If you speak Japanese like Ariana, don't worry. You probably sound perfectly fine for a beginner. But there are many things you can do to improve your Japanese. So if you want to learn Japanese with me, I can send you some Japanese lessons where I teach you the kind of Japanese that Japanese people actually speak. Click here and subscribe bit.ly/2L6abVv
He wasn’t trying to fix her pitch. She said “desk-a” and he was trying to get her to say desu ka” I don’t think he was trying to grill her. I just think he was trying to get her to not run it all together.
HI I AM JAPINOY HALF JAPANESE HALF FILIPINO BUT I WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE CORRECT PITCH ACCENT FOR THESE WORDS, PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO FOR THE DIFFERENCES IN THE PITCH ACCENT FOR THESE WORDS: 鯉, 恋, 柿, 牡蠣, 白, 城, 花, 鼻 🐷🇯🇵
Yeah, but he‘s still better than her. Also, they‘re just messing around with random phrases, both of them are not serious learners and have not studied Japanese. This is like even below N5 level, but I guess that Yuta wanted to make a free video for extreme beginners, so I guess it‘s going to be helpful for some people.
@@mojabaka Even though I knew about pitch accent and stuff, the more grammatical concepts were still helpful for me. I think Yuta covers a lot of stuff that I don’t learn right out of the gate with Genki I but that I should still know.
@@mikael9325 I've tried to sign up for his "language courses" several times, and the server that he uses is a nightmare. He even asks if anybody else knows of a better server for him to use.
It’s cool when she makes an effort to speak Japanese for her fans, when artists come to Sweden and say something small like “hi Sweden” in Swedish we all get super happy 🇸🇪
Teachers: "Japanese is flat" Japanese : Ame, aME I think it'd be a lot better to not say that it's flat but instead explain that you'll learn tonal stuff as you speak and listen to it
Most native English speakers have to intentionally study pitch accent to acquire it. The teachers who say that Japanese doesn't have pitch accent are just wrong.
Technically speaking, Japanese has flat sounds, but ranged intonation, inflection, and pitch. That’s one thing that pretty misleading which causes many people to pronounce words weirdly
I think it’s because they just don’t really notice it since it’s their first language that they acquired instead of learned so for some things you either have to learn it or just really think about it lol, however it is commonly known that there’re pitch accents, they even have names of their own so I feel like your teacher should’ve known about those.
Proving no matter how much coin you make, people will still go with the cheaper option.😂 Seriously though, I think even if I made her type of money, I'd still be tempted to find a way to get cheap or free lessons. 😁
She does have a Japanese tutor. The 1st dude was NOT her tutor. Its her costar and best friend on a show called victorious. Her japanese tutor even spoke out when she got hate for that tattoo
My Japan experience in a nutshell: Me: Tanaka-san, konnichiwa! Tanaka-san: ohayou! Me: Hmm ok, I guess it was too early for "konnichiwa" then… The next day at exactly the same time: Me: Tanaka-san, ohayou! Tanaka-san: aa, konnichiwa! Me: ...
Where I worked, the more senior the manager, the shorter the version of ohayo gozaimasu that you would hear -- all the way down to just a trailing off "ss" sound. There is really an art to it.
Her pronunciation seems pretty good for a beginner! I'm not particularly a fan of hers but have nothing against her either, so I'd say I'm not biased, and I feel like in comparison with other Americans, she manages to capture Japanese intonation much better than many of her compatriots. You can tell she's making an effort.
My thoughts exactly. I imagine it's easier for her (than most Americans) to hear anything and repeat it with nearly the same phonemics, pitch, accent, etc.
I think this would be a fun series, evaluating people’s Japanese. I know I enjoy watching a girl assess UA-camr and celebrities speaking mandarin. You can always learn from mistakes 🙃
Yuta seriously thanks for this tip. I'm learning Japanese and was making the tempo mistake that you were highlighting too. It seems so obvious now that someone brought it to my attention, however I have not yet seen it mentioned in the book's I am studying.
Yuta-san is informative in an easy-to-listen-to way. One aspect of that, his English is very convincing. Not just word usage and grammar, but also body language, self-presentation. His singularity makes one appreciate what a big linguistic and cultural gulf it is, and also makes me reflect on how weird and awkward most of us must sound when we speak Japanese. The difficulty works both ways.
