Stop sounding like a ROBOT!! How to say "Very..." "It's so...” in Japanese
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I really appreciate this. Things that are usually written but not said have been kind of a headache for me in japanese.
I will try to make more videos on how to speak naturally!
@@mikurealjapanese onegaishimasu
Laughs in french
@@Matthew-fj6eu that must be something like :
Hon hon hon hon
@ルカ We omit the sound of a lot of consonants in french like T, D, S, at the end of a word. That and the combination of different letters creating the same sound, or a very similar one.
Look up the prononciation of ein, en, un, for example. Or another one : eau, au, o ; all of them are actually the same pronunciation [o].
Or look at the verbs : Tu manges (You eat), here you don't pronunce the s at all.
French is really complex when it comes to writing. :)
Last example, all those words have almost the same pronunciation, so that a lot of kids mix them up when writing : sait (knows), c'est (it is), ses (their/his plural word), ces (those/these). You pronunce it [sé]
In my family, we grew up saying , "aughghhghgadsklasjdfalshga;lsd 熱い" to say it was very hot.
what
@Saa Warior I know it's annoying to learn kanji but if everything were hiragana thesentenceswouldalllooklikethis.
@@Stuttful Agreed, Kanji actually make things easier but only if you know the kanji character
In mine, it was "HAH HAH HAAAAAH HAH HAH AHAAAT DISCH ISCH HAAAT"
SWEET MOTHER OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AND HOLY.
ありがとう！I've been using とても so often but I think my Japanese friends were always too kind to tell me I sounded like a robot !! 😭
😁😁😁 i also used とても often when i speak japanese.omg🤣🤣
They don't talk about your mistakes, all you can do it's see how they talk/ write, if you never saw them saying totemo, why would you do the same? That's how I learned.
I know right!? They never tell you when something’s wrong,they except you to see that yourself
@@chickennoodlesoup5066 I think it's just natural. Like if a random foreigner talks to me in my language and there is some wrong grammar I won't start correcting him as long as I get what he wants to say lol. Also things like this will just go away naturally with exposure I think, if everyone else uses maji all the time I'm sure you'll be doing the same very soon.
In other cases, if you are just talking to them online, like most Japanese learners outside of Japan does, it’s difficult to catch your own mistakes by “observing their word choice”.
if you ask them to tell, sometimes they’d say yes, but don’t actually do it. I think they are too shy. (No flames please, just stating my observation. 😁) You just have to emphasize that you “really” want then to tell and that you wanna learn more. I am glad that my Japanese friend actually tells me politely, and makes suggestion on what words to use instead. ☺️
I'd love to see a series about terms and phrases taught in text books that no one says, and the alternatives that people actually say.
Check out learnjapanesepod.com/ if you haven't already. Alex has been basing his podcasts on spoken Japanese for years.
Lonely Gourmet thanks for this, how did I not come across this series?! I listen to JLPT stories, Nihongo con Teppei and learn Japanese with noriko - all of them on Spotify and really really good but the one you shared looks great too. Any particular episode or episode series you’d recommend?
Literally almost everything taught in (elementary level) textbooks sounds weird or is inappropriate for casual everyday use..
Your channel is a blessing to Japanese learners Miku Sensei. You should definitely have more subscribers!
Like Covid 19, her subs will be breaking the 100K mark real soon.
She's trying her best!
@@joeymorangarza cursed comment
I agree
Well, she has 1 more now.
never used this, but now i’m going to have fun😂
If this video was never made, I would've used とても all the time! Thank you so much miku sensei!
Thank you for the explanation.. I always speak using 'とても' to my japanese friends, but after I watched this video, I wouldn't say that Word again 😂
Sameee 😂🙈
same here!
😂
Are they too humble, or something, to tell you that it sounds a bit weird? xD
Well dome R2D2 :V
I've heard that めちゃ and ちょう are young people's words. I'm 58, so would it sound odd for me to use them in informal situations?
