I just stumbled upon this channel and can't believe that this man made so many amazing lessons available for everyone for free... May God bless this King
This is brilliant. You're a great teacher. Thanks so much for this Playlist. I'm planning on studying genki 1, 2 and quartet and this is a huge help. Thanks.
When you treat this video as a lecture and continually pause to write everything down, it very quickly goes from an hour video to a three hour video, haha, I'm definitely glad for these stream cuts! Thanks for your work!
Hey man, I’ve been watching your Genki series for about a month now and never once thought about how many subscribers you have or views you get. For such amazing quality and content, I was surprised to see how relatively small this channel is. I would have thought there would be hundreds of thousands of people supporting this channel and getting the most out of this content. You should be so much bigger in my opinion but keep up the great work! your videos have help me so much to stay motivated and interested in learning Japanese, i sincerely appreciate this channel!
Dude I didn’t realize until you pointed that out!!!! Srsly this man has such good content such a surprise that he only has 37k subs I’m sure he had a lot less before but that’s still surprising
I'm in a Japanese class where most of the students have already taken some Japanese before and I felt lost and defeated. The teacher teaches based on the assumption that we all know a bit Japanese and just glosses over the material and jumps into the exercises. I literally can't thank you enough for this! you are a true lifesaver!
In case anyone's interested, I came up with a mnemonic to help remember the 10 exceptions to the ichidan or iru-/eru-verbs: _I _*_needed_*_ to _*_know_*_ how to _*_cut_*_ onions properly to _*_limit_*_ the number of tears in the kitchen, so I _*_slid_*_ down the hill, _*_ran_*_ to my friend’s house, _*_kicked_*_ his door in, _*_entered_*_ his house, _*_spoke_*_ with him for a bit and then _*_went_*_ back _*_home_*_ ._
I *_need_* to *_know_* how to *_cut_* chicken so I *_slid_* down the hill, *_ran_* to my friend's house, *_kick_* his door open, *_enter,_* *_spoke_* to him, ask for his *_limited_* edition cookbook, and *_went back home._*
ToKini Andy has outgrown Patreon. There is so much premium content now, that we decided to move (there were other reasons too). You can now access our premium course material at: www.tokiniandy.com/ edit: 5/19/2021
When Andy started sharing the conversation in Japanese, the fact that I didn't even need the translation and was able to understand it makes me feel like it is a huge progress ❤ Thank you for these!!
I used to speak fluent French many years ago and lost it because I didn't have a lot of French people to speak with. Coming to Japanese over the last few months it's been such a relief in comparison -- Might be why I'm understanding it so much easier! Going to do something in the near and far future being the same tense and conjugation? WOW!
Yes, French is basically a language with a ton of exception so when andyさん said 10 exception i was like oh that's all? French is maybe the worst language to be fluent in due to that
Just a note on に versus へ、 Both particles can be used to describe where you’re going to, but don’t always carry the same nuance. へ can carry a stronger feeling of “towards” than “to. For example, よこはまに行きますmeans I'm going to Yokohana. However, よこはまへいきまづ could mean more like I'm on my way to Yokohama or I'm headed toward Yokohama. Also, unlike に、 へ can be used before の, allowing a noun to be used. For example: 平和への歩み。 (へいわへの あゆみ。) A step toward peace.
three years later and you are still helping new Japanese language learners tremendously. i own my own little journal where i stop to take notes of your lessons, and information gathered from other sources, and you’re by far the most helpful and informative person when it comes to Japanese grammar. i love pausing on the conversation pieces and although i’m not able to translate it 100% i can identify the context and a general idea of what the conversation is and every time I unpause and see I got it correct I’m filled with a sense of understanding and joy. nothing feels better than understanding a new language and without your videos i wouldn’t of been able to do that. thank you for making this series!
learning spanish for the past four years i am so used to conjugation its second nature, can only imagine how daunting this must feel for other people, love the series mam not sure how i would learn the grammar otherwise
I remember learning the Spanish conjugations. I found them far more confusing than Japanese conjugations for some reason. But the first time is always difficult. =)
I don't even have the book yet but I'm keeping up with your lessons, nice series my man! :D Also, do you know a good website to find those dictionary forms? Thanks for the effort dude!
Hi Calu, I'm happy to hear that the lessons are helping you even without the book! I'm not sure of a website that has all of the conjugations listed out on one page. With that said, the Tae Kim website has sections on all of the conjugations. He also does RU and U verb classification, which I don't love, but he does have the lists! Thanks for watching!
@@calumon4965 the book 501 Japanese Verbs is a great resource to have on hand. I also refer some students to www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/. You can put in the dictionary form and it provides all the conjugations.
i can not thank you enough for these lessons. i'm currently in an online beginners class for japanese using genki. i was doing well in lessons 1 and 2, but then 3 just came in and defeated me. i felt very overwhelmed and like my class was figuratively and *literally* speaking a different language than i was. i have rewatched this course multiple times and i now actually feel comfortable and like i know what's going on. THANK YOU!!
Thanks a lot for this playlist! I'm studying the book alone and I can't thank you enough for these precious videos. It helps a lot. Quick question: When you say "ごはんは" and you translate it to "How about some food?" (at 56:27), how do you know it's a question and not an affirmation? It is, again, something we can deduct from the context?
