* The video is hosted on Vimeo. If you can’t see the video, make sure that you can access Vimeo first.
* Let me know what you think of the lesson! Too easy? Too difficult? Anything unclear?
A blog about Japan, dating, social skills, and travel. Aiming to provide well-balanced Japanese perspective.
Hello! Great video! Appreciate it a lot.
Would just like to point out a minor mistake . At the 30 seconds mark, on the board behind you, you spell out あなた but the word "kimi" is in front of it. I believe you wanted to reference あなた.
Hope that helps!
Thanks! I fixed it!
Great lessons as usual. What I don't get though is how do you ask someone who you've never met before their name? You would normally say " You said that it's weird to say Anata, and that it's rude to say Kimi, Omae, and Anta.
namae wa?
I think?
Probably "o-namae wa?" to be polite (plus it makes it sound more like it's about the person you're speaking to, as opposed to a third party, to me) or even more formally "o-namae wa nan desu ka?" but in either case there's no need to use a "you". Things like respect can easily get "you" across without ever saying it.
True i was wondering that as well
お名前は？
何ですか？
sumimasen, onamae wa nan desuka
You can say ( Anata no namae wa?) I think its polite for strangers
Yuta-san just said saying 'anata' to strangers would be weird because it's also a term of endearment for couples. So 'Onamae wa' or namae wa?
お名前は？
お名前は何ですか。
You dont need to use "something" in particular to refer to the other
I know of Anata, kimi, Jibun, omae and temee. I Didn't know Otaku could be used like that xD I've never herd Anta.
I liked the lesson and also the lesson helped me to understand more about the language. Nothing was unclear. Thank you for the lessons.
I don't know if this is where I leave my answers, but I learned about jibun, kisama, temee, anata, omae, and kimi.
Anata
Anta
Omae
Kime
Temee
Jibun
oh! I use to listen it in many songs but I didn't know jibun was "you" thanks! ^^
Thank you for the video.
I've learnt Kimi, ante, temee
How do you use ˝you˝ when you dont know someones name?
I have read a manga with a man frequently using a phrase to start their sentence with something along the lines of 手前
I would assume it is used in a rude gesture. But I'm not sure if it's pronounced as "te mae." Since I've never actually seen anyone else use it.
hello mr. yuta san, do (you) in japanese have plural or singular form?
do you have video lesson about honorifics before? can you make one if you don't ?
thanks
I think when it comes to plural forms, it is usually natural to know the scenario. You have words like 私たち (We) and 彼ら (They), but you'll usually know when you ask and you can clarify the amounts by asking 何まいですか. I hope this helps a bit. ^^
So, how shouldI I say "you"?
Anata
temee
kisama
omae
onushi
anta (we all know where we first heard this one and so does Yuta.)
jibun
I would recommend using そちら
I believe that it's a polite way to say "you" and doesn't hold double meanings like あなた
You could also add さま to the end to make it more polite.
You probably shouldn't use -さま to make the sentence more polite. さま is way too overkill for a stranger- it's mostly used for people who have a way higher status than you, like i.e. god or the president.
Haha God or President is pushing it (talk to a lot of Gods, do you?), but yes, Sochira-sama is more likely to be used to a customer, or somewhere where there is a strong differential in status (or on the phone). It is unlikely a foreigner would find themselves in a situation where it should be used.
そちら could be really useful BUT it might be sooo unnatural in a normal conversation even with strangers. Like Martin said, さま is only for God and people in a really high rank or status.
So, just DO NOT use あなた, きみ or そちら if you DO NOT know the EXACT use and situation properly.
I work with several japaneses and they never have used any of those even in really formal situations. It is better that way. Just talk facing the person you want to address to and if necessary ask おなまえは？and use the persons name with さん and you will be just fine.
Also use the rank of the person with the name. Like professor or embassador or president of the company, etc
たなか-せんせい
たなか-たいし
たなた-かいちょう
I'm just never going to say "you" for fear of being stupid. I've already been in a situation where I asked a kid if I could be his friend by using poor grammar and using 君.
heard all of them in anime
Hi Yuta!
Thanks a lot for the video! I am not that good at Japanese I think, but I'll give it a shot.
