“YOU” in Japanese and how to address someone (Don't say anata)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
- Watch this video to learn different ways to address others like native Japanese speakers.
I've seen a lot of Japanese learners using あなた {anata} to talk to others, however, on normal occasions, it can sound rude or distant.
This video will focus on...
✅ How does each second-person pronoun sound to Japanese people?
✅ Is it even formal or casual?
✅ How native speakers use them in real life
✅ Other ways to address others
With a lot of example sentences.
The second person pronouns that are covered in this video are…
🔸 あなた {anata}
🔸 あんた {anta}
🔸 お前 {おまえ| omae}
🔸 君 {きみ | kimi}
🔸 貴様 {きさま | kisama}
🔸 てめぇ {temee}
🔸 僕 {ぼく | boku}
🔸 自分 {じぶん| jibe}
And other ways that I recommend using to address others are…
🔸 Names
🔸 (Omitting “you” completely)
🔸 Family Roles
🔸 Social Titles
🎬Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - あなた (anata)
04:14 - あんた (anta)
05:57 - お前 (omae)
07:48 - 君 (kimi)
08:44 - てめぇ(Temee)/貴様(Kisama)/自分(Jibun)/僕(Boku)
09:56 - Name & Nickname
10:24 - Omitting "you"
11:36 - Honorific titles
12:20 - When you forget their names
15:36 - Family Roles
17:03 - Social Titles
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Person: *uses any word in Japanese*
Japanese people: “and I took that personally”
363 likes and no replies? Let me fix that /
367 like and no replies let me fix that !
I hope this is a joke and doesn’t really happen 😂
My usual response when i try to show someone I can speak a little JP is, "Just a f-ing speak english, boy tell me what you mean"!
LMAOOOOOO LITERALLY
When I was a kid, Spirited Away was one of my favorite movies. The mother in it constantly called her husband "anata" but the translation in my first language would always translate it to "darling" or "sweetheart", so I grew up thinking it's basically a very sweet thing to call your significant other.
It is “darling” for some generation :)
Ooh, good catch! That confused me, too.
By contrast, in the first ep of Naruto Shippuden, a lady screams "anata" while yelling at some kids who are running through the street lol.
i was thinking the same but when i saw it i already knew anata meant you, so it also confused me at the time, but makes sense now
笑
@@NihongoDekita
Right 100% to that your student.
As foreigner in hopping another language added. But it is not the reason I do not like and do not watch since someday(around decade ago ) even my nationality's shows like dramas.
Oh-ha-yo
Calling each other by their names seems like a positive thing! Creates individuality
I like your perspective😆
But in English it would still be the Name + You.
Example:
Name: William
William do YOU have a Charger?
I honestly love how you break down the sentence and make it easy to understand
I was just thinking that also. while watching her wonderful smile. Nice on the eyes and ears.
This explains why you'll hear a character's name in an anime but the subtitle will say "you".
昔から日本語を学んでますが、こういう代名詞の問題はずっと悩んでたんですよ。こんなによく説明された動画を見つかるのは本当に助かります。
100万人の登録者達、おめでとうございます！お祝いは私たちからです！🎉🎉🎉
メロンパンスクワッド
Omg メロンパンスクワッドのみんな、ありがとう！🥺🙌🏼❤️❤️
😮
hoooly shit that's so many
I used this as an opportunity to learn how to read Japanese and be able to make out what it says, but I was confused, because I knew they were congratulating on her getting one million of something, but I didn’t know what that something was, so I literally translated that into Furigana, I thought it was about her subscribers, but then I thought that it can't be, because I thought that the word for subscriber was literally just サブスクライバー, but well, you learn something new everyday 😉
Indonesia actually has similar Sociolinguistics! “Anda”, our version of あなた is rarely used and we instead use a honorific plus their first name, so to refer to me, you’d say “Bu Dania”. However we do use informal/casual second person pronouns like Kamu and Lu more often.
Not really, I'm from Minang and whenever I talk to some people from Java island, I always use ''Anda'', it sound more respectful to all kind of people. I dare you to speak to someone who is older using ''Lu'' atau ''Kamu''.
I just use sia
@@GintamaKintama-sx3zzSeems like we have a misunderstanding! I meant that I never use second person pronouns at all with people of elder social status, but I would use Lu/Kamu with people of same social status, hence why I said “Casual”.
I’m Sundanese-Palembangese and I’ve never used Anda to refer to older people, but it might be different from place to place. I have used it in places like University, but I usually just use people’s names and not Anda.
