When Japanese People Think Americans Are Geniuses Because They Speak English 

unless it's Spanish, then we just complain about how they're not speaking English :/

Me who speaks 5 languages and thinks anyone who speaks 6 is a genius

I go up to English natives and I start speaking English to them, no one was impressed.

@@mythicalsoulz4709 the problem with people that know that menu languages it's that they don't really know 6 languages, they know a language composed by them and every time they learn something new, they forget something from their first language

Yeah it's amazing how some people know both american and english.

Lmao

Dropping out let’s go

Nearly 20% of Americans speak Spanish as their native language though? The US doesn't have any official national language on any federal level, even though English is widely used.

@@nomoretwitterhandles when did he mention national language? He is saying his native language lol.

@@rampage__ They literally implied that the native language for Americans ("we") is English ("our native language"). It is not OUR native language. If they were, for whatever reason, talking about speaking Japanese (last part of the video), then their comment would make more sense, as the native and national language for people in Japan is Japanese. Maybe you should study more English, if you're having such a hard time understanding these things. There are fun lessons about "implications" and "inferencing" (both are similar but different; either help a lot with finding context clues). Now, whether or not they meant to imply "English is the national and native language for Americans", their phrasing is still poor. This is why pointing out the flaws in their comments is important. I'm sure they meant to say something like, "Wait, so we're geniuses for speaking our most commonly spoken language?" or whatever else is similar. It's a little change, but it makes all the difference. Grammar matters.

A whole conversation can be had with only 3 words. Dude. Fuck. Man. Intonation and stress will determine the meaning.

Saying "waz up" in the most obnoxious ways possible can work too 🤣

@@SteviiLove saying 'wazzup' like boba fet in that adult swim sketch makes your bond eternal

Yes yes that’s how it works. It’s like a platonic mating ritual

What happens if u just say "sup" tho lol

You mean side character?

@@itsukashido3432You clearly don't remember the older shounen anime. (I feel old af)

@@shiaakatsuki7865 no I mean that sounds like a side character and yea I didn't watch much of old shounen any recommendations?

Cringey foreigners are never the main character of anything. They're the comic relief.

@@Aaron-bh5cp Yeah, it sucks because they’re usually one of my favs

Why not using metric system usa, there's still time, but I don't even see intention on doing that 😔

@Gangari TheWanderer that's good to hear, I don't live in USA so I didn't know 😜

@Gangari TheWanderer Wait........ i hope you're not claiming that the overturning of Roe VS Wade is a good thing, right?

@@brendon205 Why not use decimal time? (Says the person who confuses people by using SI prefixes on currency units.)

@@coriandercastor9453 I actually thought about that before, calculating time could be easier

Lol this is true 😂😂

American bad at geography

tbh this sounds like just a japanese thing

Same man right lol

Is not the country, is the language lol

@Kurogami ohoho I’m well aware of them 😂 don’t forget Iceland Hungary and Thailand

@@Stay_away_from_my_swamp_water Hungary?

wait wait.. does that say Nihongo ga daisuki?!?! you love Japanese!! I READ SOME JAPANESE WOOHOO

@sweet naivety haha yeah!!! 😂 よし！！

@@lacunalshadow 日本語は上手ですね

Best way to see it EVER!

Lyre birds: Amatures!

Birds are direct descendants of dinosaurs. Their kind has existed millions of years longer than mammals. Don’t mock the birds, or the bigger ones might claw you to pieces & eat you like a raptor

ngl

His experiences were really useful for this skit lol

​@@nileredsexperiment834 his acting skills too

Fr bro Im genius, im joking ofc my iq is lower than 0.2

he could be a voice actor for an anime too

That is how you pronounce it properly if you're speaking Japanese. He's not switching to English, he's using Japanese words of English origin (loan words).

That is the real Elite English™

katakana

It’s katakanized English, which is typical of the speakers there. Katakana is used for sound effects, onomatopoeias, and non-Japanese words mostly. If in Japan, that’s what you’d likely hear, unless the person studied it properly. In the public schools they’re taught that. Used to drive me nuts sometimes.

thats like the joke

@Gangari TheWanderer ... English is not a romance language, it's a west germanic language

@Gangari TheWanderer No, it does not depend, that's like saying the Earth might not be a sphere depending on who you ask... English is a west germanic language. Look it up. English does not come from Latin, it just borrows some words. Please check your knowledge before spouting nonsense. Start with this article and then you can dig up more in-depth sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language?wprov=sfla1

@Gangari TheWanderer You're talking to a trilingual spanish guy whose mother has a degree in history... I said take that as a starting point. I'm not gonna go with the big guns on the first exchange. You sound like an american

@Gangari TheWanderer Do you expect me to link you my linkedin profile and links to my studies or...? What are you saying? I'm not taking anything personally, you're saying something just completely wrong, with not a single source to back it up by the way. I'm almost 32 years old and I do not need live advice thank you very much. Look, I have a big interest in languages and I have two friends that just happen to have a degree in english literature. Think whatever you want, but you're just categorically wrong, and no expert in the English language would even think of putting it in the romance family. I feel like I'm speaking to a wall here: you're saying you haven't been interested enough to even make a choice in this supposed debate. Como ni tengo diplomas ni cuentas online ligadas a mis estudios, te estoy escribiendo este otro párrafo en castellano, mi lengua materna, a ver si vas viendo que realmente sí hablo más de un idioma, sin cometer faltas de ortografía ni gramática. A lo mejor así te queda un poco más claro que esto sí es una lengua romance, no como el inglés. També podria repetir-te la mateixa diàtriba en català, però em sembla més adient escriure un pàrraf completament diferent per que te n'adonis que no m'estic fent un farol. El català també es una llengua romànica, per cert, però és molt possible que segons tu hi hagi un debat on algú defensa que el català és en realitat un derivat el mongol o alguna cosa així. Com deia en Joan Sanz: vés a prendre un got de llet ben calentona, que demà m'afaitaràs.

