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Frank and the Obaasan - Learn Japanese with an Alien

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Uploaded by on Dec 19, 2006

This is a video introducing a series of (free) Japanese lessons on www.theJapanesePage.com.

This is for beginners who have mastered hiragana.

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  • the old lady says watashi wa obaasan desu, thats wrong, coz in japan, u should be very polite and putting san after ur own name is considered disrespectful to the person ur speaking with, coz being polite and humble is very important in japan =)

    btw this is so funny! they should make a part 2 for it

  • "obaasan" means "old lady" so she is saying, "I am Old Lady." But you are right--you should never add "san" to your name.

  • It is a matter of... perspective.

  • It's bloody entertaining. Thats why it's easy to learn

  • Thanks!!

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  • OPTION 1 FTW

  • true, but the meaning of dajyobu usually means things r going alright..

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  • I can imagine seeing an alien like Frank C:

  • i thought obaachan ment grandmother?

  • Thank you for this cool video!

    I love it. :)

  • Haha this is incredibly helpful for beginners, but I already know all of this XD

  • Nono, you're wrong. Daijobu means exactly what it says in the video. Seperately, those words mean different things, kind of like "together". If you split it up, "to" involves doing something (going somewhere), "get" is to receive, and "her" is a direct annotation for a woman. No offence, but learn some Japanese before accusing such an awesome video, which makes total sense and helps folks learn some of the basics. 5/5 stars.

  • waw this is very awesome thanks alot ^_^

  • it depends, obaa is not a name so and has no meaning with just obaa, obaasan means grandmother.

  • lol, k thx i didnt kno

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