Makes sense, changing language really does seem to change a persons personality because your pitch may change. Also, the language often comes with the culture, and you may speak more politely or the other way around, like you can speak English very crassly and it’ll be considered casual but it may come off as rude or shocking in other languages. Just the way the language *is*, some things just don’t translate the same and you might even find that you deliver your sense of humor in a different way. It’s all honestly very cool, though.
I've been studying Japanese for a year, and I was getting discouraged, but now hearing "thousands and thousands of hours," I realize I have to give it more time. I study every day and have made a lot of progress. I just have to accept it's going to take a long, long time to become fluent.
Don't be discouraged, it took me many years to learn Spanish as well. Of course, being immersed in the culture helps, speaking it with others is the best way to learn. But we can get by with lots of shows and movies and of course, youtube!
You just have to forget about when and how just trust that you are putting work and and consistency, good variety material, try having some fun with it using your interests and daily tasks like reading news, social media etc just think about it as a life long journey, you don't need to understand this and that it will always feel cloudy and your brain will always doubt your ability and look for excuses! vaild" excuses" !! just keep reminding your self everytime by watching stuff about language learning I love watching steve kuffmann my main tool is listening and reading at the same time and sometimes I mix stuff depending on the mood sorry for the long comment but I had success learning english and doing good in French so I thought I can help someone with my knowledge but of course japanese will be more difficult but will be more rewarding good luck 💜😮
I don't think I've ever seen an English-speaking person whose second language is Japanese forgetting an English word and then asking a Japanese person who's second language is english give him the correction 😂
it's because he lives in japan and probably speaks it most of the day and has to think in it. it happens a lot when you live in a country that speaks your second language! you start to forget random words in your first language
When the guy said I'm forgetting English, it reminded me of my friend who was from Panama, she married my frien from the USA. Here at that time, nobody spoke Spanish so she always spoke English. After a few years, she was talking on the phone to her sister, who also spoke English. Then sis put her kids on the phone, who only spoke Spanish. I remember seeing the look on my friend's face when the kids started talking, my friend closed her eyes like she was concentrating, and then she started speaking Spanish. When she got off the phone she said that's the first time in my life I actually had to THINK in Spanish, think about what words I was going to say. But she said after the first few words, it was like riding a bike and her Spanish just started flowing naturally again.
Lmao he made me laugh so hard when he lost English cause I can relate. I'm a polyglot so I am forgetting all languages constantly but lately mostly English. I haven't forgotten my mother tongue though
I’m far from a polyglot but it’s happened to me too! I’d forget a word in English, that being my first language, but remember it in German or Spanish usually. It is pretty rare however, far from a weekly occurrence even. Once I even thought to myself “Was puedo hacer?” Immediately after, I was simply shooketh at the abominable combination of German and Spanish! I occasionally think in one of those three languages at a time, but this was the first time I crossed two foreign languages together in my head. It felt so natural yet so bewildering at the same time. Ooh and if you don’t mind, I’ve a couple questions since I rarely come across polyglots. How is it that you go about learning and acquiring new languages? Have you learned about them as a necessity, or because you wanted to? I don’t really see myself becoming a polyglot, but I really enjoy using and learning foreign languages. It’s to the point where I taught myself how to read Russian and Ukrainian because I wanted to hear more music from Eastern Europe. Sure I can’t understand 99% of what’s said or written, but I find myself slowly improving in my listening as well as pronunciation. I apologize if this is a lengthy read and thank you in advance!
100%. Different languages can force you to use different parts of your mouth, and that often leads to a completely different tone of voice. It's really cool stuff.
This was an interesting watch for me because when he said じゅんびは英語でなんだけ, i actually caught that. Which is kinda wild because a) i'd never heard the word じゅんび before, and b) i wasn't familiar with the use of なんだけ, but it still made sense to me. So this was like a great learning/teaching moment, and a great confirmation that i am actually starting to pick up the language. Awesome.
This is true for many languages. I took Spanish in high school and college but when you're out there speaking with native speakers there's Mexican Spanish and tex mex Spanish and so on, and then Spanish in Spain is quite different as well.
