Rating Random People's Japanese Skills

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  • čas přidán 13. 01. 2020
  • Today, Joey sensei is here to grade your Japanese speaking and answer your burning linguistic questions!
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  • @CarronBarboza
    @CarronBarboza Před 4 lety +4080

    Joey when rating people's anime taste: "TRRAAAAASSSHHHHH"
    Joey when rating people's Japanese: "You're doing great! Here's something I noticed you could do and how you could improve

    • @bluecarrot6350
      @bluecarrot6350 Před 4 lety +113

      Idk why but Gordon Ramsay was what first came to mind when I processed ur comment 😂

    • @tinatina7590
      @tinatina7590 Před 4 lety +47

      Brielle LeNord Joey, the Gordon Ramsey of anime

    • @aby1061
      @aby1061 Před 4 lety +50

      It’s like Gordon when speaking to adults as opposed to Gordon speaking to children

    • @reyvelmarcello466
      @reyvelmarcello466 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Pope_ what

    • @soseikiharagatatsu7859
      @soseikiharagatatsu7859 Před 4 lety +3

      It's like when it comes to anime Joey is like a Superior or a god fan of anime

  • @Dogen
    @Dogen Před 4 lety +772

    Thanks for the shoutout dude! Thought a few people might be interested, so I just posted a video explaining Japanese pitch-accent. Good luck with your Japanese studies everyone!

    • @envicci1564
      @envicci1564 Před 4 lety +11

      I love you dogen i know you posted this months ago but I'd say it anyway

    • @jqa16
      @jqa16 Před 3 lety +10

      日本語上手

  • @tori4770
    @tori4770 Před 4 lety +2108

    The highlights in Joey's eyes look like hearts lol

    • @katie4799
      @katie4799 Před 4 lety +67

      Omg your right holy shii---

    • @eaugh6604
      @eaugh6604 Před 4 lety +116

      so I guess he's a yandere now

    • @Veronicz
      @Veronicz Před 4 lety +54

      The light reveals the truth.

    • @youm3846
      @youm3846 Před 4 lety +31

      oh my I cant unsee that now😂

    • @zackberesheim
      @zackberesheim Před 4 lety +8

      Dammit. 😂😂😂

  • @GrimmBones
    @GrimmBones Před 4 lety +1223

    Joey: "Our R's, or how we Australians like to call it, our Ahs."
    Me: "So, from your point of view, Egyptians believe in the almighty god of sun, Ahaa?"

    • @anderssondyke9919
      @anderssondyke9919 Před 4 lety +7

      L is different...... XD

    • @AravaxElvor
      @AravaxElvor Před 4 lety +17

      We do use the actual R sound for some things lol. I had trouble pronouncing R's when I was little tho because of that problem

    • @d-swagg9683
      @d-swagg9683 Před 4 lety +16

      Aaahhh. I'm a pirate.

    • @AkiraMoon313
      @AkiraMoon313 Před 4 lety +7

      BAHHAA this made my day! 🤣🤣🤣 I think Australians use r when it starts a word though, like rain. British does the same

    • @pot.8327
      @pot.8327 Před 4 lety +5

      Ancient Egyptians*

  • @harshil9270
    @harshil9270 Před 4 lety +6806

    The video: "rating random people's japanese"
    me:"seems interesting"
    also the video:"ITTAI ONII CHAN ITTAI"

  • @jarbackk447
    @jarbackk447 Před 4 lety +1209

    How to reply to 99% of all Japanese conversations:
    EhhhH
    MmmM
    Sou sou sou
    Eeeee
    AhhHh

    • @Riknos
      @Riknos Před 4 lety +70

      そですか? Worth its weight in gold.

    • @tldoesntlikebread
      @tldoesntlikebread Před 4 lety +48

      ee means 'Yes'
      Eh? is 'huh?/what?'
      Hee means 'Is that so? ' or rather "oh?" very casually (and it can also be connected with sou desu ka?)

    • @nikolatesla3762
      @nikolatesla3762 Před 4 lety +16

      Hai hai soudesu ne

    • @kamo7293
      @kamo7293 Před 4 lety +12

      Sou da ne. is another one

    • @nikolatesla3762
      @nikolatesla3762 Před 4 lety +15

      @@kamo7293 If you want effect like 'No way' then say, "Uso! "

  • @prettysakurafl0wer
    @prettysakurafl0wer Před 3 lety +464

    I literally came from Trash Taste just to see Joey give the W to Brandon. LMAO.

  • @kevinMIAMIHEATWADE3
    @kevinMIAMIHEATWADE3 Před 4 lety +416

    "its all about the tongue movement and the position of your tongue in your moth" Joey teaching us more than just Japanese here

    • @fardin6588
      @fardin6588 Před 4 lety +14

      THIS NEEDS MORE LIKES LMAOOO

    • @nyaw1215
      @nyaw1215 Před 4 lety +6

      Lmao

    • @shinra6856
      @shinra6856 Před 3 lety +5

      wonder where he got that from

    • @lainiwakura3741
      @lainiwakura3741 Před 3 lety +2

      @@shinra6856 Its a part of linguistics. Look up phonetics or articulation phonetics which describes how specific phonemes (the sounds we can make and hear) are pronounces in case you want to learn more yourself.

    • @Thetravelingmonke
      @Thetravelingmonke Před 2 lety

      So does that mean joey is really good at given, wait where am i going with this

  • @gwynetharisto2944
    @gwynetharisto2944 Před 4 lety +645

    13:57 it's Ash! Ash is a former/graduated member of MNL48, a Filipino sister group of AKB48. Us, the fans of their group, know how Ash-chan is working hard to develop her Japanese speaking skills and her appearing in this video is evidence of that. Ganbatte Ash-chan! 💗✨

  • @malaika6302
    @malaika6302 Před 4 lety +364

    Joey trying to explain the r and l’s just looks like him throwing gang signs

    • @floofy1
      @floofy1 Před 4 lety +7

      dude i fucking lol-ed HAHAHA

  • @raive2this818
    @raive2this818 Před 4 lety +352

    14:00 As a Filipino, I noticed her saying "ano." That's actually something that a lot of Asian cultures have in common. "ano..." is basically the universal "Um..." of most Asian languages

    • @adastra2238
      @adastra2238 Před 4 lety +52

      Say that to a native spanish speaker.

    • @satviksingaraveni7221
      @satviksingaraveni7221 Před 4 lety +6

      Even as an indian, I say that all the time.

