Japanese Particles と (to), や (ya), か (ka) - Do you know the difference?
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- Let's learn how to use Japanese Particles と, や, か in this lesson. These three particles are Noun Connectors (they only connect nouns), and the differences are as below.
と - Indicates an all-inclusive list " and"
や - Lists examples "for example," "such as" "among others"
か - Indicates alternatives "or"
Watch this lesson to learn how to use the TE Form to connect multiple actions (verbs)
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What i noticed is just how drastically different the sentence composition in English and Japanese. Short japanese phrases becomes mouthful emalgamations in English and vice versa. And it is immensely fascinating.
I agree.
My feeling is that in Japanese the sentence is almost backward, with the verb at the end and the particles after the name they refer to. Reminds me of what in CS is called reverse polish notation... Just love it.
(Oh, well, I love languages in general... so different and still so similar...)
@@riccardob9026 ပ။ ည ည့ည ညညညညည့ ည ညည ါရ ညညရညညညည ညကညညညည ရ ညည ညက ညည ါ ည ါည ည ည ညည့ရ ည ည ညည ကရ ည ကညညညညညည ရ
@@riccardob9026့ ည။ ့ ည ည။ ည။ ညည ညည ရညည ညည့။ ည။ ည ည။ ရ။ ည။ ည။ ့ပည ကည။ ညညည။ ရါ ရ့ညညည။ ည ည
@riccardob9026 And knowing a different language is so useful, like one time I immediately knew someone was a Spanish speaker because they said "garlic tooth" instead of garlic clove. And I've come across mistranslations, and I've also been able to find a lot of new information.
This is genuinely the first time I've understood the difference, THANK YOU!
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I'm having a hard time understanding these particles, and now it literally just make sense to me. Thank you for this wonderful explanation Yuko Sensei. 🙇♂️
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This is an incredible teacher! Thank you very much! ありがとうございました！
You provide clear examples to make it easy to understand. Thank you
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this is good supplement to other learning
you are pretty good at explaining or at least putting it out there simply for us to get the general idea - aimed at beginners
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Thank you so much for everything. This all really clears up a lot.
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Thank you for a very clear and easy to understand explanation.
Finally I can understand the difference between to and ya thank you
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ありがとうございました yuko先生。🤩🤩
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You made the differences between these particles very clear.
Brilliant teaching
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すばらしい！分かりやすいかった！どうもらりがとうございました :)
ありがとうございます！ 素晴らし
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Merci Yuko cette leçon est très utile et facile à comprendre, tu explique bien.
Great practice. Thank you sensei!
ありがとうございます
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ありがとうございました
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incredible lesson, thanks
Which app are you using to edit this video ?
Ya was a mystery for me, now I understand.
Thank you, Yuko Sensei
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PLEASE do a video using を、 が particles, I’m struggling on how to use を、 が please..
me too. を and が, I don't know which one should be used in which situation.
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This one is for は and が
ua-cam.com/video/FknmUij6ZIk/v-deo.html
I haven't watched this one but I think she helps with を
ua-cam.com/video/ePTdpMF-_H0/v-deo.html
を marks an object that the verb is acting on.
コーヒーを飲む Coffee will be drank.
が is like は and kind of a secondary subject marker.
コーヒーがおいしい Coffee is tasty.
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아, 맞나?
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tokyo adventure Arigatoo gozaimasu. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 😊
@@YukoSensei Douitasmashite, sensei. And I am happy that you explained about it.
(^_^)
thank you
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ありがとう、先生
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I finally understand what you say in the beginning of the video without having to think about it it's become second nature finally lololo
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ありがとうYuko Sensei
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Your teach very easiest to accepted. Watashi wa indonesia kara kimashita and doumo arigato gozaimashita sensei
やっぱこれくを文法的に教える先生がすごいと思います。参考にしたいと思います。
自分もこれについて聞かれるとスムーズに中々教えられません（泣）
ありがとうございます。恐縮です。Kevinさんも日本語教師ですか？
@@YukoSensei いえいえ。 自分は来週からアルバイトとして日本語を教える予定です。
Yuko Senseiの動画をぜひ参考にさせていただきます
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Yuko Sensie, I don't really understand the で function in the last example...
"as for sports, I like basketball and tennis, for example"
😞 Why did you used the で, when the last word in the sentence is すきです.
I'm having trouble in that part. 😔 I hope you understand what I'm trying to say 😁
It's because she used で as a particle to say "In sports" and added は to make it the subject of the sentence, and が comes after baseball and tennis since that's what 好きです is going to. "As for sports" is just a more accurate translation than "In sports"
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このディオが役に立つと思います。
Thank you.
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konnichiwa sensei
if the "to" means and,the what does "soshte" mean
Very helpful! Thank you. ^^
Thanks
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I get excited when I get the answer right. But when it comes on forming a sentence by myself I always end up with " nekko wa suki desu"
so useful!!! like it👍
ありがとう ございました 先生 🌻
Essa aula foi incrível! Muito obrigado.
@6:17 火曜日〇木曜日にクラスがあります。Are these correct?
‐と
火曜日と木曜日にクラスがあります。（We have a class on Tuesday and Thursday.）
‐や
火曜日や木曜日にクラスがあります。（We have a class on such days like, Tuesday and Thursday.）
-か
火曜日か木曜日にクラスがあります。（We have a class on Tuesday or Thursday.）
Thanks this is helping so much.
