Learn Japanese language - how to say I understand

[999Tornado]

Holy shit, Han! I thought you died in Tokyo Drift!!!

[burnstagger]

Need better sound.... Sounds like you are inside an oil tanker

[KidAnime20]

Why do I hear sentences of japanese when I read english subtitles sound like they are in reverse?

For example... normaly I'd say "What do you mean?" but when i hear it in japanese, they usually say the last word in that sentence first, and go backwards from there.

How can anyone learn japanese here?

[KidAnime20]

@KidAnime20 Also, the word "Watashi". It means "Me" in japanese. Now, why is it that everytime I say sentences like "Save me!" It's like "Watashi taskida" or something like that!

And when you add one more word to a sentence, it changes the word completely. Like, when I only say "You", it's "Suru", and "Will" is Uiru" in Japanese. But when I combine them into a sentence, it becomes "Shimasen Ka". Shouldn't it be "Sura Uiru?

Man, i just don't get it.

[GenerationDarkness]

@KidAnime20 "save me" would be "tasukete" and the "me" or "i" would be referred, so it can be committed. but if you were to say word-by-word, it would be "Watashi ni (or use "o") tasukete". "suru" is "do", not "you".

"you" in this case, would be "kimi"(casual or neutral) or "anta"(short of "anata", feminine?) or "anata"(male or female; polite) or "omae"(guys only, casual) etc.

in japanese there is no future tense, so "you will" is not directly translatable.

[GenerationDarkness]

@KidAnime20 their sentence structure isnt the same thats why.

[KidAnime20]

@GenerationDarkness So... the japanese language doen't have consistency then, thanks to not having future tense. Agh... alright, well... thanks for helping me understand.

[GenerationDarkness]

@KidAnime20 well it is similar to English except that their verbs are at the end of the sentence.

also, e.g if you wanted to say "i ate an apple because i was hungry" ,which can be said as "because i was hungry, i ate an apple". you can say "onaka ga suita kara ringo wo tabemashita" or you can say "ringo wo tabeta no de onaka ga suita kara desu"

see how Kara, which means Because is similar to English but the difference being it mark it's sentence in the front as the reason instead of at back?

[GenerationDarkness]

@KidAnime20 that's the kind of difference i'm talking about, sometimes not necessarily structure but also the system itself.

taberu - eat

wo - object marker particle

ringo - apple

kara - because

onkaga ga suita - stomach is empty - hungry

[KidAnime20]

@GenerationDarkness So verbs are at the end of sentences only. This is something I didn't know until now. Thanks.

[GenerationDarkness]

@KidAnime20 you can learn from the basics from my channel's Japanese lesson playlist (not my videos)

[KoolJust4U]

wakarimasu = understand.

wakarimassen = dont understand.

wakarimasen deshita = did not understood.

wakarimashita - i understood.

shita is like past tense.

[lazerbeamcat]

I've already learned this from all the anime I've watched...people say that watching anime w/ english subtitles doesn't help but I've learned alot from it...well I guess it's only me cuz I watch 7-8 hours of anime a day -.- it's addicting. so I've got the basics down ^-^ I just need help with the writing..

[FudgeDread]

@lazerbeamcat It's not that anime subtitles don't help, it's that Japanese sentence construction is almost the reverse of English, so when the subtitles are displayed (as it's interpreted for an English audience) you will often find that the subtitles aren't correct to the Japanese language currently being spoken but will usually be spoken in the next line. I personally find that anime is a great way to familiarise yourself with the sounds of the language and pick out words.

[suineg1]

Thx very helpfull !

[TheSupevict]

Is it wa ka ri masen di shi ta i cudnt here the last bit

[shinsuke0123]

ありがとう！

[Yoshi0987651]

0:17

[5thfemalebeatle]

you look so clean!

[KastreraDkatt]

Why do you say "ga" after nihongo?

Please answer!

[lundpyara]

Ore wa nihingo ga wakarimasu janai =

Idint understand jaanese?

am i right or wrong?

[kolesidisgiannis]

Why use ga （が） after Nihongo ?