You're welcome! I'm happy to hear that it is helping. It would be contextual I suppose. ごはんは implies the question ご飯はどうですか? which means just that: "how about food?"
i'm actually in my second yr of japanese at uni so i have the third edition book but im still SOO terrible at grammar/conjugations because at uni they REALLY make the course fast paced. i'm incredibly grateful to your lessons where it feels as if i'm in no rush at all since i do your lessons when i come home from school and take it easy, and your lessons have really pushed me to be better so I can catch up with the rest of the class:-) thank you so much for this! ありがとうございました！！
Thank you so much for these extremely helpful videos and even uploading a version with the chat removed! It’s hard to believe that such useful content is free but I’m really grateful for it!
thank you for explaining this chapter so clearly. i had such a hard time understanding the book's explanation bc it was so wordy. this video made everything so much easier
I don't often comment on UA-cam videos but I wanted to reach to you and say a huge: THANK YOU!!! I have been learning Japanese for a couple of months in preparation to move next year. I bought Genki on the recommendation of basically everyone on the internet. I'm a big believer in not getting all your study resources from one place, so I am using lots of different textbooks, websites, and videos to help me. After trying to review the grammar section of chapter 3 I really felt like I was drowning, and it was really putting me off learning - I found the explanations a little cryptic. However, in your video, you explained all of the verb forms in the chapter so much simpler than the actual book! When you said the book doesn't do a good job of explaining verbs I felt a sense of relief! I really thought it was just me being too inexperienced (or dumb) to understand it. Your video has given me the confidence to continue. Thanks so much, Andy!!!
I'm so happy to hear that the lesson helped you out! Thank you for watching, and keep it up! Sometimes, Japanese can be quite confusing. It takes time and practice. =)
i am very greatfull that my mothertongue is turkish becacuse the grammer is literally the same. like we also use present tense for future and habitual things. as i am learning japanese in english i sometimes find the turkish examples for it like "utaimas"i will sing but it is present tense. "söylerim" is in the present tense in turkish but it can both means i will sing or i sing generally/habitually
you keep saying 'wo' or at least that's what it sounds like. isn't を supposed to be pronounced as 'o' as a particle? it's how everyone else seems to pronounce it, kinda like how は is sometimes pronounced as 'wa' instead of 'ha'.
I came here about 6 months ago, at that time I had been studying japanese for about a year. I was so discouraged that it is beginner level but even after a year I was frustrated and out of my element with this. So, I continued to learn/study kanji while doing my speaking practice using japanesepod101. Recently I came to terms with having a massive hole in my grammar so decided to come back. Finally everything is coming so east in these videos now. Thanks man
Took almost 2 weeks I think to finish these lesson cause of school. When I grow up I want to study and live in Japan, I started learning japanese 1 and a half year ago through genki alone, but gave up because I was overwhelmed. After a year I said to give it one more try and then I found your lessons. You make everything seem so simple and teach very good! My journey now is much better and I enjoy more learning japanese rather than just looking at textbooks alone.
I know this is a dead question, but this used to confuse me a ton. In case anyone else comes by: は is an overall subject indicator, but not necessarily a grammatical subject indicator. が is the grammatical subject indicator but it is often omitted because it can be understood through context. You'll hear this referred to often as "the hidden が particle" There are several implied subject and object clauses within the statement. Fully written it could be something like お酒は（あなたが）（お酒を）飲みますか . The parentheticals are what are implied by context. Imagine it being literally translated as "Let's talk about alcohol... does (something) drink?" Adding the implied clauses you'd get: "Let's talk about alcohol... do you drink alcohol?" Another example: You're at a restaurant and the waiter asks you what you'll be having. You might say, "私は魚です” 魚: （さかな）fish, and 私: （わたし）I, me This does not mean "I am a fish" but rather "As for me... I'll have fish."
here is one thing I've personally noticed when learning Japanese. For about 6 months I've been focusing on learning the broad understanding of the language and getting the feel for it. While I was still focusing on grammar points, it was brief and wasn't pin focused as with genki. I've noticed that by having a more broad understanding before putting together the grammar structure is how like children learn to speak it but not understanding the correct way the language is broken down. I feel as if the same effect if happening to me. Learning this way has also made it much easier for me. I used to be confused about this video about a year ago, now I can completely and easily understand the grammar points. The thing is people expect to learn Japanese incredibly quickly, "maybe I can learn in 6 months". Is not a reasonable goal. It would take a DELIGENT learner around 2 years to actually be competent with this language. The average person I can estimate about 4 years. I would whole heartly recommend not only going through the genki material especially with Tokini Andy, but also by learning as Andy brought out through sentences and try to break down the sentences on your own while also finding correction. Also, try not to look solely at textbook Japanese, as it's not really a good starting point but a pillar to make your crude understanding more solid. Try to start off learning "real life" Japanese and back it up through the use of a textbook, like you would learning grammar in school.
I'm a complete beginner, just started taking lessons on iTalki and my tutor is taking me through genki, breezed though the first two lessons. But as good a teacher as he is, my brain was melting in lesson 3, I found your video and used it to recap what I had looked at (but not learned!) in lesson 3 and it started to really click. Thank you so much, I was feeling a bit deflated and frustrated when I got to lesson 3. No more!
my teacher is a bit older but usually says ni is for things in relative distance where (h)e is more-so like travelling farther like across japan or from japan to america or something. shes from japan and not sure if things have changed but just thought id mention it.
Coming back to this video after the next chapter I felt so satisfied when I saw その後 and thought, "hang on" I recognize that kanji. Going to be tough to remember the onyomi and kunyomi though.
What's important is remembering kanji in the context of the words they appear in. Remembering the on and kun on their own is usually more effort than it's worth. In other words, good job! =D
Dude perfect videos for me, I am relearning Japanese since I only made it to chapter 8 by myself and didn't really comprehend before. You have made it way easier to understand. Thank you I hope to finish this series and finally make it to the second book in the series.