I'm from East Kalimantan, and using Anda or Lu would be weird here, we use Kamu/Ikam (from Banjarese) for colleagues and pak/bu for the honorifics
1k more ....and unlocked achieve. One million. Lets go Sayaka!!🤟👏👏👏👏
I'd very much like to see how Sayaka sensei would unwrap the difference between "wa" and "Ga", as she tends to make things clear and eazy to understand.
I've read an article about it but i am more comfused after reading than before...
Edit: Congrats for the 1M !!!! much deserved!
This is not a thing that can be explained. There are a thousand different scenarios you would have to consider, which researchers have done and still not found any universal rule.
@@ketchup901 Or you can
@@ketchup901 they are different. it's just that, there may be scenarios it'd be totally fine to go with either one of them. But that doesn't mean using the other one doesn't change the meaning, it's just still ok
as far as I know
It's like talking about someone using the proper noun of their name, John (wa) and then subsequent sentences using He (ga). Just try to think like John wa..... kare ga.... once the topic (English subject) is known or mentioned, then you can go to ga about that topic subject. That's the simplest way to think about it.
Randomly decided to learn japanese at 3am
did it last?
@@mikumin727 for about 15 minutes, yes
@@mikumin727 ohayo gozaimasu
Complicated but really well explained. Having total fluency in both languages makes you a great sensei!
Sayaka does such a great job that it’s absolutely no surprise the channel is about to hit 1,000,000 subscribers!
She just hit 1M , ごごおめでとう🎉
And she's very easy on the eyes also.
Your video has really explained a lot to me 😊
I've just made friends with 2 Japanese exchange students and we are getting along quite well. There was a day we went eating out together, and I remember calling them "君たち" whenever I wanted to addressing both of them. At first I noticed that they seemed surprised and one guy made fun of the other by saying him 社員さん. I didn't know that by addressing them like that had made me sound like a boss. At that time I did not get their joke but they were very friendly and did not mind at all. I think they would forgive me 😂
aww they sound so sweet! my biggest fear is to go to japan and accidentally sound really rude so im trying to learn all of the cultural things
@@bloxycola3 They are very sweet ^_^ In fact, I think I've probably made many accidental mistakes on my Japanese word usage like this, which could easily lead to misunderstanding and even "rudeness". I think it's better for us to look up in the Japanese dictionary as well as the use in sentence when learning new vocabulary.
I find it insane that nowadays we get to learn japanese for free on youtube... What a great content!
I noticed in historical dramas, wives would often call their husbands "omae-sama", which sure sounds like a weird pairing now.
I recently just started learning Japanese, I was encouraged because of how fun you make it! Please make more videos like this, they are really fun and educational, especially, for someone like me who is just starting on learning the language. 👏👏
You are so close to 1M!!! I want to thank you for helping me, and others too. You helped so much people through out the years. You helped me learn things I would have learned a lot later. I'm so happy you came here!
Arigato gozaimasu! 💖
Great video! This is a very practical topic that traditional language lessons don't seem to cover. I really appreciate the work you put into those nice color-coded subtitles and other graphics to make it easier to understand. Also, congrats on 1M subscribers!
Very glad for this video because I've heard all these "you" words and thought they were more commonly used. I also really love the colored breakdown of the sentences
Congratulations on 1 million subscribers!
I find it interesting how different feminine and masculine language is in Japanese, even for words like 'you'!
Love these videos ☺
Sayaka! Your videos are incredible! I'm really impressed by how you organise and put them together!
This format is great! Thank you!
This is awesome!
I love how you break down tone, context, and sentence structure.
Subscribed!
Your videos are always both informative and entertaining. ありがとうございます。
Thanks for all the lessons, both in shorts and long-form videos, they've been super helpful! I'm travelling to Japan for a month starting next week so I'm super excited to see how we go with it. Also can't believe you're right about to hit 1,000,000 subscribers, let's go!!
I've lived in Japan for the last four years. More than anything though, I HIGHLY recommend going to TeamLabo in Odaiba if you can. Odaiba is close to Tokyo and TeamLabo is, in a nutshell, an art exhibit where you get to walk around inside the art itself and become part of it. It is unlike anything I've ever experienced. Definitely worth your time if you can make it happen :) Enjoy Japan! I remember my first month here and it was a highlight of my life.
