Japanese Pronunciation Basics | Japanese From Zero! Video 02 

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Aw, come on! I'm watching this on my phone!

japanese person: do you wanna eat icecream? me: *house*

when he tells you to get of your phone me "I'm watching this on my phone do you want me to stop learning?"

ojisan: kinda old dude ojiisan: older old dude ok so the number of i's is directly proportional to oldness got it

"do u wanna eat ice cream?" *"H O U S E"*

I like how you just randomly drank water Im sitting there like... Is this apart of the lesson?

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

There are ONLY FIVE SOUNDS!!!... literally one minute later - Only one hundred and five sounds!

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

I learnt hiragana in a week but it's gonna take me forever for kanji 😯😯😯

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 :)

Whaha, I am Dutch and the pronounciation is exactly the same!!!

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).

@2:52 "get off your phone" but I'm watching this video on my phone ;-;....

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!

I love the style you do while teaching, it's a classroom feel and not overly scripted, love it!

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.

He's personality makes it easier to remember

2:57 "dude get off your phone" Me: "bbut... I'm watching this on my phone"

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.

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.

Been teaching myself Japanese for a few months now and WOW I'm so happy I found this channel.

I swear im so glad you have these videos man. So helpful rather than just reading your books. Which are so good also

Bought your first book today, now I am rewatching all these videos. Your book is freaking amazing man.

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 RU-vid. 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

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.

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

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.

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!

Thank you for explaining the double vowel

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 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.

Thank you for taking your time and helping all of us to learn !!!! Much appreciated:D

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!

When your already bilingual you don’t have to fight your brain on pronunciation 😏

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 RU-vidrs 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.

Omggg I’m loving this series

This is so cool cause i knew some of these words already via Anime and makes it easier

You are brilliant man... I am going to make more effort to learn Hiragana .. thanks.

You are an amazing teacher. Thank you for doing these videos.

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!!

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!

My journey with Japanese language starts today ;) wish me luck!

Your lectures are AWESOME! Thank you Sonkei

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

nice teaching skills.................

Great video wish I had this to tell me when I first started lol

This guy's voice is so soothing.

pumped for this.

Him: get off ur phone Me: I’m watching this on my phone...

dude you are an inspiration/role model do you do other languages although I know you just grew up in japan

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!

learn japanese with fun, the phone part was awesome. thanks *George* for your effort.

I'm interested in getting your books. What JLPT levels would you say each volume goes up to in terms of reading and writing?

Im not gonna lie the pronunciation is easier to learn when you are a french speaker.

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

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.

its actually easy if you're hindi\urdu speaker

Man: get off the phone Me: but then I can't watch the video

you are awesome. i learned lot of from your videos. thank you helping all of us

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.

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

When he tells you to get off the phone but that’s where you’re watching his lesson on 👁💧👄💧👁

Just found this channel, really excited to take this course.

I’ve only begun getting into the hirigana and I have to admit these videos are super helpful

"Dude get off your phone" but. I am watching you on my phone.

"Put down your phone" im watching this on my phone D:

I just started today can’t wait to learn from here

Your lectures are AWESOME Thank you! Sonkei

"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.

Amazing teaching style...I'm excited to start on my Japanese language learning journey - thanks!!

i love this teacher already...

When you’re watching the lesson on your phone :3

1:13 yeah. Blame English. The romanji pronounciation makes sence for about 99% for languages that uses Roman letters.

Thanks a lot! I'm from Brazil and your books and course is helping me too much!

You make the lesson very interesting. Thank you.

When he said get off your phone I just had turned it one and that scared me omg

a i u e o is same pronounced on serbian lol

Starting today! Thank you for the videos!

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.

"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

Fine I put my phone away jeez

I can 100% say I am here for the personality right now, no I didn't find it from Tik Tok, just been looking to learn recently. You remind me of a lot of people from my past, in a good way. Very likable, relatable person. Thanks for the lessons, man.

I think this is going to be fun for me to learn.

dude, great series. funny and educational. goodjob mate

Thanks for great video! Very fun to watch and learn :)

Thank you!!! Enjoyed it so much.

Bukkake makes more sense than ever now. Thank you

Thank you sooooo much : ) This channel helps me a lot

Your a good teacher! Very easy to follow, keep it up! ✊✊

I learned so mich from this video! Thank you

I've just learned like almost all the words he said in this video simply because he entertaining in a way I can Remember...low key proud of myself😂😂

I was looking for these lessons. I understand.

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

Great, Im eating these up, thanks for making

I Really Loved your Videos and your Site at which I am going to currently learn it but really, I am impressed by your Work and Determination and I feel so much inspired to Learn Japanese again. Also my first language is Bangla and then English would be my Second Language even though I am aged almost as a teenager who can barely speak English but even so, your videos and lessons made my learning a lot more easier. Thank You!