Japanese Pronunciation Basics | Japanese From Zero! Video 02
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[Course 1 Lesson A]
Japanese pronunciation is one of the easiest out of all the Asian languages. It is based on just five simple vowel sounds. Once you master those vowel sounds they rest of the sounds are easy as cake. Even if you pronounce your Japanese with a heavy foreign accent over time you can correct your accent so don't get depressed if your Alabama accent seems to be holding you back!
This video is part of the courses on:
fromzero.com based on the Japanese From Zero! (learnfz.com/JFZamazon) book series written by George Trombley and Yukari Takenaka
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Aw, come on! I'm watching this on my phone!
You heard him! >:D
Same here
Yup, same
Same
You bring dishonor to sensei, commit sudoku!
japanese person: do you wanna eat icecream?
me: *house*
いいえ
Hai
Hai
XD
@@szecr isn’t “no” written: いいえ ?
when he tells you to get of your phone me "I'm watching this on my phone do you want me to stop learning?"
Yeah, haha watching his videos on my phone too XD
"They let you have your phone there? Where are you?"
...In bed...
I am always watching. I just am not into watching when people are on the toilet so I figure it's safe to say "not on the phone".
Dabouwss TH-cam exactly what I was gonna say
Dabouwss TH-cam omegerd we twins
XD I think most of us had the same reaction
"do u wanna eat ice cream?"
*"H O U S E"*
😂😂😂
ojisan: kinda old dude
ojiisan: older old dude
ok so the number of i's is directly proportional to oldness got it
So what would "ojiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisan" means?
@@atmanawaksara ultimate boomer
@@atmanawaksara Someone who rode a T-Rex
@@alexanderzippel8809 i thought that was funny :P
what about ojsan
haaa, it's pretty cool because the vowels' pronunciation in spanish is the same as in japanese, so it's even easier for spanish speakers like me
Same as portuguese.
+A Dream Between Realms I also am Portuguese. One of the few times that I'm actually happy for being Portuguese :')
And I'm happy for being Brazilian, because I also speak Portuguese! haha
Most european countries have the same concept, I imagine.
german too
I like how you just randomly drank water
Im sitting there like... Is this apart of the lesson?
Perfect hydration is serious business, I'd say it is.
as soon as he did that i got a ad break
I learnt hiragana in a week but it's gonna take me forever for kanji 😯😯😯
Sophie Mendes don't try and rush through kanji, it takes japanese people the entire school system to learn kanji
How is the English coming? Lol
Did u learn kanji yet😭 i got frustrated with japanese and stopped trying to learn anymore and now here i am again 2 years later starting where i left off🤦🏽♂️ i could of gotten so much japanese done in 2 year but instead i was focused on playing video games than learning japanese
BlackBeanerZey
Don't give up!! I'm still learning kanji, and I started a year ago. Don't rush through it, as Utter Otter CHOICE stated previously in the thread. Its going to take a while, but one day, you'll look back at yourself and say, "I'm glad I kept going."
I gave up a few times, and it will seem impossible at times, because theres obviously a lot of elements in Japanese that aren't present in English, but I promise you, you'll get through it with the right amount of dedication.
*ありがと!!!*☆☆☆
O learnt hiragana and katakana in three days..
There are ONLY FIVE SOUNDS!!!... literally one minute later - Only one hundred and five sounds!
Actually (oh wow, saying that word already makes me sound like an a$$hole) there would be 107 because of the ん character
In kannada there are 14 and these 5 are in it. The double sounds are a part of the vowels in kannada.
Only 5 vowel sounds,, in american ( not english, american should be it's own sub language) unless you are from here or already know english any one of our vowels can make like 3 different sound,, but in japan an ..a.. sound only has 1 sound, always, and that makes reading romonji super duper easy, I just don't know what the hell it means yet
@@lolalynnk Wait.. why would American be it's own sub-language? It's literally English
@@bradients1000 Ever live in England? American English is quite different (in subtle ways) from British English.
Our USAF briefing about language differences 40+ years ago had the dignified 40+ female British director of the recreation hall explaining the hilarity that ensued when she broke her pencil eraser and walked into the room of male USAF personnel, and asked: "Does anyone have a rubber? Mine broke."
i really love the way you teach, it’s fun and relaxed, i don’t feel like i’m pressured to get everything right all the time :)
R u fluent now ?
0:52 - 1) 5 sounds in language
3:21 - "to" example
3:31 - hiragana for "to"
4:00 - 2) writing systems
4:23 - Hiragana
5:29 - Katakana
6:12 - Kanji
8:50 - 3) double vowels
12:08 - 4) double consonants
Thanks
Thanks, ass catcher!