[MrKanojo]

@kolesidisgiannis it is a particle that relates 日本語 to the rest of the sentence.

[kang1996]

@kolesidisgiannis just like how after 'watashi' there is 'wa' . almost everything in a japanese sentence is followed by a particle such as; ga, wa, o, no, ni, e, de, ka. I was completely lost with these particles i suggest u read the lonely planet japanese phrase book if you're interested it helps alot and very useful.

[kolesidisgiannis]

@kang1996 Thanks for the help.

[edgaraf]

it's hard but trust me I am getting the hang of it

[SmokeyIvoryWay]

Moshi moshi I love Doraemon so much@.@

[feudal79]

i love this teacher!simple to understand!!!

[HitodamaKyrie]

I saw the title and the phrase "Wakarimasu" went through my head. Guess I don't need it then! =D

[alanscott156]

なんかさ　ちゃんと五段と二段のルールちゃんと説明したら良いじゃないんで­すか？

分かります　分かりません　分かりました　分かりませんでした

分かる　分からない　分かった　分からなかった　分かって　分かれ　分かろう

分かられる　分からせる　分かれば　分かれる　分かりましょう

それはお金を払わないと教えないの部分でしょ？　ｗｗ　ごめん　ただそうやって教えてたらちょっと悪い反響あるはずだと思う

二段活用　と　五段活用は大切でしょ？



[lowNshallow27]

watashiwa wakarimasu!

hehehe..

Arigatou gozaimasu...

[yunFILX]

how about wakatta?

[Mickyak4]

this will help alot in japan

[KaSeYdAbOmB]

What is the third one? O.o I can't really work out what he says to it... is it Wakarimasendeshita? O.o

[yunFILX]

@KaSeYdAbOmB

yes

wakarimasen deshta~

[KaSeYdAbOmB]

What is the third one? O.o I can't really work out what he says to it... is it Wakarimasendeshita? O.o

[abriwin]

what a pity there is so much echo on the recording, if I turn the volume up the echo goes up with it.

So I didn't understand the lesson, what a pity for so much effort.

[prettycuresplashstar]

watashi wa nihongo ga chotto wakarimasu!!!

[pizzaguytj]

わたしわ　すこし　にほんごが　わかrます

[SilverGunZoO]

@pizzaguytj 私 not　わたし、 は not わ、　日本語 not にほんご　わかります not わかrます

馬鹿

[annapiaja]

shimme XD

jk

[otherlifes]

Wakarimashita

[GennarinoX1]

skash disqualification!!!!

[alextepes]

watashi wa kari masen :D gomen

[angtemba]

arigatou gozaimasu

[MrYuukino]

sugoi...

ありがとうございます。

[pinillarep63]

Mr. Tomita, how can I contact you? do you have any mail? Thanks

[MsTormented]

watashi wa nihon go ga sukoshi wakarimas..= i understand japanese a little

[GoSuMonSteR]

It's funny to see these anime people in here trying to learn Japanese. Takes hard work.

[alextepes]

It does, I learned a lot of phrases by simply just watching it, I have a photographic memory, so I can mix the audio that I hear with the subtitles below and find a pattern. However I still fail miserably, it's not funny either, I won't pretend to know. But doesn't mean I can't be interested because I love their culture. :)

[nordork]

wakatta, 分かった means

"understood" , in the past the tense.

wakaru 分かる , is the infinitive form, "to understand"

hes giving you the masu ます form.

its the..understand form ahaha. idk what thats called in english :d its like the present state of being. so.

私は日本語が分かります is I undersand Japanese.

[bbum999]

probably good..but do something about the audio...it is not good.

[Ajxdiddy]

i know right i can bearly here him but his vids are extremly usefull ^.^

[marjorie12341]

arigato guzaimas

!

[MMLEW95]

ありがとうございました〜このレッションはいいですね！＝）

[Ajxdiddy]

how da hell did u do dat!!!??!!