    • @peyotesavedmylife
      @peyotesavedmylife Před 4 lety +3

      @@adastra2238 jajaja

    • @sebas7811
      @sebas7811 Před 4 lety +3

      Same bro aqui un mexicano
      Por cierti se que solo algunas palabras se dicen igual en filipino y español

    • @hyouketsunojack3232
      @hyouketsunojack3232 Před 4 lety +13

      Ano means in spanish the hole where your poop come out in spanish xD

  • @emilia7028
    @emilia7028 Před 4 lety +63

    As an English teacher (with English being my second language), mad respect for Joey for that very technical and accurate explanation of the /r/, /l/ and /d/ 🔥🔥🔥
    To people who learn English for general communication purposes, these things are hard to notice. But in my situation, many of my students can self-practice better when I go into details about the place and manner of articulation. It's always fun to see their reactions when they realize linguistic kids know everyone's vocal instruments better than they do themselves 😂

  • @peachigo5495
    @peachigo5495 Před 4 lety +202

    I was expecting a roast but found some wholesomeness instead

    • @nightskymusic1293
      @nightskymusic1293 Před 4 lety +3

      Some of the tips actually helped me ありがとうアニメまんーさん

  • @megu6137
    @megu6137 Před 4 lety +551

    Joey: Infact I did another Japanese 101 video a while ago
    Video: *3 years old*

  • @justalittlebitofblue4571
    @justalittlebitofblue4571 Před 4 lety +74

    Brandon actually lived in Japan speaks it quite fluently, used to be in a j-pop band and does a lot of translating anime as well as voice acting

  • @TG_HanJie
    @TG_HanJie Před 4 lety +1484

    Other people: *having hard time being bilingual*
    Malaysian and Singaporean: *laugh in at least trilingual*

    • @tiffsyyy2470
      @tiffsyyy2470 Před 4 lety +22

      Pentalingual? 🤔

    • @TG_HanJie
      @TG_HanJie Před 4 lety +53

      @@tiffsyyy2470 I did say at least trilingual, which meant even pentalingual are included, just not everybody are it

    • @yugao2
      @yugao2 Před 4 lety +30

      Plus chinese dialect such as fochow, hakka, hokien, cantonese and much more.

    • @alex5201341
      @alex5201341 Před 4 lety +44

      True being Malaysian or Singaporean. You should at least be able to speak 2 or 3 more languages.

    • @Kiwi_wee
      @Kiwi_wee Před 4 lety +30

      Me: *reads comments*
      Also me: Oh I'm good at Malay and Iban
      Chinese: Looming over my ass with a C grade

  • @johanliebert6734
    @johanliebert6734 Před 4 lety +292

    Speaks Chinese and Japanese and has a Korean boyfriend. She has totally engrossed herself in east-asian culture

    • @meimei98
      @meimei98 Před 4 lety +69

      I learned Chinese in high school so I could learn Japanese in University. Then I came to Japan to study at a Japanese University and met my Korean boyfriend. It's crazy when I think about it. I'm so grateful for all the opportunities and experiences I have been given ^^

    • @Riknos
      @Riknos Před 4 lety +10

      @@meimei98 it's very impressive that you can learn so many languages! I've been studying Japanese for over a year now and I still suck at it 😅

    • @ShradeCorelancer
      @ShradeCorelancer Před 4 lety +6

      learning chinese in young age really do benefit in learning japanese then. you can really relate with kanji-pinyin

    • @tldoesntlikebread
      @tldoesntlikebread Před 4 lety +1

      @@ShradeCorelancer wdym Pinyin, don't you mean Hanzi? Pinyin is like Romaji, romanization system.

    • @tldoesntlikebread
      @tldoesntlikebread Před 4 lety +1

      I'm jealous, those 3 languages are exactly the ones I want to learn.

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 Před 4 lety +1966

    _"RATING RANDOM PEOPLE'S JAPANESE SKILLS."_
    *Filthy Frank:* I am speak the language of the gods.

    • @pizzatime7433
      @pizzatime7433 Před 4 lety +68

      Yeah flithy frank was the ultimate Japanese weaboo nobody could ever challenge him

    • @whateverworksmate.721
      @whateverworksmate.721 Před 4 lety +17

      ah yes. Franku-san sure taught me a lot of useful Japanese words.

    • @samsev
      @samsev Před 4 lety +5

      papa franku:(

    • @shlominagar1929
      @shlominagar1929 Před 4 lety +7

      He speaks the language of chin chin

    • @lokman-
      @lokman- Před 4 lety +5

      @Alfredo Müller Etxeberria ever heard of sarcasm?

  • @ashleycloud31
    @ashleycloud31 Před 8 měsíci +4

    I was reminded of this video by a friend who saw me here recently. I am the girl from the Philippines at 14:00. I have read some of the comments and am very thankful to both the viewers and Joey for the praises. For those interested: I got the job, got promoted last December, and am working on my next promotion as well. I hope everyone's doing well! :D

  • @thatswhyihatelife7940
    @thatswhyihatelife7940 Před 4 lety +727

    *every weeb wish: to watch anime without sub*

    • @anthony23ant
      @anthony23ant Před 4 lety +49

      Yea but sometimes I prefer subs on any videos just because I'm fucking deaf... 😂

    • @okipullup.5753
      @okipullup.5753 Před 4 lety +40

      And to read some fucking untranslated manga.

    • @ehhtee7901
      @ehhtee7901 Před 4 lety +4

      This is the dumbest reason to learn

    • @mae-sb5dt
      @mae-sb5dt Před 4 lety +44

      Eh Htee every reason is a good reason to learn. learning a language is good no matter why you want to learn it! some learn it because of their culture, others learn it because of friends/partner, and some just want to learn for fun! :)

    • @stoppedposting8239
      @stoppedposting8239 Před 4 lety +3

      Yup also i love japan and japanese it's so different and unique

  • @o0Yozora0o
    @o0Yozora0o Před 4 lety +135

    Joey: a half Australian and Japanese, who is proficient and fluent in both languages.
    Me: a Malaysian who learn 3 languages since birth, struggling to master one of them :-(

    • @a.tforshort4556
      @a.tforshort4556 Před 4 lety +4

      Same, but i am not Malaysia, but heeyyy!!!! _Keep Trying, it will work someday :)_

    • @banned0404
      @banned0404 Před 4 lety

      Oi omae

    • @banned0404
      @banned0404 Před 4 lety

      I'm a Malaysian too!! XD

    • @imgaaye_69
      @imgaaye_69 Před 4 lety

      Same :'((

    • @impish492
      @impish492 Před 4 lety +2

      I feel ya, Bahasa, English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, I can only speak English well :(

  • @darkviking7135
    @darkviking7135 Před 4 lety +587

    6:51 “if you can roll your R like a lot of European languages”
    Me and probably some other Europeans: *proud af*
    Edit
    Countries currently in this thread
    Belgium (me)
    Poland
    France
    Czech Republic
    Germany
    Russia
    Spain
    Philippines
    Finland
    Ukrain
    South-Africa
    Norway
    Bulgaria
    Saudi Arabia
    Netherlands
    Romania
    Hungary
    Sweden
    Italy
    Argentinia
    USA
    UK
    Portugal
    Serbia
    China
    Peru
    Croatia
    Albania
    Mexico
    El Salvador
    Malaysia
    Turkey
    Canada
    India
    Indonesia
    Colombia
    Honduras
    Serbia
    Australia
    Brazil
    Switzerland
    Greece
    Dominican Republic
    Austria

    • @FingonNarmolanya
      @FingonNarmolanya Před 4 lety +34

      True, true. For example polish got so many weird af sounds that japanese pronunciation isn't all that hard.

