Japanese Lesson #1: The Basics of the Basics

My pilot episode for the Japanese lessons that i might end up making regular if i get enough good feedback. This lesson covers the first five letters in Japanese "Hiragana" and also how to count to 10.
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[uglybasterds]

the number 7 in japanese can also be: nana right??

[AkitaTom]

@uglybasterds Corecto Mundo

[EkulProductions]

Love your video's. How have you gained all your knowledge on Japanese? I'm a noobie to this language and would love to learn it, I'm thinking about it for University.

[AkitaTom]

Uhh.. talking to people, my ex-girlfriend, japanese classes, a little bit of self study, anime and japanese movies :)

[myriah96]

"Kanji are the Chinese characters that the Japanese have "barrowed"." Trying to keep Pandora's Box closed Tom?

Good video. Nice and simple for the first timer.

I think the thing that throws most people off when you tell them that you are studying Japanese is when you say, "Oh it is really fun and actually "pretty easy". Only 3 alphebets." And all of the sudden they are like, "3!". Then you have to point out 2 of them are the same and the other is a bunch of pictographs. Isn't Japanese great?

[AkitaTom]

Haha, exactly.. i went there once before and don't want to go back to it again. And yeah.. Japanese sounds very daunting :P

[RALsyatyou]

You can count 7 both nana and shichi when you count from 1 up to 10.

But,... If you want to count 10 to 1, then you must say nana and not shichi!

You can also count 4 both yon and shi.

Again, if you want to count from 10 to 1, you must say yon.

I don't think, there isn't any reason...

日本語頑張って！！

[LLovelesss]

So how did you learn the language? Did you teach yourself or get a tutor or somthing?

=O

[danpluso]

Is six pronounced... Rok or RokU? I have heard people say it both ways.

[Nuzubaki]

so which one do they use more shi or yon/ nana or shichi

[Devilishification]

hello tom i was wondering about something i know this video is old but still the number 7 wich is shichi some also refer to it as nana do u know any reason for that ?

[aaaaaaaaooooooo]

I think you should make videos on the Japanese language based on your own experiences. I know you've already talked about your study methods in general, but what about specific words and sentence structures? Do you have any anecdotes about how you mastered some of these items?

[JennaAnnLovesYou]

yus.

[tassyrock]

nice!^^

[NeoAkiba]

Theres two ways to say 7 although im not to sure why.. something to do with how your saying it i believe..

[Caceres72]

yes is shishi too