Some golden nuggets in this video. I was going to comment about how Arianna speaks like she is giving very little effort, but then Yuta gave a correction that also applied to me... *surprised pikachu face*
I love Ariana Grande!!!! I'm actually studying at the same Japanese language school in Los Angeles she went too/studies with! Its cute to see the teachers talk about it when someone points her picture out with a teacher in the front. A neat little fact!
@@river3495 I'm not actually sure -- since I did not ask the teachers! But it appeared for a short amount of time. I'm guessing she signed up for the private lessons with the teachers that are offered pretty cheap at the school.
@Akun Spammers this was awhile ago - I would have to look at the school website to see when. I don't think she attends now. www.oh-fuji.com/japanese-teacher-training-course--fuji-school.html
I've learnt the word in school studying about poems because they use that when analyzing the poems, too. (Btw, not in an English or Japanese speaking class.)
@@stereotypicalLame thats right, mora is a latin word since latin also had a mora timed system instead of a stress or syllable timed one. Greek presents the same phenomenon, although as is the case in all these languages, for different reasons.
I'm going to be studying Japanese at university for my international studies course so i love these videos, I'm already learning so many little things without even knowing the language
Thank you for the excellent insights into the pronunciation of day-to-day Japanese- these simply aren't taught formally and are priceless! Ariana does very well, though like all of us, needs improvement. Using Ariana's efforts as an example is not a criticism but a great learning experience.
Thank you for teaching about mora. I always felt like there was something missing in how some people pronounced Japanese words, and others stressed them more. Today I found out it wasn't tonal stress, but in fact completely missing letters. The English habit of merging two letters when they're found together doesn't work very well in Japanese.
Not really... its a opinion thing though. Her japanese just simply sounds wrong 99% of the time , nothing more or less and nothing related to any other asian languages.
For people learning any language that isn't something like Mandarin/Cantonese, keep in mind these pronunciations are not a big deal and pretty unimportant when it comes to learning a language like Japanese. What is important is just knowing what you're saying lol. Understanding general sentence structure and terminology is far more important what it sounds like. If you manage to get those down, you're pretty much there in understanding Japanese.
That is true on a purely functional level. But if a person is studying with the intent to hopefully become fluent or even semi-fluent and use what they learn in real life, having proper pronunciation makes a big difference in how people react and communicate. Im not fluent yet but i've been to Japan a few times and Ive noticed a significant change in how people react in my most recent visit versus my first visit even when saying simple things. My first trip people generally just reactes with the generic polite "oh your Japanese is good" when it really wasn't, they were just being nice. But last time I had several people actually assume I was fluent because they said I had a surprisingly native like sound. Even though Im still not fluent, I definitely noticed that people opened up more and were more involved in communicating because they could tell I was trying to speak correctly versus just saying things that got the point across at best. So for people studying seriously, they need to focus on pronunciation immediately.
@@Bones12x2 Same boat in terms of not being fluent, but I have a different experience to share on that one. I'd say more often than not, if you're still a beginner or unable to hold a conversation in Japanese, focusing on pronunciation can backfire (though just momentarily), especially if you happen to be Asian. 99% of the time, you'll get people replying in more natural ways, meaning you won't understand pretty much anything and you'll have to go through the song and dance of clearing up you don't know Japanese and so on. This comes from not just me personally, but from those who do speak fluently. Essentially, don't pretend to know more than you actually do (by focusing on pronunciation over basic understanding). I do agree that pronunciation should eventually be worked on, but it's probably the lowest priority if you're already struggling with the basics. In my case, I already understood the general idea of pronunciation due to family, friends, community, TV, etc. If the person trying to learn hasn't got it relatively down after learning how to say hiragana/katakana characters and basic phrases, chances are it's going to be a bigger task that may not be worth it yet. I can't exactly comment on struggling with it obviously, but given how accents tend to be difficult to overcome, it's probably not very easy when there are other things to focus on.
Not to mention to learn pitch accent along with everything else is too much at first. Once you start going for mastery instead of learning and understanding ppl can worry about that.
hey ; thats really awesome to see so many people tryna learn japanese !GANBATTE KUDASAI [all d best] by d way , i also teach japanese at my channel [i'm a starter all though] HOPE IT HELPS ;
1: Ima nanji desu ka she sounded like she said “deskuh.” As in, the ka wasn’t pronounced strongly enough, and that’s what her friend was trying to fix. 2. It sounded like they were saying “sayanara” instead of sayounara. English is a language that has a lot of flexibility when it comes to pronunciation of vowels and consonants in some words but when learning a language like Japanese, that flexibility is something I find to be a hindrance to the learner. The rest of the video was great to learn. I never heard of moras before now.
