when I first started learning japanese, everything was new and weird, but now it has been two months, and all hiragana and katakana(and some kanji too!) are so familiar to me, that sometimes I think "of course *this* means *that*, how could I not see it before??" the funniest thing about this is when I try to explain it to my friends, and they look at me like I'm crazy, but my only japanese speaking friend agrees
Thanks for the video but I beg to differ about the pronunciation being easy. For example, trying to hear and say the words for rain or candy. Or ignore and insect. I struggle with these so much. I know what I should be saying but I can't master it at all.
Thank you for your comment! Regarding "rain" and "candy", it's fine to say "AME" for both. We can understand perfectly well from the context. For example, when you say "あめ が ふりそうです(=It's going to rain)", we know it's "rain" 😃
That was an interesting point about using the plain English forms instead of katakana. Is it common for people in Japan to use the English spelling? I see it sometimes in proper nouns like company names, but I'm not sure when I should use katakana or English spelling sometimes. By the way, I noticed your last picture book read-along video is no longer there. Was it deleted or is my youtube playing up?
@@studywithmai. I understand katakana, but I am wondering whether sometimes it is more appropriate to use English lettering in some situations. I guess it must be a stylistic choice. Looking forward to the revised video :)
Mai I know you have done good Japanese lesson videos; however, my suggestion is to why not we only talk about Japanese language when we learn Japanese? If you watch at people who teach English, they don't compare their language with another language because they are proud of the language. I hope we all stop comparing one language with another. And for your information, I believe most of the people who watch your videos or other Japanese teaching videos are people who do not speak English as their first language. It's fine you use 100% Japanese, as I told you earlier.
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ありがとうございます. One thing that is very difficult for beginners is the "r" pronunciation (らりるろれ).
It's close to la-li-lu-le-lo. Pronounce it with your tongue pressed against the roof of your mouth :)
Thank you Sensei Mai for these detailed lessons and explanations. ありがとうございます🌸
どういたしまして😊
Thank you for explaining.
Thank you for your watching!!
The most important thing to starting to learn japanese it to ditch Roman alphabet as soon as you can, it holds back your pronounciation so much
when I first started learning japanese, everything was new and weird, but now it has been two months, and all hiragana and katakana(and some kanji too!) are so familiar to me, that sometimes I think "of course *this* means *that*, how could I not see it before??"
the funniest thing about this is when I try to explain it to my friends, and they look at me like I'm crazy, but my only japanese speaking friend agrees
You are so sweet Mai. Arigatou! ❤
Thank you for your watching ♡
Thanks for the video but I beg to differ about the pronunciation being easy.
For example, trying to hear and say the words for rain or candy. Or ignore and insect.
I struggle with these so much. I know what I should be saying but I can't master it at all.
Thank you for your comment!
Regarding "rain" and "candy", it's fine to say "AME" for both. We can understand perfectly well from the context. For example, when you say "あめ が ふりそうです(=It's going to rain)", we know it's "rain" 😃
Thank you for your videos Mai Sensei. You speak very clearly, so it is easier to understand..
Oh thank you for your nice comment ♡ Speaking in English is difficult for me but I'll do my best!
@@studywithmai. you speak very good English, English just a another language nothing special about English
@@studywithmai.I am willing to help you with English.
まい先生!
ぼくはブラジル人です。過去に英語を勉強しました。それは挑戦的でした。今、日本語を勉強しています。まい先生のチャネルがとても助かります！
どうもありがとう! 😎
どういたしまして！日本語上手ですね😉
That was an interesting point about using the plain English forms instead of katakana. Is it common for people in Japan to use the English spelling? I see it sometimes in proper nouns like company names, but I'm not sure when I should use katakana or English spelling sometimes.
By the way, I noticed your last picture book read-along video is no longer there. Was it deleted or is my youtube playing up?
If you don't understand katakana, just use English!
The picture book video is currently being revised, so please wait a moment :)
@@studywithmai. I understand katakana, but I am wondering whether sometimes it is more appropriate to use English lettering in some situations. I guess it must be a stylistic choice.
Looking forward to the revised video :)
If you write it in katakana, more Japanese people will be able to understand it!
Arigatou mai sensei !watashi wa.....📃📃📖📖📖☠️💯😂😂😊😊🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
Thank you Sensei Mai for another helpful lesson! Are you from Osaka or Tokyo? Do you still live in the place you grew up in?
Now I'm living in Tokyo :)
@@studywithmai. Did you grow up in Tokyo ?-)
No, I grew up in Fukushima 😀
@@studywithmai. Oh Fukushima... Just north of Tokyo! 😃
Mai I know you have done good Japanese lesson videos; however, my suggestion is to why not we only talk about Japanese language when we learn Japanese? If you watch at people who teach English, they don't compare their language with another language because they are proud of the language. I hope we all stop comparing one language with another. And for your information, I believe most of the people who watch your videos or other Japanese teaching videos are people who do not speak English as their first language. It's fine you use 100% Japanese, as I told you earlier.
Thank you for your comment! I'll take it into consideration🤔 Are there any videos you would recommend that I should use as video reference?
@@studywithmai. Japanese Listening］Talk About Summer Memories/Japanese Listening Practice For Intermediate n3 . Channel : Japanese sensei th-cam.com/video/sSgim_AtmI0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=G_uZ-60Hg2C4C8Xp
@@studywithmai. ［Japanese Listening］Talk About Summer Memories/Japanese Listening Practice For Intermediate n3. Channel: Japanese sensei , (you can use as a reference)
Thank you for sharing!
@@studywithmai. 🇯🇵👩🏻🏫 My Father's Vegetable Garden🥬🍅 - Japanese Comprehensible Input for Complete Beginners
channel name : Comprehensible Japanese .(can use as a reference)
まいさん. what does "いけないand ならない"mean? it means must or not?
Please give me example sentences 🙏
@@studywithmai. はい.例えば.あなたは勉強しなきゃいけないmeans''you have to/must study'?
Yes, "あなたは勉強しなきゃいけない" means "you have to/must study." 😃
@@studywithmai. なるほど. 二重否定は「はい」を意味します. ありがとうございました！