Learn Japanese Word Origins 1 - You did not just say that Japanese word!

[x99wildonesteam]

thanks! awesome!



[LeiDenJun]

In my native language (Tagalog) "baka" means cow ^_^

[lollyclan]

I am such a ba ka! *not currently smiling.....

[anthrmthrfckr]

god she's cute..

[longyingtan]

Why I never! This is the true origin of the word? Does it have anything to do with Chinese history? Anyway, this really helps. Great.

[EvilNinja14]

Wait i thought baka was usually written in katakana??? : バカ

Plz reply some1 :/

[thequeenofdebt]

perfect kids shows are the best

[Larukubrazil]

Ohayou comes from OHAYAI DESU NE, an expression that japanese people used in the past to notice and to praise someone for being awaken so early. With the pass of time, the word was abbreviated and used as a morning greeting. It came firstly from KANSAIBEN. I don't know if people from tokyo know about it, because they're HYOUJYUNGO. :)

[musicislife24100]

Ohio is a state in the us

[bratzkidzrulz]

@musicislife24100 ???????????????

[Calfeeny]

OHIO comes from the U.S. its a state! lol

[paige94130]

Baka means stupid... not horse deer! Baka Oshi is stupid feet.

[WickedMonkey154]

@paige94130 She didn't say that it means horse deer, she said it means fool, just the kanji for horse and deer combined make the kanji that means Baka

[paige94130]

@WickedMonkey154 oh, haha ok.. I missunderstood her! haha lol, thanks! :)

[Mrsupwhooli]

I know baka because of naruto. everyone says that to him :)

[4loc0]

guuuurl she did not just say that

[cootyopster]

when you asked what baka meant I just shouted out "Idiot".....

[JournaloftheWiccan]

baka is spanish for cow :P

[JeanPierreRamos]

@JournaloftheWiccan lol Bakadoesn't mean anything but vaca means cow but i guess you got it. :D

[Mark96706]

In Tagalog [Filipino], "Baka" means Cow! :D

[yummycupcake918]

I used that on my friend she got so mad at me...i guess i forgot to smile

[TheAbridgedGamer]

@yummycupcake918

I think smiling would make it worse XD

[Nicro327]

I was born in Ohio...

[asiancultureisawesom]

oh all words, why did we just learn "horse-deer"?

[Nicro327]

@asiancultureisawesom o u

[Omnimatrix10]

oh yes i did

[Leviwosc]

馬 is pronounced as [mǎ] in Mandarin Chinese. Is there a system how the pronunciation of Hanzi changed to Kanji?

[HarriHaffi]

Good lesson!

MVHH

[amyvu5253]

baka can mean stupid 2

[chronousnemesis]

while in malay, "baka" means "breed" or "descendant"...

and in Hungarian: infantryman

google translate :D

[inblank]

"baka" in Spanish means "cow", even though that's just the Neutral pronunciation for "vaca" (the right spelling) xD

[csnoopy]

Ohayo comes from the state of Ohio, duh

[suckapunch565]

uh... What's the difference beteween a horse and a deer?

[Risespunk]

Will you marry me? =)

[Supergirl0198]

lol... i live in ohio :)

[theSVRTV]

she looks good in this video

[AMVmakerAyu]

lol i'm gonna use that.

Me: YOU HORSE-DEER!

My brother: O_O;;

[Aephylis]

@AMVmakerAyu Hahaha classic.

[Brittanyfan8426]

ur so KAWAII :)

[abadkitty808]

uma is horse and ka is , power or mequtio. ushi is cow,

baka means your the s... hanging from a cows behind.

or your stupid .. also baka yaro means your doing the cow.

if you dont belive me go to japan and ask someone...

now im kind of worried ,because im trying to learn diffrent languages on youtube,

some of the lessons are totally bull sh..

[LaCrimsonLey]

Don't know man... there's something about a girl with an accent that drives me crazy..

[hihijk101]

i learned this word from anime lol ಠ_ಠ

[PomPomPurinDude]

baka is idiot right? lol XD



[meowmeow131]

lol i learned the meaning of baka from naruto sakura is constantly calling him that and i just caught on to it

[Foggemannen]

baka means baking in sweden :D

[Foggemannen]

baka means baking in sweden :D

[26blanco]

i love japanese etimology.it is very interesting.thanks for the course.you are very nice and the way you speak.thanks arigato

[ilcvmvm]

I didn't learn anything! this is BAKA!

