How to Understand EVERY Japanese Sentence With ONE Simple Trick
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- If you don't understand these 2 sentences, you'll never understand Japanese because these are the ONLY two types of sentences in Japanese. By breaking down Japanese grammar structure into the 3 Engine Structure as proposed by Cure Dolly Sensei, we can understand EVERY Japanese sentence as one of these two sentences.
The 3 Engine Structure of Japanese proposes that there are only 2 types of sentences in Japanese. An "A does B" sentence, or an "A is B" sentence.
It is called the 3 Engine structure as all sentences can only end in one of three ways:
- う stem ending sentences are verb sentences. Meaning they are always "A does B"
- だ ending sentences are noun+copula sentences. Meaning they are always "A is B"
- い ending sentences are always i-adjectives. Meaning they are always "A is B"
Understanding that Japanese can only have 2 types of sentences and knowing how to see each sentence as one of the three engines, allows you to understand ANY Japanese sentence by breaking them down to their core.
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🎬 Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:51 What are "Logical Clauses"
01:34 Introducing the "A car" and "B engine"
02:39 The 2 types of sentences & 3 engines
03:46 A does B sentence (verbs 動詞)
05:00 A is B sentence (noun+copula 名詞)
07:55 Na-adjectives aren't adjectives
09:04 A is B (i-adjectives イ形容詞 【形容詞 & 助動詞】)
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I MADE A MISTAKE! Important note about i-engine sentences. 9:04
I said in the video that I am specifically referring to 形容詞。
Except some things like たい & ない are not 形容詞。
I also called たい "helper adjectives" but there's more to it than that.
Furthermore, I also said たい is not a verb, but that's only half true.
What I should have said was _イ形容詞_ which would have cleared a lot of things up。
i-ending sentences need an イ形容詞 at the end.
イ形容詞 includes:
- All 形容詞 (adjectives, examples at 9:57)
- 補助形容詞 (helper adjectives, eg. ほしい & ない)
- 複合形容詞 (compound adjectives, eg. やすい)
- 助動詞 (helper VERBS. Ignore the Japanese name, treat them as adjectives)
^ Eg. たい
Both 補助形容詞 & 複合形容詞 are just types of 形容詞。
Again, you need an イ形容詞 at the end of an i-engine sentence, NOT a JUST 形容詞。
11:50 is misleading because not everything on this list is a "Helper Adjective".
Certainly in English we can say this, but TECHINICALLY speaking, it is NOT a "Helper Adjective" (補助形容詞), it is a "Helper Verb" (助動詞).
I think we should still refer to all of these as "Helper Adjectives" in the English way as that makes understanding it a lot easier.
We don't have to see all these as 3 different categories- including one "helper verb" which doesnt act like a verb, we can just say they are all 1 thing. Helper Adjectives.
What gets when learning Japanese is not the grammar but the vocabulary. When I listen to Japanese I understand the structure of the sentence very well, but one you miss the meaning of the engine the whole thing escapes you.
that is because you probably already have a good grammar understanding. To understand Japanese we need both: vocabulary and a decent grammar knowledge (doesn't matter if we learn it by pure practice or studying the theory, but we need to know it).
@@gustavomartins5599 not Japanese but almost any popular language needed both vocab and grammar to understand
Kiryu teaching japanese
Kiryu-chan!!!!!
IM LOSING MY MIND OVER THIS
10 years in the joint made you a japanese teacher
true
I miss Dolly sensei, i hope she's resting well
The trick: study Japanese daily for 3 year
that's not a long time lol
@@osuplaeyurreallygood 3 years is a long time to be daily and consistent. Depending on the hours per day that's long enough to be really competent in most areas.
You certainly won’t understand every Japanese sentence by applying one simple trick - unless that trick is to learn about 10,000 words, the entire grammar set - combined with enough real world experience to apply your knowledge in real time.
Cure Dollys Videos contributed so much to my grammar understanding
No other grammar ressource comes close in my opinion
The way she explains why japanese works how it works through the underlying logic in such short videos
I miss you Cure Dolly Sensei, Rest in Peace 🙏
Same. I hope to be able to spread her messages further since I know her original reach was limited due to her appearance and voice. I've also figured out some things that Cure Dolly never got a chance to say before she passed so hopefully I get the chance to share them too (once I've done enough research!).
