@Tymallfire Isn't it crazy?!?! Ahhh! I've never taken spanish formally but whenever I find myself trying to speak or communicate in spanish I always feel this burning urge to try and use Japanese. *sigh*!
Hi, cool channel. I am 15, I speak english and spanish from birth, have become fluent in italian, am early intermediate in japanese, and am self studying latin. Japanese is the most difficult for me, it not being a romance language, and not being offered at my high school. I am working hard though. I hope I can study it in college and be able to speak fluently one day. I have a pretty limited kanji knowledge base. Do you have any suggestions for studying kanji?
the funny thing is actually, since i watched this, i realized how true it is. Since Esperanto was so much easier for me to pick up, i started using it to talk to my friend a lot, and now it confuses my japanese =/. I felt bad, but i stopped practicing Esperanto recently. x_x.. i miss it.
I'm learning Korean, Japanese and Chinese at university at the moment. I really like learning languages and I believe it's my talent/niche. Let's hope I don't screw up haha!
@hirofan :: THAT IS GREAT!! i think philippine languages are really easy to learn.. unfortunately none of it ever stuck with me, but i'm at peace with that now.
I did Chinese and Japanese at the same time too. I found it ok actually to distinguish. They sound so different so I never confused them. Since I'm a Spanish native though, I do confuse Spanish and Japanese alot.
I know how you feel in these cases..I mean, japanese is difficult itself, but If you study also chinese in the same period you will be in a terrible confusion, as when you try to speak japanese you will forget some kanji or think in chinese their pronounce is the same :( some months ago, i tried to learn both japanese and korean, but suddenly i understood that I began to mix up them. anyway, congratulations for your japanese, i'm studying it too but yor level is higher than mine!!! ad maiora!!
Yeah! I'm studying Japanese and Spanish lll honors at the same time!! Ahhhh... It's just crazy. Like casa and kasa... I was soo confused in my classes and I did the same things.
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1 word. Bull shizzle? I think this is isn't everyone. I learned English and Spanish together and i NEVER confused the two... And so far i have NEVER confused Chinese with Japanese >.> so just make sure you put a disclaimer saying that it may not be the case for everyone.. And i don't "study" a language, i learn and attach myself to a language, also if you studied the NIGHT before of COURSE you're going to forget it, you didn't even practice WRITING it... =/ This claim is a little strange...
Also its like me confusing Spanish with Portuguese which never happened either... BAD student xD You didnt even practice and you procrastinated language learning...
she's not stating it as an absolute fact, but that for some people it can be a problem, and it was for her. She's not telling you how you feel. you should calm down.
I am interested in languages, I speak 2 fluently and 2 not bad including Japanese, the problem is that languages need time and I am stucking with my graduate major (X....all the best
You probably know already, but other than Kanji and On'yomi, which was supposed to approximate Chinese readings from various time periods, Chinese and Japanese aren't originally related linguistically. Japanese underwent Sinicization. I read the closest thing would be Korean, but it hasn't been proven to have a direct relation either (probably like proto-korean and proto-japanese had common ancestor lang.) They seem to retain similar particles, inflections, & word order.
Wow, besides the failing part, I went through the same thing my first semester of Chinese. I always related it to the Japanese I knew though they were different or had different meanings so when it came time for a quiz I got them confused. Eventually I would sort it out, but it is much easier to think of them separately and not relate them together.
omg i use the same chinese book! (and i understood almost all of ur chinese lol). Anyway, i've only encountered that situation once or twice. When i was in french class, i accidentally thought of chinese numbers in an oral quiz. However, later in the year, i didn't hav any problems. Now that it's summer, i'm currently doing japanese.
The ultimate answer to people who ask you "why learning Japanese?" is that "Do I have to explain and tell you my story by taking 2 hours on you? if you want, I'd tell you my stroy some other time=when you can spare 2 hours to listen to me"
Thank you so much... it really shows how much effort you put into making these videos *bows* and i really enjoy how you do every thing yourself ^-^
I came across this video when i was hunting 4 stuff on the japanese language which i have just started studying. I am just a trilingual now ( i know english, Arabic and Amharic) and i really want to learn as many more languages as possible..but u definitely have a point.
thank you so much! The videos did take a lot of work! I'm glad you coudl enjoy them :). Well "knowing" many languages and learning them all at once are two different things. If you've already got 3 under your belt, you'll probably be fine.
I'm currently taking French, Latin and Ancient Greek in school (yes, the latter two are dead languages, but it doesn't mean they aren't still tough!), and then learning Japanese through self teaching and fortnight-ly private lessons combined.
It already happened, I'm afraid, to the point that I can't tell the difference between the strong and the weak, and between the whole tense and the imperfect. D:
Chinese character is simplified, and Japanese is still using more-like traditional complex characters, so that is easy to differentiate,. simple to write, then it is chinese, more strokes to write, that is Japanese characters. (in most case, I am Chinese)
I had no choice. In Germany I have to learn at least two languages at school. But I love Japanese so much, so I learn English, French and Japanese. In two years I will stop French and start with Spanish. Because of often getting cofused in the French lessons (I started Japanese and French at the same time 3 years ago, so it's really hard for me) I will stop.