My mom is 54 and she uses meccha all the time. I don't hear maybe my 94 years old grandma say it! People who are in their 60's also use めっちゃ. Of course it depends on the person! But if you want to sound formal, you can use use ほんとに and すごく:)
@@mikurealjapanese Thank you!
@@mikurealjapanese thank u Miku. This is very helpful.
Miku Real Japanese what’s is meccha?
@@PRINTORO if you watched the whole video, you would understand what めちゃ is
I really like using stuff like「あっつ！！」
That's on my list!:)
@SE7EN what is あっつ?
Dolly Arora a really strong, casual way of saying “it’s hot”
@@LovaULots arigatou .....😁
あつい→あつ→あっつ
0:46 i love the short starwars melody
To me, pronouncing japanese words naturally is so much easier because i’m Brazilian and our way of pronouncing vowels is very similar, even though Japanese is so much different than Portuguese!
Best of luck to everyone in their japanese learning journey! 💖🌟
so とても is used normally in formal sentences, like for example
今日の授業はとても面白いです
This lesson was beyond helpful. They would teach us so many words like とても back in college without necessarily clarifying the proper context. I always wanted to learn the more natural ways of speaking in Japanese. 教えてくれてありがとうございます！
The fact that she repeats every sentence two times is めちゃくちゃ useful, thanks Miku-sensei!
haha 懐かしい when I first came to Kyoto I made a friend from Osaka and めちゃくちゃ was one of the first expressions I learned from her. I love Osaka-ben. みく先生のビデオめっちゃ好き！
ありがとう！うれしいです！♡
The intro had me laughing so hard xddd
I replayed it forever
For real! I felt attacked.
This channel is much better for learning Japanese than my actual Japanese language class 💀..
When I am speaking Japanese, I don’t normally use “とても” for the exact reasons stated in this video. However I instead say “なかなか” like なかなかこんでいました!” Where does this fall on the politeness spectrum? Am I doing something wrong or am I sounding like I’m melodramatic (or am I making a mistake where I sound like a バカ外人)? Thank you so much for your videos!
I use 結構 (けっこう) most of the time if its less than めっちゃ and ちょう
@@Ripcraze kekkou is like "pretty", right? kekkou ii = pretty good
How do you type Japanese Characters on your keyboard? Or phone?
@@zappyliving5365 Look through your keyboard's setting. There you can choose a language and add it.
I think while you are polite and grammatically correct, the person you converse with has got the wrong picture.
なかなか: quite/fairly
とても: very/really
In short, you want to say 'it's very crowded' but in reality you say, 'it's quite crowded'.
I've actually heard people use とても in Japanese podcasts, but it's usually like とっても I think the way you say it makes the difference between sounding stiff and sounding natural. Like in casual conversation, people end sentences with っす and っつ and kind of slurring words together, like saying そっすよね instead of そうですよね or like わかん instead of わからないんです
How can I say “it’s very cute” if I’m like talking about a pet or an item in the store casually?
Thank you, Sensei! I have been working on making my Japanese more natural so that I can better express myself to others, and your videos are the best I have found for speaking naturally and you do a great job of explaining the differences between different politeness levels and contexts. Thank you so much for your channel!
また勉強になった。Thanks to you I can teach better and natural japanese. Thankyou very much 🙏🙏🙏.
You're perfect! Thank you so much for your videos. In learning materials we don't find such details, especially explained that easily.
くそ mmm haven’t seen that in any of my lessons. These videos gets more interesting as I watch. I love them. Other just teach basic stuff but these are more updated.
Sensei your smile is so cute and your way of teaching is fabulous.
Explanation is very clear.
先生 Keep smiling😎
Omg, you can explain so well! Why didn't I find you earlier 😱!
The very not being used with negatives is really important/helpful for English speakers.
Since we definitely use "very" for negatives a lot!
I'm from Algeria and your videos help me a lot, I watch the regularly and your method is very effective. I'm sharing your videos with everyone I know so thank you again.
Very clear. I like this channel. Thanks.
