Japanese Location Words PT 2 | Japanese From Zero! Video 37 

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A checkpoint for you travellers. Glad you have arrived tthis far, have a warm tea.

Pun alert!!! Q: What are we learning in the next lesson? A: I どの (I dunno) Get it...

Hey george! Your Channel is incredible. I'm Brazilian and learning japanese on my own! Very lifechanging!

My measurement of progress is how long I have to have the video paused before I can procure an answer. In this video, I didn't pause the video once (except to type this because RU-vid deletes your comment if you have autoplay on, which I do). BIG accomplishment for me. Thank you Jo-ji-sensei! ^_^

Your positivity and excitement about teaching Japanese is so uplifting and motivating. You are doing such a great thing here. Thank you very much for your effort.

Thanks for your interjection at 10:53... honestly feeling down today because of unrelated issues, and am studying to get my mind off things. You made me feel nice about myself. Thanks so much for all your content, as it has been a tremendous help.

That distinction between は and が just made something in Mandarin clearer to me. I've been having trouble with "ba" sentences, which are a grammatical form which kind of mimics は behaviour in Japanese. I've always had a general feel for は and が , but I never really realised that は contains a definite determiner (a "the" or similar). This makes 把 (ba) make more sense in Mandarin.

I came back after a month and a half and I'm happy to say this lesson makes so much more sense. :D I can "feel" the difference more than I could the first time around.

I'm not sure why, but this video is not listed on the online course in the "Lesson Videos" section. I nearly missed it =)

For "What is on top of the desk?", is there a way to say it using です? Like ”つくえのうえに(は)なんですか”? Just wondering 'cuz it sounds weird when I say it but I didn't know if it was incorrect.

i really LOVE how you give multiple versions of sentences, cuz i like to make up my own sentences and having you clarify it is just *chef kiss*

Yes, of course we're having fun! How can we not when your lessons are so engaging? =)

I have been studying Japanese for 3 years now. I have struggled with some of the most basic concepts. Thank you George 😄 You truly are a genius on how you explain these concepts. 先生、どうもありがとうございました。

"You'll learn later on that Shitai also means I want to do" ... Haha somehow I already knew that

Thank you so much, George. I wondered in the lesson, if I have to use location before or after the subject. Now i know the actual difference between using wa and ga with location. Better watched this before the workbook-part 😅Each lesson seems so small by itself, but if I look back, there's already a bunch of topics to talk about while it all started with nothing more than saying "oo desu"

Love these lessons. Can’t believe I got all the answers correct before you said them

Is it possible to distinguish "on the desk" (directly on top of it) and "above the desk"?

y'know...I first watched this three years ago...unfortunately I didn't keep up with my studies diligently enough, now I'm trying again. I could NOT wrap my head around this lesson the first time around, but it feels natural and I completely understand what he's talking about now. yay

You inspired me to start learning Japanese!! This will be very useful for my job so ありがとうございます!! PS: Does どこに mean both where at and where to?

It helps so much to watch these videos as companions to self studying with the Japanese from Zero books. Thanks.

" 机の上に " is one hell of a tongue twister for me.

Thank you very much, Geoge. This is, by far. the best lesson on prepositions. I had been struggling to really understand the difference between those kinds of sentences.

Is this commenting now allowed lol?

just when I'm feeling down you gave your speech about how far we've come and how far we will go (all while having fun). Thanks george. the real GOAT

You explain particles so well. The best I've seen.

lmao, "what if its dead!"

Is it alive or not alive or animate and inanimate? What about trees, plants ect.? They are alive. Honest question

i had fun watching this lesson. thank you George-san!