If I had a choice I would like to learn only two languages at te same time. ^.~ Good video!
ahhh! Language attack! Your brain is going to be so well exercised. Good thing is though, even if you forget some things, you're getting your brain used to some good critical thinking!
im taking spanish in school (im so lame, i could have took french, italian, or chinese, but i took spanish) anyway, i go home and do spanish homework, while listening to j-pop. then i get all confused. like in school when someone asks me a question, instead of saying what? in spanish, i say it in japanese and people look at me like im crazy. lol, good times.
i know, and it has already been useful several times. (one of my friends was taking spanish with me, but he was speaking german to the teacher, that was funny!)
and thank-you, hopefully i'll remember the differences, and stop switching between both
Thank you. My major is Japanese with a focus on Business--My original plan was to major in linguistics, as I am quadrilingual at the moment--But, the college of my choice doesn't offer it. I may pursue it in graduate studies, though!
Wish me luck. Good job with the videos! :) They are very inspiring. You are doing a wonderful thing.
0:45 Sweden shirt yay! So do you speak Swedish to??
because its my main language and in case you do i would really like to know what you think is easy and what´s hard about it to learn. / The curious Swede Sonny
omg i am learning spanish at school and teaching myself japanese at home and sometimes when i try to say something in japanese and i up saying it spanish and vice versa lol
I really want to learn japanese I even printed out kanji, hiragana and katakana but i still dont no what im looking at. Im going to be taking japanese classes but i feel I still will be lost. I need to no what do I study before hand so I want be confused in that class, because so far Im confused just looking at there writings. Please help me on this I really want to learn this bad. PLEASE REPLY SOON THANK YOU.
at the moment I am learning 4 different romance languages Galician, Occitan, French, and Catalan. They are similar in many ways and often remember one word by using its equivalent in the other.
You are sooo freakin cool! When I was your age, I was too shy to answer in class so I totally missed out on the language experience. I am studying Japanese and Arabic at the moment on my own. I also was an (anthropological) linguistics major in college.
There must be something to language and music in the brain. YOUR MUSIC IS AWESOME! You are on point. Your family must be so proud, but mostly, you must be really proud of yourself. God Bless!
That definitely happened to me. I was learning Italian in school for years, then started learning Japanese for fun and noticed I had times when I couldn't think of the answer in Italian, only in Japanese. But now I'm learning Korean and found that Japanese helped make Korean less confusing.
Actually, I was very successful at learning more than one language at a time. This past year of school, I took German, French, and Spanish simultaneously. I maintained a A average in each of the classes, including an occasional A+ on the report card. I, not once, mixed up any of the languages. I may just be a freak... xDD I currently am studying Italian along with continuing the other three. Good luck in your studies!
In terms of learning Chinese/Japanese, perhaps it would be better to stick to traditional characters than the simplified ones. It will make your learning much easier.
After the traditional characters, it will be easier to convert to the simplified ones later. And some people in China can read traditional characters because a number of materials come from Taiwan/Hong Kong where traditional characters are mainly utilised.
Haha, that's a bummer but it can't be helped; majority wins anyway. (China vs Taiwan)
But it's very impressive that you're dual-learning because not many can do that. I'm learning Japanese myself now and still brushing up my Chinese/Mandarin (from where I come from, they call it Chinese) as well.
Anyway, good luck with the learning~! It's a long road ahead but it will bear good fruit. =D
aww, thanks! But to make sure I'm not misleading, I am currently taking a break from Chinese while I figure out some stuff for my major/credits... :) I hope to get back to it though
Hi, I am learning Linguistics too!!!, And I understand you at all. Learning too or more languages is kind of difficult, like me, learning Japanese, French and English at the same time. Anyway I quite French ´cause I don´t like it, but I am still practising Japanese and English.
I am from Mexico, and well, I know Spanish obviously, so this is the first time I see a video or yours, and I am really interested in talking with you about somethings.
oh my! im majoring in french and japanese right now and in uni i want to do two more (italien and german) do u think dats a good thing, or would it be too much? ( ireally enjoy languages and grasp them very easily, and im black! yay! (i felt like that ghetto person saying they study japanese and french! ^^; ) )
If it would me I probably wouldn't take so many languages at once, just because I'd feel I couldn't give them all a just amount of attention...but hey! If that's your passion, go for it! Good luck!
hey loretta you might remember me from an email i wrote you a while back, or you might not!lol, well i was studying japanese and chinese in the past but decided that studying just chinese will work for me, studying japanese and chinese is too much for me, ive decided to put off japanese after i master zhong wen!
i'm glad you were able to come to a concrete decision! The best of luck to you! I made a similar decision, just with Japanese instead of Chinese... good luck to you! I hope your zhongwen(中文) becomes hen hao(很好). :)
Your videos are so helpful! And enjoyable to watch XD Good advice :)
Yeah, I'm attending Korean school. And recently when I tried to practice my Japanese, I would accidentally say it in Korean instead o_o eheh. XD But I think it's getting easier little by little to keep them separate.
Thank you! :D Good luck to you as well! Though with your skills, I don't think you need it XD
Yeah, the two are quite similar in grammar/sentence structure. And it's been pretty easy to get the pronounciation down. Cantonese was my first language, so I've tried to relate everything I know to make it easier to remember X)
Oh I found something very interesting, People who want to keep track of kanji you have learned, Just put it in the notes section in your Ipod, It makes a great Dictionary ;o oui!
LOL omg how stupid of me XD. There was something i wanted to say. I think that people who have a classroom setting can learn easily, because self learners get discouraged too easily. Well thats what i feel.
I installed the eastern asian pack so i can type in Japanese, I started typing and it automaticly converts hiragana then Kanji, but now it doesnt do it anymore. How do i make it so it types in Japanese and converts?