Ty!
Preety neat
WTF! I'm watching this on my laptop and a message popped up on my phone, i went to read it then he told me to "get of my phone" WTF! This guy has super powers!
Okay wtf! I was watching the video and then scrolled down to read comments about useful apps for learning Japanese as I'm using few myself. And I read this comment and then scrolled up to the video and a few seconds later checked my phone. And at the same time the guy said the same thing, just when I was wondering when will this part appear. Hahahahah I love it :D
@@ursaljubas3225 Omfg, i just scrolled down to read the comments, and he literally says "get off the phone" as I read your reply, LOL
Starts talking about vowels. I wonder what they are. (Heard it many times but never got to the meaning) Then he goes U DON'T KNOW WHAT VOWELS ARE??!! 😂😂😂 Then starts explaining. This man DOES have super powers after all (and he can look into the future since this video is already is already a couple years old)
Whaha, I am Dutch and the pronounciation is exactly the same!!!
Marloes Oosterhoff
Same in Germany XD
Same in Hungary :)
Marloes Oosterhoff Same!
When you say it like that is like its not the same as in Portugal lol
Just say portuguese.
French here :)
George, I'm really glad you're making content again and I love your energy in these new videos! Looks very much like the hyper George from 5 years ago... :) You make any topic so fun and I love your sense of humor too. By the way, in your previous video you said that those who are just starting to learn Japanese are probably going to text you in 4-5 years to say they've gotten fluent. Well, I've been learning it for almost 2 years, and about a year ago I watched one of your old videos where you speak Japanese and I didn't understand a thing. One year later I watch the same video and I understand everything! It feels so good to see yourself making progress and I recommend to all those considering to learn Japanese to just go for it!
So thanks for all your hard work and I hope you keep it up! :)
(By the way, I'd like to see you make content for intermediate students as well, where you would explain a bit more advanced concepts. I'm sure a lot of us would find it useful).
I know Spanish as my first language and English as my second and I love learning languages xD. English was fun and hopefully, I learn Japanese as well. And those sounds that you said at first are exactly how you would pronounce them in Spanish :D.
BroGamer oh thats cool, maybe i will learn spanish after japanese!
Same
Yes same in Portuguese to
Hello
my name is Sarah I am
from Iraq i just speak a little English i am not a fluent speaker but i try to be
( ok you are great teacher (sensie
i love Japan so much and my big dream is visit japan and learn japanese language
i think i have a long way because i wanna learn korean too
i know a few words from japanese like ohayou
arigato gomenasai sumimasn
baka oni san and more
also i dont love kanji bc its so difficult its looks like chinese letters
but dont give up
gambari yosh
weeebbbbbb
@@edurodeiro2105 u have tokyo ghoul profile pic 😂
I think it's "sensei".
@@abadgurl2010 yes yes it is
@@edurodeiro2105 says the guy with a picture of an anime
@2:52 "get off your phone" but I'm watching this video on my phone ;-;....
Ikr
2:57 "dude get off your phone"
Me: "bbut... I'm watching this on my phone"
He's personality makes it easier to remember
Bought your first book today, now I am rewatching all these videos. Your book is freaking amazing man.
I love the style you do while teaching, it's a classroom feel and not overly scripted, love it!
Just got back from a trip to Japan and It was amazing! I feel like great things are going to come my way in the next few years by using these books/videos/other methods to learn this foreign language. I'm now starting book one and I hope to one day come back to this comment section and thank you for the basic foundation you have brought to me by using your books and awesome videos, thanks!
Hi George, just started watching this series here on TH-cam. I have been learning Japanese without any structure for about 1,5 years now and I just finished Hiragana. I have a busy life and can't find the time to sit down and do more "work". But I have decided to follow your Lessons here on the tubes and watch one video every day to get a little more structure on my learning! So glad I found your channel. Thanks. よろしくおねがいします
Hey George, just wanted to say that I've enjoyed your videos. I noticed that you haven't uploaded it in a while, but I'm glad you're back. Your videos have really helped me understand the clarity of Japanese. Luckily, I won't ever have an issue with Japanese pronunciation because I'm Spanish, and the two languages use the same vowels, so I'm already used to pronunciation.
One of the many reasons I decided to get into Japanese and I already speak English and Spanish. You were a great guide for me, and I'm in the grammar, kanji phase, but I still follow your videos, really appreciate the time you take to upload the lessons.
You're such a good teacher! This lesson was not only loads of fun but you made me feel so much hope and confidence that I could learn this language. Thank you for demonstrating all the important points so clearly with examples too.