[burpday]

I like the way you explain but can you repeat for" I did'nt understand Japanese".. I just don't get it. Please msg me how to write..Thanks

[MsTormented]

watashi wa wakarimasen..= i donnt understand..

watashi wa nihon go ga wakarimasen = i dont understand japanese

[TheCite]

アア、下らん。全く下らん。

If you actually want to learn Japanese, head yourself over to ajatt doht com

資料：俺は流暢じゃん

[AmberNicoleDickens]

Ahh yes video reson :D

[d2output88]

domo

[UzumakiMatrix]

Arigatou ^_^ kono lesson ga wakarimashita. Oshiete kurete arigatou na

[crazywatermelonz]

i can't here you i learn more Japanese from the animes :S

[AnnaKurusis]

he's cute lol

[MrPennysPop]

Hmm, I think he's kinda creepy...but kinda cool.

[YUMorNO]

kind of sounds like he went and broke something @ the end.

[annzmanz]

lol, or smacked his head into a pole.

Great vid, thanks!

[admilu]

haha, no kiddin. Maybe he kicked the camera stand?

[PikkovFilms]

I am 11,and Im learning Japanese.

Thank you very much for explaining me this)

[MrPennysPop]

Oh, I'm 14 and I'm learning Japanese too!

[Xezatt]

わかったぁぁぁぁ

[ramo0o0o0osh]

arigato sensei =)

[mashi384]

you can also say "wakarimashiti", right?

わかりました

[boatoflol]

wakari-mashita, is All right or I got it, its more a formal thing I guess.

[Ghakimx]

It's past tense.

[boatoflol]

true, but still only heard that in cases of formal talk.

[admilu]

Well you'll notice the difference is it changes from Masu to Mashita, mashita is used for past tence where as masu is present. So wakarimashita means Understood. I suppose it is more formal though... Anyway, I don't know much he just mentioned it on another of his lessons :)

[boatoflol]

Yea I saw his other lessons too. Its just about where you use it, when you talk to someone, you use wakarimasu in normal chat when someone explained something. But when someone gives you a detailed order or something like that you could also say wakarimashita (yep I understood). ^^ what are we actually talking around the hot soup.

[gurlygirly123]

lool idk why you guys are complaining i can hear this guy perfectly lol

[ganzobenstehn]

Thank you for this!

[hahahahohaha]

Quite a good video; but, sometimes you don't put enough power in your voice and then you fail at your articulation (quite important for Japanese huh?). You tend to 'swallow' your words. Fix that and view your own video's afterwards to check your pronouncements and to check if viewers will be able to read what you write down...

[4202136]

lo. everything is all cool except for the fact that i can barely see what's wriiten on the board...nice lesson, though..=)!!

[jcorput]

Why do you write so small, It's not like there isn't any room left. It's amost impossible to read the kana (Neither the Western alphabet)

[potterboi250]

just a simple suggestion you should put romanized words so it's easier to read.. ._.

[gearmarcusfenix202]

how would you spell the dont understand word in ranji

[Mohazesh]

you good but you voice is not clean enough

[maybeyourtheonexxx3]

but hes trying..

[Robinsa]

What is not clear enough? His Japanese is way clearer than most people speak to be honest. If you cant hear what he's saying you better try harder or give up.

[XoMissyMissoX]

o.O when you pointed up, and said the link was there, I actually have a tab open to your site and you pointed right at it.... XD I've been writing stuff down all day and night.

[takech0]

nice i thik u should do a video teaching

personal pronouns

[t3hubern00b]

You have a good way of teaching. I actually needed this. ありがとございます

[hudsonkate16]

is wakaranai the same with wakarimasen?

[linny177]

wakarimasen is more polite

[davitto1990]

yes. nai kei is the plain form of masen kei

[luuij0ss]

I can hardly understand ya, and the sound quality doesn't realy help you plus the noise

[orionpirates]

I can't see the white board, it's too blurry.

[musashi453]

try to watch it in HQ

[mizzchocolate93]

Domo arigato gozamsu!!!! <3

[TsanGwanWai]

gozaimasu*

[StopFuckingSwearing]

arigatou

[bubblerei]

daisuki yo XD <3

[aina4monalisa]

arrrgh...wakatta yo!