@blue chimera We use A, O, U, Ä, Ö, and Ü. They all sound differently. "Kuh" (cow) for example is pronounced like "cool" without the L or クー, whereas the plural is "Kühe" where the Ü sounds similar to (I might be wrong) an Australian "you" without the Y or the last sound of "ew". I hope I didn't make this too complicated...
2:39-2:49 - That smile at the end...hahahaha! The classic「日本語上手ッスねぇ」but in a more elaborate English form. You've certainly earned my subscription with that alone!
I just want to say, I found this video purely at random, but your explanation of moras and properly saying Konnichiwa was actually really helpful, and something I hadn't grasped before. So thanks for teaching me something, and being entertaining at the same time.
Hello sir, thank you so much for your free Japanese lessons/tutorials! I would be proud to say that I learned Japanese just by watching your videos when I'm finally good at it. Gracias!
Yuta is getting better and better with his comedy. Also about at-o, in my native language, the word "and" is "at." Using at-o instead of soshite will be very easy >:)
This is very interesting! I think if Ariana saw this she would find it extremely helpful because it is equating the language to something similar to music! I have always intuitively felt Japanese has a certain cadence to it, so this makes so much sense!
i know this is a bit off topic but still on topic but, when reading Quran we have a rule for how we elongate certain letters based on rulings. for examples if we are talking about the different kinds of madd, these can go from 2-6 (or 8 I'm not an expert myself) "moras" (or Ghunnah as we call it) depending on the individual ruling.
If you speak Japanese like Ariana, don't worry. You probably sound perfectly fine for a beginner.
But there are many things you can do to improve your Japanese.
So if you want to learn Japanese with me, I can send you some Japanese lessons where I teach you the kind of Japanese that Japanese people actually speak. Click here and subscribe bit.ly/2L6abVv
I didn't even know she was learning it
I speak Japanese like Ariane Grande a little bit, and people can still understand me
He wasn’t trying to fix her pitch. She said “desk-a” and he was trying to get her to say desu ka”
I don’t think he was trying to grill her. I just think he was trying to get her to not run it all together.
HI I AM JAPINOY HALF JAPANESE HALF FILIPINO BUT I WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE CORRECT PITCH ACCENT FOR THESE WORDS, PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO FOR THE DIFFERENCES IN THE PITCH ACCENT FOR THESE WORDS: 鯉, 恋, 柿, 牡蠣, 白, 城, 花, 鼻 🐷🇯🇵
Japanese generally address someone as "Kimi" right?
This guys humor is escalating day by day.
Aye that sounds weird
@@girlhesgotthatbde1355 ?
@@girlhesgotthatbde1355 you gonna explain yourself or...?
@@girlhesgotthatbde1355 B R U H
5:47
“In terms of mora, we have no mora.”
- Zhongli
Noice
Brought tears to my eyes .... As the only 5 star I have is Albedo.
At least i have Zhongli waiting for buff
I THOUGHT THE SAME REFERENCE BWAHAHAHA
People of culture here as well😌😌
I like how the dude gets the intonations wrong evertime, but with confidence.
Yeah, that kinda drove me crazy. He was great playing Robbie on Victorious, though, so I can’t stay mad at him.
Yeah, but he‘s still better than her. Also, they‘re just messing around with random phrases, both of them are not serious learners and have not studied Japanese. This is like even below N5 level, but I guess that Yuta wanted to make a free video for extreme beginners, so I guess it‘s going to be helpful for some people.
@@mojabaka Even though I knew about pitch accent and stuff, the more grammatical concepts were still helpful for me. I think Yuta covers a lot of stuff that I don’t learn right out of the gate with Genki I but that I should still know.
@@meowtherainbowx4163 It‘s good that the video helped you. Just keep studying, it may be hard sometimes but believe me when I say that it‘s rewarding.
@@mojabaka Yeah, it already feels rewarding when I understand a full sentence. That’s been happening a bit more often, at least in writing.
I swear to god, Yuta has the smoothest transitions to promote his online courses.
Which are, unfortunately, virtually impossible to access.
@@andrewm4316 How so?
@@mikael9325 I've tried to sign up for his "language courses" several times, and the server that he uses is a nightmare. He even asks if anybody else knows of a better server for him to use.
every video and smooth as butter. like how do u do that
@@siwap3809 But you can't actually use it.