Dude you 100% can! My sister is diagnosed dyslexic and could not read or write until 8th grade. At 23 she became a published poet and now at 30 reads Chaucer for funsies. It’s all possible!!
It's true. Before Netflix it was impossible to find Japanese audio or movies. If only they had some kind of magic technology with silver disks and lasers.
Im 23 so I'm technically cant speak much about pre netflix, but no way there wasnt abundant anime + japanese shows on the internet in the early-mid 2000s
@Young City Bandit on the Internet 😂 I'm in my 30s so can speak from experience. Yes you can get access if you download it illegally. But if you're not into that, then no, there was nothing!!! There were illegal streaming sites that were getting popular at the end of the 2000s but if you're not tech savvy and just an average kid, you won't be able to watch anything!! On demand video really didn't exist before Netflix! That's why the OP is correct. The best way back then to learn wad via CDs and DVDs
@@youngcitybandit there wasn't bro. It was called books, tapes, CD roms, movies you could possibly rent, anime you'd have to buy, VHS, DVDs, etc. And that one Japanese friend in town. Like really you kids I swear..
@@pluviophile1988 not really lol. Internet was a thing since i could always remember. But im referencing my uncles and cousins who watched a lot of anime back then
Brings me back to my house school days when you were only allowed to ask what an English word in Japanese was in Japanese 😭 and if you needed to use the bathroom you have to say it in Japanese. Literally only phrase that I remember till this day bc I needed to know to survive kaijuu level number 2s
lmao as someone who’s bilingual, losing the other language while you focus on one is relatable asf and kind of crazy 😭 if i spend too much time listening and speaking korean, i will forget english words that i use all the time and sit there looking like an idiot while whoever i’m talking to has to finish my sentences🥲
It's so true. The difference between being a second language learner and native is that natives will always know even rarely used words whereas foreigners are less likely to. It's so hard to acquire all vocab possible!! 😢
human brain is very impressive. In english I hear certain words maybe twice or three times in my entire life but still understand it perfectly later on, but in other language it is very hard to remember things like that, unless i practice it many times
I'm a native English speaker who also studied other languages. I can attest to the fact that if you are in an environment where there are no English speakers (for a long enough time) there will come a time when your native tongue will become pseudo-foreign to you. That's when you seek out bilingual folks and ask them to translate words into English for you. Because you're routinely thinking and processing information in the other language.
Absolutely agree w him. Aside from native I speak 4 languages, none of them perfect;) Best, fastest way to learn language is to move to the country where it’s spoken and immerse yourself in it. Also, you need to maintain it. You don’t use it you lose it;)
Full interview
czcams.com/video/NmPFcBnwZG8/video.html
takashii you always interview the coolest people
Great, relaxed interview style. Makes me proud to be a human being, listening to all these young people.
He sounds like a completely different person when he speaks Japanese 😂 sounds great
I’m jealous 😂
Happens all the time with languages and accents. Some languages have a natural high pitch, such as japanese.
its a different neurological path, so in a very simple way, yes, he becomes a different person
Makes sense, changing language really does seem to change a persons personality because your pitch may change. Also, the language often comes with the culture, and you may speak more politely or the other way around, like you can speak English very crassly and it’ll be considered casual but it may come off as rude or shocking in other languages. Just the way the language *is*, some things just don’t translate the same and you might even find that you deliver your sense of humor in a different way. It’s all honestly very cool, though.
That's true, I speak four languages and I feel that when I speak those languages I act like the native speakers of the languages.
I don't know an ounce of Japanese but he sounded super fluent. Had the mannerisms too
The dude is a comedian in Japan. His Japanese is phenomenal for a foreigner
@@FISHGOMOO4321 and his name is what?
@@365DaysOfBald His stage name is Nickniisan, or in japanese: ニック兄さん
@@nala3055 His stage name is Nickniisan, or in japanese: ニック兄さん
@@FISHGOMOO4321 His stage name is actually TimeBombGeinin, his nickname is Nick-Niisan (no pun intended)
Your English has improved dramatically
😂😂😂😂😂
Juu over Juu desu ne
I hope he doesn't forget Japanese lol
Lol
@@Tate525GIRL... he speaks Japanese to everyone I'm his daily life...