    • @elhenwhe
      @elhenwhe Před 4 lety +8

      i'm french and i can totally relate

    • @Noltdoff3
      @Noltdoff3 Před 4 lety +10

      I am czech and i can totally relate, just the pronunciation of the letters in japanese alphabet sound very similliar.

    • @elizavetagluskova5495
      @elizavetagluskova5495 Před 4 lety +11

      I am German and the sounds we have are a lot of the times similar to Japanese sounds what makes it a bit easier for us. But for gods sake I can't roll an R even though I am half Russian.

    • @Pantano63
      @Pantano63 Před 4 lety +12

      It's true for Spanish. Japanese and Spanish have a quite similar sound palette.

  • @esper5323
    @esper5323 Před 4 lety +78

    my advice for some of the people submitting japanese in this video (i've listed many things below joey missed out on, so feel free to keep reading if you want more insight).
    grammatical correctness doesn't necessarily mean it's the most natural way of phrasing it.
    for example, 三匹の猫を飼っています is grammatically correct, but 猫を3匹飼っています would be more common (and therefore natural) for us to say.
    i personally think the person at 14:00 has the best japanese in this video. almost every one of her sentences is quite natural. but, she tends to overuse けど and が quite a lot, which leaves it with a somewhat awkward feeling (therefore sounding slightly more clunky). i did notice one small particle error where she said アッシュで呼んでください, where it should have been アッシュと呼んでください.
    what joey mentioned about ありませんけど which he corrected to ありませんが is the same. ありませんけど is grammatically correct. but it would be more natural for us to say ありませんが there.
    another thing i'd say, for the girl at 2:38:
    話すことなら苦手です sounds a bit awkward. it would be better to say 話すことが苦手です. if you she meant like "when it comes to ~", she can also say 話すとなると苦手です there (though this isn't super common and 話すことが苦手です is more natural here imho).
    secondly, どうすればもっと上手になりますか. this is a veeeeery slight correction. this phrase is grammatically correct, but it'd be more natural if she said どうすればもっと上手になれますか。
    for the guy at 2:02 and the girl at 18:35 - you both said almost the same thing. the guy said 毎日日本語を勉強します and the girl said 実は毎日日本語と中国語を勉強します. this sounds like you have decided to study it going forward but haven't really started yet. in both of these cases, it'd be more natural to say 勉強しています to show that you're already undergoing study.
    the guy at 10:18, his actual japanese was quite impressive. the one thing i'd say is with 僕がアニメの英語吹き替え版の声優なんですが, this'd be more natural with 僕は. his spoken japanese is quite impressive and he clearly has a large vocabulary. his 悪口 he pronounced わるくち but this word is read as わるぐち. i can't really explain why, but 吹き替え版の質を良くしようと死ぬほど頑張ってる sounds a bit awkward, too. if it was me, perhaps i'd say something like 仕事の質を高めるように努めています or something here. his accent sounds quite off for me, as he sounds kind of.. breathy? i guess is the word? it sounds slightly foreigner-y but i can't put my finger on why. perhaps japanese people speak it more nonchalantly, haha.
    the girl at 18:28 makes a few grammatical errors which stick out to me as well.  一番緊張になってと思います sounds wrong. you can just simplify it and say 話すときが一番緊張します and that's fine though. 大変と思います would be better as 大変だと思います grammatically, but imo it would be better to say somehing like すごく大変でした。韓国人の彼氏に付き合って以来、日本語話すは上手になってかもしれません is also grammatically incorrect. firstly you can't stick a particle right after a verb without a nominalizer (の or こと), and you can't say かもしれません after te form. i'd maybe say 韓国人の彼氏と付き合ってから私の日本語力はとても上がりました。or something. last thing i can suggest for her is to watch her accent a bit. sometimes she says a word that sounds either super-foreigny or just awkward. her 以来 sounded very weird to me (almost chinesey, actually) and her します in 勉強します seems off as well. oh, and when she says "i've been a fan since 2015" she just says the number and nothing else, which is a no-no in japanese. when you want to say the year, you have to say 年 after the number.
    as for the pitch accent/kanji thing at 19:36, joey misuses the kanji (honestly amazed he didn't pick up on it considering how much time he had to edit.. hmm..) and says 選考 when he should have said 専攻. HOWEVER, these two words are pronounced exactly the same so what he said about its pronunciation is still valid. i agree with joey in that what she said sounded more like how a native speaker would pronounce 線香 in my ears.

    • @icanwatchthevideos
      @icanwatchthevideos Před 3 lety +3

      This, I am sure, was way more helpful than falsely reassuring platitudes. All these people are trying very hard, but it's easy to get a false sense of how 上手 you really are if you believe it every time someone says 日本語お上手ですね

    • @esper5323
      @esper5323 Před 3 lety +1

      Kingman Brewski Thank you! I appreciate the kind words.

    • @ashleycloud31
      @ashleycloud31 Před 8 měsíci

      I just came across this comment now and am 3 years late. I am the girl at 14:00. Thank you for the kind words and advice!! The "ga" and "kedo" are most probably from how I speak in my native language, and how I speak in general. I can limit it in writing, but I can't seem to do the same thing when speaking. Also, particles! Didn't even notice it at the time, but I never thought that it was supposed to be "to" instead of "de"! Thank you for that!

    • @esper5323
      @esper5323 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@ashleycloud31No problem! I forgot I wrote that, it's been a while haha
      Glad if I was able to help!

  • @JesusP1011
    @JesusP1011 Před 4 lety +75

    Japanese and English speakers struggling with R's and L's
    -Spanish speakers: Arriba las tortillas

    • @Midnight-nu7zk
      @Midnight-nu7zk Před 3 lety +4

      Y’all pronounce the “l” as y tho lmao 😂

    • @elisacabrales9334
      @elisacabrales9334 Před 3 lety +2

      aRRRRRRRRRiba las tortillas!!!
      Jajajaja, true that!