Your classes are great and I appreciate the effort you put in them. I small suggestion: maybe a less heavy use of kanjis on such early classes (or show the hiragana immediately). Several times I was lost during the explanation because there was no hiragana and I had no idea what I was looking at, waiting for the hiragana to show up. :)
Yeah, I really should have set the furigana to show up immediately back in the earlier lessons. I forget less frequently these days, and like to leave them like that in case people want to challenge themselves, but I do agree with your critique here. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your great explanation I was confused and reading that chapter again but this video satisfied me. I'll suggest this channel to them who wants to learn Japanese and who does self studies. Keep Making videos like this.❤️
Hi Andy!, first thanks for the video, amazing content!! For those who are wondering the difference between そのご and そのあと ( 44:08) which means after that here is a link. japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/40263/what-is-the-difference-between-%E3%81%9D%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6-soshite-and-%E3%81%9D%E3%82%8C%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89-sorekara Also Any maybe you can give us your opinion or explanation? Trivia, in chinese it would be 然后ranhou 后=後 (simplified version), 然 same kanji as in 全然(ぜんぜん). 然 is a very common kanji/character in both Japanese and Chine. For example 偶然 " by chance" is used in both languages, ぐうぜんin Japanese and "ouran" in chinese.
This video was posted 2 years ago at the time I’m watching it. It just shows how you have contributed to the study of Japanese and eased our (learners) burden. Fantastic video. Thank you so much 🙏. Please keep up the great work.
You're welcome! There are exercises in the Textbook for each lesson, and there are some websites that offer exercises unofficially for Genki 1. I also provide practice videos on my Patreon. =)
I am going g back to review grammar. Have heard Genki are quite good. Your lessons are helping me to do that review and decide what level book to get. Thanks for the effort and well structured content. けこ 日本らしのやりかたですね。
I have the perfect video for you: ua-cam.com/video/Or5MHVcCy3o/v-deo.html It's about 1:40 seconds long, and has lots of advice on this. I hope it helps! If not, please let me know!
I almost gave up when I got to this chapter. Now I’m finally feeling like I sort of get what’s going on, all thanks to you. I appreciate your channel so much
Indeed! Good catch! I don't remember if I mentioned in this version of the lesson or not that there are definitely more than 12. Most of the common ones are covered here, but there are a few extra common ones like the one Luke mentioned here. =) Thank you!
So at about 16:30, I was trying to figure out what かたる meant. You kept saying かたる in the video. It seemed to have something to do with cutting off the end of the verb. After about the fourth or fifth time you said it, I realized that かたる was actually "cut the る". Somehow, my beginner Japanese student brain detected an accent and tried to make sense of かたる. Anyway, funny anecdote aside, I just started the verb conjugation section in chapter 3 (3rd edition), and I remembered coming across this video when I ordered the book a month ago. Your explanations are delightful! Thank you so much!
Hahaha! That happens to me all the time when Japanese people insert random English words into our conversations. I'm like... what Japanese word is that?! I'm happy to hear that you are finding the videos useful. Thank you for watching! =)
I have been struggling terribly with grammar in my Japanese courses, so this week I decided to go back to basics: I pulled out Genki 1 and went back to this lesson, and then remembered that you offer this support! Your advice to skip p. 86-87 was my first indication that your explanations would be really helpful. Thanks so much for giving such clear and practical guidance; I'll be working my way through G 1 + 2 with your help.
Hi and thanks for the help. About the section about present Japanese tense and context. To say : right now I won't drink tea. Could you say it as: Ima watashi wa ocha o nomimasen. Thanks for the video. A huge help bro. Stay safe せんせい
This is my second run through of these videos and I have no idea how I didn't subscribe. I went full panic mode and checked all my liked videos because I knew I had to have at least liked them haha. Happily subscribed now!
Damn. I remember feeling supremely overwhelmed and crashing out the first couple of times I got to this lesson when self-studying. It introduces so much at the same time, particularly the first big step-up in difficulty for grammar and kanji for the vocabulary. Giving your videos a once-over before and after being done with each lesson, first to get a good idea of what I'll be studying and later to see if what I've learned after studying from the book and doing the textbook&workbook exercises has stuck with me, has been a huge help in keeping me on track this time around. Coupled with a few other SRS resources to drill the vocabulary, kanji and what I've learned from the grammar, this is the first time I've managed to get past this hurdle, and you've been the biggest help in that regard. Thank you so much for these videos. You have a real gift for teaching. On to the next lesson!
It has been a dream of mine for quite some time to add Japanese to my list of languages on my resume, and these lessons are helping me so much :) I'm happy I got the courage to restart learning Japanese, and thank you wholeheartedly for making these available for everyone
Not gonna lie, it took me more than 6 hours to watch the whole video because I had tonllok for the correct way to srite each kanji (since this is the first lesson that we actually see them in use). It was so hard to follow the book by myself. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!! Keep up the good work :)
I'm glad to hear that you found it useful! You probably don't need to learn to write every single kanji that shows up in the vocabulary or lessons just yet. Those are more for recognition purposes. The kanji that Genki recommends you learn by lesson are in the back of the textbook. On the other hand, if you ENJOY learning to write each kanji, more power to you! =)
I love this lesson. Makes the chapter make so much more sense. THANK YOU SO MUCH ANDY!!! I have two questions. -In the book, it says that 勉強する is also an irregular verb but you don't mention it in your chat. Is that on purpose cause you don't think it's always irregular or for some other reason? -Also, why was ramen written in katakana and not in hiragana since it's a Japanese word?
1. 勉強する is not an irregular verb exactly. する is irregular, and 勉強する is a する verb, so that means you will conjugation the する part like you would する on it's own. In that sense, I suppose it's irregular, but so are all する verbs then. =) But they are irregular in the same way as する so I didn't see a need to point it out. Hope that makes sense. Ramen is most commonly written using katakana. I think it's for stylistic reasons. You CAN write it in hiragana, but it's much less common.
Newbie here. Thank you so much for the verb explanations! A question on kanji-- in Genki book they put the Kanji for the verb with a little hiragana under it, and the romanji next to it. But, those kanji aren't included in the 'learn for this lesson' chapter in the kanji section. Are y'all learning the kanji in the back of the book (Chapter 3 kanji) AND the verb kanji? Or when do you learn those? Thanks!
Honestly, been trying to learn japanese off and on for a while and this series (specifically this video) is probably the best explanation of a lot of topics I like... sort of knew but kept forgetting but this video REALLY helped drill it in so I could finally get it. Thanks for all the hard work. I'll definitely be subscribing to your paid content to help support you.