Thank you so much for such good lessons Sayaka! It's really helpful!
ok now i prefer your longer videos like this instead of many shorts you have made, because you explained it in details.
sayaka we love youu Congratulations on being 1 million
The video was very informative! Thank you so much 😊
I wish this video existed when I studied in Japan… ! Thank you for your clear explanations さやか先生☺️
Congratulations Sayaka san, one million subscribers. You’re Golden! 🥳🎉🥂🎊
さやかさん、本当にたくさん学びました。本当にありがとうございました。
Thank you for pointing out the different grammar in translation. Most people don't bother and it's thing I struggle most with
Sayaka, Congratulations on reaching 1 million subscribers. You should receive your gold play button plaque within a few weeks. You really deserve it. Your videos are great. Well done.😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊
This was so educational, thank you so much, finally a clear explanation 😓
Super professionally video! Bravo! 👏
Excellent video! Thank you for giving examples and explaining that context is important! Also, I love how you translate the Japanese sentences into English with the different colors that represent different parts of tne sentence, it makes it very easy to understand! 👍😃
Thank you so much, Sayaka!
Super requisite tutorial. You’re stellar !!
Oh my god this video seriously will help me a lot in learning Japanese thank u so much Sayaka😻✊🏻
My pleasure 😊
Close to 1 million subs now. Congratulations sensei (in advance) 🥳✨
thanks for this video really helped with my japanese (really loved the totoro in the background)
Thank you for the clear way you teach.
I really like these kind of videos. You really explain everything indepth 😊
This is so helpful! I recently heard "Kimi" and I couldn't find any video mentioning it, so I wasn't sure if it meant "You"
Thank you Sayaka you are really helping my japanese learning.
This is so helpful! Thank you! Just yesterday I was wondering about how to address "you" and tried paying attention to it when listening in games and sometimes anime, but I could only tell that there were many ways of saying it, and I hadn't quite picked up on the specific contexts yet. Thank you! Also, I hope you don't get injured badly lol.
Thanks, i hope you get 1 Million subs, your definitely the best japanese teacher out there
Excellent video, there is no wondering why you're almost at 1M subscribers! 陰ながら 応援 しています。
I really appreciated the examples and that they were different from the examples one would see in a textbook that changes only the material it is teaching and then repeats the rest of the sentence. Also the way that you broke down each example was a great teaching tool as well, thank you!
The only question I was left with would be how to ask someone what they would like to be called. This would be rare in many English speaking countries that I know of since we have adapted to directly ask for people's names and can bypass titles in many instances. If we really want to be polite we can ask, "How would you like to be addressed?" This leaves the option for the person being asked to respond with their first name, last name, title, etc.
For context, an example would be a university student seeing a person several times on campus who looks a little older than students but not knowing their role. Or a similar situation at a manufacturing company, a commonly seen person who is dressed in a way that they could be a manager or office worker while the majority of people are wearing working clothes or uniforms. In my case, I teach English and we have many wives of Japanese engineers and their children come in and I would like to be respectfully ask what they would like to be called and also when their husbands are able to come to events I would like to be able to ask the same question. I'm learning Japanese on my own currently so how would I ask what they would like to be called leaving the option open to use names or titles? Maybe this could be a short video idea where you give examples that are formal to informal?
Thank you so much for the videos there's still so much to learn :D
Congrats on reaching 1mil subs 👏 🥳 Great video also! Probably need to watch it a few times to understand it all.
I love this channel so much!
さやかさん、とても上手です。いつも面白いコンテントをありがとうございました。私は日本が大好きでいっぱい習いたいです。そしてさやかさんの話していることは本当に役に立つと思います。女がお前という言葉を使うのが驚きました。
サヤカ先生。「あなた」の説明は分かりやすいのでありがとうございました。自分は今年１１年目日本に住んでるから「あなた」の使い方が本当に全然知りませんでした。
またありがとうございます。
Nice videos! Great information
Very good lesson. Thank you!
Enjoyed your explanation!
I'd like to know more about using -san!
This is the first time I come across your channel... and wishing that I found your channel back when I lived in Osaka ❤👍 すごく分かりやすいですね ❤
Thankyou mam for this amazing video 😊🙏. This is mind-blowing video❤!
congrats on the 1 million subs!!!
