Japanese Reacts to Akidearest Speaking Japanese

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[jerotoro]

Mixing politeness levels is the equivalent of "Greetings sir, sup? I do hope this day finds you well and totes ballin dawg. It has been a pleasure to make your acquaintance fam."

[MCHLvisual]

I always love how he can smoothly transition to promoting his Japanese learning lessons

[schmitty]

The problem with leaning a language in a classical classroom setting is you're basically learning how to translate from your native language into the language youre trying to speak, instead of just reaching the goal of speaking it as if it were your native language. You end up speaking slower and sometimes have to try and translate in your head mid conversation or think of certain grammar rules to form a sentence. As someone who learned french for a little more than a decade in a classroom setting I can say that it really isn't a good way to learn a language at all and for the vast majority of people will not result in fluency. We really need to rethink how humans acquire language and change how it's taught in school, I think it's super important for everyone to at least speak 2 languages fluently but sadly people think language learning is just like trying to learn math.

[eddiem]

“She ended each sentence properly, but in Japanese we prefer NOT ending sentences properly “

with every passing day I question my decision in picking Japanese as a language to learn💀

[yejikai]

3:22
I always wondered why I never hear Japanese people using the proper termination of sentences when speaking. I usually just assumed that I was learning a completely different language. This help me a lot! Thank you so much!

[nitepatrol]

I think this is a really interesting subject because when they're interviews about Japanese people watching foreigners speak Japanese they say that they prefer for them to learn correct and polite in Japanese and avoid using casual or slang style Japanese.

But when foreigners learn Japanese from textbooks it said that it's too formal or too polite or too proper and I just think that's it's a funny issue.

[autumn]

she’s learning so please be kind and understanding to her in the comments. i’m sure he didn’t make the video to shame her but to help teach.

[airmanjones]

Even though i am not studying japanese i think you do so much for people who want to learn japanese culture and lauguage. Also we need more people like you to benefit our individual communities.

[Vixeneque]

To be fair Aki learned Japanese VERY fast. I think she did great for the amount of time she has been studying.

[darbee]

I’m so glad you explained “mora”. That’s so interesting. I lived in Kagawa-ken for two years. It would be interesting to do a video on the different “dialects” according to what region of Japan you are in. Also maybe about the way people talk in the city and the way people talk more in the country.


Is there any other way to learn Japanese by watching TV other than by watching anime? I really struggle to stay interested in anime…….

[qmjw]

8:39 I've noticed that foreigners are also being shy when they speak foreign languages. When I studied abroad many people asked me, "Why are Japanese so shy?" and "You should speak English with more confidence.” so I thought foreigners could speak Japanese confidently and without embarrassment, even if they couldn't speak Japanese well.

[keikodesuu]

I actually learned a LOT from just this one video, Yuta! Please keep doing these types of videos, it's a great way for us to learn! I also didn't even know you had a second channel :O I'm subscribing right now!

[gonjor]

me encantan estos nuevos tipos de videos explicando la correcta y natural forma de hablar, PORFAVOR CONTINUA HACIENDO MAS YUTA! gracias!

[irisz]

This video was super helpful! I felt like I am at a similar level in Japanese as Aki, so all the tips you gave were so applicable!

[elianna]

I’ve watched a million of those は v が videos on youtube, but they tend to focus on what I find to be comparatively easy, like contrastive は and some other things. The examples you used here in this video were different, and I’d love to get a longer length video on YOUR explanation for は vs が. Looking forward to it!

[Zeis]

I'd love to see you do a breakdown of the way Inugami Korone from Hololive speaks. She's probably got the most unique sounding Japanese accent/dialect I've ever heard.

[FallenAngelHiroko]

When I was learning Spanish, mine was very much like Aki's. I could read and write it very well. But I couldn't carry a conversation and I wasn't very confident which made it worse. English is very hard if you're not native. But we aren't nearly as strict in our language as compared to others. That mostly stems from dialect and slang.

What made Spanish hard for me, was that Columbian Spanish isn't the same as Spain's Spanish. Like the Columbian word for "cookies" meant "slap" in Spain. So when she, a Columbian, asked her friend, from Spain, if she wanted a cookie. She actually asked "Do you want a slap?". And, if I recall correctly, we were learning Spain's Spanish in our textbook.

Being in Florida, we are surrounded by mostly Spanish speakers from all over the place. Namely, Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto Rican. And tourists. Can't forget about them. And to my surprise, I learned even they don't always understand each other.

[rRekko]

It's nice to know people who are native in other languages also try to directly translate expressions and mannerism. It happens a lot with my friends and classmates who've only studied english at school. They tend to literally translate lots of phrases into english, making it sound weird.
IMO, the best way to learn languages is to always supplement lessons or self-study with lots of media consumption and preferably joining a community/community based game in the language you're trying to learn, and study all their phrases and expressions.

[RealJohnnyDingo]

1. missing "nyan" at the end of each sentence. 2. lack of tentacles. 3. needs maid/bunny/nurse cosplay to be truly representative

[evagenesiz]

11:02 i'm currently feeling like this atm, it feels like my progress has been slowing down latetly but if i compare my learnings back then it wouldn't be as close as I am now.