I've been studying Japanese for a year, and I was getting discouraged, but now hearing "thousands and thousands of hours," I realize I have to give it more time. I study every day and have made a lot of progress. I just have to accept it's going to take a long, long time to become fluent.
Don't be discouraged, it took me many years to learn Spanish as well. Of course, being immersed in the culture helps, speaking it with others is the best way to learn. But we can get by with lots of shows and movies and of course, youtube!
Japanese is the FURTHEST language from English! It’s going to take a lot of hard work and patience!
All the Best 👍 You can do It 👍
You just have to forget about when and how just trust that you are putting work and and consistency, good variety material, try having some fun with it using your interests and daily tasks like reading news, social media etc just think about it as a life long journey, you don't need to understand this and that it will always feel cloudy and your brain will always doubt your ability and look for excuses! vaild" excuses" !! just keep reminding your self everytime by watching stuff about language learning I love watching steve kuffmann my main tool is listening and reading at the same time and sometimes I mix stuff depending on the mood sorry for the long comment but I had success learning english and doing good in French so I thought I can help someone with my knowledge but of course japanese will be more difficult but will be more rewarding good luck 💜😮
Fighting! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
His voice in Japanese ..... Work of art .
He suddenly became a japanese man born from a japanese womb when he speaks japanese.
Damn he already sounds really good! Great work man!
人のアクセントはとても良い😮
僕は初心者は日本語が上手ないとして、これはとても鼓舞する！
@@weskerstar1996 つまり、彼らは初心者なので、まだ流暢に話せなくても不思議ではありません😅
Takashii is so fluent he was ready with "preparation"!
日本語うますぎます！
ニックが英語喋ってるのなんかニヤニヤしちゃう笑
I admit that the things you learn from books are not enough.
@@hits_different dude thought he could get everything from books, even girls. this made him rethink that.
bro studied Japanese so long he forgot english
Edit: thanks for the likes
happens to me as well, i am norwegian and sometimes i forget what some words are in norwegian and have to ask what is *english word* in norwegian.
@@skattum2216 me to and i speak Norwegian and English 😂
My story after starting to use Japanese!!
I think it’s more like you are thinking in Japanese mode so you are not easily as recalling the English words
He's just saying that lol
He’s so cute. I love how expressive his gestures are too.
Him forgetting English was more awesome for me than it should be 😂
I don't think I've ever seen an English-speaking person whose second language is Japanese forgetting an English word and then asking a Japanese person who's second language is english give him the correction 😂
so epic hahha
it's because he lives in japan and probably speaks it most of the day and has to think in it. it happens a lot when you live in a country that speaks your second language! you start to forget random words in your first language
Not the same situation but I´m Russian and I grew up in the Czech Republic and I sometimes have to ask my friend who´s learning Russian for words xD
When the guy said I'm forgetting English, it reminded me of my friend who was from Panama, she married my frien from the USA. Here at that time, nobody spoke Spanish so she always spoke English. After a few years, she was talking on the phone to her sister, who also spoke English. Then sis put her kids on the phone, who only spoke Spanish. I remember seeing the look on my friend's face when the kids started talking, my friend closed her eyes like she was concentrating, and then she started speaking Spanish. When she got off the phone she said that's the first time in my life I actually had to THINK in Spanish, think about what words I was going to say. But she said after the first few words, it was like riding a bike and her Spanish just started flowing naturally again.
Bro rocking that Canadian tuxedo like no other lol😂
Edit: denim head to toe baaaaby 😂
This guy's voice is so nice
Lmao he made me laugh so hard when he lost English cause I can relate. I'm a polyglot so I am forgetting all languages constantly but lately mostly English. I haven't forgotten my mother tongue though
I’m far from a polyglot but it’s happened to me too! I’d forget a word in English, that being my first language, but remember it in German or Spanish usually. It is pretty rare however, far from a weekly occurrence even.
Once I even thought to myself “Was puedo hacer?” Immediately after, I was simply shooketh at the abominable combination of German and Spanish! I occasionally think in one of those three languages at a time, but this was the first time I crossed two foreign languages together in my head. It felt so natural yet so bewildering at the same time.