When your already bilingual you don’t have to fight your brain on pronunciation 😏
Yeah, when he went on about not having paid attention and then telling us how it's supposed to be pronounced I was like ?? That's how I pronounced it (grew up with German and English)😂
Been teaching myself Japanese for a few months now and WOW I'm so happy I found this channel.
After watching a few of your videos I have a feeling you'll be a great teacher for me an absolute beginner. Just purchased the first book, don't let me down George!
2:50 I was legit playing on my phone while listening to you and that scared the living sh*t out of me. Hahahaha oh my lord!
Him: get off your phone
Me: but, that’s how I’m watching this
I swear im so glad you have these videos man. So helpful rather than just reading your books. Which are so good also
Thank you for taking your time and helping all of us to learn !!!! Much appreciated:D
Thank you for explaining the double vowel
My journey with Japanese language starts today ;) wish me luck!
Welcome!!! I am jealous of all the fun you are going to have from this point. Enjoy the ride!
Just found this channel, really excited to take this course.
I highly appreciate your lessons. It's very helpful for a Vietnamese to learn Japanese since I can learn Japanese and improve English at the same time.
Hello George! Thank you for such a great video. I'm very interested in learning Japanese. I like your teaching style. It's so fresh, funny and at the same time is easy to understand the lesson. I'm a spanish speaker and I'm very pleased to found that japanese sounds are very similar to spanish sounds! We pronounce the vowels sounds the same way and I have found many consonants are pronunced the same way too! Isn't that wonderful! Greetings from Southamerica!
This is so cool cause i knew some of these words already via Anime and makes it easier
This teacher has got to be the most authentic man on the internet. He just is who he is and skews knowledge at you. I find myself listening to him for hours. He reminds me of the best high school teachers who fill your head with random knowledge in addition to the lessons.
Your lectures are AWESOME!
Thank you
Sonkei
You are brilliant man... I am going to make more effort to learn Hiragana .. thanks.
it's been 4 years since this has been made, I love your books and they've helped me a lot on my journey to self study Japanese, I hope to hear more from you. Cheers!
How much have they helped?
@@marcussosa3542 "a lot" they already said
I just want to say thank you again for all your lessons because now I can start my journey to using Japanese with a great guide
Omggg I’m loving this series
Great video wish I had this to tell me when I first started lol
Im not gonna lie the pronunciation is easier to learn when you are a french speaker.
reallyyy? i thought french r and japanese r was so so so different.
@@yashiro3568 for example "a" in English is pronounced "ay" but in French it's the same as Japanese just an "a"
Yep also Spanish
I really enjoyed this video and the previous one as well. I got the first book - Japanese From Zero! 1 this past week and I have just started to read it. I'm up to lesson one right now. I bought this book to help me learn Japanese and became a member of you website. Over the past year and a half I have started to plan future trips to Japan. I am following such TH-camrs as Abroad in Japan and Only in Japan for great ideas on place to visit during my trips to Japan. I learning Japanese is something that I have always wanted to do since the early 1990s when I got into Anime full blast.
Back to the lessons.
learn japanese with fun, the phone part was awesome. thanks *George* for your effort.
nice teaching skills.................
Him: get off ur phone
Me: I’m watching this on my phone...
You are an amazing teacher. Thank you for doing these videos.
Amazing teaching style...I'm excited to start on my Japanese language learning journey - thanks!!
I'm interested in getting your books. What JLPT levels would you say each volume goes up to in terms of reading and writing?
dude you are an inspiration/role model do you do other languages although I know you just grew up in japan
I also do Korean. I will start a Korean From Zero! video series also when this is done.
th-cam.com/users/koreanfromzero
Also I am doing Chinese now.
Thanks for great video! Very fun to watch and learn :)
I found out a - i - u - e - o
is said the same in my national language, the only diffrence is Japanese has the U sound a bit diffrend
Edit: most of the sounds sound similar ...somehow
When he tells you to get off the phone but that’s where you’re watching his lesson on 👁💧👄💧👁
its actually easy if you're hindi\urdu speaker
True. I speak multiple Indian languages, and I find spoken Japanese quite natural, easy and pleasant. Kanji on the other hand, not so much. After learning basic grammar and hiragana/katakana, you can just build your vocabulary by listening to spoken japanese organically over time. For me, I like music, so japanese songs are a good way for me to build vocabulary.
Man: get off the phone
Me: but then I can't watch the video
could you explain the 3 north's. There's Kita (japanese) and Bei (chinese north) but there's that Hokkaido place that has a north in the title.