  • @misosoup5847
    @misosoup5847 Před 4 lety +56

    13:58 Ash

    • @annetoken3989
      @annetoken3989 Před 4 lety +3

      Wow same, she's also my kami-oshi. But she already graduated from mnl48.

    • @misosoup5847
      @misosoup5847 Před 4 lety +5

      @@annetoken3989 like I said hahahaha
      Former member.
      Even if she did, she's still my Kami Oshi. :)

    • @annetoken3989
      @annetoken3989 Před 4 lety +3

      I have to oshihen tho, but i still support her. I felt bad that i wasn't able to attend ozine fest. Btw my kami oshi now is gabb :)

  • @musteducation8795
    @musteducation8795 Před 4 lety +498

    Me being scared of people: *Talks to myself in the language I’m learning*
    ;-;

    • @PrimeGamator
      @PrimeGamator Před 4 lety +36

      That's also incredibly helpful so no shame on that. Thinking and speaking out loud in the language you are learning is great practice as long as you correct yourself properly

    • @nightskymusic1293
      @nightskymusic1293 Před 4 lety +11

      I walk in front of a mirror and as a introvertish バカ, I'm scared to talk to myself. Though I'm getting better :D

    • @soseikiharagatatsu7859
      @soseikiharagatatsu7859 Před 4 lety +7

      We introverts are like that because we are too shy to speak

    • @linsch1064
      @linsch1064 Před 3 lety +2

      @@nightskymusic1293 If yall are still around I can recommend trying stuff like Vrchat that actually works really well for me :D

    • @nightskymusic1293
      @nightskymusic1293 Před 3 lety +2

      @@linsch1064 That's why I'm now going for the Oculus Rift

  • @grimsladeleviathan3958
    @grimsladeleviathan3958 Před 4 lety +79

    Me: * Speaks Malay cuz I'm from Malaysia and have a Malay family *
    Me: I wish I'm bilingual...
    Me: * Learns Chinese *
    Me: ...I wish I was trilingual
    Me: * Learns English *
    Me: Okay, can I learn Japane-
    Also me: *NO*

    • @secretkim4135
      @secretkim4135 Před 4 lety +2

      I look up to you

    • @SinCosILoveIt
      @SinCosILoveIt Před 3 lety +3

      Just do it. Just fookin do it. Be a master of languages 😆😆

    • @snifey7694
      @snifey7694 Před 3 lety

      Learn tamil, so you can call yourself the guy who learn all 3 languages in all 3 ethic languages in malaysia

  • @coffeepudding5651
    @coffeepudding5651 Před 4 lety +445

    me: i'll just listen to this video called, "learn japanese in 8 hours while you sleep!"
    wakes up: cHoTo mAtTe

    • @hwikilmon4677
      @hwikilmon4677 Před 3 lety +5

      😂😂

    • @impewpew_xd9484
      @impewpew_xd9484 Před 3 lety +48

      When i woke up my private parts get pixelated

    • @crystallinefoxx
      @crystallinefoxx Před 3 lety +3

      I just see every phrase then wrote it down and since I can read Japanese I can say it eaisier

    • @fireking2343
      @fireking2343 Před 3 lety +4

      @impewpew_ XD my god...

    • @iotaku
      @iotaku Před 3 lety +5

      This actually worked, i was able to get a 2d girl, then I did a double take. And i woke up. Then for some reason i knew all about trivago

  • @rae8961
    @rae8961 Před 4 lety +257

    "I own three cats." That whole lesson I already learned with Korean. You have to learn different counters for stuff and it's confusing.

    • @meimei98
      @meimei98 Před 4 lety +18

      I'm the girl in the last video ^^
      Chinese and Japanese is the same. We have different counters. What really messes someone who speaks any combination of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean is the fact that the same (kanji, characters, hanja) are used, but they go to different words. Ahhh so confusing. Keep up the good work!

    • @shamsow
      @shamsow Před 4 lety +2

      @@meimei98 Doesn't Korean have it's own characters?

    • @meimei98
      @meimei98 Před 4 lety +12

      @@shamsow Hey! Yeah! The Hangul alphabet is the most commonly used form of writing now. However, Hanja or Chinese Characters were used before Hangul was invented. So for example, my friend's name is 성일 in Hangul, but can be written as 星一 in Hanja, or Chinese. Think of it like Japanese Kanji and Hiragana ^^

    • @shamsow
      @shamsow Před 4 lety +2

      @@meimei98 Ohh, thanks for the info!

    • @meimei98
      @meimei98 Před 4 lety +1

      @@shamsow Of course!

  • @lulukior7
    @lulukior7 Před 4 lety +500

    Me: I wish I was bilingual
    Mom: mira nena, hazme unos pancakes por favor
    Me: ok mami.... ohh right, I am bilingual

  • @SaelisSociety
    @SaelisSociety Před 4 lety +7

    Actually, I'm learning Japanese right now and I'm in my second semester! It's a very difficult language but its also very rewarding when you truly love what you aspire to learn. I personally want to stick with it and I'm actually visiting Japan after this semester! I can't wait to soak up all the culture and experience everything first hand about something I've been wanting to learn my entire life! My family has always been supportive to pursue my dreams so I can't wait to see where my experience takes me! Wish me luck Joey-Senpai! 🤗

  • @greenpuppy54
    @greenpuppy54 Před 4 lety +3

    This was really interesting and wholesome. I'd love to see Joey make more videos critiquing people's Japanese practice.

  • @plushi9142
    @plushi9142 Před 4 lety +225

    Joey: just keep speaking it
    me: I have no one to talk to in Japanese ;-;

  • @chibi_reiko
    @chibi_reiko Před 4 lety +42

    14:00
    私の神押しAsh!
    So our dear former MNL48 idol Ash is having an interview.
    Good luck!

    • @shafwandito4724
      @shafwandito4724 Před 4 lety +2

      Wait, That's her? Damn. Didn't even know an Idol would watch Joey lol

    • @chibi_reiko
      @chibi_reiko Před 4 lety

      @@shafwandito4724 Hihi. That's Kamioshi Ash for you😉

  • @mara-andreeaolaru7124
    @mara-andreeaolaru7124 Před 4 lety

    Nice video, it's pretty fun trying to see how much i understand from the videos

  • @ilianaguadalupemedinareina672

    Please make a part 2! Or a series!
    I'm learning Japanese and while I still can't get through N5 I'm really learning from your videos!
    Thank you Joe senpai!

