Japanese for Morons 18: How 2 Order a Beer in Japanese

hitotsu=one
ippon=one bottle
ippai=one glass
kudasai=please
"wo／を" = particle used to point at the object acted upon by the verb
Interestingly enough casually most people drop the "wo" and although KUDASAI is commonly translated as PLEASE, it originally comes from KUDASARU which means "give" or "send to/for" or "be grateful".

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Beer wo hitotsu.
Beer wo ippon.
Beer wo ippai.

Beer wo kudasai.
Beer wo hitotsu kudasai.
Beer wo ippon kudasai.
Beer wo ippai kudasai.
Namachu wo kudasai.
Namachu wo hitotsu kudasai.
Namachu wo ippon kudasai.
Namachu wo ippai kudasai.

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[joe80dman]

Japanese seems too difficult to pronounce. Just the alphabet alone would give me a headache.

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@joe80dman

Spanish and Japanese have the same accent.

[WallyWadeMovies]

@Gimmeaflakeman I'm a native spanish speaker, and for me, pronouncing japanese is very easy. Once in a while i put it to practice with japanese tourist (I live in Las Vegas) I wish i learned more, though; i just absolutely love the sound of the language

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@WallyWadeMovies

I'm a native Spanish speaker too but even I have trouble sometimes. It's not the pronunciation you have to watch out for. It's the accent.

[metaltaber]

i think thats the lesson im gonna use the most in japan xD but how do you say pitcher?

[Gimmeaflakeman]

pitcha-

[ilovebraziljapan]

Great video!! Nice to have Japanese native speakers!

[HeyRadialMoon]

Now THIS is particularly useful! Thanks.

[Enanurri]

@Gimmeaflakeman I dont know if accent would be the word, but yeah, for us is easier to listen and pronounce japanese.

[quaek]

"You don't say hitotsu!" Well, if he does it wrong, I guess it wouldn't be too bad if I did.

[xixnarcissist]

I'm Filipino. And we pronounce almost every thing the same "A E I O U, KA KE KI KO KU" etc. (except RA RI RU RE RO) like how you see it is how you read it (ofcourse there are some exceptions.) but I wonder why I don't sound close enough to Japanese accent --___--

[SleepyFroggy]

Hey, is the Japanese accent close to the Finnish accent to your knowledge?

Alot of the pronounciation rules seem the same.

[Xanixade]

@Gimmeaflakeman and italian, and maybe portuguese, and other latin languages

[neomix21]

@Gimmeaflakeman

And German.

Btw: Thank you for these awesome Vids, you're the only one who can properly explain phrases in a way I can understand them. This way I can learn English AND Japanese xD

[sebias2]

@Gimmeaflakeman idk about accent i would say phonetics

[joe80dman]

@Gimmeaflakeman : Well, that might be so, but I learned my Spanish (actually the Mexican dialect), while growing up near East L.A. Somehow Spanish seems much easier than Japanese. It would require years of study to become proficient in conversational Japanese. Well, I suppose we could say the same about Spanish, too.