Ooh and if you don’t mind, I’ve a couple questions since I rarely come across polyglots. How is it that you go about learning and acquiring new languages? Have you learned about them as a necessity, or because you wanted to?
I don’t really see myself becoming a polyglot, but I really enjoy using and learning foreign languages. It’s to the point where I taught myself how to read Russian and Ukrainian because I wanted to hear more music from Eastern Europe. Sure I can’t understand 99% of what’s said or written, but I find myself slowly improving in my listening as well as pronunciation.
I apologize if this is a lengthy read and thank you in advance!
If you don't mind me asking what are the languages that you speak
He's awesome!
He is spot on his description of studying vs. acquiring a language. 👌
Immersion is the key to learning a language for sure!!
You know what I love about speaking other languages… I swear peoples voice changes and sound way different in each language.
100%. Different languages can force you to use different parts of your mouth, and that often leads to a completely different tone of voice. It's really cool stuff.
Wow! He’s great and cute too. Would be a great actor IMO. I enjoy his voice. 🥰👌🏾♥️
This was an interesting watch for me because when he said じゅんびは英語でなんだけ, i actually caught that. Which is kinda wild because a) i'd never heard the word じゅんび before, and b) i wasn't familiar with the use of なんだけ, but it still made sense to me. So this was like a great learning/teaching moment, and a great confirmation that i am actually starting to pick up the language. Awesome.
what a voice…
What a wonderful role model for those who want to learn Japanese!
英語忘れたノリまで入れてくれるニック兄貴
I want my Spanish to be like his Japanese🙌🏿
This is true for many languages. I took Spanish in high school and college but when you're out there speaking with native speakers there's Mexican Spanish and tex mex Spanish and so on, and then Spanish in Spain is quite different as well.
This guy needs to be on camera. He seems natural in front of it. He MUST have experience, right?
Yeah, he seems great to listen to. If anyone knows if he shares anything publicly, I'd love to give him a follow!😊
Give that man's Barber a raise.
Yeah omg they barely add additives while in America and they’re like meh sawdust won’t actually kill you *throws in Kraft cheese container*
Yeah, here in Europe almost every additive used in the US is banned hahaha
I saw a dude at Tobu Zoo about 5 years ago wearing this exact fit, and I'm convinced it was this dude 😂
The all denim fit has me 💀💀💀 I fuck w it
Proof that comprehensible input works.
I want to be like that guy. Real motivation. I am dyslexic - but I can do it.
Dude you 100% can! My sister is diagnosed dyslexic and could not read or write until 8th grade. At 23 she became a published poet and now at 30 reads Chaucer for funsies. It’s all possible!!
ニックが出た瞬間にお茶噴いたよね
Very true, I learned some Japanese mainly from listening to it rather than hardcore studying it
I dig this guy's vibe.
His accent totally like native Japanese 👍👏.
The so so so so definitely top tier japanese language.
Great student of language…commitment
It's true. Before Netflix it was impossible to find Japanese audio or movies. If only they had some kind of magic technology with silver disks and lasers.
Im 23 so I'm technically cant speak much about pre netflix, but no way there wasnt abundant anime + japanese shows on the internet in the early-mid 2000s
@Young City Bandit on the Internet 😂 I'm in my 30s so can speak from experience. Yes you can get access if you download it illegally. But if you're not into that, then no, there was nothing!!! There were illegal streaming sites that were getting popular at the end of the 2000s but if you're not tech savvy and just an average kid, you won't be able to watch anything!! On demand video really didn't exist before Netflix! That's why the OP is correct. The best way back then to learn wad via CDs and DVDs
@@youngcitybandit there wasn't bro. It was called books, tapes, CD roms, movies you could possibly rent, anime you'd have to buy, VHS, DVDs, etc. And that one Japanese friend in town. Like really you kids I swear..
@@youngcitybandit you really can't imagine life before the internet can you 😂
@@pluviophile1988 not really lol. Internet was a thing since i could always remember. But im referencing my uncles and cousins who watched a lot of anime back then
Bro is in s full Canadian tuxedo 🤣🤣🤣
I wanna get to that level where I forget some words from my native language but know japanese so well i know how to say it that way instead
He is so happy
I love him😂
ニックさんかっこええわ
Dude really went full denim.