[moodyJUN]

that's good! arigatô!

[paexou]

Wakarimasu ikutsuka no Nihon-go.

Arigatou watashi no sensei aruiwa kyoshi !

[GforGABBANA]

"私は日本語が分かりましたってどういう状況で言うんだろう？？­？

[GameShowGuy]

I like his lessons, but I'm having trouble with both the audio and the handwriting. Can anyone tell me what the third sentence is, in English and Japanese?

[illumis]

For the benefit of people who cannot see the words:

Understand (わかります)

I understand Japanese

わたしはにほんごがわかります (understand)

わかりません (don't understand)

わかりませんでした (past tense of don't understand)

わかりました (past tense of understand)

[AelitaAiri]

Thank you, this helpped a lot!!

[keithfan77]

@illumis Arigato!!

[JustAFreeStyle]

@illumis thanx a lot

[AnimeObsession3000]

could you put the camera jut a little closer to the board? Or write just a littlebigger?

Eiher way, thank you for the upoad^^

[DirEnGay]

All the kids in my Japanese course watch too much anime and they always use past tense for everything. I keep trying to explain they should just use "masu" at the end but they always use "mashita". Well it's their money going to waste at the end of the day haha.

[ZomgAnime00]

i love japanese im planing to go to a class soon to learn it

[beretanian]

It's interesting that we can hear Az accent from time to time.

[CRaZYpOpTaRToo]

Sensei wa shiroi desu.

[DirEnGay]

Why did you say he is white?

[CRaZYpOpTaRToo]

He looks white. BUT since he isn't, I didn't put white people "white", but only the color "white".. LOL?

[CRaZYpOpTaRToo]

あ い う え お

a　i  u　e　o

[arturo17049]

japanese sounds better in anime

[Hillllllllary]

his videos really help. : )

[beltain2006]

I wonder if there is a video explaining the use of "ga" like in "ga suki desu" or "ga kirai desu" etc. I still have no idea when it's used and what does it mean.:/

Except that, nice lessons, arigatou gozaimasu :)

[fomiz]

Hard to follow this class. Can't even see the writing.

[Autoctonal]

why don't you go full window.

[fomiz]

~I did.

[zanjoe24]

watashimo onaji desu arigatou gozaimasu (^_^)

[akira3038]

Konnichiwa sensei! Domou arigatou gozaimashita ^_^! Atashi wa mainichi Nihongo o benkyou shimasu.

[babytold]

sensei,dozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu,watashi wa nihongo ga benkyoshitai desu !!! i love nihongo so much,my name is Du~ng,i'm from VietNam,and i want to learn japannese somuch,thank you desu !!!

[babytold]

sensei,domo arigato gozaimashita !

[imuftu1209]

dude this video is for beginners who can not talk Japanese so what is the point of saying I understand Japanese

[my24939]

lol I know right!!

[katsuemashi]

arigato ko to shi mo yo ro shi ku o nega i shi ma su!

[Profile12345678910]

watashi wa nihongo wakarimasu naramashita :D

[bluexdemon]

hehe glad i found ur videos!! ^^

domo arigato gozaimasu!

[egoimperator]

he complicated the whole thing badly...

[dizzkun]

I really love the way you teach Japanese. You make it easy to understand and I thank you for that!

Cant wait for even more videos!

[HuMaNxBloOD]

ok da lesson is good but u need to zoom a little in da riting den da teacher ok plz dat will just be better

[h4ckluserr]

Well, if I may advise, you have a terrible grasp on the English language. Please work on that before you continue to brutalize an additional cultures language.

[HuMaNxBloOD]

wat do u mean i got a terrible grasp on da english languge nd im not brutalizing or watever u said an additional cultures language

[h4ckluserr]

"wat do u mean i got a terrible grasp on da english languge nd im not brutalizing or watever u said an additional cultures language"

"What do you mean I have a terrible grasp on the English language. I'm not brutalizing or whatever you said about an additional cultures language."