7:18
"Captain Levi, you are very handsome"
"Tch, shut up"
That is something Levi would reply
his voice is on point tho
@@aakaashsenthilkumar1915 yeah! I kept on repeating it
HRGEGWHWH AHHH IK
HE AOUNDED LIKE HISM DHD
Lol
It’s cool when she makes an effort to speak Japanese for her fans, when artists come to Sweden and say something small like “hi Sweden” in Swedish we all get super happy 🇸🇪
She actually just likes Japan. She also watches anime, so she's probably learned some sentences that way
And "hej" just sounds like hey too 😅😂
@noru ohh cool :))
How do you say it in Swedish?
@@blue5had0w "hej sverige", I recommended trying to make the swedish google translate voice say it out loud if you wanna hear how its said!
I want to learn Japan Language cuz I want speak with Naruto when i go to Japan.
Bruuu lol i mean it works 🤷♂️🤣👍
learn english first lmaoo
PACEEEEEE komennya wkwk
Naruto is a food 🤣
@@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263 🍥🍥🍥🍥🍥🍥🍥
I think Yuta should rebrand this as "Japanese Assessing..." as he deep dives into the topic
This is better than just mere "react" videos
Agreed
he needs to go on trash taste, hes been kinda referenced before
the word "react" probably pulls in more views
@@Che1seabluesdrogba11 Trash Taste, what is that? A UA-cam channel that reviews other channels?
@@anderskock3848 Podcast by 3 foreign youtubers in Japan
It would be amazing if she saw this video and reached out to you for lessons. xD Loved this!
Hi I love ur voice and videos
OMG HEY XIAO!
5:44 The start of Yuta swooning over Ariana's "Daisuki!"
My dude swooned over "daisuki" xD
....he did only twice tho
He's starving
His heart went "doki doki" XD
@@Veratheprettiest I read that with the common anime girl pitch emphasis on 'ki'. They're so intense, it's cute.
😳
oh my lord when you did the Levi I--- DIED
How was his Hiroshi Kamiya impression _so damn good?_
SAME LOL
So did Levi
That's something that Levi would say tbh 😂
I choked on my water.
demn, he's levi impression is too good
I swear I’d be the voice actor
Teachers: "Japanese is flat"
Japanese : Ame, aME
I think it'd be a lot better to not say that it's flat but instead explain that you'll learn tonal stuff as you speak and listen to it
Most native English speakers have to intentionally study pitch accent to acquire it. The teachers who say that Japanese doesn't have pitch accent are just wrong.
"Nihongo wa furatto desu" ua-cam.com/video/G0ULPlBeKzg/v-deo.html XD
Technically speaking, Japanese has flat sounds, but ranged intonation, inflection, and pitch. That’s one thing that pretty misleading which causes many people to pronounce words weirdly
I think it’s because they just don’t really notice it since it’s their first language that they acquired instead of learned so for some things you either have to learn it or just really think about it lol, however it is commonly known that there’re pitch accents, they even have names of their own so I feel like your teacher should’ve known about those.
Is it right that Japanese moras don't don't change the pitch inside them, they charge it between them? (Which is different from Chinese)
Why does she not have a native Japanese teacher? She can afford it and it would benefit her.
i dont think shes really studying japanese
@@amare1367 yeah. She probably too busy
She's probably studying it casually.
Proving no matter how much coin you make, people will still go with the cheaper option.😂 Seriously though, I think even if I made her type of money, I'd still be tempted to find a way to get cheap or free lessons. 😁
She does have a Japanese tutor. The 1st dude was NOT her tutor. Its her costar and best friend on a show called victorious. Her japanese tutor even spoke out when she got hate for that tattoo
This feels like Yuta's audition tape to become Ariana's """teacher"""
SEnPAi!
@DogSayingWoosh uP
@DogSayingWoosh
Why did this actually make me キュ~ン
@@littlefishbigmountain おかしいなー
@@homerthompson416 そうです、おかしいですね〜wwwww
Yuta repeating that "daisuki" lol
Yuta is a Chad
He must be thinking about having a girlfriend I guess XD
My Japan experience in a nutshell:
Me: Tanaka-san, konnichiwa!
Tanaka-san: ohayou!
Me: Hmm ok, I guess it was too early for "konnichiwa" then…
The next day at exactly the same time:
Me: Tanaka-san, ohayou!
Tanaka-san: aa, konnichiwa!
Me: ...
残念です。
Where I worked, the more senior the manager, the shorter the version of ohayo gozaimasu that you would hear -- all the way down to just a trailing off "ss" sound. There is really an art to it.
