How Did You Become Fluent In Japanese?

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  • Опубліковано 16 бер 2023
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  • @takashiifromjapan
    @takashiifromjapan  Рік тому +182

    Go! Go! Nihon (Live and Study in Japan):

  • @65fhd4d6h5
    @65fhd4d6h5 Рік тому +7

    The moment you realize Takashii doesn't magically find these people randomly hanging out in the street, but he actually schedules the interviews and records them outdoors 😂

  • @Szchandler
    @Szchandler Рік тому +3

    the first guy, Nick, really gets it, I can tell when someone is linguistically intelligent and he is, he understands the learning process of a language hence the level he has achieved.

  • @flashgordon6510
    @flashgordon6510 Рік тому +2

    Great interviews, especially the first guy who said 5-8 years to become fluent. I think the people who make the "fluent in three months" videos might not realize how much they're hurting people who reach the three month mark and give up because they're nowhere near fluent. I'd rather hear the hard truth, that's it's going to take a lot of time and effort, than have someone lie to me and tell me it's easy.

  • @justsomedude69
    @justsomedude69 Рік тому +1

    The "you're never going to be ready" is totally accurate. You can spend years getting ready to start.

  • @haroombe123
    @haroombe123 Рік тому +1

    matt vs japan spotted

  • @kamemelia_
    @kamemelia_ Рік тому +1

    man nick sure is packing..

  • @azabujuban-hito8085
    @azabujuban-hito8085 Рік тому +820

    I came to live in Tokyo with ZERO knowledge of the language! That being said, I was lucky that the company provided me with a language tutor. Also my roommates were all very supportive in teaching me the language too. I was also joining the local community activities to further my language ability and to make a network. Oh, daily reading of Japanese newspapers and magazines and watching local news also highly suggested !

  • @Daniel-fj3vt
    @Daniel-fj3vt Рік тому +1

    Nick looks like captain america if he went to live in Japan

  • @Ruujiclay1
    @Ruujiclay1 Рік тому +1

    Matt vs Japan is now Matt in Japan?

  • @MikeSwan807

    Step one, I’m going to finish watching One Piece

  • @milessmith2248
    @milessmith2248 Рік тому +668

    “Is there anything you did that you didn’t need to do” is such an amazing question and maybe the best one of this entire video. Takashi-San is so good a interviewing and asking interesting and poignant questions.

  • @irrelevanthero7410
    @irrelevanthero7410 Рік тому +233

    That first guy really nailed it. You learn the foundation and then you practice. I learned grammar, conjugation (both polite and casual), and enough words and kanji to read up to N4 in about 8 months. It'll easily take many many years of practice to become fluent.

  • @Mironman98
    @Mironman98 Рік тому +587

    As a teacher I'm so glad more and more people are starting to realize that learning from textbooks isn't the way to go. You simply need tons of input, repetition and opportunities to use the language and make as much mistakes as you can, that's the most fun part of it :D

  • @Amins88
    @Amins88 Рік тому +275

    I haven't even begun to start learning yet, but I'll say that the real breaking point that makes Japanese, or really any language seem more approachable and less intimidating is when you can hear a conversation and it doesn't sound like random noises anymore. It sounds like an actual language. Maybe you don't know what most of the words mean, but you can identify them as words.

  • @MysticKohii

    7:16

  • @powerpuff4ever
    @powerpuff4ever Рік тому +228

    Feels really weird seeing Matt IN Japan for some reason but he looks pretty happy compared to probably any video he’s posted on UA-cam. It seems like he goes out more

  • @AymenDZA
    @AymenDZA Рік тому +58

    I always find it fascinating how speaking a different language changes so much more about a person then just the spoken word, mannerisms, attitude and the way they think about stuff, there's even studies that show that your brain functions differently depending on the language you choose speak.

  • @TheZenomeProject
    @TheZenomeProject Рік тому +570

    Nick and Matt vs. Japan are like the archetypes for Japanese learning on the UA-cam language scene. I can't help but respect and admire their grind, especially the insane amount of hours that both of them spent per day listening to Japanese (in different contexts, but still).

  • @Pulko172
    @Pulko172 Рік тому +59

    I'm from Serbia and I started learning English by watching youtube. I only knew a few keywords like colors, numbers, and some others that I learned through playing Minecraft. It took me about 2 years of listening to understand about 70-80% of the content I was watching but to learn how to speak the language you need to talk with others. In my case, I switched to playing multiplayer games with voice chat and now I'm almost fluent (I'm lacking in vocabulary and often get in situations where I can't describe something because I can't remember the correct word)