The one time I'm thankful for a UA-cam recommendation. I've been using three programs(Lingodeer, Bunpro, Wanikani) to learn Japanese. While my vocabulary might be pretty decent, my ability to actually use the language is very poor. Glad to have you going through these lesson. I never felt like I was picking up anything just reading them myself. Have learned a good deal so far. Been going through a lesson a day. Maybe somewhere down the line I'll leave a comment in Japanese. Thank you again.
Thanks a lot for this. Lesson 3 was making me start to question if I'd actually be able to get through Genki on my own. I was also wondering how important the kanji for the vocab in lesson 3 is (not the dozen or so kanji in the back of the book for lesson 3).
I'm happy to hear it helped! I hope that you find the other lessons helpful as well. =) I wouldn't only worry about the ones at the back for now if you plan on using Genki for kanji. Get used to seeing the kanji in the actual lesson, but you don't need to try and memorize each one just yet.
excuse me mate, I gotta ask are you the reincarnation of Jesus Christ? because thank the lord for coming to save me, he has finally answered my prayers and delivered a saviour. :D
Besides my father, you’re the only man I ever loved
アンディはすきですか。
Sorry if i butchered the name!
@@atticushelvig2030you could add さん
Jesus 💪
I just stumbled upon this channel and can't believe that this man made so many amazing lessons available for everyone for free...
May God bless this King
Wow thanks a lot,this chapter was so confusing in the book,you make it so simple!
Great teacher,thanks a lot for what you are doing
You're welcome! I'm happy to hear that it helped!
I always thought Genki had valuable content but I could never sit and work through it. Thank you for making these 😭 ❤
This is brilliant. You're a great teacher. Thanks so much for this Playlist. I'm planning on studying genki 1, 2 and quartet and this is a huge help. Thanks.
i was so confued with particle, thank you for help 😊
There are 32 exceptions.
1 嘲る あざける
2 焦る あせる
3 弄る いじる
4 入る いる
5 要る いる
6 限る かぎる
7 かじる
8 帰る かえる
9 切る きる
10 軋る きしる
11 蹴る ける
12 混じる まじる (こんじる )
13 参る まいる
14 むしる
15 詰る なじる
16 握る にぎる
17 罵る ののしる
18 練る ねる
19 茂る しげる
20 湿る しめる
21 知る しる
22 誹る そしる
23 滑る すべる
24 喋る しゃべる
25 散る ちる
26 照る てる
27 入る はいる
28 走る はしる
29 捻る ひねる
30 減る へる
31 ふける
32 せびる
There are actually over 60. It's just that a large portion aren't used in regular conversation.
@@ToKiniAndy
Hm. We were told, that 32 is most common and needed to be remembered first of all. That was tough start...
This made the lesson so easy thanks alot
Dont mind me, I just want to thank you for your existence.
Thank you for existing here!
Pro trick: you can watch series on Flixzone. Been using them for watching loads of movies these days.
@Michael Onyx definitely, I have been using Flixzone} for since november myself :D
@@javierkannon8934 stfu
@@sossboy8016 Can you give a slight explanation on why you said that?
Polite Verb Conjugation: 1:05
Negative Polite Verb Conjugation: 15:07
Present Tense: 18:00
Particles: 26:51
Time References: 35:15
Polite Invitations: 40:31
Frequency Adverbs: 44:22
Word Order: 51:31
More about は: 56:00
QUESTION TIME: 1:01:13
Thank you so much. Amazing! You did it comprehensively and well-organized.
When you treat this video as a lecture and continually pause to write everything down, it very quickly goes from an hour video to a three hour video, haha, I'm definitely glad for these stream cuts! Thanks for your work!
And thank YOU for watching! =)
Yeah it took me like 3 days because of school work too xD
I do that
Doing the same thing and it takes a loooong time
Maybe you can refer to similar contents in the book if that save everyone some time. (but without andy's examples ofc XD)
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the effort he must have put into making these slides for us? And then explain them for FREE on UA-cam?
I can feel the smile on my face as I read each conversation and understand it! ( ; w :)
That is always a very satisfying feeling. Keep it up!
Hey man, I’ve been watching your Genki series for about a month now and never once thought about how many subscribers you have or views you get. For such amazing quality and content, I was surprised to see how relatively small this channel is. I would have thought there would be hundreds of thousands of people supporting this channel and getting the most out of this content. You should be so much bigger in my opinion but keep up the great work! your videos have help me so much to stay motivated and interested in learning Japanese, i sincerely appreciate this channel!
Thank you for the support! I'm still a relatively new channel. All in good time. =)
Thank you for watching!
@@ToKiniAndy Thank you so much! I am moving to Tokyo in September and this is helping me tremendously.
Dude I didn’t realize until you pointed that out!!!! Srsly this man has such good content such a surprise that he only has 37k subs I’m sure he had a lot less before but that’s still surprising
@@SomeDSquares how is it
@@JD-ht7yw didnt end up going because of COVID : ( hopefully someday though! I am now fixing to move to NYC
I'm in a Japanese class where most of the students have already taken some Japanese before and I felt lost and defeated. The teacher teaches based on the assumption that we all know a bit Japanese and just glosses over the material and jumps into the exercises.
I literally can't thank you enough for this! you are a true lifesaver!
I'm happy to hear that I can cover the things that your teacher skips! I hope you continue to make them helpful!
In case anyone's interested, I came up with a mnemonic to help remember the 10 exceptions to the ichidan or iru-/eru-verbs:
_I _*_needed_*_ to _*_know_*_ how to _*_cut_*_ onions properly to _*_limit_*_ the number of tears in the kitchen, so I _*_slid_*_ down the hill, _*_ran_*_ to my friend’s house, _*_kicked_*_ his door in, _*_entered_*_ his house, _*_spoke_*_ with him for a bit and then _*_went_*_ back _*_home_*_ ._
This is awesome, thanks a lot !!