@@somethingelsehere8089 That's cool lol..
Ohayou sekai good morning world
@@sfc.depression6838 thats irrelevant but I agree with you
The guy is correcting her because she's saying "kuh", not "ka", not necessarily the rising intonation.
Lol he's native japanese speaker dude. I think she wouldn't have problems in pronouncing Desu
i think he just tried to help her with common emphasis. to me it sounded like she was saying DESka, which sounds odd, rather than desKA.
I don't speak Japanese, I'm not trying to learn Japanese, and yet I keep coming back to this guy's videos...
When you said the dying sayonara, your voice went full death game teen supporting character and I was NOT prepared
SAME
I've only had one person ever say 'sayonara' to me. It was heartbreaking.
Her pronunciation seems pretty good for a beginner! I'm not particularly a fan of hers but have nothing against her either, so I'd say I'm not biased, and I feel like in comparison with other Americans, she manages to capture Japanese intonation much better than many of her compatriots. You can tell she's making an effort.
To me her pronunciation seemed really, really bad. I'd say most learners are better than she is, but maybe I'm being too harsh.
@@MarkHogan994 listen to Gwen Stefani and Avril Lavigne - trust she is making an effort.
@@MarkHogan994 possibly more the fault of her teacher
@@MarkHogan994 I think you’re being a little too harsh. I’ve definitely heard much worse accents lol.
My thoughts exactly. I imagine it's easier for her (than most Americans) to hear anything and repeat it with nearly the same phonemics, pitch, accent, etc.
It was gratifying to see your respectful analysis of Ariana Grande's Japanese language.
"Using 'anata' can seem very aggressive."
*Points at a random girl in Japan*
"YOU ARE VERY CUTE!"
I think this would be a fun series, evaluating people’s Japanese. I know I enjoy watching a girl assess UA-camr and celebrities speaking mandarin. You can always learn from mistakes 🙃
6:53 Find a guy that calls you cute with such a sexy tone as Yuta
Y e s
goals haha
Suddenly want an ASMR of Yuta quietly complimenting us in Japanese and English like its some kind of romance simulator 😂😂
@@ollie2111 uP
I know a guy. He's called Yuta
@@ADeeSHUPA huh?
Yuta seriously thanks for this tip. I'm learning Japanese and was making the tempo mistake that you were highlighting too. It seems so obvious now that someone brought it to my attention, however I have not yet seen it mentioned in the book's I am studying.
Yuta: **looks directly at the camera** "you're very cute"
me watching the video:....am I cute? fr? 😳
Me watching it: >//////< I-- I....
kawaii? hontou??? *swoons in Japanese*
Me: *throw my phone on bed*
Clutches pearls and blushes hardcore: Why Yuta! You cheeky devil😏.
doki doki
7:24 the Levi impression was spot on!👌🏼
"Tch. Urusee naa~." He sounded so much like Levi. Natsukashii!!!
@7:24 that Levi heichou impersonation was sooo good!!!! :D
Yuta-san is informative in an easy-to-listen-to way. One aspect of that, his English is very convincing. Not just word usage and grammar, but also body language, self-presentation. His singularity makes one appreciate what a big linguistic and cultural gulf it is, and also makes me reflect on how weird and awkward most of us must sound when we speak Japanese. The difficulty works both ways.
日本人ですが、英語の勉強として見ました！日本語のことについて話してるので何を言ってるのか自然に分かりました！
Good luck with English learning!
がんばってください ᕙ( ͡◉ ͜ ʖ ͡◉)ᕗ
I skipped all the “sayonara” part cause I was starting crying
Ow shit. Banana fish?
banana fish fandom is everywhere 😔✊
I didn't think I'd see Banana Fish here. Hello my dear friends, let's all cry together
SAME
@Chi Well, yes. One of the best animes I've ever watched. I really recommend it!! :D
Also, what is ddlc?
Some golden nuggets in this video. I was going to comment about how Arianna speaks like she is giving very little effort, but then Yuta gave a correction that also applied to me... *surprised pikachu face*
I like how you are actually reacting and not just sitting there watching
" I see you are a woman of culture as well." it got me laughing for 15 minutes.
14:18 lmao lol
RIGHTTTT I DIED LMAO
14:28 his satisfied smile. Like a sensei looking at his grown disciple
She clearly has the right priorities when it comes to learning vocabulary.