This was incredibly helpful!
An important lesson🙂
It seems we don't have use は in sentences, doesn't it?
And the correct option sounds are like pause sounds from old famicom system
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Can you please kindly give me the link to download Particleslist?
あリがとうございます。
When you added "wa" after "de" you added more than one particle to the same noun, can you please explain with more such combinations to teach us which particles can be added to the same noun?
arigato Yuko sensei,
ありがとうございます！
Gracias, por tus tutoriales son muy buenos quiero aprender otros idiomas, y me inicié en el japonés, hace 2 semanas con sus videos más en la problemática que vive mi país Venezuela, donde a diarios nos contaminamos de noticias de política que se vuelven tediosas ,hay que dedicarle tiempo a prepararse para el futuro aunque tengo una edad que paso los 50 no me limito aprender para mí crecimiento personal.
Another great lesson. However it is not that easy to identify which particle to use.
I thought KA can be used as AND as well 🤔
There is also the ~ya ~nado
Sensei some explanation on this would be helpfu.
DV-san, I'll keep that in mind as a possible topic for the future lesson.
Why in the sport example "sports" has the particle "de"? Usually I find "de" as describing a place or a mean, but this does not seem the case. Somewhere I found that it can denote a "scope" (the set of objects we are talking about?). Is this the meaning? Kind of "Among the sports I like..."
Sensei, can't we transform the verbs into nouns with 'no' (both of them) and then bind them together with 'to' (making it 'as for drinking and eating')?
Thank you Yuko-san.
I do have a question, do people ever say と/か in the same way we say and/or in English?
arigatou sensei
Thank you so much, Yuko Sensei!
Much obliged for the lesson!
I have a question: in the sentences that imply 'to like something', _x suki desu_ is the object to be liked always followed by the particle _GA_ as a general rule?
Arigatoo gozaimasu.
How would I say "1 or 2 for example"?
This is great! Thank you
What does De wa mean? Some one also wrote ' dewa mata ' at the end of her email to me. I also saw it in the last sentence. Plz explain.
De wa that you saw in "Dewa, mata" and in the last sentence in this lesson are different.
Dewa (Well then), mata (again) = "See you." It's an expression you use when you part from someone both in conversation or writing.
Sports DEWA yakyuu ya tenisu ga suki desu. = DEWA is the combination of two particles here. DE marks a scope or category here and WA is a topic marker. Sports DEWA "As for in the category of sports" yakyuu ya tenisu ga suki desu. "I like such things as baseball and tennis." Hope this helps!
Thank you for your explanation. Indeed beautifully explained. Keep up the good work. Thank you for responding so quickly. I really love your videos 💕
PLEASE HELP
Using (へ) Particle why does " 母へ寿司を食べました" translate to " I ate sushi to my mother" and not " mother ate sushi", since (へ) marks recipient. Because "母 へ電話 を かけました" means I called my mother
Are you sure about this last sentence?
@@euricoferreira2084 I put forth my query in the comment box on other channels as well and luckily I got an answer (not direct though). As far as I can understand and derive inference from the answer which I got, as well as by seeing more examples in this video itself, I came to know that (へ) is used as a recipient marker only in cases where 1st person is doing an action (i.e. verb) to another person i.e. that action done by me to the 2nd person. First of all, we infer "I" or "私“ in a lot of cases even though it is silent. Now looking at example from the video ”母へ電話をかけました” This sentence is translated to "I (here 私は is implied) phone called my mother". In this example we can see the First Person ("I" i.e. 私）is calling (which is the action i.e. verb) my mother (which is the second person). Similarly you can see other examples. In my query I said "母へ寿司を食べました" which is correctly being translated to "I ate sushi to my mother". As, 私 is the first person, eating sushi (is the action i.e. verb) and mother is the second person, so I when I wrote sushi o taberimasu, it meant that I "ate (as taberimasu is past tense) sushi" to my mother. Another example 母へすしを飼料(to feed). This is translating to I I feed my mother. As "I" is the first person which is implied), to feed is an action i.e. verb which is being performed and lastly mother is the second person. Further, you can add any person as first person by adding his/her name and adding は to it. I hope it clears it up.. I tried my best not to make it too complicated.
I have been wondering.
Is it redundant, incorrect, or unnatural to use と or か particles several times in a row to connect more than two nouns together?
Up until now, I only assumed that it was okay. Although, I may be wrong.
I ask because in English, saying something like "apples and carrots and oranges" can be considered all three of those things.
Excellent! i just have one simple question..
If i want to transform this phrase into a question:
日本では東京と大阪に行きました。
is it necessary to add か at the end?
日本では東京と大阪に行きましたか。 😊
Diegoさん, You are right. That's how you convert the statement into a question. 日本では東京と大阪に行きましたか means "As for in Japan, did you go to Tokyo and Osaka?"
@@YukoSensei ありがとうございます先生! Thanks a lot!
good morning how can i buy all that book .
When i use や 、have i use など after the 2nd noun?
In the fourth example would it be correct to use "ya" if you had classes on other days (that you aren't mentioning)?
How do say/write, "do you prefer" or "which do you like" in Japanese?
Hello World
どちらが好きですか (formal)
どっちが好き？ (casual)
Great video! Thank you for your explanation ^_^
Dose anyone have the particle cheatsheet??
I need it badly