Cure Dolly sensei u will ALWAYS be famous❤
@@JouzuJulsI hope you do as well. Her videos are amazingly helpful. ❤
we ALL miss her. It was a GIGANTIC loss...
Often, the most simplistic explanation of complicated things are the best to use.
Simplifying the complex requires deep understanding of the complex.
I’m so happy you know who cure dolly is! I thought of her when you put the train carts in your grammar lesson! That felt nostalgic! あと、長い時間に日本語を勉強しているけど、まだ日本語の使い方が下手だと思もいます。笑 動画を作ってくれてありがとうございます😊
This video is amazing. I get the feeling I will be loving your content. Learning grammatical structure is something I love.
Thanks for pointing me towards Cure Dolly sensei's lessons, I was getting discouraged after learning Japanese vocabulary/sentences for 2 years and still not getting any better at understanding how they're made, I think I'm at day 3 of going through her lessons and I think I'm finally getting it 😢
Great explanation!
I now have a deeper understanding and I can see clearly now. This may be the video that someone needs to get past grammar slumps
Wow. That video really connected some loose ends in my Japanese knowledge!
I really appreciate your videos
Dollys approach really resonates with me and I stay far away from the typical textbooks, but do you know of any formal literature that also teaches this approach?
Yup! Cure Dolly learned her method from Dr. Jay Rubin who wrote the book, "Making Sense of Japanese", that should count as formal literature!
Curedolly. RIP
I came here to say exactly this.
GREAT Lesson !!! 😊Thank you for making it.
Patrick from Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Wow. Just wow!
Actually they only have one sentence: the kind that comes out of their mouth. Once you understand that one thing then you are golden. Brilliant!!!
ooo the last part of the video re-using the crepe sentence from the 1st video made it really click and cleared up the confusion I had from the 1st video much wows
You're welcome! The way textbooks teach "conjugation" where 食べたい is considered one single entity is really quite confusing isn't it.
Going through a bunch of your old videos, after seeing your latest and how good it is.
Have you considered making the slides you show in the video available on google drive or something? Would be nice to have them local so I can review them when I can't necessarily watch the video.
Anyway, this is great stuff as usual.
Thank you very much for checking out my other videos as well! Hope this makes my newest video a lot clearer too!
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I've actually never considered releasing the slides until now.
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I'll probably make the slides downloadable for channel members or Patreon supporters (when I launch it), thanks for the suggestion!
This was super helpful. Thank you! Now, though, I'm wondering about the whole が・は thing. If 「は」marks the topic of the sentence, when would I say さくらが歩いた vs さくらは歩いた？ I learned that 「が」gives more emphasis to the person's name, versus to the rest of the sentence, such as in 「A:誰が歩いた？B:さくらが歩いた」but of course there is much more to this debate.
上手 (じょうず) -- I would translate that as _adept_ or _expert_ rather than saying, "someone that is skilled-at but a noun." Like, there won't always be a good word in English for it, but I think if you introduce a less common word that is a noun in English, overtime it can help people accept that we don't always have those words and then gradually do it automatically rather than running to English for a direct translation.
When would you use である to connect a noun/na adjective to another noun instead of な?
Currently in that weird phase where i understand alot of words in a sentence but cant understand whats been said
Ok so I understand the video from my 6 months of studying Japanese. But could you use some more examples using the other particles and more complex sentences? that would be really helpful
Is it only in low quality on my device?
This was INCREDIBLY useful. Subscribed 👍
Oh, I just realized. 3:53 動詞 is ど↑うし not what I said, ど↓うし
This reminds me of cure dolly!!
It seems it is the same
It makes me happy to see Sakura again
Hi I cannot click or find the link to your first video (the one you were referring to at the start)
Why is no one talking about how this man's drip goes insane
Stealing that Dragon of Dojima look
Excellent. Fast for me 'cos English isn't my natural language, but it doesn't matter.
Respectfully, where did you read/learn that the -tai suffix is an adjective? I've been taking Japanese lessons for the past 2 years and I've always been taught it's a verb form. Thanks in advance and thanks for taking the time to make these videos.