Lmao
Can't believe I'll ever see Yuta fangirling to Ariana's daisuki but here we are
I love Ariana Grande!!!! I'm actually studying at the same Japanese language school in Los Angeles she went too/studies with! Its cute to see the teachers talk about it when someone points her picture out with a teacher in the front. A neat little fact!
that's super cute, how long did she study the language?
@@river3495 I'm not actually sure -- since I did not ask the teachers! But it appeared for a short amount of time. I'm guessing she signed up for the private lessons with the teachers that are offered pretty cheap at the school.
@Akun Spammers this was awhile ago - I would have to look at the school website to see when. I don't think she attends now.
www.oh-fuji.com/japanese-teacher-training-course--fuji-school.html
I thought that was the actor from Zoey 101. Huh.
I've been speaking japanese for 10 years, and it's the first time i hear the word "mora" haha, i knew the concept, but I had no idea it had a name
It's not too surprising, especially because "mora" isn't a japanese word, but a word that describes a phenomenon which happens to occur in Japanese
I've learnt the word in school studying about poems because they use that when analyzing the poems, too. (Btw, not in an English or Japanese speaking class.)
アイコン草
@@beastsenior1kojitadokoro136 喜んでもらえてなによりです
@@stereotypicalLame thats right, mora is a latin word since latin also had a mora timed system instead of a stress or syllable timed one. Greek presents the same phenomenon, although as is the case in all these languages, for different reasons.
TBH I'm impressed she seems to actually be trying
I seriously doubt she's fluent.
@@tumorsaregood9728 No one said she was. They said shes trying.
@@micnik3573 haha I know. I just realized just now that I responded to the wrong comment.
@@tumorsaregood9728 lmao
The mora will help with spelling.
I'm going to be studying Japanese at university for my international studies course so i love these videos, I'm already learning so many little things without even knowing the language
Thank you for the excellent insights into the pronunciation of day-to-day Japanese- these simply aren't taught formally and are priceless!
Ariana does very well, though like all of us, needs improvement. Using Ariana's efforts as an example is not a criticism but a great learning experience.
talking about tones in languages is making me shiver and remember things i don’t want to...
After 3 years i finally subbed to yuta's programme.
lol! so when are you going to start learning Japanese? >_
@@aangitano well by his pace that makes me feel better about mine lol.
:0
@@aangitano Actually i started a year ago but i recently just subbed to his program.
I really appreciate you writing the words in Hiragana, thank you!
Thank you for teaching about mora. I always felt like there was something missing in how some people pronounced Japanese words, and others stressed them more. Today I found out it wasn't tonal stress, but in fact completely missing letters. The English habit of merging two letters when they're found together doesn't work very well in Japanese.
Another instance when people would say さようなら: when breaking up with someone 😂
Yuta: It's Mora.
Me playing genshin nd being broke: *WHERE?!*
in terms of primogems... you have no primogems
LMAO SAME
I laughed so much at the bit at 7:16 hahaha
I cracked up!!
6:55 close your eyes... Sounds like Levi
I have to admit, Yuta’s “daisuki” made my insides melt a little too! 💜❤️🔥💜
Ariana sounds like practicing japanese with a chinese accent
Not really... its a opinion thing though. Her japanese just simply sounds wrong 99% of the time , nothing more or less and nothing related to any other asian languages.
Even so she reverberated of retired of Japanese lessons and never mimic on speaking Japanese ever
Isn't basically like Korean?
@@angelusvastator1297 yes,that's kinda close
@@leonskennedy3324 i thought it was more similar to chinese than korean
3:34 thought you started singing the Soviet anthem for a second
I see you are a person of culture.
Sir, thank you for making my day!
Soyuz Neroshimy
ok time to edit, thx
OMG, now he's still singing the rest of the anthem in my head.
Loved this video Yuta! Especially the "Levi part" 😂 いいビデオ 💕
For people learning any language that isn't something like Mandarin/Cantonese, keep in mind these pronunciations are not a big deal and pretty unimportant when it comes to learning a language like Japanese. What is important is just knowing what you're saying lol. Understanding general sentence structure and terminology is far more important what it sounds like. If you manage to get those down, you're pretty much there in understanding Japanese.