Wow, You know what I live in the French Part of Canada (Quebec) And my french really needs work lol. Well I can make easy conversations, but my french needs some working on lol.
Btw I have some Questions for You Kemushichan.
Are you fluent in Japanese, And when can someone start saying they are fluent in another language. Also how many years did it take you to study?
No i'm not fluent :D. There are many quirks, even in the videos that I still need to work out. I've been studying for 6 years (classroom setting) so far,...but i don't know about 'fluency'. Some people say it takes at least 10 years, some people say it takes living with them...I'd like to think that if you can teach it, then you know it. But I don't think someone else can tell you when you're fluent. I feel its something you'll recognize for yourself.
I remember learning Kana... good times. It took me about a week and a half to learn Katakana and almost 2 months to learn Hiragana! Don't worry, you'll learn it in no time. Ganbatte kudasai!
I just had to memorize them for class, but apparantly flashcards are really helpful! :) The best thing for me was to just practice writing them, andwrite words that contained the words I was using
Doing Spanish and Japanese can be a lot more confusing then it would seem xD
But this is really great! The good thing about Spanish and Japanese is that they don't use the same characters, and a lot of the similarities are actually helpful! Like:
:D i went on a personal study (+ shopping) trip about 3 years ago for my spring break...other than that i've been floating around in the states. WoO! Sweden!
i'm actually going there this summer for 2 months, and i'll be staying at my girlfriends house meaning that i will meet the parents!!!! Have you any sweet advice for me? :o
I have to take German at my school for at least three years. Which I like better than French and Spanish...but German is like...the opposite of Japanese. Lol. They pronounce every letter, and the Japanese language, in comparison to German, really does not have that many sounds, or such a strong and hard-to-grasp accent. Oh well. X]
Hey Loretta! Your really an inspiration to me :XD! Anyways, my mom is half spanish so she wants me to learn spanish...but I feel like learning japanese(witch i know a little) and chinese mandarin witch one should I start with, witch one will be more useful? Thank you!
If you're in america, then spanish is genearlly more 'useful'. If you're not a native speaker of a tonal language, than Chinese will probably be the harder, but if grammar is a weak spot for you, japanese will be harder... :) It all kinda depends...
Haha, I studied it last year but had to stop for various reasons. I still review it now and then and talk with people when I can, though my studies thusfar are steadily deteriorating :(.
Good luck with that! On a good note, I did hear that speaking japanese more with a spanish accent as opposed to an english one can aid your pronunciation! :) I hope the best for you!
same here! At my school, we have to take a language course every year, and I am in Spanish 4, but it's tough because I am also learning Japanese on my own, so it gets distracting and confusing. I don't even want to learn Spanish anymore, but sometimes it helps with sentence structure and pronunciation, but not enough.
Loretta, u are an inspiration to me, i speak 3 languages besides english n im learning japanese, italian and arabic now, u ever thought about learnin korean
wow~!!! I hope the best for you! Yes, I'm considering Korean for the future, since native speakers are very available around me, but I probably won't start for a while...
Oo! I've studied some about the culture (I'm in the Vietnamese Student Association) but I dare not touch the language and butcher it just yet!! At this point I'll just stick to butchering the pronunciation of menu items at Pho restarants!
My last semester in college I took on 6 different languages at once. I know your pain.
AnkhHero 1 month ago
Did this when I was learning french and spanish. I had taken spanish far longer and kept writing "y" instead of "et" on my french exams
KenlovesJ 2 months ago
it is only 2/4 at least it was half!!...
kamichamamink 2 months ago
がんばれ
EOTech552sas 2 months ago
@EOTech552sas 頑張ります!
kemushichan 2 months ago
lol I know this XD
I studied Japanese, and then when i took Spanish in Highschool
I was saying Japanese words in middle of class XD
the teach thought i was going crazy at first lol
Tymallfire 3 months ago
@Tymallfire Isn't it crazy?!?! Ahhh! I've never taken spanish formally but whenever I find myself trying to speak or communicate in spanish I always feel this burning urge to try and use Japanese. *sigh*!
kemushichan 3 months ago
Hi, cool channel. I am 15, I speak english and spanish from birth, have become fluent in italian, am early intermediate in japanese, and am self studying latin. Japanese is the most difficult for me, it not being a romance language, and not being offered at my high school. I am working hard though. I hope I can study it in college and be able to speak fluently one day. I have a pretty limited kanji knowledge base. Do you have any suggestions for studying kanji?
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is that you singing in the end?? beautiful voice!
PuRPLeTuTa 5 months ago
@PuRPLeTuTa Yes! Thank you :)
kemushichan 5 months ago
I love learning new languages! I want to be at least be close to speaking fluent Japanese, Spanish, and possibly (Mandarin) Chinese!
TheDanster4 7 months ago
Haha i know this feeling. :D
katashioknows 10 months ago
the funny thing is actually, since i watched this, i realized how true it is. Since Esperanto was so much easier for me to pick up, i started using it to talk to my friend a lot, and now it confuses my japanese =/. I felt bad, but i stopped practicing Esperanto recently. x_x.. i miss it.
fagbowsa 11 months ago
I'm learning Korean, Japanese and Chinese at university at the moment. I really like learning languages and I believe it's my talent/niche. Let's hope I don't screw up haha!
