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は puts emphasis on what comes after が puts emphasis on the subject 犬は好きだ (I like dogs, but not cats) 犬が好きだ (I like dogs) が usually always goes with potential verbs：声が聞こえる が is used to describe physical features/where something hurts/one's fears -> 左手が痛いんだ (my left hand hurts) ~~~ vs ~~~ 左手は痛いんだ (my left hand hurts, but not my right) が follows question words like 誰：誰が窓を開けましたか が is used with a non-living object's action：電車が来る、パソコンが壊れた が is used for news： ナンシーが妊娠した（にんしん） へ puts emphasis on the path：東京へ行く (towards Tokyo) に puts emphasis on the final destination：東京に行く (to Tokyo) 外に indicates where something is：外にいる (someone is outside) -> Can also be marked by が：placeでsomethingがある ~~~ 東京でイベントがある (there is an event in Tokyo) 外で is used for action verbs where the action is being performed at the place marked by で：外で遊ぶ、外で待っている 二日に means on the second：ダイエットの二日目にマックを食べた (I ate McDonalds on the second day of my diet) 二日で means in two days: この本は二日で読み終えた (I finished reading this book in 2 days) を goes with verbs that indicate crossing something, such as 公園を歩く, 道を渡る も can be used for emphasis, such as 友達が5人もいます (I have as many as 5 friends) ~~ と conditional is used when the result of the action is always the same：カレーを食べると、おなかが痛くなる (my stomach hurts when I eat curry) たら conditional is used in the same way, but the result doesn't *always* have to be true：カレーを食べたら、おなかが痛くなる (When/after I eat curry, my stomach hurts) When connecting two verbs to say "and", you can use の normalizer plus と アニメを見るのと日本語を勉強するのが好きだ とか is less formal than や 日本とか中国とか韓国のような国 (countries like Japan, China, Korea, etc)
I'm 10 minutes into this and you've already cleared up so many things for me. You are so good at explaining things. I'm definitely adding this video to a Japanese Learning playlist and sharing it with other learners struggling with particles.
Even if it's been 3/4 years that I learn japanese at university I always think about " learn the basic again " and this morning I was like "let's see all the particle again"... And then you appear ! 😭 😂 Thank you, I am a French student ( フランスの大学で言語学部日本語学科３年生です。) I've been following you since my japanese learning journey debut, you keeps helping me a lot !!🇨🇵
Thank you for this incredible video. You always explain everything so clearly and with a lot of useful examples. Thank you for helping me and other people who want to leave Japanese. You're the best! Happy new year!
i've spent almost the whole year on particles, and this was a great way to test my progress. i did better than i thought i would, but it only reinforced my need for more kanji studies... thank you for the reality check.
I'll be doing myself and everyone else a favor and will add timestamps to this video😬.. since it's relatively long, I'll be adding them periodically😂 1:36 - "で" 4:09 - "difference between "wa" and "ga" 6:17 - "ni" 6:58 - difference between "he" and "ni" 11:06 - "ga" 17:44 - " no" 19:20 - "more about (de)" 21:56 - "more about (ni)" 23:54 - "wo" 25:18 - " distinguishing between ga & wo" 28:26 - まで 34:00 - ''ni'' location example
Does anyone of you guys use Hellotalk? I made an account, because Misa once recommended it. I have the feeling, that in the community there is one group of flirty men and one group of women, who are afraid/annoyed by flirty men and don't answer any male users.😆 When i write just a language related message, some women behave like i want to propose to them.. i wonder, what they must have experienced before😅 Does Misa use Hellotalk btw?
I definitely would accidentally say "I met a singer and novelist" but mean it as meeting two separate people and not even think twice about it :'))) Your videos have such good and detailed examples that I'm learning to catch English mistakes too 😙 いつもありがとうございます!
do you have a video explaining らりろetc pronunciation? I've heard some people saying something more like "dakala" and others saying "dakara" this variation is regional, formal/informal, what's the more appropriate way? Thanks
こんにちは、はじめまして！ファビアンと問います。私はドイツ人です。ごめんなさい for the bad japanese. I'm just at the beginning of learning. ...And it totally didn't take me 30+ minutes writing this. 🙈 Didn't understand too much of the video, but enough to say that it's really well explained and I will be comming back here when I'm better and ready to dive into particles (and hopefully someday laugh at this comment). Subbed. ^_^ ありがとうございます！
I tend to close my ears from the English prepositions. I have a secret weapon for Japanese particles... Finnish cases 😂(+evil laugh) No but seriously I have found them to correspond pretty well.
@@opdhaka usually I wouldn't suggest you to promote your channel in someone else's comment section but I like your content :)) I subscribed, good luck on your journey.