That is true on a purely functional level. But if a person is studying with the intent to hopefully become fluent or even semi-fluent and use what they learn in real life, having proper pronunciation makes a big difference in how people react and communicate. Im not fluent yet but i've been to Japan a few times and Ive noticed a significant change in how people react in my most recent visit versus my first visit even when saying simple things. My first trip people generally just reactes with the generic polite "oh your Japanese is good" when it really wasn't, they were just being nice. But last time I had several people actually assume I was fluent because they said I had a surprisingly native like sound. Even though Im still not fluent, I definitely noticed that people opened up more and were more involved in communicating because they could tell I was trying to speak correctly versus just saying things that got the point across at best. So for people studying seriously, they need to focus on pronunciation immediately.
@@Bones12x2 Same boat in terms of not being fluent, but I have a different experience to share on that one. I'd say more often than not, if you're still a beginner or unable to hold a conversation in Japanese, focusing on pronunciation can backfire (though just momentarily), especially if you happen to be Asian. 99% of the time, you'll get people replying in more natural ways, meaning you won't understand pretty much anything and you'll have to go through the song and dance of clearing up you don't know Japanese and so on. This comes from not just me personally, but from those who do speak fluently. Essentially, don't pretend to know more than you actually do (by focusing on pronunciation over basic understanding).
I do agree that pronunciation should eventually be worked on, but it's probably the lowest priority if you're already struggling with the basics. In my case, I already understood the general idea of pronunciation due to family, friends, community, TV, etc. If the person trying to learn hasn't got it relatively down after learning how to say hiragana/katakana characters and basic phrases, chances are it's going to be a bigger task that may not be worth it yet. I can't exactly comment on struggling with it obviously, but given how accents tend to be difficult to overcome, it's probably not very easy when there are other things to focus on.
You could speak at a level where people barely understand you, or be fluent.
Not to mention to learn pitch accent along with everything else is too much at first. Once you start going for mastery instead of learning and understanding ppl can worry about that.
I'm learning japanese right now and this mora thing seems very helpful for me. thanks for uploading the video.
that Levi impression was so on point what the heck 😂
Okay, comedy was ON POINT this video, enjoyed it quite a lot. Keep it up Yuta-san!🙌🙌
I love your videos!!!!
hey ; thats really awesome to see so many people tryna learn japanese !GANBATTE KUDASAI [all d best]
by d way , i also teach japanese at my channel [i'm a starter all though] HOPE IT HELPS ;
1: Ima nanji desu ka she sounded like she said “deskuh.” As in, the ka wasn’t pronounced strongly enough, and that’s what her friend was trying to fix.
2. It sounded like they were saying “sayanara” instead of sayounara. English is a language that has a lot of flexibility when it comes to pronunciation of vowels and consonants in some words but when learning a language like Japanese, that flexibility is something I find to be a hindrance to the learner.
The rest of the video was great to learn. I never heard of moras before now.
7:20 I wasn't waiting for it but I love it sm
Okay but Yuta's Levi impression? 10/10
Yūta's "sayōnara" was straight out of an anime.
.... Obviously .... he’s Japanese ... anime is Japanese ... wtf lmaooo
@@GaaraFan01 But to be fair, a lot of actual Japanese do not speak like anime characters.
@@GaaraFan01, what @Rezzmari said.
@@Rezzmari yes but people should already know that lol
@@GaaraFan01
and that's why Channel For Comments is surprised.
Oh man, "zettai ryouiki" had me rolling XD clearly someone was teaching her how to speak "weeb"
Hey, we could make a religion out of that
I'm way ahead of you... *starts paperwork for the Church of the Weabs*
Remember she haves a tattoo thats says :shichirin? Thats means barbequegrill.
Yea, i remember she messed up the kanji meaning twice
Has* that*
@@micooo22 twice? When was the other time and what did she mess up?
@@梨花-p4m she attempted to correct it but it was still wrong
“sayounara” *cries in banana fish*
Sayounara America, Sayounara Ash 😭
literally i paused the fucking video and started sobbing. i just finished it two nights ago ans i can’t stop crying. i thougjt i was getting better
@@grrrohmy665 gahhh it never gets better 😖 best of luck soldier!
I THOUGHT OF IT TOO
Stop…
When he simped at her saying daisuki that was very cute
Her pronunciation of 「か」is what I think he was correcting at the beginning. She's saying "Kuh"
Yes, but he was correcting the word itself. She says "ima NAMI desu ka" instead of "ima NAN ji"
she has a californian accent lol
@blue chimera i meant the accent that a lot of celebrities has
That's a German cow-
@blue chimera We use A, O, U, Ä, Ö, and Ü. They all sound differently.