I hope that makes my point.

However, this video is phenomenal. Thank you Sir.

[HuMaNxBloOD]

u know that that is how ppl my age write on the computer alrite im 14 nd im not gona b writing lyk some proper nerd or sumthing ive been talkin english my whole life nd u think ppl my age write lyk dat well den ur wrong

[h4ckluserr]

I'll have to forgive you for allowing our youth to degenerate the language that much farther.

I am 19, which puts me not that much ahead of you. I'm not a "proper nerd" but I know the language in which I speak. You will grow up one day and understand.

[Profile12345678910]

agreed.what kind of word is "da" I LIKE DA WORLDZZ.lol.nice spelling.idiot.

[HuMaNxBloOD]

call me an idiot atleast i got friends unlike u and i know how 2 rite im just 2 lazy nd wow diz is kinda gay people should just mind their own business nd let others do wat dey want nd rite how dey want

[xDragonLadyxmuffin]

Hey! I'm fourteen! I have to say, I dont always put in capital letters or whatever, but I don't use english THAT badly..=P

(well, not often anyway.)

[HuMaNxBloOD]

i really dnt give a damm im just riting lyk diz cuz im 2 lazy 2 rite da whole ting yea nd if u want me 2 rite lyk sum rich gringo der well go f*** urself wow i never thought i get in fight with people in da online dats so gay

[xDragonLadyxmuffin]

I apoligise. I didn't mean to annoy you, infact I can't even remember why i commented. please just ignore me..^^

[HuMaNxBloOD]

o its alrite thx for apologising ^.^

[AxleNox]

lol

Gringo? You sure he's white? xD

[HuMaNxBloOD]

loll not really haha

[AxleNox]

lol

[Akatsukilover]

wtf, dude. It takes longer to type like that with all the errors than it does just to type. .__.

[HuMaNxBloOD]

well mayb for u but not for me

[Go90go]

Your own grasp of the English language isn't the greatest either.

[gusthelesswise]

Awesome! Someone male making japanese language tutorials. Thats great because I heard that if you learn from a woman then people think that you're a poof. You're fairly good at explaining it to.

[iareryc3]

私は日本語がわかります

私は日本語がわかりますせん

私は日本語がわかりますしたでした

ありがとうございますせんせい.

[Enerccio]

you fail so hard....

私は日本語が分かります。

[slash0t]

just say wakata-わかた

[Enerccio]

wakatta, fool!

[sillabaekjae]

so...after invading other countries and pillaging and sexually abusing them, you will now try and promote your language.

Go to hell.

[Seymour2012]

....Right, That's completely ironic if you're American.

Especially, wars that aren't even necessary......

[Clerkenwellkid]

What The Hell dude.

[ONICLAN]

if it pisses u off that much y didnt u even bother to look it up

[m3tr0idgrl]

lol hes just being a jerkoff for no reason (sillabaek...w/e his name is)

[hele1949]

Watashiwa nihongo wakarimasu... or a lot of words... it was around 68 words last time i counted.. and thats some time ago..

[DJLifeCat]

to say i unter

[Fioen]

You should zoom in...I can't see le...

[hassmann2000]

BANZAI ..lol

[kinkygirl2008]

classic examples of how not to teach a language - pure grammar and the teacher is not prepared, no context, language teaching should be from simple examples not from a board

[TenorSaxy]

true , but he's showing it in hiragana on purpose . and he does point out the grammar . [literally ...] watch it again . XD

[kinkygirl2008]

do I really have to?

[lilmoneekios28]

i already know some japanese...

see'ma' sen

means exuse me

and

ohio gazimas

means

goodmorning man

[Nikolaeos]

lilmoneekios, sumimasen is excuse me. i believe you're mostly right on good morning, i think its ohaiyo gozaimasu.

[cloud09sky]

nope

Ohayo Gosaimasu-Good Morning

Konnichiwa-Good Day! or Good Afternoon

Konbanwa-Good Evening

the excuse me the right spelling is SUMIMASEN

i'm foreigner too living here in Japan.

Bye!