  • @veridian4433
    @veridian4433 Před 4 lety +1732

    I became fluent in Japanese after being blessed by Filthy Frank's teachings

  • @kamo7293
    @kamo7293 Před 4 lety +56

    7:06 holy frick. As soon as I followed what you were saying it fell into place. I've never liked how my Japanese r sounded, and instantly it sounds much better. I even tried saying 食べられる. It didn't sound good though.

  • @ravenshepker1725
    @ravenshepker1725 Před 3 lety

    I actually really love this video. I plan to start learning how to speak Japanese in the near future. I'm glad you taught me some of these things before I started learning. It'll definitely help me later on.

  • @RazorbackX99
    @RazorbackX99 Před 4 lety +67

    "Japanese is a really interesting language to learn..."
    *proceeds to show a video named 'YOU SHOULDN'T LEARN JAPANESE"*

  • @mota478
    @mota478 Před 4 lety +666

    Joey: I know my japanese pretty well.
    Me: *Angry gibberish Japanese Noise*

  • @TonsOfPax
    @TonsOfPax Před 4 lety +35

    Pretty sure Brandon McInnes used to work as an official English-Japanese translator. He is the actual weird flex of this video honestly

  • @Craze961
    @Craze961 Před 4 lety +1

    PLEASE DO A PART 2!! IVE LEARNED SO MUCH AND WANT TO KNOW MORE!!! The part about Ame and aME really helped me out!!!

  • @loveofwisdom2
    @loveofwisdom2 Před 4 lety

    Please make this a series :) love your channel!

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 4 lety +1119

    Rating random people's Japanese?
    Well, believe it or not, you can actually learn a few Japanese sentences from just watching anime. It's the weeb way.

    • @lokman-
      @lokman- Před 4 lety +104

      Or the chad way: FilthyFrank's Japanese 101s

    • @jenniesswagglasses3264
      @jenniesswagglasses3264 Před 4 lety +23

      I’ve not learnt a single sentence from anime lmao.

    • @TheMandleMan
      @TheMandleMan Před 4 lety +46

      Idk about sentences, unless you count "thank you for the meal"
      I feel at most, repetitive words can get lodged into your head
      For me it was mostly "onegai (please), arigato (thanks), ohayo (good morning), sayonara (goodbye) and of course "rusai" (which i think only in anime means shut up or maybe japanese ppl are just too polite cause ive never seen an actual person say it)

    • @ImProudDirectioner
      @ImProudDirectioner Před 4 lety +1

      True

    • @bisexualaunties
      @bisexualaunties Před 4 lety +11

      Just Some Guy without a Mustache doesn't get the most likes
      Me:Yare Yare Daze

  • @branmci
    @branmci Před 4 lety +8

    !!!! I'm the guy at 10:18 and thank you so much for what you said! I think you bring up excellent points about dubs, honestly, and want to let you know that I haven't ever been offended by your opinions on the subject whatsoever as a dub actor. The whole point of a dub isn't just to translate, but to localize and make it compelling to a specific linguistic audience. Leaving suffixes like -kun in there takes away from that, I completely agree. Anyway, I truly appreciate your comments and you responding to my video, and I'm really flattered by your thumbnail. 😅 Looking forward to more videos, and thanks for doing the language-learning community a solid by making this one!

  • @anakinskymonke3670
    @anakinskymonke3670 Před 4 lety +12

    16:49 For my fellow Filipino viewers, we also have intonations.
    Example:
    - Basa = "Wet" (pronounced as 'ba-SA' [Low to a High pronunciation]
    - Basa = "Read" (pronounced as 'BA-sa' [High to a Low pronunciation]
    Same spelling but different meaning and pronunciation. See my fellow Filipinos, we still have hope on learning japanese even though it's hard.

    • @anakinskymonke3670
      @anakinskymonke3670 Před 4 lety

      Well I'm glad it helped a bit.
      I just heard what Joey said about intonations being hard for english speakers and I remembered this book I read called "Basic Japanese (targeted for filipinos) by Yukuhiro Shimamura and published by National Bookstore" and there was a part where it said that we don't have intonations. But our language and the japanese language has its similarities like;
      Japanese:
      > ha-SHI (low-high) [bridge]
      > HA-shi (high-low) [chopsticks]
      Filipino:
      > ta-YO (low-high) [stand]
      > TA-yo (high-low) [we/us]
      Japanese: a - ka - sa - ta
      Filipino: a - ba - ka - da

    • @anakinskymonke3670
      @anakinskymonke3670 Před 4 lety

      Another thing that the book said that it's easier for a Japanese to learn the Filipino Language than Filipinos learning Japanese because japanese words have unfamiliar pronunciations that the Filipino language doesn't have like "za" "shi" "tsu" "ryu" etc.
      BUT. In actuality it's vice versa. Filipinos will learn the Japanese language easier than a Japanese learning the Filipino Language. Due to our Colonial Past stated by the Book "Basic Japanese by Yukuhiro Shimamura"

    • @anakinskymonke3670
      @anakinskymonke3670 Před 4 lety

      We can also pronounce English quite well. You know. Due to our past colonial history. Filipinos used to have their own alphabet called "Baybayin" it looks similar to arabic though... but the Spaniards took over and it has been forgotten.
      We can speak and write English with no sweat because we don't have our own Characters to learn. Like for example "Hiragana" ひらがな. Japanese people doesn't use the alphabet. They have their own "alphabet!" AND THREE OF THEM. Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji (well except Kanji, it's basically chinese [but still] ) .
      That's why learning Japanese would be a bit easier for a Filipino due to its similarities.
      You know the only reason why I would like to learn Japanese:
      >92% Not needing subtitles while watching anime.
      >6% To communicate with Japanese people
      >2% others

    • @DeeRDeeR00
      @DeeRDeeR00 Před 3 lety

      At least in spanish we have accents that help us out

    • @sera748
      @sera748 Před 3 lety +1

      heck we can even understand a lil bit of spanish

  • @adambowser5783
    @adambowser5783 Před 4 lety

    This type of video is amazing. Part 2 someday? Series? Hell yeah.

  • @Arkhaismos
    @Arkhaismos Před 4 lety +82

    Literally there's two reasons why I watch Joey, one: he's funny and two: he knows Japanese and I've always wanted to learn it and someday go there myself with friends

  • @TimeturnerJ
    @TimeturnerJ Před 4 lety +20

    I like how your vocal reactions, demeanour and even your body language immediately change to Japanese the moment you start listening to the videos! :D
    I can relate to that hard.
    Languages are like a switch in your brain, they affect way more than just your words. 😄

  • @magonsechrist2631
    @magonsechrist2631 Před 4 lety

    I really enjoyed this video, definitely do this as a series!

