Learn Japanese from Yoda

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If you've taken a Japanese class from me, no doubt you've heard me go over this, minus the attempt to imitate the little green man.

Surprisingly, Yoda uses Japanese grammar when he's speaking, which makes him a great jumping off point when learning Japanese. In this video I start you off with Japanese grammar and how it works, as related to Yoda. Good times.

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[leonk1998]

but that is a sharpie.

[clowcard79]

@TheWorld4all 1. Some people go visit or move to Japan. 2. There are cool online websites and un-translated shows and manga that you can watch. 3. You can make Japanese friends who don't know English. 4. The language itself sounds musical.

[Animewover300]

@leonk1998, So....シャーピです。

[Tr0llFace666]

@caityrockstar It would be "Baka na pen desu".

[NamiNekoGirl]

Question. When learning Japanese, should I be thinking "Pen it is" or switching it and translating it in our heads back to English into "It's a pen"? I find it hard to understand a more complicated sentence unless I translate it back to English, but then I'm not very fast at comprehending it. when I do this, It takes me awhile to flip it in my head and understand it. So, should I be learning it in the order it is spoken? or is it just a thing where I'll get faster at flipping it over time? :T

[Icefrostfur]

Yoda also helps in learning actual American tongue. By that I mean not you English-Americans, I mean Native Americans. There are over 500 different tribes of us and so many languages lost, but the ones I know follow the Yoda Principal like Zalageesh a.k.a Cherokee, Cayuga and Pueblo-Jemez all speak in the same structure as Yoda does. This could be why Japanese is so attractive to me, language cousins. Thank you for posting ^-^

[godhatesyou0666]

your yoda voice is awesome man. you better teach yoda's voice rather than yodas grammar.

[Thoseweirdoes]

WILL YOU SHUT UP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

[RanAbvideo]

@caityrockstar if you want to learn japanese, i have videos on my channel.Go under "japanese lessons" playlist. Pleae check them out. By the way keep watching this guys videos he really has good videos, but for learning grammer and sentences and speakking conversational sentences (not just words) i have good lessons.

[geoffreystover1995]

teach me your ways Asian one

[hakumeigita]

do you still have live online Japanese classes?

[XxtokyomuffinxX]

whats that little pink thing hanging on the lamp!?