BenzorChan 11 months ago
is that magibon who you call/ calls you everytime?
fagbowsa 1 year ago
@fagbowsa hahahah!!!!! if only! That would make it all even MORE interesting! No... its just my voice through a filter :)
kemushichan 1 year ago
@kemushichan really O__O?!?!?! i thought it was still another person... how do u call urself everytime ur phone rings then?
fagbowsa 11 months ago
@fagbowsa its prerecorded =) eheheh
kemushichan 11 months ago
@kemushichan ooohhhh..... clever :D
fagbowsa 11 months ago
I am learning my wife's language, a regional
Philippine language.. I am always confusing
words.. masako (in Ilonggo language) means
busy.. because it sounds like the Japanese
name まさこ I always forget 忙しい.. lol
hirofan 1 year ago
@hirofan :: THAT IS GREAT!! i think philippine languages are really easy to learn.. unfortunately none of it ever stuck with me, but i'm at peace with that now.
shotanime 8 months ago
I did Chinese and Japanese at the same time too. I found it ok actually to distinguish. They sound so different so I never confused them. Since I'm a Spanish native though, I do confuse Spanish and Japanese alot.
私も知っているよ～
その前に中国語と日本語を勉強していた。^^おつかれさま～ でも私にとって難しすぎなかったと思う。中国語と日本語をぜんぜん似てない。発音はちょ～違う。でも私はスペイン語をぺらぺらで話せるのでちょっと混乱になった。例えば、日本語の”でも”はスペイン語で”ペロ” いつも私はその言葉を混乱する。＾＾ 頑張れ～
yulibalderas 1 year ago
I know how you feel in these cases..I mean, japanese is difficult itself, but If you study also chinese in the same period you will be in a terrible confusion, as when you try to speak japanese you will forget some kanji or think in chinese their pronounce is the same :( some months ago, i tried to learn both japanese and korean, but suddenly i understood that I began to mix up them. anyway, congratulations for your japanese, i'm studying it too but yor level is higher than mine!!! ad maiora!!
Francine90811 1 year ago
Yeah! I'm studying Japanese and Spanish lll honors at the same time!! Ahhhh... It's just crazy. Like casa and kasa... I was soo confused in my classes and I did the same things.
bunnyboo78730 1 year ago
Goosh, your pronunciation in chinese. I knew you were good with Japanese, but the fact you were good with mandarin pronunciation, too, is awesome *A*
Those are the two languages I'm working on right now, too. I'm better at Chinese though. :/
nlkatsume 1 year ago
wohoo.. i found american who doesn't speak english or spanish only...
Haihdutin 2 years ago 8
@Haihdutin There are several million more...
VictimOfBoredom 5 months ago
@Haihdutin ... they're not that rare, are they?! =/ think of how many immigrants there are!
nikumakimaki 4 months ago
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1 word. Bull shizzle? I think this is isn't everyone. I learned English and Spanish together and i NEVER confused the two... And so far i have NEVER confused Chinese with Japanese >.> so just make sure you put a disclaimer saying that it may not be the case for everyone.. And i don't "study" a language, i learn and attach myself to a language, also if you studied the NIGHT before of COURSE you're going to forget it, you didn't even practice WRITING it... =/ This claim is a little strange...
coolsteven2 2 years ago
Also its like me confusing Spanish with Portuguese which never happened either... BAD student xD You didnt even practice and you procrastinated language learning...
coolsteven2 2 years ago
she's not stating it as an absolute fact, but that for some people it can be a problem, and it was for her. She's not telling you how you feel. you should calm down.
Exiria 1 year ago
omg, i'm addicted to your vlog!
Jameelah265 2 years ago 6
I am interested in languages, I speak 2 fluently and 2 not bad including Japanese, the problem is that languages need time and I am stucking with my graduate major (X....all the best
rraassll 2 years ago
Wow nice Chinese skills!
You probably know already, but other than Kanji and On'yomi, which was supposed to approximate Chinese readings from various time periods, Chinese and Japanese aren't originally related linguistically. Japanese underwent Sinicization. I read the closest thing would be Korean, but it hasn't been proven to have a direct relation either (probably like proto-korean and proto-japanese had common ancestor lang.) They seem to retain similar particles, inflections, & word order.
horriehomepage 2 years ago
Yup, I know what it's like. Doing all three East Asian languages.
ineedabuspass 2 years ago
@ineedabuspass Hahah ohhh there are more than three!!! =D
kemushichan 1 year ago
@kemushichan Oh girl, I don't count vietnamese! hahaha.
ineedabuspass 1 year ago
Wow, besides the failing part, I went through the same thing my first semester of Chinese. I always related it to the Japanese I knew though they were different or had different meanings so when it came time for a quiz I got them confused. Eventually I would sort it out, but it is much easier to think of them separately and not relate them together.
～ちせでした！
ChiseYamaguchi 2 years ago
I just came across this video and my comment is: awesome work! It is interesting and funny, with good production on the video. もっとビデオを早く作ってくださいね。
thought2007 2 years ago
omg i use the same chinese book! (and i understood almost all of ur chinese lol). Anyway, i've only encountered that situation once or twice. When i was in french class, i accidentally thought of chinese numbers in an oral quiz. However, later in the year, i didn't hav any problems. Now that it's summer, i'm currently doing japanese.
s1l3n7gh057 2 years ago
I am honored you love Japanese and are eager to improve it more and more.
And after all, your clips are fun.
I just love them lol
Like I mentioned in the email, I am an English teacher.
I like your accent.
It is clear to my ears.