I *_need_* to *_know_* how to *_cut_* chicken so I *_slid_* down the hill, *_ran_* to my friend's house, *_kick_* his door open, *_enter,_* *_spoke_* to him, ask for his *_limited_* edition cookbook, and *_went back home._*
Poor the door
That ending was sudden.... one minute you were talking about eggs the next credits were rolling :(
There is a secret ending too! haha
Sorry about that abruptness too.
And thank you for coming tonight!
😭Sorry...
I’m looking forward to talking to you next time!
ToKini Andy has outgrown Patreon. There is so much premium content now, that we decided to move (there were other reasons too). You can now access our premium course material at: www.tokiniandy.com/
edit: 5/19/2021
When Andy started sharing the conversation in Japanese, the fact that I didn't even need the translation and was able to understand it makes me feel like it is a huge progress ❤ Thank you for these!!
fr like it feels so good but when you actually read something in japanese and dont understand anything is when reality hits hard
@@shush86 yep. That only means we gotta keep reading new texts.
@@AnikaNeela we'll make it hopefully
Btw would u like if we can have some chats in japanese together so we can both learn?
@shush86 sure.
@@AnikaNeela aight u got discord?
As someone who's been learning French for a while, I can say how relieving it is how relatively simple Japanese is in this regard. (conjugations)
It is nice that the grammar isn't TOO difficult in Japanese. =)
my parents are forcing me to learn french at my new high school when it literally offers japanese which im a lot more interested in😭
I used to speak fluent French many years ago and lost it because I didn't have a lot of French people to speak with. Coming to Japanese over the last few months it's been such a relief in comparison -- Might be why I'm understanding it so much easier! Going to do something in the near and far future being the same tense and conjugation? WOW!
Yes, French is basically a language with a ton of exception so when andyさん said 10 exception i was like oh that's all? French is maybe the worst language to be fluent in due to that
Hahaha c'est tellement vrai
I love the way you teach! The content quality is right on the top. Keep going forward!!
Just a note on に versus へ、
Both particles can be used to describe where you’re going to, but don’t always carry the same nuance. へ can carry a stronger feeling of “towards” than “to.
For example, よこはまに行きますmeans I'm going to Yokohana. However,
よこはまへいきまづ
could mean more like I'm on my way to Yokohama or I'm headed toward Yokohama.
Also, unlike に、 へ can be used before の, allowing a noun to be used. For example:
平和への歩み。
(へいわへの あゆみ。)
A step toward peace.
OK, three weeks later I finally understand everything in lesson three and did all the exercises that were available to me. I can go to lesson 4 now.
Good job! おつかれさまでした！
three years later and you are still helping new Japanese language learners tremendously. i own my own little journal where i stop to take notes of your lessons, and information gathered from other sources, and you’re by far the most helpful and informative person when it comes to Japanese grammar. i love pausing on the conversation pieces and although i’m not able to translate it 100% i can identify the context and a general idea of what the conversation is and every time I unpause and see I got it correct I’m filled with a sense of understanding and joy. nothing feels better than understanding a new language and without your videos i wouldn’t of been able to do that. thank you for making this series!
learning spanish for the past four years i am so used to conjugation its second nature, can only imagine how daunting this must feel for other people, love the series mam not sure how i would learn the grammar otherwise
I remember learning the Spanish conjugations. I found them far more confusing than Japanese conjugations for some reason. But the first time is always difficult. =)
okay… SUPER grateful for this series, somehow the algorithm knew I needed it lol
I'm happy to hear it's helpful! 🙏
I don't even have the book yet but I'm keeping up with your lessons, nice series my man! :D
Also, do you know a good website to find those dictionary forms?
Thanks for the effort dude!
Hi Calu,
I'm happy to hear that the lessons are helping you even without the book!
I'm not sure of a website that has all of the conjugations listed out on one page.
With that said, the Tae Kim website has sections on all of the conjugations. He also does RU and U verb classification, which I don't love, but he does have the lists!
Thanks for watching!
@@ToKiniAndy Oh, I see! I'm gonna give it a shot then, thank you so much man, I'm looking forward for the next lessons! :D
@@calumon4965 the book 501 Japanese Verbs is a great resource to have on hand. I also refer some students to www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/. You can put in the dictionary form and it provides all the conjugations.
i can not thank you enough for these lessons. i'm currently in an online beginners class for japanese using genki. i was doing well in lessons 1 and 2, but then 3 just came in and defeated me. i felt very overwhelmed and like my class was figuratively and *literally* speaking a different language than i was. i have rewatched this course multiple times and i now actually feel comfortable and like i know what's going on. THANK YOU!!
I'm so glad that it was able to help! Keep it up! =)
Thanks a lot for this playlist! I'm studying the book alone and I can't thank you enough for these precious videos. It helps a lot.
Quick question: When you say "ごはんは" and you translate it to "How about some food?" (at 56:27), how do you know it's a question and not an affirmation? It is, again, something we can deduct from the context?
You're welcome! I'm happy to hear that it is helping.
It would be contextual I suppose. ごはんは implies the question ご飯はどうですか? which means just that: "how about food?"
i'm actually in my second yr of japanese at uni so i have the third edition book but im still SOO terrible at grammar/conjugations because at uni they REALLY make the course fast paced. i'm incredibly grateful to your lessons where it feels as if i'm in no rush at all since i do your lessons when i come home from school and take it easy, and your lessons have really pushed me to be better so I can catch up with the rest of the class:-) thank you so much for this! ありがとうございました！！
That's so awesome to hear. Thank you!
Keep it up! I'm glad we can help a bit. ☺️
Thank you so much for these extremely helpful videos and even uploading a version with the chat removed! It’s hard to believe that such useful content is free but I’m really grateful for it!
I'm happy to hear that you are finding the lessons useful. =) Thank you for watching!
thank you for explaining this chapter so clearly. i had such a hard time understanding the book's explanation bc it was so wordy. this video made everything so much easier
You're welcome! I'm happy to hear that you found it useful.
