Sugoi Japanese Lesson 3 - Particles "wo" and "ni"

In this lesson you'll learn 2 Japanese particles which will enable you to link your verbs and nouns into sentences:

wo - (object marker)
ni - to (directional pronoun)

You'll also learn 5 hiragana glyphs: (sa, shi, su, se, so) & the 5 voiced versions of that row achieved by adding a dakuten marker(za, zi, zu, ze, zo) as well as 5 useful words you can write with them:

sushi = sushi (Japanese rice-based rolls often but not always with fish)
sake = sake (Japanese rice wine)
kazoku = family
ji = hour (o'clock)
asa = morning

MUSIC:
SEAMO (featuring Hiroko) - 宝島 Takarajima (Treasure Island)
Unique Musical Instruments - Tsutsune

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Sugoi
• Japanese
• sugoi
• japanese

[bluetube147]

Hey nice video but im a little confused so id appreciate if you answer this as soon as u can. at 5:30 u were explaining those sentence i eat hamburger i drink coca cola and so on but i was confused because watashi watakushi ore and boku all mean i,my,me but u didint add those to the sentence so isint what u really said was eat hamburger or drink cocacola

and one more thing the particle o is used for the direct object right so if i wanted to say im going to the movies id put o infront of movies?

[steevmac]

@bluetube147 The subject of a Japanese sentence is often omitted if it is obvious, or already mentionned. It is considered laboured and even egocentric to use the word "I" in every sentence where it would be used in English.

WATASHI is the most neutral, formal form but perceived as feminine in informal situations. BOKU is casual, and deferential. ORE carries an air of masculinity and superiority with strangers, but familiarity when used with friends and family. WATAKUSHI is extremely formal.

[steevmac]

@bluetube147 As for your second question, if you want to say "I see a movie", you would put "o" AFTER movies to indicate it is the direct object of the sentence "eigo o mimasu".

However, if you want to say "I go TO the movies" you would say "eiga NI ikimasu", because the film is not the direct object, but the object of the prepotition "to".

[steevmac]

@bluetube147 Just a little extra information for those who are interested. There are several more 1st person singular pronouns such as: WARE (formal), WAGA (very formal, used in speeches), WAGAHAI (formal, like the royal "we", famous from Natsume Soseki's book "I am a Cat") WAA (Tohoku dialect), WASHI(old men), ATASHI (feminine), UCHI (outside of the Kansai and Kyushu dialects considered girly), OIRA (country bumpkin, sort of like the English West Country "oi" or the Texan "ah").

[Bpro64]

I thought you use the particle e (spelt he) when you say you go to places.

eg. kuukou e ikimasu.

[steevmac]

@Bpro64 I'm sorry, I didn't explain very well. You are quite right that "e" is used for direction, but "e" can be replaced by "ni" in almost all cases. The opposite is not true though. I think it would have been better for me to teach "e" instead of "ni".

[spanishdescended]

It's japanese not japaneas

[Godlesscod]

Enjoyed your take on Japanese politeness and the staring - darn! You must feel like the star of some freak show. Maybe you should charge? hehe

Anyway, cheers for the lesson - don't forget to do more :)

[Goso321]

Skip for 3:46 for beginning of lesson.

[ilike3or4]

Nice, but hey I have an interesting grammar book, has many details about these two particles, that people don't usually mention. But I guess that's just advanced stuff, since it took me quite some time to get use to these particles even at basic level. Kind of fun to know that there many subtleties to them. Thanks!

[steevmac]

@victoriaisntsosecret It's called 宝島 "takara jima" which means "treasure island".... the band is called "SEAMO".

[victoriaisntsosecret]

Does anyonw know what the song in the introduction is? I love it!

[steevmac]

@Jewel348351 Yes, it's correct... you don't need "desu" because you already have the verb "tabemasu". "~masu" is the polite ending for verbs...

"desu" has a similar meaning to "be, am, is, are". So for example, if you said "watashi wa banana desu" it would mean "I am a banana"!!!