I understand 25% of CNN, yet I can get 95% of words you say.
I like your English.
yasuyukit 2 years ago
=) I'm glad you can understand my english! I'll most probably be speaking a lot of it for the rest of my life; I'm glad it sounds good. Hahah thanks!
kemushichan 2 years ago
The ultimate answer to people who ask you "why learning Japanese?" is that "Do I have to explain and tell you my story by taking 2 hours on you? if you want, I'd tell you my stroy some other time=when you can spare 2 hours to listen to me"
That's it.
yasuyukit 2 years ago
Hahaha.
kemushichan 2 years ago
Thank you so much... it really shows how much effort you put into making these videos *bows* and i really enjoy how you do every thing yourself ^-^
I came across this video when i was hunting 4 stuff on the japanese language which i have just started studying. I am just a trilingual now ( i know english, Arabic and Amharic) and i really want to learn as many more languages as possible..but u definitely have a point.
thanx again! <3
mistytheblu 2 years ago
thank you so much! The videos did take a lot of work! I'm glad you coudl enjoy them :). Well "knowing" many languages and learning them all at once are two different things. If you've already got 3 under your belt, you'll probably be fine.
kemushichan 2 years ago
Multilinguism is really tough~
I'm currently taking French, Latin and Ancient Greek in school (yes, the latter two are dead languages, but it doesn't mean they aren't still tough!), and then learning Japanese through self teaching and fortnight-ly private lessons combined.
Anyway, great video!
waraix3 2 years ago
OH MY GOODNESS ANCIENT GREEK. Latin I can do! Greek no! =) i hope the aorist and subjunctives don't overwhelm you! Good luck!
kemushichan 2 years ago
It already happened, I'm afraid, to the point that I can't tell the difference between the strong and the weak, and between the whole tense and the imperfect. D:
Thank you, kemushichanも~
頑張ります!!
waraix3 2 years ago
Chinese character is simplified, and Japanese is still using more-like traditional complex characters, so that is easy to differentiate,. simple to write, then it is chinese, more strokes to write, that is Japanese characters. (in most case, I am Chinese)
shiningcg 2 years ago
Hehe thank you!
kemushichan 2 years ago
I had no choice. In Germany I have to learn at least two languages at school. But I love Japanese so much, so I learn English, French and Japanese. In two years I will stop French and start with Spanish. Because of often getting cofused in the French lessons (I started Japanese and French at the same time 3 years ago, so it's really hard for me) I will stop.
If I had a choice I would like to learn only two languages at te same time. ^.~ Good video!
chisaiiChiyo 2 years ago
ahhh! Language attack! Your brain is going to be so well exercised. Good thing is though, even if you forget some things, you're getting your brain used to some good critical thinking!
kemushichan 2 years ago
im taking spanish in school (im so lame, i could have took french, italian, or chinese, but i took spanish) anyway, i go home and do spanish homework, while listening to j-pop. then i get all confused. like in school when someone asks me a question, instead of saying what? in spanish, i say it in japanese and people look at me like im crazy. lol, good times.
<3
0xbubblegumXpsychox0 2 years ago
spanish isn't lame! If you're in America then you'll probably see how useful it is pretty soon if not already!! Good luck with the code-switching!
kemushichan 2 years ago
i know, and it has already been useful several times. (one of my friends was taking spanish with me, but he was speaking german to the teacher, that was funny!)
and thank-you, hopefully i'll remember the differences, and stop switching between both
0xbubblegumXpsychox0 2 years ago
Sadly, I have to learn Japanese and Chinese simultaniously during my 4 years. Wish me luck?
japangirlcmw 2 years ago
eep! Ganbatte ne! Good luck!
kemushichan 2 years ago
Thank you. My major is Japanese with a focus on Business--My original plan was to major in linguistics, as I am quadrilingual at the moment--But, the college of my choice doesn't offer it. I may pursue it in graduate studies, though!
Wish me luck. Good job with the videos! :) They are very inspiring. You are doing a wonderful thing.
japangirlcmw 2 years ago
0:45 Sweden shirt yay! So do you speak Swedish to??
because its my main language and in case you do i would really like to know what you think is easy and what´s hard about it to learn. / The curious Swede Sonny
P.S: this might need spelling/grammarcheck
sunte91 2 years ago
:( No i don't speak it. It was a souvineer
kemushichan 2 years ago
=( To bad. But nice shirt anyway =)
sunte91 2 years ago
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sunte91 2 years ago
こんにちは
marksun35 2 years ago
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omg i am learning spanish at school and teaching myself japanese at home and sometimes when i try to say something in japanese and i up saying it spanish and vice versa lol
singinganimesongs 3 years ago
ya that use to happen to me lulz
darkloidzero 3 years ago
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singinganimesongs 3 years ago
Amazing
jedone11 3 years ago
I really want to learn japanese I even printed out kanji, hiragana and katakana but i still dont no what im looking at. Im going to be taking japanese classes but i feel I still will be lost. I need to no what do I study before hand so I want be confused in that class, because so far Im confused just looking at there writings. Please help me on this I really want to learn this bad. PLEASE REPLY SOON THANK YOU.
jsol210 3 years ago
Oh, Kemushican also sings! very cute. ところで誰の歌？
Gosling3 3 years ago
Oh, the song is written by me! :) teehee! (As is all the music in the series from episode....3 and on I believe.)
kemushichan 3 years ago
Great! music written & played by you? Soooo talented! いいじゃ～ん。
Gosling3 3 years ago
I really liked this video
You are completely right
at the moment I am learning 4 different romance languages Galician, Occitan, French, and Catalan. They are similar in many ways and often remember one word by using its equivalent in the other.
disiciliano 3 years ago
You are sooo freakin cool! When I was your age, I was too shy to answer in class so I totally missed out on the language experience. I am studying Japanese and Arabic at the moment on my own. I also was an (anthropological) linguistics major in college.