きた(kita 北) means north. kita is the kun-yomi(kun-reading) of 北. The on-yomi(on-reading) of 北 is "hoku". In th word of Hokkaido（ほっかいどう 北海道）, it was originally read as "hokukaido"(北 is read as "hoku") and it became read as "hokkaido".
Learning Kanji and then there's the chinese of BEI
Surprisingly all the pronunciation sounds stuff I learned from singing Japanese by reading romaji lyrics for anime openings 😂 so I guess I'm not totally at 0
"Dude get off your phone" but. I am watching you on my phone.
I forgot I typed this comment and almost typed it again lol
"Put down your phone" im watching this on my phone D:
"when Japan...." I died! lol
the messed up part is at 3:00 someone on discord messaged me and I was responding.. thanks I had to close it to keep paying attention hahahaha.
When you’re watching the lesson on your phone :3
"Dude get off your phone!" HAHAHA! #MyBad I'm trying to multitask. I can do that while learning Japanese right...? Oh, no? Oh...okay. (-_-,) #TheStruggle
a i u e o is same pronounced on serbian lol
Same in German too
+MrDirtBaggins ja ;)
And Polish. And Latin. And many other languages.
and Spanish
Matthew Theobald The Japanese "e/え/エ" ("eh") is pronounced a bit differently from the Spanish "e" ("ey")
When he said get off your phone I just had turned it one and that scared me omg
@@mock15halo 😂😂😂😂 omg
1:13 yeah. Blame English. The romanji pronounciation makes sence for about 99% for languages that uses Roman letters.
Fine I put my phone away jeez
Justin I am watching this with my phone XDXDXD
just started watching and I'll have to say this, your teaching method and intuition were on point. I always postpone doing things and I have this heavy load on my back when I try to start things and you started and caught me off guard with your words. I feel like I will enjoy watching and learning from you.
I just started today can’t wait to learn from here
Starting today! Thank you for the videos!
Hey, I bought the first of your books a few years back. Stumbled upon this youtube channel just now. I have to say, you are just an extremely likeable fellow. You also sound as though you've been teaching classes for a long time :D
I love how japanese vowels are pronounced exactly(and I mean EXACTLY) like in my mother tongue, which is romanian, this makes things so much simpler!
you are awesome. i learned lot of from your videos. thank you helping all of us
dude, great series. funny and educational. goodjob mate
Your lectures are AWESOME
Thank you!
Sonkei
Being bilingual already helps making these concepts soooo much easier!! I do have a part of my brain that interprets "to" as the English "to", but at the same time I have a part of my brain that interprets "to" as the Japanese to, since the Portuguese pronunciation of vowels is so close to the Japanese one.
Your a good teacher! Very easy to follow, keep it up! ✊✊
I think this is going to be fun for me to learn.
Learned basic Hiragana by myself in a week and decided to start this video course, and I'll just say he includes you in a way nobody else does, plus I've already learned a few new things already! :) I'll be buying his books!!
thank you so much for all you do to help us learn. it's great how you are so laid back and riff and come up with all these great insights, and idioms and stories along the way. i was wondering if it were possible to jot down in the description section notes about the asides that come out of your videos? not the workbook stuff but the "oh by the way"s?
I’ve only begun getting into the hirigana and I have to admit these videos are super helpful
You make the lesson very interesting. Thank you.
Alright I'm sold I've learned more of this video than any of the other youtube videos and all the anime I've watched. I'm getting your book
I learned so mich from this video! Thank you
im really enjoying this instructor. time to buy the books
Thank you for having your daughter reach out theough Tik Tok just saw her and she told me about this video series. Going to start learning and cant wait.
This guy's voice is so soothing.
i love this teacher already...
Thanks a lot! I'm from Brazil and your books and course is helping me too much!
And about this specific video of pronunciation it's a lot easy for us, portuguese speakers cause the sounds are the same in portuguse. I think its a little bit harder for a english speaker. In portuguese A I U E O (hrre the order is A E I O U) soudns exactly tha same. The only diference is that in portuguese in some words E may be pornounced as I and O as U, mostly when they are in the end of the words.
This guy has the funniest, weirdest personality and its amazing 🤣
Bought your first book, "Japanese From Zero", and enjoy your videos!
Thank you !
I was looking for these lessons. I understand.
Great, Im eating these up, thanks for making
Thank you sooooo much : ) This channel helps me a lot
For the double consonants, the pause is exactly the same thing as the pause in the middle of "uh-oh". Think of it as that little dash written between the "uh" and the "oh". The fancy linguistics term is "glottal stop" because what you're doing is cutting off your airstream completely using your glottis, i.e. your voice box/vocal cords