I read somewhere that it was decided that AI/living robots and the like will be called "imasu"

Great job as always, I'm following these videos along with the books and I feel I'm making progress . I have a question though and please don't judge me, why is it that in the sentence "ねこはどこですか。" we don't need the に, but if we use the verbs ある/いる we need the に? Thanks

Georgeさん　こんにちは Quick question on this, I know you’re a busy man and may not get round to seeing it but wanted to ask. つくえのうえにねこがいます　 ねこはつくえのうえにいます How the bottom one is referred to if you know the cat and the top one more for if it’s just a cat. Say it’s your cat named (Benji) Could the bottom one be said as (Cats name) はつくえのうえにいます。 if speaking to someone who knows the cat also ect or would that change the sentence completely? Hope you’re well. P.s hope that’s not a stupid question 😂😂😂 ありがとうございます

At 7.56 I just tell myself that the 'what' is what we are interested in finding out the existence of, so it should be appended with 「います」or「あります」'What exists...' And as 「います」 has to be at the end, the ordering becomes pretty simply to work out. 「机の上に何がいますか。」

When asking what's on top of the desk, shouldn't you ask with ですか as the ending since in the real world, we won't actually know what's on the desk (by using ありますか/いますか) like we do in this lesson? That way when someone responds with います/あります, at that point we know, and can continue with whichever ending that is established?

I am having fun, this is a great series and you’re a great teacher

I have a question. When I don't know what is on the desk. And I don't know if it is an Objekt or a living thing. Than I have to use です not あります or います right? And I don't use に in front of です right?

Hi! I've a question, for slide at 8:40. Can we ask instead, "机の上に何ですか"? Instead of using いますか.

Thanks so much for this lesson. Been taking a course at Smith College and your explanations really bring the concepts I’m learning to life. Much appreciated.

I'm wondering about the emphasis part. So if I were to flip neko and doko around, for example: doko ni neko ga imasuka, would that work? Instead of using wa with cat in the beginning? If I were to do it that way, I guess you would answer: tsukue no ue ni neko ga imasu. I don't even know if I am ordering it correct. I am a bit confused on question words with ni, some clarification would be helpful.

George is it right to say at 7:59 つくえのうえのはなにがですか。 Among what did u say?

4:39 私のAIワイフは家の中にいます。 My bet's on いる.

your videos are a blessing! i have learned way too much that im scared haha joking, just happy! thank you : )

Hi George... you are looking great today.. .how about a free book????

Is a zombie considered living or dead in that case would I use iimasu or arimasu

What do we use for plants?

if somebody asks me where the computer is I just point my finger and say over there

My dog ate my Japanese hw, please let me redo the assignment 🤣

I wanna leave a like but the Like-Dislike ratio is a beautiful 777/7 rn

Is it right to say: "tsukue no ue ni wa, nan desu ka?" ?

すみません。コンピュータですか？ パソコンですか？

go jyuu more videos to go! XD

8:50 why can't you saay neko wa doko desu ka

can someone explain to me how the には particles work together? if there is a Japanese From Zero video on this, then please link it! ありがとうございます

Thank you so much George san ❤

shitai shitai wo mite imasu

Hello George san I have a question if we don't know what's on top of the desk if it's a living thing or not which one should we use? (imasu ka) or (arimasu ka)

Quick question. Towards the end when asking what is on the desk there are two examples. using なにがいますか？ for the cat and なにがありますか？ for computer. Well, we're asking what's on the desk, which assumes we don't know. So we don't know if it should be いる or ある at that point. Otherwise, why would we be asking. My question is if you are asking a question like this, but don't know what the thing is (living or non-living) which do you use? Is either okay until you know? Is one preferred over the other? Is there a different better one? Should you just use です in that case? つくえのうえになんですか？

Another great vídeo, George! 😁

This is a random comment.

If I ask "What is on the table?" how do I know if I should use aru or iru if I don't know what's on the table?

Not really expecting a response here but if you don't know what is on the desk for example and therefore don't know if it's a living thing or an object, would you use ありますか or いますか or would you revert to ですか to avoid any confusion?

What about those self-driving cars, います or あります?

So I have a question about the order and how is translated. For 机の上に猫がいます would it be translated as "On top of the desk there is a cat." Or "There's a cat on top of the desk." I'm confused when you say

10:20 In an example like this where you ask "what is on something something?" It is probably best to just use ですか。, right? If you don't explicitly know whether what you ask for is living or not, I mean.