  • @dakotahs.4185
    @dakotahs.4185 Před 4 lety

    Please do another one! I really learned a lot in this video, thank you.

  • @Andy_Sgouros
    @Andy_Sgouros Před 4 lety +84

    16:21 I really like the fact that I felt dumb when Joey was flexibg on me his 200iq vocabulary when the word homolhones is greek and I am from goddam greece

    • @Pantano63
      @Pantano63 Před 4 lety +10

      You mean homophones? They teach those concepts in like 3rd grade or so.

    • @nyaatalie
      @nyaatalie Před 4 lety

      I didn't understand either and I was like omg I know that word I'm greek lmaoooo

    • @Andy_Sgouros
      @Andy_Sgouros Před 4 lety

      @@nyaatalie the power of patriotism
      Mgs4 guns of the patriots ναιιιιιι
      Εχω βρει και αλλη ελληνιδα σε βιντεο του Joey ειναι πολυ γαματο που μαζευομαστε ολοι οι πατριωτες μαζι

    • @Andy_Sgouros
      @Andy_Sgouros Před 4 lety

      @@Pantano63 yes indeed
      Ashen one

  • @guyrandom4185
    @guyrandom4185 Před 4 lety +100

    Hey Joey I'm here to rate YOUR japanese!
    The Kanji for "senkou" meaning major should be 専攻, instead of 選考 at 19:33

  • @ctcdreamer
    @ctcdreamer Před 4 lety +6

    When you were explaining how to properly pronounce “ame” all that came to my head was Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood OP 5 and got the high pronunciation that way from singing the word so many times and “ame” candy you say it curtly almost like you’re demanding candy. I get the technical linguistics but sometimes weird things like that help me remember language stuff.

  • @plaximus2023
    @plaximus2023 Před 3 lety +27

    Why did youtube recommend this after the last podcast episode lol

  • @a.k.3943
    @a.k.3943 Před 4 lety +6

    This is actually a prime contender to be considered the best video on your channel, Joey. Extremely helpful tips, excellent explanations - thank you so much.

  • @KaiCyreus
    @KaiCyreus Před 4 lety +97

    Rain: Water falls down, 雨 downward intonation
    Candy: Energy goes up, 飴 upward intonation

    • @patheticbadger3478
      @patheticbadger3478 Před 4 lety +14

      Rain: Water falls down, 雨 downward intonation
      Candy: goes up ass, 飴 upward intonation
      fixed it there bud :-)

    • @paulu_
      @paulu_ Před 4 lety +1

      Kai Cyreus
      And in kansai-ben 飴 is [- -] and 雨 is [__-]

    • @KaiCyreus
      @KaiCyreus Před 4 lety +1

      @@paulu_ I was wondering why I was thinking that, lol

    • @douglassmalone-omeally1683
      @douglassmalone-omeally1683 Před 4 lety +1

      I remember candy as "up into my mouth" but "ass" made me laugh a lot

    • @impish492
      @impish492 Před 4 lety

      holy shit you have a big brain

  • @crimsonfawk3s
    @crimsonfawk3s Před 4 lety

    I loved this video. Keep the hard work up.

  • @HeminaAu
    @HeminaAu Před 4 lety

    Such an inspirational channel! Awesome hearing the switch from Aussie to Japanese.

  • @DerHayko
    @DerHayko Před 4 lety +21

    15:36 whoa thats Kevin from the CZcams channel NihonGo :O He makes german videos about living in Japan, japanese culture and Japan in general. Never thought that I would caught him in one of your videos ^^

    • @KiaraKitsune
      @KiaraKitsune Před 4 lety +1

      I also would have never thought that, I didn't even know he watches Joeys videos

  • @TheJegkkon
    @TheJegkkon Před 4 lety +30

    I love when Joey goes into Japanese mode, he does the "mmm" "hmm" etc. Joey could you explain the reasoning behind it?

    • @saralee8996
      @saralee8996 Před 4 lety +15

      It's part of Japanese culture to make sounds or say phrases (i.e. soudesuka?) to indicate to the speaker that you're listening. Complete silence from the listener feels like they are ignoring the speaker.

    • @rapthor666
      @rapthor666 Před 4 lety +1

      Mm mm. It's infective. After 2 weeks in the big 3, my sis and I were still doing it for 2 months.

  • @thurmichael6776
    @thurmichael6776 Před 4 lety

    I just discovered your channel through Chris' channel. Been learning Japanese for around 2 weeks now, and its super fun. Kanji caught me off guard to be honest. But I aspire to become fluent enough to hold any conversation, and I REALLY want to live in Japan in the (somewhat near) future.

  • @carissah3848
    @carissah3848 Před 4 lety

    i learned jp before watching but you gave me knowledge i never would of known after learning my first grade kanjii after watching i learned a lot from the clip and things you said about intonation and sentence structure. thanks everyone that sent clips i learned a lot.

  • @_souyuu
    @_souyuu Před 4 lety +5

    With candy's "ame" and rain's "ame" intonation wise, I tend to think of it as:
    HighLow for rain - because it starts up and comes down
    and LowHigh for candy - from the motion of someone raising their hands to offer you candy...
    Dont know if its a correct way of putting it but it helps me a lot in my current struggle of figuring out intonations!!
    Really love your videos Joey!

  • @RioSlitherin
    @RioSlitherin Před 4 lety +16

    Reason why “Carole and Tuesday” is the best dub this decade!

  • @SamySylvain
    @SamySylvain Před 4 lety

    Your explanations of the tongue positions are very clear. Thanks

  • @elisecode2212
    @elisecode2212 Před 4 lety

    you've inspired me to get back to learning. also, about being nervous to speak with native speakers, i totally get it, i'm fluent in french--my reading, writing, and grammar are excellent, and i could say something i'd prepared in advance, but in conversation, where i have to come up with stuff on the spot while following what the other person's saying...stressful.

  • @zUweebTripleA
    @zUweebTripleA Před 4 lety +5

    I actually started teaching myself Japanese recently one of my new years resolution. Its so fun going at your own pace!

  • @tako1257
    @tako1257 Před 4 lety +30

    In finnish the r's and the l's are so strong so i allways get confused when learning japanese.

  • @jaredlodico
    @jaredlodico Před 4 lety

    Please do more of these! It's so much easier to understand what someone is saying/doing wrong when the person explaining it can speak perfect English.