Thank you for watching!
I don't often comment on UA-cam videos but I wanted to reach to you and say a huge: THANK YOU!!!
I have been learning Japanese for a couple of months in preparation to move next year. I bought Genki on the recommendation of basically everyone on the internet. I'm a big believer in not getting all your study resources from one place, so I am using lots of different textbooks, websites, and videos to help me.
After trying to review the grammar section of chapter 3 I really felt like I was drowning, and it was really putting me off learning - I found the explanations a little cryptic. However, in your video, you explained all of the verb forms in the chapter so much simpler than the actual book! When you said the book doesn't do a good job of explaining verbs I felt a sense of relief! I really thought it was just me being too inexperienced (or dumb) to understand it. Your video has given me the confidence to continue. Thanks so much, Andy!!!
I'm so happy to hear that the lesson helped you out!
Thank you for watching, and keep it up! Sometimes, Japanese can be quite confusing. It takes time and practice. =)
how did u learn kanji?
i am very greatfull that my mothertongue is turkish becacuse the grammer is literally the same. like we also use present tense for future and habitual things. as i am learning japanese in english i sometimes find the turkish examples for it like "utaimas"i will sing but it is present tense. "söylerim" is in the present tense in turkish but it can both means i will sing or i sing generally/habitually
you keep saying 'wo' or at least that's what it sounds like. isn't を supposed to be pronounced as 'o' as a particle? it's how everyone else seems to pronounce it, kinda like how は is sometimes pronounced as 'wa' instead of 'ha'.
This video taught me more about Conjugations than 4 years of Japanese classes. (Which is also why I kept giving up). I refuse to give up this time.
omg, i don’t have the textbook but i can totally comprehend your lessons! thank you!
I'm happy to hear that!
Thank you for watching! =)
I'm so mad they don't put this in the book. Was stressing over memorizing all these verbs but it is so simple :/
I came here about 6 months ago, at that time I had been studying japanese for about a year. I was so discouraged that it is beginner level but even after a year I was frustrated and out of my element with this. So, I continued to learn/study kanji while doing my speaking practice using japanesepod101.
Recently I came to terms with having a massive hole in my grammar so decided to come back.
Finally everything is coming so east in these videos now. Thanks man
How do you practice using this grammar? are there any exercises to use?
Regarding the いる/える exceptions: With all these, the い and え sound is part of the Kanji. "To need" also has a Kanji: 要る
確かに！
This is gold, i would love another series with japanese classes from 0 from you, i would watch all of it
Thank you . Thank God l found your Chanel. It's super professional. Thanks a million thanks 😊❤
Hi, thanks for the video, it’s a great complement to the Genki textbook. May I ask why you pronounce the “を” particle as “wo” and not “o”?
Thanks, Andy. Those Genki pages were so dense though they did try to summarize the rule. Your explanation makes the rules so much clearer!
Took almost 2 weeks I think to finish these lesson cause of school. When I grow up I want to study and live in Japan, I started learning japanese 1 and a half year ago through genki alone, but gave up because I was overwhelmed. After a year I said to give it one more try and then I found your lessons. You make everything seem so simple and teach very good! My journey now is much better and I enjoy more learning japanese rather than just looking at textbooks alone.
48:31 I have a question about the particle は in the sentence お酒は飲みますか. Since を is usually used after a direct object, is this an exception to use は?
I know this is a dead question, but this used to confuse me a ton. In case anyone else comes by: は is an overall subject indicator, but not necessarily a grammatical subject indicator. が is the grammatical subject indicator but it is often omitted because it can be understood through context. You'll hear this referred to often as "the hidden が particle"
There are several implied subject and object clauses within the statement. Fully written it could be something like お酒は（あなたが）（お酒を）飲みますか . The parentheticals are what are implied by context.
Imagine it being literally translated as "Let's talk about alcohol... does (something) drink?" Adding the implied clauses you'd get: "Let's talk about alcohol... do you drink alcohol?"
Another example: You're at a restaurant and the waiter asks you what you'll be having. You might say, "私は魚です” 魚: （さかな）fish, and 私: （わたし）I, me
This does not mean "I am a fish" but rather "As for me... I'll have fish."
here is one thing I've personally noticed when learning Japanese. For about 6 months I've been focusing on learning the broad understanding of the language and getting the feel for it. While I was still focusing on grammar points, it was brief and wasn't pin focused as with genki. I've noticed that by having a more broad understanding before putting together the grammar structure is how like children learn to speak it but not understanding the correct way the language is broken down. I feel as if the same effect if happening to me. Learning this way has also made it much easier for me. I used to be confused about this video about a year ago, now I can completely and easily understand the grammar points.
The thing is people expect to learn Japanese incredibly quickly, "maybe I can learn in 6 months". Is not a reasonable goal. It would take a DELIGENT learner around 2 years to actually be competent with this language. The average person I can estimate about 4 years. I would whole heartly recommend not only going through the genki material especially with Tokini Andy, but also by learning as Andy brought out through sentences and try to break down the sentences on your own while also finding correction. Also, try not to look solely at textbook Japanese, as it's not really a good starting point but a pillar to make your crude understanding more solid. Try to start off learning "real life" Japanese and back it up through the use of a textbook, like you would learning grammar in school.
I just finished this video and I absolutely loved it. Looking forward to the lesson 4.
I'm happy to hear that! I will stream Lesson 4 this Sunday! =)
I'm a complete beginner, just started taking lessons on iTalki and my tutor is taking me through genki, breezed though the first two lessons. But as good a teacher as he is, my brain was melting in lesson 3, I found your video and used it to recap what I had looked at (but not learned!) in lesson 3 and it started to really click. Thank you so much, I was feeling a bit deflated and frustrated when I got to lesson 3. No more!