@Gangari TheWanderer I am self-tought. I quit education at 18 My mother studied 40 years ago, so not modern, specially in Spain where education is on a downward spiral Literature includes basic linguistics of said language History includes languages spoken in the past and how they evolved through time, as to understand the culture of each era I haven't yelled, I am not angry, I just feel like talking to a flat-earther and it's quite tiring Your "token of peace" expression just makes you look like you "bestow upon me the chance of good terms" like a king or something. That's 中二病 levels of cringe If you haven't studied (academically or not) about the subject, you have no word in the argument to begin with If you don't think the current education system is good, why do you expect me to have studied linguistics (and prove it to you somehow, apparently) for my point to have validity? Hypocrite much? I just lost like half of my brain cells with this "argument", I'm just tired. Just leave me alone, go research about the origins of English, talk to an expert about it and learn something. Oh, right, modern western education is bad, so an expert wouldn't suffice by your standards, right? Better look it up online in some random webpage... Oh, no, you said Wikipedia wasn't reliable. Then you must go to better websites, like a university! Oh, no, modern education is bad, and universities are modern education. So what's the plan? Going to some forum with a thousand users that you know literally nothing about? Seriously, make up your mind, and learn your stuff before trying to teach others about it. I do know my stuff, that's the sole reason I replied to begin with

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Yooooooo

this man is everywhere

Speak for yourself lol

Yoooshhhhhhh

And how would they react to French?

@@pablotomasllodra4423 French is easier than English that's for sure lel

its actually not hard to learn to SPEAK japanese, but learning to read and write it is VERY VERY hard for americans lol. but learning chinese (any) is WAY WAY harder. WAYYYYYY harder.

@@uncletrashero damn right you are.

Native spanish speaker here,spanish is hard even for us. Crazy right?

Ye I speak American, canadian, indian, British etc my IQ must be over 300 XDDD

@@jellypetertheeel6360 Me Japanese Chinese SPanish American British And Thai ;0

@@StartProBaby no australian? smh

@Naruto Uchiha srry I mean hindi

@@jellypetertheeel6360 isn’t American, Canadian, and British all English 🌚

I've heard psychology and approaches to psychology are very different in Japan. It will be interesting for sure!

Did you apply for a Mext scholarship?

@HiImSnow Thank you!!! 😆

lol this should be pinned.

Everyone thinks that I'm a genius in my mind

no he's just watching anime to work on his japanese. he'll be back in about five years

@John Colin D. Generillo damn i'm sure your japanese is great though

I've conversely really enjoyed reading books written bilingaul or modern blend/creole languages. Because of the unique grammar, syntax, rythm and loanwords

@@funcats1999 Are you trying to impress the person above, because they said they like people who speak "eloquently"?

Also, we get Kens here too, and it is a bummer to know they're everywhere.

It's totally an air mattress turned sideways

English is completely different from Japanese in terms of vocabulary, grammar and word order so it's extremely difficult for a Japanese speaker to master English (and vice versa). Plus they don't get exposed to English the same way other countries do (eg: Indians, Filipinos, etc.) so that adds to the difficulty

yeah spread cos of colonialism and all that

Terrorist Farter! 😂😂😂

Nope, I think the Japanese have a charming accent.

English grammar is not based on Latin, it is Germanic at its core. It has many Latin based words, as well as words of French origin, which is a Romance language, further increasing the number of Latin originating words. It's like how Japanese has many words of Chinese origin, but its grammar is still Japanese at its core. Romaji is not Japanese. It's just a romanization and its only value to the student of the language is to learn the kana, which is the easiest part of learning the language. Grammar is typically the hard part, a new script is generally not the hard part of any language. Kanji throws a monkey wrench into the works a bit, but even then, it can be useful and aid in understanding new words when you get to know many characters. Romaji bad.

I think most Americans hate Americans as a joke. I hope…because that would be concerning…

@@Surteronarto I guess that’s There opinions, but seriously Americans? That’s just Xenophobia.

Hatred of fellow humans really isn't a good thing. It's concerning how causally it is addressed. "Teee heee heee" basically.

@@bituinl I love americans sometimes and other times I hate americans, it really depends since there are ups and downs to any society and its people, like, I really enjoy how we can say "fuck the governor" and nobody thinks its out of place at all, but other times I read the news and see another mass shooting 6 weeks in a row and I'm like, I hate americans why we gotta be like this. It really is a case by case basis

@@a-ramenartist9734 You're right! It's bad when a place is seen as bad when it has its goods and bads for each person. Same as seeing a place as just good when that place also has its goods and bads for each person. Like it wouldn't be that bad if most people knew all places are both good and bad. Especially when America is extremely diverse, and you can find something completely new wherever you go.

mm that half-width katakana but indeed, 「どこ見てるの？」

*whose

@@oyoo3323 i don't speak fluent English

@@NJDJ1986 so?

@@oyoo3323 because my grammar is always incorrect when i speak it

*Dialect Dialect is not "shitty English", it's "non-standard English". They may not be geniuses (few people are), but native speakers by definition cannot speak their own language poorly.

自分の大学時代がカオス

Interesting. I thought most people in the Philippines can speak English? It's one of the few countries in SE Asia where English is widely spoken.