"Kuh" (cow) for example is pronounced like "cool" without the L or クー, whereas the plural is "Kühe" where the Ü sounds similar to (I might be wrong) an Australian "you" without the Y or the last sound of "ew".
I hope I didn't make this too complicated...
2:39-2:49 - That smile at the end...hahahaha! The classic「日本語上手ッスねぇ」but in a more elaborate English form. You've certainly earned my subscription with that alone!
Ariana Grande saying **daisuki**
Yuta :
I don't want to imagine that she's saying that to me.
A little later :
*something pierced his heart.*
*do like
I just want to say, I found this video purely at random, but your explanation of moras and properly saying Konnichiwa was actually really helpful, and something I hadn't grasped before. So thanks for teaching me something, and being entertaining at the same time.
ありがとうございます. I'm Ghanaian by the way and I. Love Japanese.
Yuta has a type lol
daisuki!!!
It’s Levi isn’t it?
I mean, Ariana is pretty much everybody's type.
@@PedroHawk1 not mine. She looks like a kid to me. I prefer a much more womanly look.
@@PedroHawk1 she looks and acts like a spoiled child. Pass.
7:19 i'm a simple person. I watched this, i suscribed
*starts with learning new things about japanese
*Suddenly gets a good levi/kamiya impression 😁
Hello sir, thank you so much for your free Japanese lessons/tutorials! I would be proud to say that I learned Japanese just by watching your videos when I'm finally good at it. Gracias!
Im learning Japanese right now and that Mora pronunciation thing cleared some things up thx dude
Or should I say Arigato
Haha, your reaction to her saying "大好き" was amazing
that would make a cute death scene: "baibai" :-)
Thanks for the idea
yuta should be a voice actor ngl
@@nevreiha tf? Why?
@Nevreiha え？何を言ってますか。。。
@Fahim Ali nahh idk. Nebreiha was like:"I will die. Goodbye"
After my comment, he deleted his comment and ye.
@Fahim Ali and aneek was like: " Hey nevreiha eh? What did you say?
Its so wholesome watching him get so Happy by her saying daisuki!💓💘💝💕💖
I'm so glad I found this channel!
I mean 七
輪 means "Seven rings" in Chinese, I guess it only means barbecue grill in Japanese Kanji.
yea but I think she wanted it to be in Japanese ? idk I didn’t do research on it
HI 🐷🇯🇵
it doesn't mean barbecue it's just a famous barbecue chain in Japan
7:23
Are you the voice actor for Levi? My goodness
Guy: yes, Ariana, you should throw a peace sign everytime you say hello in japanese.
i'm Japanese and i love how she pronounces ''daisuki'' really much💕💕it sounds soo sweet🍰💗
“maybe if you’re dying or something you can say *cries* SayŌnAra” me: cries because of banana fish💔
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING- 😭✋
ha same 😭
Dang.. 💔💔
WELL SHIT *-heart breaks-*
Same 😭💔
This video made me appreciate Arianna Grande much more. I always liked Yuta but I also like him even more after this video.
She still doesn't make anything worth listening to.
@@Osprey1994 eh
*Ariana
@@prettypetite I spelled her name as it is in the title of the video. Didn't know it was wrong.
@@Osprey1994 And youre hating in all the comments while shes making millions.
Yuta is getting better and better with his comedy. Also about at-o, in my native language, the word "and" is "at." Using at-o instead of soshite will be very easy >:)
What language is that, if you don't mind?
Aw yes, Cat and Robbie speaking Japanese really gives me life XD
I was surprised. I used to watch victorious in my childhood, so it was like seeing some old acquaintances who were on the same journey.
Japanese looks so intimidating but the way you break it down in these videos makes it really easy to understand.
どうもありがとうございました i learn a lot from you and its all free! you're so generous!!
Yuta always gets me with his email group plug, perfectly placed every time
I learned "Sayonara, Ninja Turtles" from Shredder. I suppose he was implying they would not continue living.
2:07
Dude: be explaining *"mora"*
*My dependence of genshin impact : mÓnÊy ?*
hahahaha zhongli???
This is very interesting! I think if Ariana saw this she would find it extremely helpful because it is equating the language to something similar to music! I have always intuitively felt Japanese has a certain cadence to it, so this makes so much sense!
i know this is a bit off topic but still on topic but,
when reading Quran we have a rule for how we elongate certain letters based on rulings. for examples if we are talking about the different kinds of madd, these can go from 2-6 (or 8 I'm not an expert myself) "moras" (or Ghunnah as we call it) depending on the individual ruling.