I've been spending the past couple of weeks learning Japanese and it's been a bit difficult, but I'm determined to learn it. Thank you for your videos. They are so helpful
I would say that "very" DOES equal とても in some ways, because in English, saying "very" can also make you sound like a robot 😂
People don't say "it's very hot" etc ---> "it's so/really/super hot" etc
i agree,
Its freakin hot. 😜
めっちゃくちゃ helpful video! Thanks Miku!
めっちゃいいビデオでした。ありがとうございました! :)
Funniest Sensei ever 😅
This is the best authentic Japanese language channel out there! Thank you! まじで役に立った！ありがとうね : D
このビデオありがとうございます✨本当に役に立ちます！
This is really informative! I appreciate people like you who try to help people like me who are trying to learn Japanese. Also your English is amazing for your native tongue being quite the opposite of English lol
じゃあ、僕にめっちゃありがとうございます!
I was teaching 5th grade English in Japan and did the usual, "How's the weather?" The teacher opened the curtains a bit so the students could see outside, and the sun came shining brightly into the classroom. A boy in the front exclaimed, "Whoa! めっちゃ sunny!!"
That's pretty wholesome! Not gonna lie.
I use totemo all the time! I have heard the mecha and maji but never actually used it. Thank you for teaching this
hello from Singapore! i have been learning Japanese from the Genki textbook and i would just like to thank you for making such videos so because it made Japanese learning so much more fun and interactive. thank you!
and... sometimes we would say ''すげー'' or ''すんげー'' for example ''すげー熱い!!'' that true.
I saw that suge- is very rude, I'm confused now hahaha
@@doppelthay7562 You're completely right. this is an informal situation and this is an expression used casually.
@@akito3057 even casually I saw Misa from anmono (her chanel) saying that say suge isn't good even in this situation, yabai was better
@@doppelthay7562 Well, it might depend on the person, gender, class.
For me, suge- and yabai (or yabe-) are equally casual and informal.
But I agree suge- is kind of a word that typical 'shonen' like Luffy in One Piece tends use. If you are girl, you'll sound like a boy, I guess that's why she said so.
Though, I don't feel both words as so rude. Younger people tend to abuse these expressions just putting です、ます in the end trying to make it sounds polite in the formal occasion.
I just feel immaturity or lack of the vocabulary, rather than the rudeness.
@@ryotakus.1560 Thank you so much for the advice ❤️
This channel is so helpful ^^
I am just at the point of learning the kanas, but this channel is so interesting to watch anyway! A great pleasure. Thank you a lot for your hard work!
これは日本語を学ぶのにすごく役立ちます。ありがとうございます！
I learned SO much in this one video. I love the way you teach! The repeating, explanation, and the text is so helpful. ありがとうございます☺️
Oh my bad words! 😅 Keeping it real on my notifications I see
クソ何々 definitely has a lighter nuance than the F word. I feel like a lot of Japanese people don’t realize that... or care? Thoughts?
"kuso" is "shit" but is used more like the F word
As always, a good video. Easy to understand and very useful! ありがとうございました!
Yesss lovely!!! :D 本当にありがとう😃
You are definitely an amazing teacher. Your explanation and examples are awesome!!!
Awww thank you! I will keep on improving! Long way to go!!!:)
Very interesting and useful video. You have a great talent for teaching, Miku-sensei.
Here in Tokyo I usually hear people saying like 「安すぎる」adj+すぎる but I have no idea how to use it hahahah or if it applies for all adjectives.
So that’s usually used in a sort of ‘wow I can’t believe this sort of situation’? Like for example you see brand clothes in a store but it costs wayy less than you thought, you’d then exclaim 「安すぎじゃね？？」 Or if you see something amazing like a sports player scoring a bunch of goals, you’re amazed so you exasperatedly say 「すごすぎ(る)、、」、course if you say something like 「眠すぎる」 (too sleepy) it wouldn’t be used in a surprised way but more toned down.
Somehow I more often use sugimasu than hontou ni or totemo LOL
初めて日本語を勉強し始めたとき、みくちゃんのビデオがあれば良かったのに。でも、今も勉強するだね。
It would’ve been nice to have Miku’s videos when I first started studying Japanese.
