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Marelyne
Marelyne
8 years ago

すみません暑いですか。

Alexis
Alexis
8 years ago

Atsui desu me?
暑いですね?

chris
chris
8 years ago

Atsui desu ka ?

JA
JA
8 years ago

あつい ですか?
perdon por el español no domino mucho el ingles, pero..
atsui se puede utilizar con una conotacion sexual? XD

Gena
Gena
8 years ago
Reply to  JA

No xD

Katashi
Katashi
8 years ago

What if I need to ask: Is this for you ? (of a letter for e.x.)
How should I say it in Japanese ?

Kevin
Kevin
8 years ago

Yuta-san, atsui desu ka?

Sharif Sircar
8 years ago

I am definitely glad I subscribed to the weekly videos!

maximiliano
maximiliano
8 years ago

Hi Yuta, thanks for your lessons, is there any archive so I can acces the previous ones?

oz78
oz78
8 years ago

暑いですね?シンガポールはいつも暑いです!

Benjamin
8 years ago
Reply to  oz78

そうね、シンガポ―ルはいつも暑いです。

Silvio
Silvio
8 years ago

Yuuta atatakai desu?

Shannon Leonette
Shannon Leonette
8 years ago

Yuta san, atsui desu ka?

Vincent
Vincent
8 years ago

Yuta-San, Atsui desu ka?

julie pearl
julie pearl
8 years ago
Reply to  yuta

Atsui desu ka?

is it like that??

Charlotte
Charlotte
8 years ago

"Atsui desu ka?" Right?

Ridwan
Ridwan
8 years ago

Anata wa atsui desuka?
あなたは暑いですか?

Furuya
Furuya
8 years ago

atsui desuka?

Danny
Danny
8 years ago

So 面白い means "funny" and "interesting"?

Jon Guer
Jon Guer
8 years ago

Atsui desu ne ?

Titanium
Titanium
8 years ago

Wouldn't it get a bit annoying if you're in a conversation, and you say eachothers names constantly?

ayumi104
ayumi104
8 years ago

What about sentences such as: "What about you?"

For example:
A) How are you? (ogenki desu ka?)
B) I'm good, what about you? (genki desu, anata wa?)

Dannielle
Dannielle
8 years ago
Reply to  ayumi104

Heyya Ayumi,
Generally you would just use their name instead of anata. It shows respect and whatnot as you have remembered their name and is generally nicer and not as rude as just addressing them as 'you'. Also, the 'you' generally comes in the question that you have asked. You have used this in your first question 'ogenki desu ka', and is the same in other questions like 'nan sai desu ka' (what age are you?) or 'kyou wa dou desu ka' (how are you finding today?).
With your second example 'I'm good, wbu?' you are technically right, but it would be much better to use their name, and if you can't remember their name, but they are you're teacher or senior (in school) for example, you can say 'sensei wa' or 'senpai wa' then ogenki desu ka.

Also, this is a site note, and I don't know if you already know this, but 'ogenki desu ka' is only used after a prolonged period of absence and is not something you would use everyday. Again, it's a polite 'you remembered this about me' kinda thing. Ogenki desu ka is literally asking how your 'ki' or inner energy is, so instead of using it everyday (as that is rude because you haven't remembered after only a short period of time), you might ask someone ogenki desu ka after the holidays, or if you haven't seen them for a while. A better alternative that translates to how is/are ____ is 'dou desu ka'. So if you wanted to ask how someone they are, you can say sensei wa dou desu ka instead of sensei wa ogenki desu ka if you only saw them yesterday. Dou desu ka can also be used to ask how anything is.
For example:
tenki wa dou desu ka – How is the weather?

Hope that makes sense and sorry I went on a bit of a tangent! D:

Natsuko
8 years ago

What about in this context:

A: How are you ? / ogenki desu ka ?
B: I'm fine . (and) You ? / genki desu. anata ?

Would you use Anata then ? Or would it be better to just say "how are you" in return ?