When you said, "Today you're cute!/You're cute today!", I would say in English it can also be rude because it implies that they weren't cute before. Usually, people will just brush it off or internalize it because it was most likely meant as a sincere compliment, but I just thought it was interesting that those phrases are considered kind of hurtful in both languages! :0
Regarding the へ particle at 10:13, I wonder if there has been a moment in a TV show or something where a kid's mom asks where they went today and the kid says 学校へ行った, but they didn't actually go to the school, they just went in the direction of the school and then ditched and hung out with their friends instead
I got trolled for almost an hour straight lol. Even when I realized all of them were curveballs (to me) I couldn't get one right. Well played Misa, and a happy new years to you too
Really good video. Super helpful! Little note on the "a novelist and a poet" example; that can still refer to a single person the same way "a novelist and poet" does; "She is a novelist and a poet." Like in Japanese, context matters in English too. Usually you'd follow up with more information to clarify that it's two people through the use of words like they, both, them, defining them as individuals using "the poet" or "the novelist", etc., in further conversation.
this video made me realize that my problem isn't particles... its vocab. -_- to understand particles, you need to have context ... *sigh* but I will admit, knowing that I got almost every single question right after a year of thinking that I was awful at particles is a really nice reminder that I'm making more progress than I thought. :) A lot of the questions, I just said out loud with the particles automatically because I've been hearing those same particles being used in similar situations by my teachers over and over again! So yes, friendly reminder that the brain stores much more than we think!
日本文化に興味があります。it works for me thinking about 'my interest goes towards Japanese culture', that's why I have problems with へ/に。anyway, another very informative and helpful video. Thanks.
教えてくれて、ありがとうございます。I have been struggling so much with particles from the beginning!!!!! いつかできるかな~ T_T ！I really appreciate your time and effort in making this video. It really helps! Thank you and happy new year!~
Thank you so much Misa sensei, I've been studying for some time and yet sometimes I'm still unsure about the various different usages of each particle. Love your long videos, and truly appreciate the effort you put into them!
Particles are something I've always struggled with, so this was super helpful. I did a lot better than I thought I would! You have a gift for teaching and you keep it light-hearted~ ありがとうございます、ミサ先生！
I appreciate how you explain how certain words or phrases would sound like. I always knew I shouldn't use 私 over and over again, but knowing how it actually sounds like helps put into a real-world context why not.
Awesome video, Misa. I really appreciate how you anticipated the common mistakes and tried to explain why the correct answer is the correct one. Keep up the great work.
あけおめ!!! saw your channel 2 years ago and tried the absolute beginner playlist, but i had to stop halfway because of college workload . last month i decided to resume and it's amazing how i can stil remember these particles. im almost done with the absolute beginner playlist and im quite confident with my japanese now. just wanna say thank you so much misa!! will take the n5 jlpt test this year and i will keep watching ur videos to supplement my learning. you will forever be my favorite nihonggo sensei ^_^
That was very helpful. The explanation of the differences between が and は and also between に and へ I understood much better now, even though I study japanese for 10 years already. That was funny: に = 二 = 2 same as in English to = two = 2 :D Don't worry I am sure you are cuter than your cat, Misa!! :))
This was fantastic. Thank you for the great insights and knowledge. I will be coming back to view this many times as I find particles to be a challenge.
I never thought about it untill you said you lived in England for a bit... but your English does have a British-English sound to it. Your word choice/vocabulary seems to be more American-English... I find this interesting. This video was great. Particles are one of the most difficult things for me to understand and remember as a self-studying Japanese learner. I deffinanlty need more ammo. 😅
As a new Japanese learner, particles are the hardest thing for me to grasp right now… Excellent video, thank you for the great explantations and real world examples!
I'm also learning how to make videos, and I really like the way you make it and edit it. May I ask any of the tools you would recommend? Thanks in advance!
Misa sensei, I love you videos because they always help me think about things in a new way. You whizzed right by that point about “two” and “too” being homophones in English, just like に in Japanese, and they BOTH mean 2. That has saved me SO MUCH confusion with that particle, and also with the で particle. Thank you for your hard work!!
Thank you Misa sensei, you’re the best! I really enjoy your teaching and it is so so interesting and I am having fun ..I have already subscribed …you are a good teacher!
Wah that's video was really interesting, you review a lot of inportant thinks, it was really useful for me so みさ先生教えてくれて本当にありがとうございました、あの動画はとっても便利だった、ちなみに新年(2021)あけましてまではおめでとうございます🤗 早く コロナが消えたいな🙏 I wish for all of us a happy years 2021, and the best, and hop this disease covid-19 will disappear as soon as possible 🙏
It feels as if you're explaining things from a slightly higher perspective by using the word '有用です'. I recommend you to use the word: '役に立っています' or ’助かります'
I love you. you are still my number one sensei for teaching me Japanese. I always come back to your videos and you ALWAYS give the best explanations and examples out of all the things I try. Even years later I still come back. TYSM!!! You have so much Japanese learning ammo on your youtube that it motivates me even more every time. I'm in a weird place in my life rn but after many years of back and fourth with Japanese I am more dedicated and waaay more determined this time around. This one video threw all the particles I learned throughout the years in order like BAM! REMEMBER?? YES and NO! lolol These video will now be my main learning engine. TYSM for ALL your hard work and continuing to do so much through out the years!! I'm so motivated!! Happy New Years and to new revolutions ^^ 2022
It´s great when you are able to ''feel'' the sentences. I mean after studying for some time and you hear someone say 頭は痛いんです or 頭を痛いんです it just feels weird or wrong, I don´t know how to explain but for some reason even if you don´t think about the meaning of the が particle 頭が痛いんだです "feels" better. Great video Misa Sensei as always.
Thank you so much, I always mess up the particles and your videos help a lot in getting them right! Not only by choosing what feels right but actually understanding the usage! Helps a great deal :3