(but I’m still learning so much now!)
thank you!
So useful. Thanks.
But still both books i used only mention とても. Helpfull Guide!
Will make some flashcards later.
In the same way, we don't use "very" very (笑) much in English conversation either. "It's very hot" sounds really weird but "It's so hot" sounds natural.
~:~
'F-k it's HAWT' is more representative, imo.
I really appreciate your work! this approach is exactly what we need as language learners. I started learning japanese in 1998 in Hungary, no any kind of sources to learn, so I learned with the help of a privat teacher, then in a course, spent 6 years to learn japanese! While I was mastering the german language and got quite good in english, I just couldn't learn japanese, so I ended giving it up. I'm too stupid for it... Later I realised, that the way they tought us japanese was not good enough. We just learned grammar, solved tests, never practised any kind of dialoge, no wonder we couldn't speak. If we would spent time, with the kind of examples you show in your videos, we would be fluent by now. I am happy that times have changed, and a different approach is coming in the terms of leaning languages. I started to study again with a help of a japanese native speaker on italki. Much better, much more effective. I hope in this wise I will be able to learn and get to know japanese people better. Thank you for your videos.
As always thank you for the lesson :)
you’re videos are awesome and explanatory and the sentences and examples you give all sound familiar and so, thank you
blackcatooow u probably need to learn how to differentiate “your” and “you’re”. “You are videos are awesome” is funny lol
That was really informative ありがとうございます! I would be so interested to see more videos about how Japanese varies across the country, like from Okinawa all the way to Hokkaido. It could be a whole series. 頑張ってください!
You are my Japanese teacher equivalent to TalkToMeInKorean in the way I need English explanations so that I can feel confident in my foundation before getting into Japanese taught in Japanese lessons.
I love 大阪弁 so much and I love your lesson so much. When I was working and studying in Osaka and Himeji, I heard that a lot. Thank you so much for teaching us this. I hope when this Corona virus shall be stopped, I wish I could visit Osaka and have a chance to meet you in real life.
Which one is more formal? とても > すごく, or とても < すごく ? And is とっても = とても?
"Stop sounding like a ROBOT!!"
"I WILL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU MIKU-SENSEI SUMIMASEEEEEEN T_T"
I learned to use めちゃくちゃ sometimes ago from Kimagure Cook in TH-cam.. It sticks with me until now hahaha and it also reminds me of Yu Yu Hakusho theme song
Thank you! Now I feel more confident when speaking casual Japanese! 🙇🏾♂️
めっちゃくそ楽しかった！みくと勉強が好きです。
evilparkin I don’t recommend you use めっちゃ and くそ to a teacher
i had no idea Honto ni was the formal version, i always hear that around.. i'm still not into learning japanese, but one thing is sure, when i will decide, you'll be the first i will look for, you're really good at teaching.
Thanks for this, every Japanese lesson I ever saw and every Japanese class I took, taught totemo and I never knew it was formal!
Wow. You explained it so well. I'm glad I found your channel. My understanding in Japanese grammar is good but I have struggling how to be sound normal and not like bookish. ありがとうございます、みく先生。
いつも楽しいレッスンありがとうございました😊次の楽しみにしてます❗️
I really like these regional focused bits! I really enjoy Osaka dialect since I lived there and want to learn more!
My god 😫 I would always use とても when speaking to natives, I’m so glad I found this video
thank you Miku!
Wow! This is a great video, and maybe one of the better videos I've seen for teaching Japanese.
I hope all your videos are like this!
Amazing, clear and easy to understand and learn
I really love the way you give us tips. I’m currently studying japanese and i reaaaaaally enjoyed your videos!!! Thank you very much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!!
Thank you for this!!!
Thank you
I was struggling with the Grammar and now I need to learn two different styles of speaking xD
Thank you so much Miku sensei. I'm so glad that i found your channel & even more grateful for this "very" 『めちゃ』 content. 本当にありがとうございます。(do i say it right?)
Miku-sensei is so sugoi! Thank you for this week's lesson!