There must be something to language and music in the brain. YOUR MUSIC IS AWESOME! You are on point. Your family must be so proud, but mostly, you must be really proud of yourself. God Bless!
hayyalife 3 years ago
:) thank you so much for the encouragement! Good luck to you in the future!
kemushichan 3 years ago
Why did you use the "呢" at the end of your phrase in chinese? ...Btw, I love your japanese.
kauemoura 3 years ago
Haha, probably because I messed up.
kemushichan 3 years ago
That definitely happened to me. I was learning Italian in school for years, then started learning Japanese for fun and noticed I had times when I couldn't think of the answer in Italian, only in Japanese. But now I'm learning Korean and found that Japanese helped make Korean less confusing.
BerryChew 3 years ago
;) woo!
kemushichan 3 years ago
日本語上手だね！！
メッチャ偉いと思う！！！
応援してるからがんばってね！！！
translate
your japanese is really good
I think you should be very proud of your self
and I am cheering for you so keep up the good work
anthonydebello 3 years ago
Actually, I was very successful at learning more than one language at a time. This past year of school, I took German, French, and Spanish simultaneously. I maintained a A average in each of the classes, including an occasional A+ on the report card. I, not once, mixed up any of the languages. I may just be a freak... xDD I currently am studying Italian along with continuing the other three. Good luck in your studies!
Finken 3 years ago
wow, what a gift! I wish you and everyone the best! :)
kemushichan 3 years ago
wow you speak chinese aswell?, so cool :P
kurai6 3 years ago
lol the flashbacks
xdegrassilover92x 3 years ago
You're cute ^^)
igorvianamuller 3 years ago
In terms of learning Chinese/Japanese, perhaps it would be better to stick to traditional characters than the simplified ones. It will make your learning much easier.
After the traditional characters, it will be easier to convert to the simplified ones later. And some people in China can read traditional characters because a number of materials come from Taiwan/Hong Kong where traditional characters are mainly utilised.
Just a suggestion though. =D
DarkHonour 3 years ago
definately! Unfortunately, a lot of chinese programs/departments only offer simplified mandarin in their curriculums. :(
kemushichan 3 years ago
Haha, that's a bummer but it can't be helped; majority wins anyway. (China vs Taiwan)
But it's very impressive that you're dual-learning because not many can do that. I'm learning Japanese myself now and still brushing up my Chinese/Mandarin (from where I come from, they call it Chinese) as well.
Anyway, good luck with the learning~! It's a long road ahead but it will bear good fruit. =D
DarkHonour 3 years ago
aww, thanks! But to make sure I'm not misleading, I am currently taking a break from Chinese while I figure out some stuff for my major/credits... :) I hope to get back to it though
kemushichan 3 years ago
Hi, I am learning Linguistics too!!!, And I understand you at all. Learning too or more languages is kind of difficult, like me, learning Japanese, French and English at the same time. Anyway I quite French ´cause I don´t like it, but I am still practising Japanese and English.
I am from Mexico, and well, I know Spanish obviously, so this is the first time I see a video or yours, and I am really interested in talking with you about somethings.
So, hope you reply this and Ja ne mata!!!
linkf1 3 years ago
=] is it?
obviously im inspired!
~Rekooooooooooooo suuuuuuuuuuuuuucks ass so does his mama :p
xXeternity2008xX 3 years ago
oh my! im majoring in french and japanese right now and in uni i want to do two more (italien and german) do u think dats a good thing, or would it be too much? ( ireally enjoy languages and grasp them very easily, and im black! yay! (i felt like that ghetto person saying they study japanese and french! ^^; ) )
xXeternity2008xX 3 years ago
If it would me I probably wouldn't take so many languages at once, just because I'd feel I couldn't give them all a just amount of attention...but hey! If that's your passion, go for it! Good luck!
kemushichan 3 years ago
hey loretta you might remember me from an email i wrote you a while back, or you might not!lol, well i was studying japanese and chinese in the past but decided that studying just chinese will work for me, studying japanese and chinese is too much for me, ive decided to put off japanese after i master zhong wen!
yoka955 3 years ago
i'm glad you were able to come to a concrete decision! The best of luck to you! I made a similar decision, just with Japanese instead of Chinese... good luck to you! I hope your zhongwen(中文) becomes hen hao(很好). :)
kemushichan 3 years ago
Your videos are so helpful! And enjoyable to watch XD Good advice :)
Yeah, I'm attending Korean school. And recently when I tried to practice my Japanese, I would accidentally say it in Korean instead o_o eheh. XD But I think it's getting easier little by little to keep them separate.
pahrahn 3 years ago
:) best of luck to you then! Do Korean or Japanese help your understanding of the other in your experiences?
kemushichan 3 years ago
Thank you! :D Good luck to you as well! Though with your skills, I don't think you need it XD
Yeah, the two are quite similar in grammar/sentence structure. And it's been pretty easy to get the pronounciation down. Cantonese was my first language, so I've tried to relate everything I know to make it easier to remember X)
pahrahn 3 years ago
呵呵~你的视频真有意思~
qiaoyuhang 3 years ago
谢谢,你!