I'm glad to hear that you found it helpful! Keep it up!
my teacher is a bit older but usually says ni is for things in relative distance where (h)e is more-so like travelling farther like across japan or from japan to america or something. shes from japan and not sure if things have changed but just thought id mention it.
Coming back to this video after the next chapter I felt so satisfied when I saw その後 and thought, "hang on" I recognize that kanji. Going to be tough to remember the onyomi and kunyomi though.
What's important is remembering kanji in the context of the words they appear in. Remembering the on and kun on their own is usually more effort than it's worth.
In other words, good job! =D
Dude perfect videos for me, I am relearning Japanese since I only made it to chapter 8 by myself and didn't really comprehend before. You have made it way easier to understand. Thank you I hope to finish this series and finally make it to the second book in the series.
I'm happy to hear it! I wish you luck on your journey to book 2! =)
corrects himself and still says ni ........... mood
Your classes are great and I appreciate the effort you put in them.
I small suggestion: maybe a less heavy use of kanjis on such early classes (or show the hiragana immediately). Several times I was lost during the explanation because there was no hiragana and I had no idea what I was looking at, waiting for the hiragana to show up. :)
Yeah, I really should have set the furigana to show up immediately back in the earlier lessons. I forget less frequently these days, and like to leave them like that in case people want to challenge themselves, but I do agree with your critique here.
Thank you!
こんいちは Can't believe that you reply to everyone. Thank you very much for these lessons.
I don't get to everything, but I try! I'm glad the lessons help. ☺️
The most underrated teacher ever with the smartest and the most practical teaching Thanks for your work!
Thank you so much for your great explanation I was confused and reading that chapter again but this video satisfied me. I'll suggest this channel to them who wants to learn Japanese and who does self studies. Keep Making videos like this.❤️
Thank you! I'm happy to hear that you found it useful!
(Doing some thorough revision.) you're lessons are so much fun..
Thank you! I hope your reviews are going well!
I'd just like to say "tokidoki" is also one of my favorite words as well.
Hi Andy!, first thanks for the video, amazing content!!
For those who are wondering the difference between そのご and そのあと ( 44:08) which means after that here is a link.
japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/40263/what-is-the-difference-between-%E3%81%9D%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6-soshite-and-%E3%81%9D%E3%82%8C%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89-sorekara
Also Any maybe you can give us your opinion or explanation?
Trivia, in chinese it would be 然后ranhou 后=後 (simplified version), 然 same kanji as in 全然(ぜんぜん). 然 is a very common kanji/character in both Japanese and Chine. For example 偶然 " by chance" is used in both languages, ぐうぜんin Japanese and "ouran" in chinese.
Thank you Jeremy! =)
Not a bad video. Just watch the pronunciation of a. When you said 食べます it sounded like you said "tab" like in "tablet".
厳しい！ww (^^ゞ
But thank you! My pronunciation and pitch is still far from perfect. Gotta work on it more for sure. =)
This video was posted 2 years ago at the time I’m watching it. It just shows how you have contributed to the study of Japanese and eased our (learners) burden. Fantastic video. Thank you so much 🙏. Please keep up the great work.
Thank you so much btw. This makes studying so much easier and understandable.
Happy to hear it! Thank you!
I like that the subtitles keep interpreting "kaeru" as "Caillou"
Thank you for the lesson again, just wanted to ask are there any exercises that we can do to practice these?
You're welcome!
There are exercises in the Textbook for each lesson, and there are some websites that offer exercises unofficially for Genki 1. I also provide practice videos on my Patreon. =)
Welp, I've studied most of what you went over in the two last parts. But seeing how verbs seem hard I might just go take a break for the day lol
Breaks are definitely necessary sometimes. =)
I am going g back to review grammar. Have heard Genki are quite good. Your lessons are helping me to do that review and decide what level book to get. Thanks for the effort and well structured content. けこ
日本らしのやりかたですね。
Hi bro i have a question that the book suddenly introduces kanji so what should i do learn kanji if so how ? Plz help i am really confused
I have the perfect video for you: ua-cam.com/video/Or5MHVcCy3o/v-deo.html
It's about 1:40 seconds long, and has lots of advice on this. I hope it helps! If not, please let me know!
Good video bro it helped a lot
I'm glad to hear that it helped!
I almost gave up when I got to this chapter. Now I’m finally feeling like I sort of get what’s going on, all thanks to you. I appreciate your channel so much
死ぬ→死にます to die (politely).
I'd guess it's to talk about someone dying but it's still funny to me.
double stick tape pages 86 and 87 together will make it so those pages go away without effecting the other sides.
Perfect!
just started wit genki. i'm glad that i found your channel.
thank you for the time you spend teaching us :)
You're welcome! I'm happy you found us, and I hope that these videos can help you on your journey!
Love your lessons!
Another Godan eru verb: 減る へる To decrease or diminish
話は語っても全然減らない (A tale never lessens in the telling of it)
Indeed! Good catch! I don't remember if I mentioned in this version of the lesson or not that there are definitely more than 12. Most of the common ones are covered here, but there are a few extra common ones like the one Luke mentioned here. =) Thank you!
You deserve WAY more subscribers than 15k, seriously you're a life saver and a great teacher! Thank you for the lesson! ❣
NOw at 39k, but will get to 100k in 2022
So at about 16:30, I was trying to figure out what かたる meant. You kept saying かたる in the video. It seemed to have something to do with cutting off the end of the verb. After about the fourth or fifth time you said it, I realized that かたる was actually "cut the る". Somehow, my beginner Japanese student brain detected an accent and tried to make sense of かたる.
Anyway, funny anecdote aside, I just started the verb conjugation section in chapter 3 (3rd edition), and I remembered coming across this video when I ordered the book a month ago. Your explanations are delightful! Thank you so much!
Hahaha! That happens to me all the time when Japanese people insert random English words into our conversations. I'm like... what Japanese word is that?!