I ain't gonna win though

Thank you very much

i keep doing this thing where you'll ask how to ask a question but ill just answer the question instead of thinking about how to ask it like a DU MAS

If you don't know whether the thing on top of the desk is alive or not, would you use あります or います as standard?

what if I change the particle? くえの上に猫は居ます then the cat goes back to be the most relevant even if the location comes first in the sentence?

Can we say like " neko wa doko ga imasuka " or we need to ni as a particle there. I prefer ni as in for existence, but still asking it as curiosity. 😬

Hiiii

Are trees and plants used with aru or iru because some people consider plants as inanimate objects but plants do grow and change

could you also use つくえのうえになんですか

Great class.

What if you want to say something like: The book is in the bag under the desk.

How does one say Where is A computer?

12:34 someone needs to make a compilation of all these examples lmao

@7.20 Using imasu/arimasu in the question implies you already know the answer, or at least the fact that the object is living or not. But when asking 'what's on top of the desk?' it could be anything. This example is like asking 'what living thing is on top of the desk?'. George should also explain how to phrase the sentence when it's unclear if the object on top of the desk is living or not.

Could you also say, "tskue no ue ni no nan desu ka"

Hey George this might sound like a stupid question but to say what is on top of the table why could you not say 'くるまのうえはなんですか。' I have seen all the videos but maybe I forgot a rule 😂 thanks for your help anyway.

good lession now ga and wa became easy

What if I want to ask "what is on the desk?" But I have no idea yet if it would be a living thing or not. Should I use arimasu or imasu in my question?

When it comes to the location questions, I know you said that saying Nani ga makes it sound unnatural but some of the sentences I was used to question words first like Doko or Nani ga desu ka. I was going to say Nani ga Tsukue (no)Ue (ni) arimasu ka. You said Tsukue no Ue ni Nani ga arimasu ka? I still have the SVO order stuck because there's certain Japanese sentences that have a question which uses Doko Nani and other question words first. If someone can explain this, l would really appreciate it.

I tried to say that there are Pokémon outside (Pokémon wa Soto ni arumasu.) google translate said “ I have Pokémon on my side.” What am I doing wrong?

I'm not sure if you've answered this before but I'm just curious, would you use いる or ある when talking about Siri?

Zombieがある？ Zombieがいる？

as a french student part of this video relates to definite (the) and indefinite articles (a) ?

What would this be: つくえのうえはなんですか。

We are learning this in class right now and I was having trouble grasping it because I can almost always follow what you're explaining, but I still don't understand for some reason - even with your breakdown. I can understand your statement of emphasis, and that you can say it multiple ways, but for some reason it's making it more confusing for me to know that. George, do you have any extra tips on learning location words and arimasu/imasu? I think what my issue might be is the sentences are getting longer and I'm having trouble with the inside order. I know it's generally a long version of A is B. Where A is the Subject and B is the verb, but... IDK. HELP! :(

What you said near the end was interesting. I started with "Konnichiwa, ronald desu" And now おはようございます、妹ちゃん。今日の天気予報は冷たいです。セーターを持って来ます下さいね！

How do I scream "I WAS RIGHT!!" or maybe "YES!! CORRECT!!" in Japanese? I wanna say that every time I get an answer right. (Is it weird?)

So I can't tell: "neko wa doko desu ka?"

Is there a way to ask "whats on top of the desk?" if you have abolutely no idea about what it is? It could be a cat or a computer, you don't know. Should you just presume it's arimasu scince most often it will be dead objects or is there another way?

Is つくえのうえはなんですか correct?

「つくえのうえにねこはいます」 can be used if only someone wants to make some odd or poetic senses intentionally, most of the cases. e.g. book writers, poets

I still get confused about いる and ある. If you can still say that the cat is on top of the desk, without having to use them, then what is the purpose of those words? Is there a rule to use them?

So I downloaded an app for kana and kanji and when I was scrolling through the kana, I saw these: ゐ (wi) ゑ (we) Do people still consider these as kana?

A robot cat could be both Imasu and arimasu