Kimi, omae, jibun, teme, anata and that's about it I think. Also, I was wondering if you or anyone else here has a link to a place where you can practice the Japanese writing system, as I can only recognise a few characters in katakana but would like to get better.
Again, thank you very much!
Hiya! You should use memrise, it has courses for hiragana and katakana. It has a few for kanji but I would learn them in grade order as to what kanji Japanese kids learn in each grade, and yes yourself.
Learning Kanji in the same order as Japanese Schoolkids isn't really recommended. You should try out Kanjidamage, their learning order is way better: http://www.kanjidamage.com
The humor maybe isn't your's, but everything else is pretty good
Theres an app I have on android called "Obenkyo" and it's very helpful. It allows you to test yourself with the different characters and even practice the stroke order. It has Hiragana, Katakana, and lots of Kanji.
memorise.com
http://japanese-lesson.com/characters/hiragana/hiragana_writing.html
http://japanese-lesson.com/characters/katakana/katakana_writing.html
http://unckel.de/kanateacher/ This one is quite helpful and it makes fun 🙂
I KNOW ANTA, OMAE, KISAMA, JIBUN, KIMI AND ANATA
lets see. Anata, omae, jibun, onushi, kisama, kimi, temee. The one I didn't know in the video was Anta
… for the longest time I thought "kisama" was a type of cursing… "kisaaamaaaa!" but they were just being passive aggressive "You….!"
教えてくれてありがとう! The word you that i know, is exactly the same in your video. Anata, Kimi, Omae, Anta.
Thanks again! 🙂
Hey Yuta, I have a question..
What should I use if I talk to someone and want to say something about them?
Like if I said "かしこいね", how would another person know if I meant myself or them? And if I'm standing in a group but want to talk to one person (without weirdly looking at them) ?
It's really weird for me not to say you because I do it all the time 😀 In German it's a necessary part of the sentence to mark the object or subject so we can never really not say it 🙂
It's easily derivable from context, although it might take a bit of practice.
Don't think about just the sentence かしこいね, because with just that there is no way to tell who you are talking about. In any real conversation, there will have been something that happened right before you said かしこいね. For example, if you just explained a theory or an idea that you came up with, and then said かしこいね, you obviously mean to say that you (the speaker) are smart. However, if you're responding to something that somebody else said, you clearly mean that they are smart.
If you want to start a conversation with かしこいね and there are only you and the person you're talking to present, you can probably just say かしこいね and your tone or gesture will indicate which of you that you mean. For example, if you're trying to ask your sempai for help on your homework and walk up kind of shy and say "かしこいね?" you're clearly referring to them. For an opposite example, if you just finished a conversation with someone else who is leaving and you walk up to your friend looking confused and say "かしこいね?" you're probably referring to yourself.
If there are multiple people around and you don't feel it would be clear who you're talking about, just use their name. In English or German this sounds super weird, but it's the right answer in Japanese. One doesn't say "You're smart, huh?" you say "Mark is smart, huh?" even if you're talking directly to Mark and nobody else is there.
Play around with it if you need to. Take those rules for speaking back in to German and talk funny to your friends. Stop using pronouns and only use names. Drop subjects from sentences entirely and see if people can figure out who you're talking about. It's not nearly as hard as it seems, it's just a bit foreign.
great work
Thank you! I was wondering.. what if you want to say something like " I like people like you" would it be wrong to say あなたみたな人が好きです？
A late answer but it would be said like this:
「こういう人が好きです」
"I like people like this"
「こういう人」 means "this kind of human"
Kimi
Anata
Omae
Rather surprised, I wasn't aware "otaku" could be used as a form for you. Also, in dramas and anime that I've seen, "anta" seems to be loosely used in a more scolding tone, like a mother correcting a child's mistake.
(名前)+さん
あなた
君
あんた
お前
手前
君様
お主
+自分
+自分
I can only remember ever hearing kimi and jibun before. Interesting to know that there are so many ways to say "you", yet they're hardly used.
You could feel the frustration when he said "real people don't talk like that"
Thanks!!
Otaku means "you" . I thought it meant Geek, the kind of geek that is obsessive. I am very confused.
none to be honest but, omae, anta, kimi are great starters for me!