  • @waifujenn
    @waifujenn Před 4 lety

    I love this type of video! Please do more of these lol

  • @challengemeneo
    @challengemeneo Před 4 lety +280

    I’ve never been more proud to so easily say the “-ra -ri -ru -re -ro” the exact way Japanese do :)
    I’m a happy potato now :3

    • @tldoesntlikebread
      @tldoesntlikebread Před 4 lety

      n is another unique one, but that's one's easier.

    • @ayitsalex2893
      @ayitsalex2893 Před 4 lety +3

      @Mystayre i legit started doing that when he mentioned ra ri ru re ro

    • @azkatakebayashi1517
      @azkatakebayashi1517 Před 4 lety

      @Mystayre vitto from one piece??

    • @nightskymusic1293
      @nightskymusic1293 Před 4 lety +3

      @@ayitsalex2893 Sameれろれろれろれろ

    • @Rutsmy
      @Rutsmy Před 4 lety +1

      Shinobu Takenoyama kakyoin from stardust crusaders jojo

  • @NikoNC
    @NikoNC Před 4 lety +46

    2:28 WHOLEWHEATPETE LET'S GO! THE NO-SHAME OSU MAN HAS MADE IT

  • @susan9835
    @susan9835 Před 3 lety

    This was actually super helpful, thanks Joey sensei! :D

  • @Razi98
    @Razi98 Před 4 lety

    Really loved this video! It's so positive and fun and warm. And today I learnt that:
    - Learn words and the intonations perfectly instead of running through more kanji, like I was doing
    - You need to keep the 日本語 gauge full - ほんとに 難しです
    I personally feel that being a native Urdu speaker gives me an edge to learning new accents easily, since it itself started as a mixture of many languages!
    English was pretty easy to learn due to the universal card. And I learnt Arabic pronunciations early on where ら is kinda similar to ر.
    I'm also interested in Mandarin as it sounds really cool. Though I'm currently working on Japanese N5.

  • @meimei98
    @meimei98 Před 4 lety +16

    18:23
    Hello! I'm the girl in the video.
    I have been studying Chinese since high school in 2012. I am about HSK 4 fluency, and I consider Chinese to be my second language. Chinese was the only langauge offered at my high school other than Spanish (my dad is Spanish so I know some), and I really wanted to study Japanese, so I tried to pick something "close".
    I started Japanese in University in 2017. I studied in America for 2 years, and as I said, I am now living and studying in Osaka. I started "learning" Korean about a month ago for my boyfriend. He speaks English and Japanese as well as Korean so we use the three interchangeably. It's a weird experience but I wouldn't trade it for anything. In the video I said "だんだん上手になってと思う". I tried to say "Since dating him, I think my Japanese speaking is gradually improving. But! Trying to maintain Chinese, Japanese, and start Korean is a challenge ahaha.
    I'd like to say that I just woke up Japan to this video, and I'm getting ready to go play with some 4th graders for Cultural Exchange day! They've worked so hard to learn English and are going to show me around their school. I can't wait ^^
    Thanks for your advice on 専攻. I can tell you with absolute certainty that when some of us "foriegners" are taught English, we are told "Japanese isn't like Chinese. No tones. Have fun." So we aren't careful. Like Dogen's らしい video ahahaha. Then again, sometimes my Chinese tonal habits seep their way into my Japanese and Korean.
    At this point, I'm having a blast navigating the world of Asian Languages. I hope to be an Asian History professor and researcher, so being literate in one is necessary, why not all 3 major East Asian Languages ahahaa.
    Anyways, thanks for reading and thanks for featuring me in the video. I can't wait to always be known as Incense Stick Girl, but it could be worse!

    • @Oceaniac
      @Oceaniac Před 4 lety +2

      That was nice to read

    • @moonlightowl328
      @moonlightowl328 Před 4 lety +1

      Girl, I want to learn all of those languages, especially Japanese. I only know English and Spanish fluently, but my goal is to learn Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. It was lovely to hear your story and experience, such an inspiration! Thank you! Btw, you're so prettyyy! Wish you the best 😊

  • @lolpazzprapompa
    @lolpazzprapompa Před 4 lety +54

    I wonder how it looks like if joey actually took care of his hair.

  • @hibob66a17
    @hibob66a17 Před 2 lety

    I really agree with reading books. I have been learning spanish for my whole life but I recently moved to Denmark and have not been able to keep talking spanish so I decided to read some novels and there are a lot of words that I did not know. This makes it a good way once you get to a high enough level of a language not only to keep up your skills but also to improve them.

  • @mogerus
    @mogerus Před 4 lety +6

    You just spoke to a former member of an idol group Joey! Thanks for giving her advice and wishing her luck.

    • @sera748
      @sera748 Před 3 lety +1

      I'm finding a comment that points it out XD here it is

  • @akofromjpn
    @akofromjpn Před 4 lety +17

    I've looked over comments but haven't seen any so...選考→専攻🙆🏻‍♀️

  • @crimcrim1987
    @crimcrim1987 Před 4 lety +116

    18:57 Speaks Japanse and Chinese
    Has a Korean boyfriend
    Korean: Ight let me get in here

    • @davidkim9653
      @davidkim9653 Před 4 lety +8

      Chinese, japanese and korean are 3 very similar yet different languages. Im korean myself and learnt chinese at school as a second language. After getting into anime and I started learning japanese, it pretty much was a breeze for hiragana and katakana. Japanese sentence structure is also quite similar to korean as well

    • @crimcrim1987
      @crimcrim1987 Před 4 lety +3

      @@davidkim9653 I know. Actually they are "Pretty similar". I wanted to learn Chinese first but then I went for Japanese because I realized 96% of Anime's are Japanese.

    • @meimei98
      @meimei98 Před 4 lety +12

      Hello! I'm the girl in the video.
      Yes. That's exactly. What happened. I have been studying Chinese since high school in 2012, started Japanese in University in 2017, and literally started learning Korean about a month ago for my boyfriend. He speaks English and Japanese as well as Korean so we use the three interchangeably. It's a weird experience but I wouldn't trade it for anything. Anyways, I just woke up in Japan and I'm getting ready to go play with some 4th graders for Cultural Exchange day! They've worked so hard to learn English and are going to show me around their school. I can't wait ^^

    • @lukaenjoyer6429
      @lukaenjoyer6429 Před 4 lety +2

      Mei S aww that’s so cute and cool

    • @crimcrim1987
      @crimcrim1987 Před 4 lety +2

      @@meimei98 that's so adorable 😩💗

  • @aztecguy
    @aztecguy Před 3 lety

    An awesome explanation for R and L. As Spanish speaker I learned those sounds growing up. I want to add to that to take it one more step back and first teach your ears to hear the difference between R and L. You can use anki and make "minimal pairs" flashcards. Once you train your ears to hear it it's much easier to produce it.