[beratio]

@ilcvmvm ahahahi thought baka was fool ? or are u saying foolish ?

[SakuraKittyNyan]

@ilcvmvm NO this is SPARATA!.. and baka doesn't work in that sentence.. you said "this is idiot" :3

[YASUCITY]

こんな言葉よりも「アホ」を覚えろ

まだ冗談で済ませられるから・・・

[roygbiv330]

they say baka in tokyo, aho in osaka and tawake in nagoya.

[HIROKOCHANNEL]

@roygbiv330 good point!

[luvjintian]

關東說「馬鹿」關西說「阿呆」，right?

[luvjintian]

馬鹿　ばか　笨蛋，傻瓜

「馬鹿」這個字出處，最多人的解釋是出自中國的「指鹿為馬」(鹿­をさして馬となす)故事.還有一種說法是來自梵語中的moha莫­迦.

don't forget to smile when it is used in light-hearted way!

[michaeljeff123]

i learnd some japness

[kevsol14]

this is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

[9440454]

baka sounds like vaca which means cow in spanish

[Carin116]

@9440454 and in portuguese as well :)

[pichihime7]

so the character is uma but its pronounced Ba?

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[HortanHeresAWho]

My friend loves japanese so she trys to speak it she sounds like a baka! ^_^

[victimofsleep]

WOAH no wonder! i found the words weird at first. how about jyama?

[citygirl3851]

@Benito - kore = this. sore = that. so what you typed was "that is a fool."

[benitofinito]

Can I say? "Baka wa doko desu ka?" = Where is the fool?

"Sore wa baka desu" = This is a fool (While pointing at the person I referring to)

Don't mean to be offensive just applying it to stuff I've learned already.

Thank you for the video.

[MaxViars]

does that mean ba is horse and ka is deer?

[japanesepod101]

@MaxViars Not quite - "uma" is horse, and "shika" is deer :)

[MaxViars]

@japanesepod101 oh! i was "baka" to think differently! =D

[MothRoom]

@japanesepod101

ba is one of the kanji pronounciation. 馬

[wewereoncestars]

@MaxViars

i thought that depended on the omyomi/kunyomi x.x

[Noir123456]

baka yaroooooo :D is this ok ?^^

[xXyoung09Xx]

baka means maybe..,

in tagalog

[roXasduelwield123]

@xXyoung09Xx wrong it means wrong but my aprents got the accent but i dont

[527memoly]

what is the you tube url

[nakajima123490]

lol foreigners always love this word :)

[buignerry]

Baka jan!Baka yatte'n ja né yo!Baka itte'n na yo!

Baka yaro!Baka mitai!

And I'm smiling.(because I don't forget to smile)

[litagyna]

good lesson keep it up. at least someone is trying to teach.

[wakayama2006]

ＢＡＫＡ

ばか

バカ

馬鹿

[ShadowMesiona]

I wen't to japan reasontly and my Japanese teacher said you can say baka in tokyo and other regons like it but when you get to Kansai it becomes offensive so you use aho.

[colman44]

LOL I LIVE IN OHIO LOL XD

[mashi384]

-that's so cool i am going to learn something that even Japanese people don't know- next lesson xD

[Grax638]

I know that "baka", depending on the sentence, can mean from "idiot" to "a****le", and I have a question: Is "kay you is owe" a swear word? Because I was watching an article in Wikipedia saying that it was not, other sources (Even in Wikipedia itself) translated it as s**t, poop, or excrement, which one is correct?

[LovelessxXo]

Anyone can edit wiki Baka :] <---smile :]

[SatoTM2]

i didnt knoe that there wasz a kanji for baka o.O?

[MoralejoFam]

Please view my Channel :) I have basic japanese words to start you talking like it :) Thanls ! ♥

[TheAdvicehotline]

baka:)

[furiko94]

at least you remembered to smileee :)

[ImageReflexion]

baka :) <--- Smile

[bloodsuckeraichan]

baka means cow in filipino!!! hehehehe..

[msalazarx]

In fact "vaca" means cow in spanish, fillipino took vaca from spanish.

[seilameu]

And portuguese =P

[sandreeen]

ehhhh~

So that's how it was. XD

[clene3]

I love this word it's too funny. So happy to know the origin of this word, it makes so much sense.

