Actually saying ‘You’


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Tina
Tina
7 years ago

Anata, Kisama, Temee, Anta, Omae

Recognized every word from anime ^^

John
John
7 years ago

You in Japanese that i know.
Anata, anta, kimi, jibun, temee, otaku, kisama.

Deborah
Deborah
7 years ago

Anata,kimi,jibun,temee and otaku.
Thats all i know hope i can use it in the rigth way.

Alresa
Alresa
7 years ago

Hello Yuta,
Thanks for the lesson. The only "you" I know is anata.

Lyndon
Lyndon
7 years ago

I thought "jibun" meant "I". Is it both "I" and "you"?

Shepherd
Shepherd
7 years ago

You in japanese that I know are jibun, otaku, anata, and kimi.

Tomer
Tomer
7 years ago

I am happy to learn that 'you' isn't used.
All my "knowledge" is from anime/ manga, and I remember seeing those:
Anata
Anta
Omae
Kime
Temee

Question: Is it expected to use 'you' in formal form?

Miry
Miry
7 years ago

Thank you for this video Yuta!
The various "you" I've heard in anime are:
anata
omae
temee
and kimi.

oumnia
oumnia
7 years ago

anata
anta
anata dono
kimi
omae
ksuyaro

Icha
Icha
7 years ago

Thanks for the lesson 🙂 sensei~

jenniela
jenniela
7 years ago

just anata, omae, kimi, anta

Charlotte
Charlotte
7 years ago

I read that "temae" is a variant of "temee", though I haven't noticed it before, even in anime.

Ben
Ben
7 years ago

anata
anta
omae
kimi
jibun
kisama
temee
onushi

this is I remember so far. hope I got it right

Anonymous
Anonymous
7 years ago

Thank you so much for this video, Yuta. It's super helpful.
I find it amazing how different English is from Japanese, and how there are so many ways to use different words in different sentences, depending on who you're speaking too.
I can't wait to see the next insightful video.

Heather
Heather
7 years ago

The different words for you are:
anata (formal)
kimi, omae, anta (in-formal)

I have a question. In anime I hear the phrase "wa ga ta" but when I ask a friend who knows some Japanese he doesn't know what that phrase means. Could you explain what that means?

ton
ton
6 years ago

hello mr. yuta san, do (you) in japanese have plural or singular form?
and can you make a video about the honorifics next time "_" or do you have in your previous lesson? thank you

ton
ton
6 years ago

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

Youssef Latouf
Youssef Latouf
6 years ago

Great video as always, as for all the uses of you I can remember in Japanese, well after watching this video I got
Omae
Anta
Kimi
Otaku
Anata
Jibun
Onushi
Temee
Kisama

I'm sure I have heard more from some anime or Japanese video games i have played that I probably missed, but I do remember hearing Otaku used to call people into anime and manga culture. I also remeber Anta as an insult from some anime, like Evangelion, and I remember hearing Jibun in some anime I have watched

Anonymous
Anonymous
6 years ago

So, how would you so 'You too' in Japanese? As in 'merry christmas to you too' or 'do this too', would you just use their name or actually use anata, kimi etc. ?

Sara
Sara
6 years ago

Anata
Kimi
Temee
Anta
Omae
Onushi
Kisama
Otaku
Jibun
Onore
Konata
Socchi
Onmi
Nanji
That's all I can think of right now