kemushichan 3 years ago
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東アジアなんて文化はないんだよ、アホ。
mysmallpets 3 years ago
Oh I found something very interesting, People who want to keep track of kanji you have learned, Just put it in the notes section in your Ipod, It makes a great Dictionary ;o oui!
sarius24 3 years ago
ooo! Thanks for the tip! Which Ipod model are you doing this for (it might not be compatible with everyone)
kemushichan 3 years ago
LOL omg how stupid of me XD. There was something i wanted to say. I think that people who have a classroom setting can learn easily, because self learners get discouraged too easily. Well thats what i feel.
sarius24 3 years ago
I know that feeling :/. Good luck though!!! i'm always cheering!
kemushichan 3 years ago
I installed the eastern asian pack so i can type in Japanese, I started typing and it automaticly converts hiragana then Kanji, but now it doesnt do it anymore. How do i make it so it types in Japanese and converts?
sarius24 3 years ago
You may have forgotten to change the "Input Mode" (the big "A" or hiragana "あ") to "Hiragana" (あ) Mode. :)
kemushichan 3 years ago
Wow, You know what I live in the French Part of Canada (Quebec) And my french really needs work lol. Well I can make easy conversations, but my french needs some working on lol.
Btw I have some Questions for You Kemushichan.
Are you fluent in Japanese, And when can someone start saying they are fluent in another language. Also how many years did it take you to study?
sarius24 3 years ago
No i'm not fluent :D. There are many quirks, even in the videos that I still need to work out. I've been studying for 6 years (classroom setting) so far,...but i don't know about 'fluency'. Some people say it takes at least 10 years, some people say it takes living with them...I'd like to think that if you can teach it, then you know it. But I don't think someone else can tell you when you're fluent. I feel its something you'll recognize for yourself.
kemushichan 3 years ago
すごいなー。僕も中国語しゃべりたい。
osaka3000 3 years ago
え～～～～とぉ・・・
日本語、中国語、仏語、西語を話せるって事？
すご～い（唖然 ＆羨ましい。
毛虫チャン格好良い！
sumeraginomikoto 3 years ago
あっ、違う、違う！フランス語・スペイン語はできない～それは例だけでした。でも、お互いに頑張りましょうね！
kemushichan 3 years ago
あなたにとって漢字は本当に難しいですか？
汉字对你来说记起来很困难吗?
では、頑張ってください。
请继续加油!
7093941918 3 years ago
このビデオのように、あまり難しくないだけど...もちろん難しいところもあるからね！
kemushichan 3 years ago
そうねｗ
たとえ漢字文化圏に対する人々ですとしても、漢字は依然としてそんなに難しいですよ。
でもさ～どんなにつまらくても、基本を覚えないことには上手しないね＾＾
日本語の勉強お互いに頑張りましょう～
7093941918 3 years ago
wow cause i am trying to learn the whole katakana alphabet so thanks! =]
gwaga56 3 years ago
I remember learning Kana... good times. It took me about a week and a half to learn Katakana and almost 2 months to learn Hiragana! Don't worry, you'll learn it in no time. Ganbatte kudasai!
kuronin 3 years ago
How exactly do u study and memorize the characters like a i u e o in katakana and hirangana?
gwaga56 3 years ago
I just had to memorize them for class, but apparantly flashcards are really helpful! :) The best thing for me was to just practice writing them, andwrite words that contained the words I was using
kemushichan 3 years ago
I like loretta!
animalkindness 3 years ago
:) I'm glad you enjoyed this one!
kemushichan 3 years ago
cool, i like this!
artistthatneverwas 4 years ago
:) Yay! Thanks for watching~
kemushichan 4 years ago
xDD OMG this is awesome!
Doing Spanish and Japanese can be a lot more confusing then it would seem xD
But this is really great! The good thing about Spanish and Japanese is that they don't use the same characters, and a lot of the similarities are actually helpful! Like:
pan／パン = bread (Spanish and japanese)
Mirar: To look at, watch, etc. (Spanish)
見る [Miru]: to look at, watch, etc (Japanese)
artistthatneverwas 4 years ago
Haha very true! :D good luck to you!
kemushichan 4 years ago
wow i can totally relate to this...
yoka955 4 years ago
:D at least you know you're not alone!
kemushichan 4 years ago
AWESOME! I did the exact same thing as you! I kept saying "hai" in my Chinese class and I would count in Chinese in my Japanese class. XD
You're so cool! *subscribed*
techn0scho0lbus 4 years ago
haha i'm glad I could relate; thanks for the subscription! :)
kemushichan 4 years ago
You have a sweden shirt and i'm from sweden :)
what a coincidence!! lol
Anyways! i think your videos are really interesting and i envy you, for your skillZ in speaking nihongo.. とてもすごいだよーー！
how many times have you been in Japan?
Seanhs 4 years ago
:D i went on a personal study (+ shopping) trip about 3 years ago for my spring break...other than that i've been floating around in the states. WoO! Sweden!
kemushichan 4 years ago
sounds pretty fly!! =)
i'm actually going there this summer for 2 months, and i'll be staying at my girlfriends house meaning that i will meet the parents!!!! Have you any sweet advice for me? :o
Seanhs 4 years ago
;) bring a small gift and say 'osewa ni narimasu' (I'm becoming indebted to you...) or something to that light. Goodluck!
kemushichan 4 years ago
thanks =) i'll keep that in mind! and continue the good work with the videos!