  • @Qulize
    @Qulize Před 3 lety

    This was actually really informative. Didn't knew you have the certificates too damn...

  • @katiemurusidze1489
    @katiemurusidze1489 Před 4 lety +83

    I wanted to send my Japanese too but was too late :(

    • @vixian5699
      @vixian5699 Před 4 lety +2

      :

    • @galaxy_kitten95
      @galaxy_kitten95 Před 4 lety +3

      Katie murusidze I wanted to send in mines, but severe nervousness got to me. 😓

    • @vixian5699
      @vixian5699 Před 4 lety +4

      Awww better luck next time peeps

    • @sendpie2185
      @sendpie2185 Před 4 lety

      yes me tooo😭

    • @dafaqu694
      @dafaqu694 Před 4 lety

      @@galaxy_kitten95 welp me too, but since I'm living in Japan I just have to get that confirmation from one of my friends

  • @RaifSeverence
    @RaifSeverence Před 4 lety +4

    The whole bit about how it’s not bad voice actors so much as it is lackluster voice direction makes me so happy that I’m NOT the only one who realized that.

  • @MrCookieDu
    @MrCookieDu Před rokem +1

    dam! i luv you Joey for sharing Japanese language/culture vids! much love :3

  • @JennaLynnBraz
    @JennaLynnBraz Před 4 lety

    Really love this Joey!

  • @TheForeverEternity
    @TheForeverEternity Před 4 lety +160

    just imagining the phrase "my incense stick is japanese" is making me laugh
    but i cant wait till i learn enough japanese so i can speak even a fraction as good as these people o.o

    • @meimei98
      @meimei98 Před 4 lety +14

      Oof. Imagine being known as the Incense Stick Girl.
      *sweats nervously*

    • @galaxy_kitten95
      @galaxy_kitten95 Před 4 lety +7

      Mei S Dont sweat it, girl. You did great!
      At least in English, I can still understand that mess up lol there are Japanese incense sticks you can purchase. One brand I know is called “Nippon Kodo” or Morning Star. 🙃

    • @meimei98
      @meimei98 Před 4 lety +3

      @@galaxy_kitten95 Thanks so much!!! Like I said "My most nervous time is speaking Japanese." Ahaha

    • @plasmapanther4444
      @plasmapanther4444 Před 4 lety +1

      @@meimei98 good job!!!!

  • @shionbruhgami
    @shionbruhgami Před 4 lety +154

    No one:
    Anti-weebs: “As William “Bull” Halsey Jr. once said, and I quote-“
    Where are we now?

  • @paulasanders8404
    @paulasanders8404 Před 4 lety

    Awesome video as always man

  • @stephaniem8278
    @stephaniem8278 Před 3 lety

    I started studying Japanese on my own a few months ago. After nearly throwing my textbook and flashcards out the window when I learned about intonation (and had to relearn all the dang words the right way), I started watching Japanese CZcamsrs like you, Chris Broad, Dogen, etc. to get a better sense of the language and figure out a better way to study. Watching non-language related videos also gives me some extra motivation to pull through those study hours each day so I can someday be as cool as you guys. Speaking is of course the hardest part since I'm on my own. I read everything out loud, and I sometimes role play fake conversations in the car on my own. I had an actual conversation with a native speaker once. I was sweating bullets the whole time, but she was so nice.

  • @kobaltapollodorus8922
    @kobaltapollodorus8922 Před 4 lety +24

    19:46 Aha! I spotted an error! I believe the correct kanji is 専攻 in the context of an academic setting.

  • @lunadenight7167
    @lunadenight7167 Před 4 lety +28

    When I teach my Italian friends how to pronounce the -th sound I also you the method of explaining the tongue position. I have noticed that when you're learning a new language which as a different base origin, in this case from a Romance language to an Anglo-Saxon one, it is beneficial to learn how to position your tongue. It makes everything so much easier. At the moment I'm learning Russian, which lucky as a lot of similar sounds to English and Italian, so pronunciation is not much of an issue. After this, I would like to start learning Japanese since I love the culture and history of the nation. Plus, one of my best friends and I want to visit Japan together, and when we do, I would like not to have to rely on her too much (she is half Japanese and is fluent). I thoroughly enjoyed the video. I always love it when you talk and teach us about Japan and Japanese. Keep making fun and exciting videos Joey 🤗🧡

    • @paisen8660
      @paisen8660 Před 4 lety

      I'm Italian and I think I mastered the -th sound now, even though, nobody actually taught me how to, I've been studying English for a while now and the only thing I'm confident in is my accent, other than that I'm kinda fluent sometimes, but I'm not a lot of other times, and I've never had somebody to speak to but I'm trying my best and it's kinda working

    • @sailormoon8761
      @sailormoon8761 Před 4 lety +1

      I see the word "Anglo-Saxon" I like.

  • @OathOblivio
    @OathOblivio Před 4 lety +1

    Idk if this would reach Joey, since this is coming a few months late, but I'd put my vote out there for you to do this kind of video as a series, maybe once a month or every other month. I found it incredibly helpful as a Japnese learner, especially regarding how to properly pronounce らりるれろ. It's been a struggle since I know English, Bengali, Spanish, and Hindi, so the "r" and "l" sounds have just been melding together from all those languages making it hard to pronounce those syllables. I tried your suggestion on changing how to approach those syllables and my Japanese friends have said they think my pronunciation has gotten better!
    Thanks for all you do! I look forward to your next video! ^_^

  • @jessie6243
    @jessie6243 Před 4 lety +7

    Omg I love you but I clicked because you had a pic of Brandon McInnis!! Love him!

  • @shamsannasir8118
    @shamsannasir8118 Před 3 lety +3

    Guess it's about time this popped back up in my recommend feed

  • @larissah8529
    @larissah8529 Před 4 lety +5

    Your lighting looks like hearts in your eyes xDD

  • @DR-kf3gt
    @DR-kf3gt Před 3 lety +2

    19:44 actually not 選考 but 専攻
    選考 means choice while 専攻 is major.

  • @viktoria1343
    @viktoria1343 Před 2 lety

    That you did that is so nice ! I am majoring in Japanese also ,and I feel like talking is one of the most difficult things to do. Whenever I talk I get so anxious about rather or not I do it correctly. And if I don't ,it kind of discourages me. I am always trying to talk to my boyfriend (He is a native, so talking to him would be the best way to improve) But I always get too shy and switch back to english. Your video gave me a bit motivation, I definitly want to improve my talking skills!