち (kanji = 日 meaning day) and the particle は. In Japanese classes the particle は is translated as "as for". So if we literally translate the word こんにちは it would be "as for the day now".
ebonyofold 3 years ago 5
Also, は is pronaunced "wa" when the word before it is the subject, like: watashi no akusento wa warui desu. (my accent is bad)
Accent, or "akusento" is the subject of the sentence.
halfflame1 3 years ago
@ebonyofold I didn't think the phrase こんいちは was presented as kanji... I thought it remained hiragana.
TheHapplesComic 7 months ago
@ebonyofold konnichiha... i thought it was konnichiwa?
ChristinaWolfle 7 months ago
@ChristinaWolfle It's written in hiragana as "konnichiha", but there is a rule that makes "ha" to be pronounced as "wa" that is when "ha" is used as a particle at the end of a noun as a subject/object indicator.
kohyin 7 months ago
ah i found it.. thank you very much :)
Jackmyster99 3 years ago
thnx. and ive got a quesion. ive been reading a few easy children books in hiragana and alot of the time i come across
some hiragana like "su" (sorry dont no how to type in the actual japanese hiragana)
and it would have like a quote mark above the character so like su"
(but not romaji).
all i know about the " thing is that it changes the sound from like 'su' to 'mu' for example. but the question is, how do i know which soundings to add to what charater?.
thanx alot
Jackmyster
Jackmyster99 3 years ago
The (") sound set is in this video clip. It is right after the basic sound set. You can download "Hiragana List" from my blog site (go to my profile to find the link). It's free of charges.
kohyin 3 years ago
write now im learning katakana. its kinda hard though coz ive learnt hiragana but yea, katakana and hiragana have the same soundings so i kinda get mixed up. but i guess the best way is to practise, practise aaaannnd some more practise
Jackmyster99 4 years ago
Yes, my son still gets confused with the two. He learned Katakana before he mastered Hiragana at the Japanese school he used to go. I would have liked him to master Hiragana first, but that was not the way the school taught.
I recommend you to focus on Hiragana first. Once you are very comfortable with Hiragana, there will be less confusion. Katakana is mostly used only for foreign sounds, onomatopoeia, and mimesis. Good luck with your study. がんばってね。
kohyin 3 years ago
This was very helpfull thanks a lot's
Continue please, uplading videos.
digipoetry 4 years ago
I had some technical troubles opening YouTube earlier and started a channel on MetaCafe. I have more Japanese learning videos over there.
The direct link is on my profile page.
kohyin 3 years ago
This is so cool. I have been trying to learn Katakana. But it is so hard.
cguevara12 4 years ago
Thank you for your encouraging comment.
kohyin 4 years ago
thank you for uploading! ^_^
learning this is as useful as learning gibberish 8D now I can talk in code with my friends xP
lildragon 4 years ago
Thank you for your comment. What's gibberish 8D?
kohyin 4 years ago
gibberish is.. a language?? like.. a slang kinda language that I hear teens often using. 8D looks like a face if u turn your head to the left =P
lildragon 4 years ago
Sorry. I guess my brain was stack... now I see what you meant. Silly me. I know what gibberish is, and the 8D certainly looks like a face! I sometimes get needle point view that puts me into total brain comma.lol
kohyin 4 years ago
whats the hand gestures for?
RealmEternal 4 years ago
the hand gestures are called sign language. this set of sign language is called Japanese Sign Language. the ones shown this video clip is equivalent of the alphabet signs in American Sign Language. in this vieo clips, two sets of Japanese writing systems called Hiragana and Katakana are shown along with the Japanese Sign Language.
kohyin 4 years ago
that is enjoy i learn more cultures in japan :D i smile with you all time i love japanese language forever
Jovitaisdeaf2007 4 years ago