Thank you so much😚😚😚😚
One thing i really like about your Chanel is when you write a Sentence with Kanji that you write the Hiragana above it because i dont see that so often and i dont know Kanji at this point i only know Hiragana
One thing i learned when i was in japan, and im not sure it was because most of the people looked at me and was afraid because i looked like a soon to be yakuza, but most japanese i spoke with took time with me and approved the few things i knew, rest was through google translate / english.
And even though most of my japanese was wrong or misspronaunced it's suprislingly how far you get with little japanese even in the smaller cities these days.
If your still on the fence and scared going since the language barrier, just keep a phone close by with google translate and your good to go. Though learn to say Chotto Matte gugeru transtrato, (its not spelled like this in japanese btw, but it's the way western people would say it) and you can take your time time to use google translate.
And fully aware it's not the corret way of saying it but most japanese would understand it and be really glad that you did it.
Plz make more videos on native Japanese speaking....
話す相手によって使い分けますね😁
「楽しかった」には、とても、すっごく、めっちゃをよく使う気がします😃
OHAYO MIKU MIKU KAWAII SENSEI. LOVE YOUR RESSUN IT IS NO. 1. IT IS SO WARMING TO LEARN WITH FUN & NO PRESSURE. .I HOPE I CAN IMPROVE TO SPEAK SIMPLE JAPANESE WITH YOUR GOOD PRONOUCIATION AND ACCENT.
DOMO ARIGATO MIKU. WILL LEARN HOW TO WRITE AND READ LATER. BUT NOW SPEAK A LITTLE FIRST. MATA AIMASHO
Very interesting topic.
めちゃ面白かった。
Thank you Miku Sensei.
This was in my recommendation, and its my first time watching your video, and you are very good at teaching through video and i was so surprised. Thank you so much! I have been watching your other videos and its really helpful! ありがとうございます！
Thanks very much Miku Sensei for this super useful video...as it really helps to clarify all the 'very' version that I have learnt/heard before....domo arigatogozaimatsu :-)
i have never comment before about Japanese channel, you're first and gorgeous!!
I love how the way you teach real Japanese say
Thank you so much Big fan from Thailand!!!
What confuses me the most is that when you're studying, you're taught to always be polite cause japanese people never speak informally unless they're among very close friends. But when you speak formally, you sound like a robot. I'd like to know more about how formal you should be and when, and when it's not required to speak formally.
I think it's not that there is something wrong with using formal Japanese, as long as it's spoken in the proper context. And we as foreigners are likely to get involved in formal situations in Japan (being in a hotel, restaurant, train station, City Hall, asking local people for directions, etc.). The pitfall here is probably, that the more Japanese you learn and the longer you stay and interact with Japanese people, the more you will get exposed to informal Japanese. And in informal situations, we tend to use superlatives more often. Since "totemo" apparently is a formal word, it would sound awkward to overuse it in informal Japanese (like constantly saying things in English like "this tastes exquisitely good", "I found the movie exquisitely funny"). It would be like trying to sound informal and casual by using formal words. It will sound like you've learned the language straight out of a dictionary, rather than picked up words from actually spoken Japanese. Having said that; the reason you might not here "totemo" that often in formal language either, is probably because it's inherent to formal language to not use superlatives that often.
@@m.koksal3396 uP
Thanks!
私は日本人です。みくさんって、なんかめっちゃえろいですね。
I just started learn japanese then suddenly found this channel , thank you i'm looking forward to this channel
勉強になりました！ほんとにありがとうございます。❣️😊
ah I didn't know this!!! I always use とても because I learnt it from a textbook. Thanks for the tip!
Thank you so much for the great videos. Although I studied Japanese for a while now, your videos still help me a lot to sound more natural and to improve my communication skills. Recently I've been specifically preparing for an exchange semester at the Osaka University, but with the current Corona-virus situation I am not sure if I'll be able to go. The thought makes me sad, but I hope to go some other time in case it won't work out this fall. Anyways, thank you again for the great videos, I thoroughly enjoy them! :)