So… Are we going to avoid use Anata, kimi and anta?
I had heard jibun kimi anata omae and temee
KImi, Anta, ome(informal/rude)
Anata(formal)
Doesn't "Jibun" mean "myself"? I've heard this a lot in anime.
You (in Japanese):
Anata, Kimi, Omae, Temee, Anta, Kisama
Only know six… Hehe 🙂
Looking forward for the next lesson, Yuta san~ 😀
Onushi(お主)…
but Anata, Kimi, Omae, Temee, Anta, Kisama is unpolite
@jmj "Anata" is the polite one 🙂
Anata, anta, kimi, omae, temee, kisama is the most common i heard in Jdramas and songs
Answear:
Anata, anta, kimi, temee, omae, kisama, onore.
You've pretty much mentioned all the 'you's I know, so listing it down seems pointless. Although, I've never heard of 'onushi' until now. Thanks for sharing, by the way. I've been curious about kimi, omae, etc. for years! Finally, an explanation comes by 🙂
Thank you so much for your lessons. I love them!!
ありがとうございます!
Thank you Yuta for your videos! They are appreciated 🙂
I was just wondering how you would rather say a sentence like the one in the beginning (あなたは先生ですか。). I don't want to go around and 'shock' people with my ignorance ;)) So how would you rather say something like that as a Japanese…? Would you use the name maybe? eg. Tanaka san wa sensei desu ka? 🙂
You can simply say 先生ですか？ sensei desu ka?
Doesn't "Jibun" mean "myself"? I've heard this a lot in anime.
You would most likely ask for their name first.
by お名前は？
Usually we don't carry on a conversation without knowing each other's name.
Eh? You? I don´t use you, when I´m speaking in Japanese. I try to use the name of the person, I´m speaking to, or just skip you overall. My knowledge of Japanese ways to say you limits to those you mentioned in the video. あなた、君、お前、あんた、てめえ、貴様. But I know that あんた is typically used by japanese women , when speaking to their husbands.
Anata, anta, kisama, temee, omae
That's all i know, thanks for the lesson, Yuta!
However i'd like to ask you something.This was the first lesson i ever received since i subscribed recently, have i missed a lot of previous lessons?If so, would it be possible that you emailed me some of them?
Thanks a lot!
Yuta, do you have a link to the previous JWY video? I've been learning for a while, but I only recently subscribed to your list, so this is my first video.
I'm wondering how to address a person I don't know besides using あなた ^^
Anata, anta, temee, omae, jibun.
Hello!Thank you for this video,it's very useful.
But…I have a problem.I can't find the video about that thing that you can't say "you" in japanese.
Can anyone help me with a link or something?Please! :3
https://www.yutaaoki.com/blog/jwy-you-in-japanese
It should be https://www.yutaaoki.com/blog/jwy-you-in-japanese
The Lesson is very appropriate for a beginner intermediate level because even knowing most of these forms of saying "you" Yuta san explain very well the uses and that you must avoid at all cost using these.
I've been living in japan for 10 months and nobody has said to me "you" in japanese, japanese always my name (or try to). Except for my wife when joking says omae!
In case someone forget your name they will avoid the name and "you". I've learned to do this.
Anata
Omae
Kimi
Anta
omae,kisama,kimi,anta,onushi,temee,onsha,kika,kisha,kikan that's all i know
Arigatou gozaimasu Yuta san.
omae,kimi,temee,kisama.onsha,kika,kikan,kisha that is all i know.
Arigatou gozaimasu Yuta san
Hello again Yuta san, thanks again for this lesson:)
Now…..what I hear…..anata, anta, omae, jibun and kimi…..actually I watch a lot of Japanese dramas and these words are used pretty much! Maybe it's the same as in anime!!!!
This is my first lesson I am watching from you. This is something I sorta already knew but your break down and explaining it was done very well. Looking forward to more lessons.
Thank you for the lesson Yuta san 😀 The way you teach is so clear and detailed. I look forward for your next lesson ^-^
P.S: I really like your accent when speaking english 😀
Anata
Anta
Temee
Omae
Kisama
Onushi
Kimi
Onore