[MrAnderson1985]

Japanese is a super difficult language.

[superjew1000]

I disagree state of mind state of mind!

[mashi384]

@jesscandy421 are you serious? O_O wow i couldn't agree less xD

[Zoemonkey]

Horse-deer?

I was watching Gauken Alice- And Hotaru had a horse glove and a deer glove- she'd hit people with it- and go all "BAKA~!" :'D

I finally understand, thank you~

[caletcalet]

vaca = cow in spanish

easy word to learn.

[xxBastardxx67]

AGREED

[Tsukinokourei]

I'd never thought that was the origin! LOL

[rayquaziking]

Baka means cow in Filipino Language

[ThatGurlTara]

FINALLY I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS LOL

[heavenleigh014]

I heard this word in miyavi's song aho matsuri, and in lot's of anime :)

[seygra20]

thnkx i jus heard this word in ponyo on the cliff

[Bananachalakesto]

Yeey !!

Yesterday I saw it too^^

[PricelessLow]

sexy woman in here.

[giugnhgbvinierngvb89]

baka means cow in spanish

[steve884]

verdad que si :)

[morningstarscrew]

in filipino too. lulz.

[giugnhgbvinierngvb89]

oh really? how do u spell it? in spanish its "vaca". Filipinas name comes from Felipe II spanish king. Like saying those islands belonged to him.

[morningstarscrew]

we spell it "baka"...i'm a filipino-japanese so it's fun using "baka" as pun..like, "i wanna eat baka (beef/cow in filipino)" but can also be construed as "i wanna eat baka (as in stupid)" for funsies. haha.

and yes you are right about the origin of the Philippines' name.

[mSkaYe080808]

even in tagalog..baka means cow..haha

[Tendoking]

vaca means cow in Spanish, not baka.

They're pronounced the same way.

[giugnhgbvinierngvb89]

true, and "baca" is the thing u put over ur car to carry stuff like luggage etc

[tita1008]

All the videos are amazing amazing thanks japanesepod101 i am learning a lot thaanks to the webpage and this videos

[hurricanefierce]

she's so kawaii ^^

[rheirheirhei]

I can't tell the difference between a horse and a deer.

Am I BAKA??

[HIROKOCHANNEL]

haha, nice comment!

[krysjen7]

wow!!! u guys from jap101 are awesome!!!! esp. hiro-chan!!

[Dave102693]

Thanks for telling me that. Now, I'll remember to smile when I'm using the word! =)

[BeautifulCaius]

! Ah! The little bit on the origin of the Kanji was amazing, never thought of it that way.

[rubbermuck]

my favorite word :)

[sarooar]

same

[nadim776]

nice lesson :P

[japanesepod101]

Thanks for all of your comments everyone!! We're glad to hear that you enjoyed this video :D

[heidiandpater]

Glad to see everyone is enjoying the video! thanks for watching and tune in for more video lessons! ;-) Hiro

[Ltron9]

She's too cute...

[tudorprincess15]

i'm on this site! it's great and i've got the podcasts.

It was good to know where this word came from. i knew the kanji for horse but i didnt know the kanji for deer. Thanks JapanesePod101 you're the best!

[nekostef]

This is a really interesting new feature! :-)

[Koroodetto]

*This is very interesting to learn the word origins.* The kids at pre-school use this word all the time and it makes the other kids cry.

[samusu4]

Actualy, "馬鹿" has more meanings than she explains.

it is used not only to say bad things ,but also for example, to say funny thing to make him/her enjoyable.

you can hear this ward in daily japanese chatting among especially youngage.

[Picaq2]

Yes, I was wondering why the word "horse" was included in the word "馬鹿" and I thought there was something wrong with my Japanese program. I guess it was right.

[LenntBear]

Baka

*smiles*

[JeremiDesuyo]

That was awesome.

Very interesting, also!

Thank you!

[CaIabolg]

her voice is so cute!!!

[digitalimpulse]

Drew Carry's show was in Ohio. Mimi always dressed like a baka.

[259]

So the Urban Dictionary definition with the story of its origin was right after all.

[tagatautube]

Great video!!!

[mysquishy123]

i laughed a bit at "If you use the word 'baka,' don't forget to smile! :D"

but anyways,

good vids. i love japanesepod101!

[RudyDestine]

i know where it comes from!

[thijsseghers]

Ohio? ^^

Lol, just kidding.