I'm happy to hear that you are finding the videos useful. Thank you for watching! =)
I have been struggling terribly with grammar in my Japanese courses, so this week I decided to go back to basics: I pulled out Genki 1 and went back to this lesson, and then remembered that you offer this support! Your advice to skip p. 86-87 was my first indication that your explanations would be really helpful. Thanks so much for giving such clear and practical guidance; I'll be working my way through G 1 + 2 with your help.
Hi and thanks for the help.
About the section about present Japanese tense and context.
To say : right now I won't drink tea.
Could you say it as:
Ima watashi wa ocha o nomimasen.
Thanks for the video. A huge help bro.
Stay safe せんせい
Thanks, man you're videos are very well produced and extremely helpful!
Thank you! I'm happy to hear that.
Thank you for watching.
This is my second run through of these videos and I have no idea how I didn't subscribe. I went full panic mode and checked all my liked videos because I knew I had to have at least liked them haha. Happily subscribed now!
Damn. I remember feeling supremely overwhelmed and crashing out the first couple of times I got to this lesson when self-studying. It introduces so much at the same time, particularly the first big step-up in difficulty for grammar and kanji for the vocabulary. Giving your videos a once-over before and after being done with each lesson, first to get a good idea of what I'll be studying and later to see if what I've learned after studying from the book and doing the textbook&workbook exercises has stuck with me, has been a huge help in keeping me on track this time around. Coupled with a few other SRS resources to drill the vocabulary, kanji and what I've learned from the grammar, this is the first time I've managed to get past this hurdle, and you've been the biggest help in that regard. Thank you so much for these videos. You have a real gift for teaching. On to the next lesson!
It has been a dream of mine for quite some time to add Japanese to my list of languages on my resume, and these lessons are helping me so much :) I'm happy I got the courage to restart learning Japanese, and thank you wholeheartedly for making these available for everyone
Your awesome bro I was so confused ありがとうございます！😊
I'm happy that it was able to help! =)
Not gonna lie, it took me more than 6 hours to watch the whole video because I had tonllok for the correct way to srite each kanji (since this is the first lesson that we actually see them in use). It was so hard to follow the book by myself.
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!
Keep up the good work :)
I'm glad to hear that you found it useful! You probably don't need to learn to write every single kanji that shows up in the vocabulary or lessons just yet. Those are more for recognition purposes. The kanji that Genki recommends you learn by lesson are in the back of the textbook.
On the other hand, if you ENJOY learning to write each kanji, more power to you! =)
I love this lesson. Makes the chapter make so much more sense. THANK YOU SO MUCH ANDY!!!
I have two questions.
-In the book, it says that 勉強する is also an irregular verb but you don't mention it in your chat. Is that on purpose cause you don't think it's always irregular or for some other reason?
-Also, why was ramen written in katakana and not in hiragana since it's a Japanese word?
1. 勉強する is not an irregular verb exactly. する is irregular, and 勉強する is a する verb, so that means you will conjugation the する part like you would する on it's own. In that sense, I suppose it's irregular, but so are all する verbs then. =) But they are irregular in the same way as する so I didn't see a need to point it out. Hope that makes sense.
Ramen is most commonly written using katakana. I think it's for stylistic reasons. You CAN write it in hiragana, but it's much less common.
You're a really great teacher man, keep it up!
Thank you! I will do my best! =)
why is this guy 100 times better than my actual Japanese teacher. Had I known these existed when my class started it would have been so much easier.
Holy crap this is good stuff. Thanks!
Happy to hear you found it helpful. Thank you for watching! =)
Newbie here. Thank you so much for the verb explanations! A question on kanji-- in Genki book they put the Kanji for the verb with a little hiragana under it, and the romanji next to it. But, those kanji aren't included in the 'learn for this lesson' chapter in the kanji section. Are y'all learning the kanji in the back of the book (Chapter 3 kanji) AND the verb kanji? Or when do you learn those? Thanks!
Honestly, been trying to learn japanese off and on for a while and this series (specifically this video) is probably the best explanation of a lot of topics I like... sort of knew but kept forgetting but this video REALLY helped drill it in so I could finally get it. Thanks for all the hard work. I'll definitely be subscribing to your paid content to help support you.
The one time I'm thankful for a UA-cam recommendation. I've been using three programs(Lingodeer, Bunpro, Wanikani) to learn Japanese. While my vocabulary might be pretty decent, my ability to actually use the language is very poor. Glad to have you going through these lesson. I never felt like I was picking up anything just reading them myself. Have learned a good deal so far. Been going through a lesson a day. Maybe somewhere down the line I'll leave a comment in Japanese. Thank you again.
i've been using wanikani for about 2 months now!! how are you still liking it??
11:57
So basically:
"ere" or "ire" should sound weird when conjugating a verb, and if you catch yourself making that sound?
25:53 Why is は used instead of を in the first sentence? I thought を came brfore verbs, shouldn't it be 「コーヒーを飲みません」?
44:36 Why are these words in Hiragana and not Kanji? Is it different because of the context?
Just found another Ru godan exception: 陥る (おちいる) - To cave in. Conjugates to おちいります and おちいりません
Thanks a lot for this. Lesson 3 was making me start to question if I'd actually be able to get through Genki on my own. I was also wondering how important the kanji for the vocab in lesson 3 is (not the dozen or so kanji in the back of the book for lesson 3).
I'm happy to hear it helped! I hope that you find the other lessons helpful as well. =)
I wouldn't only worry about the ones at the back for now if you plan on using Genki for kanji. Get used to seeing the kanji in the actual lesson, but you don't need to try and memorize each one just yet.
Not sure how this dude has only 168k subs. While people who just throw up 5 hours of anime with text boxes have millions.
excuse me mate, I gotta ask are you the reincarnation of Jesus Christ?
because thank the lord for coming to save me, he has finally answered my prayers and delivered a saviour. :D
アンドさん ! Wouldn't "To understand " 分かる also be an exception ? Wouldn't it be 分かります。?