Seanhs 4 years ago
I have to take German at my school for at least three years. Which I like better than French and Spanish...but German is like...the opposite of Japanese. Lol. They pronounce every letter, and the Japanese language, in comparison to German, really does not have that many sounds, or such a strong and hard-to-grasp accent. Oh well. X]
thelettucechan 4 years ago
OMG don't study high level japanese and chinse at the same time! i took 5th yr japanese courses with beginning chinese and i almost died lol
cariko 4 years ago
Me too! But...it was fine for me? I guess it depends on the person.
kemushichan 4 years ago
Am studying japanese but, I would mind learning korean or chinese!
Maple2009 4 years ago
:) me too!
kemushichan 4 years ago
Hey Loretta! Your really an inspiration to me :XD! Anyways, my mom is half spanish so she wants me to learn spanish...but I feel like learning japanese(witch i know a little) and chinese mandarin witch one should I start with, witch one will be more useful? Thank you!
dadysgirl911 4 years ago
If you're in america, then spanish is genearlly more 'useful'. If you're not a native speaker of a tonal language, than Chinese will probably be the harder, but if grammar is a weak spot for you, japanese will be harder... :) It all kinda depends...
kemushichan 4 years ago
oooh...okay xD I see :P Sweden is kinda nice, but not during the winter xD I wish that it was summer right now!! x3
Ninjadragon88 4 years ago
cool :D have you then been to Sweden? :)
If you haven't figure it out by now, I just wanted to say that I'm acutally Swedish :P x3
I'm also trying to learn some basicjapanese by myself ^-^ Becuase I'm planning on traveling to Japan someday with my friends :)
Ninjadragon88 4 years ago
wow! No, my parents went there for vacation/businesstrip/etc., and I got that as a souvineer.
kemushichan 4 years ago
hahaha, OMG! xD yuo got a top that says Sweden on it :P sugoi wa ne! :D hope I said that right x3
Ninjadragon88 4 years ago
Haha yeah, it used to be my favourite shirt :). Its actually from 'Sweden'...and the 'Australia' sweater is from Australia. :)
kemushichan 4 years ago
LOL we have the same book for chinese. How long have you been studying chinese, I'm already on my 2nd year.
Doremi11 4 years ago
Haha, I studied it last year but had to stop for various reasons. I still review it now and then and talk with people when I can, though my studies thusfar are steadily deteriorating :(.
kemushichan 4 years ago
I am learning spanish right now at school but, I want to learn japanese so I try to teach myself but it is hard. Sometimes I get confused.
vgman111 4 years ago
Good luck with that! On a good note, I did hear that speaking japanese more with a spanish accent as opposed to an english one can aid your pronunciation! :) I hope the best for you!
kemushichan 4 years ago
same here! At my school, we have to take a language course every year, and I am in Spanish 4, but it's tough because I am also learning Japanese on my own, so it gets distracting and confusing. I don't even want to learn Spanish anymore, but sometimes it helps with sentence structure and pronunciation, but not enough.
wolfpupgal 4 years ago
aww, good luck!
kemushichan 4 years ago
你在學中文嗎?
fong07 4 years ago
我现在不学习,可是,我去年学习了中文
kemushichan 4 years ago
lol ur chinese is good im chinese xDD
restone 4 years ago
I'm glad to hear; thank you!!! I'm very out of practice!
kemushichan 4 years ago
Loretta, u are an inspiration to me, i speak 3 languages besides english n im learning japanese, italian and arabic now, u ever thought about learnin korean
papit000 4 years ago
wow~!!! I hope the best for you! Yes, I'm considering Korean for the future, since native speakers are very available around me, but I probably won't start for a while...
kemushichan 4 years ago
thanx Loretta, n i kno wateva u decide to learn, u will do good at it, cuz i can see dat u kno wat it takes to be proficient. peace.
papit000 4 years ago
Thank you for an interesting video every time.
僕も今更ですが英語の勉強をはじめました
今まで授業を真面目に受けてなかったので全然駄目です
お互いがんばりましょう
souma77777 4 years ago
うん！がんばります！「応援してるわ！」
kemushichan 4 years ago
your chinese is frickin great!
and you sing well.
nice video! i enjoyed it!
you encourage me to learn new languages.
yay.
whateverrr 4 years ago
wow, thanks! THats good to hear since I hadn't studied chinese for a year when I made this video. :) Good luck!!!
kemushichan 4 years ago
More power to you stranger, and nice video-
(I'm in the same boat, every time I try and think fast in Hindi it comes out in Chinese and I look like a fool)... good luck;)
alecesne 4 years ago
Whoa! You're learning Hindi?
kemushichan 4 years ago
oooh i'm studying japanese and french like the first example :3
armXstealer 4 years ago
:D hey there! How is that going for you?
kemushichan 4 years ago
You make really good vids, keep up the good work!
magic9man2 4 years ago
Thanks for the support! :)
kemushichan 4 years ago
I want to see you tackling Vietnamese when you get the chance. It would be interesting.
godasleep 4 years ago
Oo! I've studied some about the culture (I'm in the Vietnamese Student Association) but I dare not touch the language and butcher it just yet!! At this point I'll just stick to butchering the pronunciation of menu items at Pho restarants!
kemushichan 4 years ago
lol. In that case, I wish you the best of luck when you do decide to start learning it. :]
godasleep 4 years ago