Bro is my inspiration
え、普通にうまいんだが。。。
日本在住14年目やけね
@@takadadensetsu daaaaaamn 羨ましい
I love this channel vet cool
It's fun to see someone switch languages effortlessly like that
Brings me back to my house school days when you were only allowed to ask what an English word in Japanese was in Japanese 😭 and if you needed to use the bathroom you have to say it in Japanese. Literally only phrase that I remember till this day bc I needed to know to survive kaijuu level number 2s
Bro's got nice hair
lmao as someone who’s bilingual, losing the other language while you focus on one is relatable asf and kind of crazy 😭 if i spend too much time listening and speaking korean, i will forget english words that i use all the time and sit there looking like an idiot while whoever i’m talking to has to finish my sentences🥲
I like how chill takashii is mane like a anime character
His accent is amazing
So much denim
Actually v japanese
best fit
He should be in mario
Denim denim denim
😂😂😂
2001 called...
I remember him from Nogieigo, he had some really funny moments there xD
Sweet guy 🥰
bros in full canadian tuxedo
These hand gestures did not add anything but I'm jealous of him being so active while speaking
Watching years of anima is how this guy started
When u study and been in Japan or near Japanese People you pick up characteristics to appear more fluent
As a Japanese the way he said "we barely use it" part reminded me of a random japanese uncle speaking😂
Love his Canadian tuxedo
He got that bilingual struggle I love him
My man Dresses how Japanese girls would think an American guy dresses
🤣
そうとsoが日本語と英語も一緒😂
ちょっと違うんだけど。英語で「そう、そう、そう」とは「Yeah, yeah, yeah」。その「so, so, so」は日本語だった。字幕はちょっと間違っていた。
@@AJGress
なるほど👀
I need to hear him speak Japanese more… MORE… I need MORE!!!
This guy def the blue power ranger.
Damn that a nice denim you got there, look at all that honeycomb man, japanese denim is nothing to compare to, literally the best
Definitely a Krashen fan. His dead giveaway was "acquire".
He reminds me of Gackt somehow in a good way
Why is he so handsome 😻
This guys english is great.
😂😂😂
He seems chill
This guy my inspiration
It's so true. The difference between being a second language learner and native is that natives will always know even rarely used words whereas foreigners are less likely to. It's so hard to acquire all vocab possible!! 😢
human brain is very impressive. In english I hear certain words maybe twice or three times in my entire life but still understand it perfectly later on, but in other language it is very hard to remember things like that, unless i practice it many times
@@JohnJohnson-yi6jg I know!!! It's all about what age and environment
Holy crap his accent was really good?!? 😮
You know you have become fluent in Japanese when you start forgetting English words to Japanese words.
I'm a native English speaker who also studied other languages. I can attest to the fact that if you are in an environment where there are no English speakers (for a long enough time) there will come a time when your native tongue will become pseudo-foreign to you.
That's when you seek out bilingual folks and ask them to translate words into English for you. Because you're routinely thinking and processing information in the other language.
he sounds so cute plss bilingual problems when forgetting a word in another language agdjsj
Denim pants or denim jacket?
This guy: 波動拳!
Bro rocking the joutfit
His jap3sound is so good
Wow he speaks like a native 😮
He threw that in real slick
Absolutely agree w him. Aside from native I speak 4 languages, none of them perfect;)
Best, fastest way to learn language is to move to the country where it’s spoken and immerse yourself in it.
Also, you need to maintain it.
You don’t use it you lose it;)
I'm forgetting english 😂
It's true actually
@@MrAmor-wh1rm i can relate, thats why i laughed 🤣
this guy's really cool
so this is the life of last Samurai
Nick here!! He’s on Japanese TV (NHK) teaching English and has a CZcams channel too 😊
How to find him? 😅😅😅
This guy looks like he is a legend
Dude could do dub
The ending was fire 🔥🔥
I bet he can do a cowboy accent while speaking Japanese
Sometimes I have that too. I live in german, but I watch movies, shows, CZcams in englisch. Sometimes I forget german words
he's the definition of denim on denim