To see proof of this, just look at the way it functions and conjugates further. It is, in every way, exactly like an i-adjective-including the part where it ends in i!
Didn't Cure Dolly do this same presentation?
Like it says in the video description and a bunch of comments, you mean?
This guy got the Kazuma Kiryu drip
How does it work for questions like "where is the cat?" Are they A is B?
Yes, it would be A is B! 猫はどこだ would be "as for cat, it is where".
Similarly 彼は誰だ would be "as for him, he is who".
@@JouzuJuls thanks!
I’m gunna need to watch this every week for months 😂
I suggest grabbing a sheet of paper and just start mapping out what he´s talking about and make your own overview. Remember you shouldn´t try to have all this memorized asap, just use it on your way to understanding more and check with sentences you don´t understand in your overview and you can figure them out. Over time it becomes natural. 頑張ってください!
I don't even know what "adjectives" "verbs" or "nouns" mean, i could never remember what those are even on my native language. What do i do...
Don't worry man, I was literally in the same boat as you. I didn't know what nouns verbs or adjectives were either. Yet there I was a few months later able to re-explain what they are to other people! A little bit of work and you can do it too, if you give up on such a small hurdle, you aren't gonna make it in the long run anyway.
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Take this chance as an opportunity! Instead of learning what "Nouns" and "Verbs" are- why not learn their Japanese names instead- which ACTUALLY tell you what they do?
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名詞 [めいし] (Noun) - Literally means "name term". It means "objects" or "things". Something that you can put a name onto. "りんご (Apple)" "ジョン (John)" "金曜日 (Friday)" " 水 (Water)" "散歩 (a stroll)". All 名詞.
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動詞 [どうし] (Verb) - Literally means "action term". It means "action" or "movement". Something that someone/something does. "あるく (walk)" "はしる (run)" "する (do)" "あそぶ (play)" "いく (go)". All 動詞.
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形容詞 [けいようし] (Adjective) - Literally means "shape form term". It means something that "describes (shapes)" another thing. "おおき (big)" "ちいさい (small)" "あたらしい (new)" "ふるい (old)" "かしこい (smart)". All 形容詞.
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Remember that what is considered a noun, verb, or adj in English is not necessarily the same in Japanese. Same vice versa. So when learning Japanese, it really doesn't matter what something is in English, it DOES matter to know what it is in Japanese.
@@JouzuJuls wow thank you so much, the Japanese names actually make more sense
See ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 😁
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I learned most of Japanese grammar as Japanese grammar itself. It doesn't matter if you don't know what a "passive tense" or "continuous tense" is in English- the important part is that you understand Japanese... AS Japanese!
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Good luck with your studies and I hope you'll stick around my channel for more videos like this!
Sue your school. JouzuJuls has just taught you what your primary school teachers should have taught you. Good luck with your Japanese learning!
Vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary
kiryuchaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
Kiryu ?????????
You look like a dragon
Working at a Japanese call center, I can tell you japanese people do not understand 100% of japanese sentences. Its not really grammar or sentence patterns (although there are some terribly jumbled ones) thats the problem, but vocab, complicated procedures (ie lots of information that needs to be remembered), needless extra information, and when talking on the phone, the inability of people to speak clearly or calmly.
Granted, 99% of sentences are understood, but its not 100%.
i was expecting the advice to use google translate :P
If you would allow me a suggestion, your message will come out more clearly, you'll make less mistakes and what you are trying to convey will be understood more easily, if you S L O W D O W N a bit. You speak way too fast, and your slides go by too quickly. Just a suggestion, from someone who's learning.
Ditto...good teachers speak slowly and repeat and repeat without boring the student
I can't hear fast enough for this guy.
UA-cam literally let's you slow down and speed up videos
Thank you for taking the time to make the video, but there's way too much talking. You're making it sound too scientific, and for beginners their brains will just switch off.
My bro it's not a simple trick if it takes 12minutes and several graphical charts and diagrams to explain
No kiding
As someone who’s been speaking Japanese daily for almost 30 years now, this explanation makes my head spin. I mean, engines? Like what the hell is that about? That just makes it more confusing IMO.
This video has so stupidly inflated running time i wont bother with it. The author is travesty.
cope it up