Sweet video. Thank you for sharing some personal experiences. Finding this and learning more about Japanese culture to be extremely helpful for my mental health and individuating, I am currently undergoing intense conflict. Sorry I ever came off pushy to you before
Thank you for the video this help me understand more. 1 MILLION subscribers coming up.🎉
I love your lectures so much
My mother tongue is arabic ,i am not very good realy in english but l can get benefits from your videos anata あなた means you too in.arabic with the same pronunciation (انت)
ありがと❤😊
Wait what. I was an Arabic semester for 4 semesters in college and always learned that it was pronounced "inta/inti" (I studied masri and shaami Arabic)
@@jasondaveries9716prolly dif dialects
I,m from egypt anta to the males and anti to fiminies
I really enjoy Sayaka-sensei's videos. They make me really want to visit Japan. 😅
Thank you for your help sis. it's help me a lot ☺️❤️
Amazing thank you so much!!
I just want to say congratulations on reaching 1M subscribers
Another learner to your sweet family now miss 🔥
Been learning for over a year now, happy that I was understand all the sentences she said although basic
so what???@@Nossse-rq6ms
Omae reminds me of “vossa mercê” in Portuguese, used for important people, now becoming “você” as casual. Thanks for the class! ❤
i think that would depend if you meant brazilian portuguese or european portuguese. because voce can be perceived as rude and condescending in portugal. some interior regions still use a variation of this which is acceptable, as vossemecê. but generally when addressing someone we don't know or are not very acquainted with yet, we will refer to them in the third person. the word you (tu) only comes up when addressing friends, people you're comfortable with or family
And in spanish it's vos
In Colombia, the term "su merced" is still used to formally address someone, especially when making a request. It is archaic but still survives in the countryside of the Boyaca region. "Vos" is used in Medellin and in Bogota "usted" is used with distant people and "tu" with closer people.
This is really helpful thanks. Never knew this tbh ❤
Thank you Sayaka! 💛💯👍
I already knew all these things, but it was a delightful video to watch regardless.
Thanks for sharing this video, I love yr videos...
I learn a lot from you. Thanks. I can't wait to see your 1 Million Subscribers episode. I wish i was in college and you were my teacher 😅 lol...
thank you so much sayaka san i am from India and your vids are really helpful really best teacher ever
So interesting, love your content
Love u and ur useful videos 😍💟
Thank you sensei❤
Nicely explained.
Thank you, I hope you hit 1 million subscribers.
Been coming to Japan for 20+ years & only recently someone finally pointed out my error in always addressing people with "Anata". Explains why I haven't made that many friends here over the years... hahah. This was very helpful. Next 20 years should be good. ;) Honto ni, arigatou gozaimashita! New subscriber. Great presentation & style. :)
Finally 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 1MILLION SUBS!!❤ CONGRATS. Luv ur vids. Tnx alot......also I've a question. D u think Duolingo is a good way to learn Japanese? ありがとうございます。
Great video with great examples! If I can give a suggestion, the music that plays between the sections is a bit loud and almost covers your voice. I hope it helps :).
Just found you on TH-cam I visit my family in Japan and want to learn conversation Japanese. Your teaching style is awesome.
😩 if only I wouldn't live on the other part of the globe I'd definitely take all the classes and courses I could from you, Sayaka. Thank you, even so, for these short but gold on-point lessons
You are super awesome teacher
Great video Sayaka. Thank you very much. You really explains things really well. Well done. Could you please make the video which explains when to use 'kudasai' and when to use 'onegaishimas'. I can't find an explanation for this. Also, are you going to climb the Sydney harbor bridge this spring? It is important that you must overcome your fears so as to become a real woman.
Thank you😊
this is very helpfull thanks
I was literally considering this question in my Japanese journey! I just learnt some basic phrases on how to describe someone, but I did not know how to tell it to someone.
❤ Arigatou Sayaka San!
Woo perfect timing!😆
Nice overview of the Japanese “you” Sayaka, very informative. It’s a very dangerous word in Japanese and probably still best used among family and friends. Of course tone and context is everything but if someone I didn’t really know came up to me and addressed me with あなた, あんた or おまえ then it would make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. It feels extremely rude and condescending.
Thanks for the lesson sayaka-sensei. 1M subscribers is so close as well. Thank you for your hard work
Congratulations on 1 mil also can u make a vid about higana and katana maybee🎉🎉🎉
Yay, I was waiting for this, after the first person singular video of two years ago
1 MILLION SUBS YOU DESERVE IT
now, i understand ! This lessonn was sooo Helpful
I’m glad!!😆
@@NihongoDekita 🙏
Thank you Sayaka sensei! 😻
Will you make another video with Natsu? We saw her briefly in the new year video and we would love to see her again ❤️