3:46 Mai please check i think need some correction

@studywithmai.

15 күн бұрын

Oh~ I made mistakes all the time😂 You're right. Correction: "どこ行く？(Where do you want to go?)"

@kimjason8819

14 күн бұрын

this is just a mistake. no need to highlight. what's more Mai has always been patient to teach with nice attitude just like a neighborhood sister. She deserves to be praised 👍!

To be precise, "How are you?" would also be inappropriate in most of those situations in UK English - to a boss or senior colleague, someone you don't know well. To my ear, the phrase presupposes a personal relationship. I remember being asked "How are you?" by a shop clerk in San Francisco and it feeling incredibly strange. The other point is that most of the time "How are you?" is like お疲れ様, merely a greeting. One is not expected to take it seriously and respond with a point-by-point health report. The typical response is "Fine. You?" This explains a dialectal variation that outsiders find very puzzling. In the East Midlands, it's common to greet someone by saying, "Alright(?)", to which the standard response is, "Alright". It's not a question or enquiry, just something to say and get over with. I'm guessing that the tendency for English speakers to say お元気ですか got started because someone once asked for a translation of "How are you?" and the respondent did not actually understand the nuances of this phrase, took it literally and suggested お元気ですか. At that moment, a million awkward future conversations with Japanese learners were born...

@studywithmai.

15 күн бұрын

Wow! Thank you for explaining in detail about "How are you?". Indeed, the Japanese "お疲れ様" is also just a meaningless greeting. By the way, "Alright" is useful in response to "how are you"!😃

@OsakaJoe01

9 күн бұрын

Japanese often comment on the weather. いい天気ですね！さむいですね！ etc. again, not to be meant as anything more than a greeting.

This clarification helps so much, as an adult learner of Japanese, textbooks can only go so far. Thank you for what you do.

Genki desuka is kind of like hisasshiburi. When you haven’t seen someone for a while you ask it.

@bungle0261

Күн бұрын

Hisashiburrriiiiiii !!! Accompanied by the hectic exaggerated double hand wave 👋 directly in the person's face that you're speaking to.

In Indonesia, we just use the Master Password: "Assalamualaikum." Doesn't matter who you're talking to or what time of day it is. Works for all.

@minhuang8848

4 күн бұрын

Same in Germany, we just say "Na, das schaut ja schon wieder nach dunklen Wolken aus, erstmal eine Leberkässemmel ziehen" to initiate casual and formal conversation alike. Very convenient.

@eliryt1002

Күн бұрын

@@minhuang8848alter xD

Thanks very much for this! Learning a language requires understanding not only of the words and grammar, but also the culture and the history. This will be very helpful!

@studywithmai.

10 күн бұрын

Thank you for your useful comments!!

Thank you. Clear and concise.

Learn when to say something and when not in a language is so important. Thanks Mai for teaching us about this 🥰🥰

Love your clear explanation of Japanese. Lots of KZreadrs talk too fast. You are great. Thanks!!

One of the best channels on learning conversational Japanese. Arigatogozaimasu!

@studywithmai.

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for your nice comment😀🙌

Very useful to learn the nuances of certain sentences, because that's quite difficult as a learner. I also have a Japanese colleague and it's nice to surprise him now and again with more Japanese sentences :)

@studywithmai.

9 күн бұрын

Yep! Tell him “Otsukare samadesu” 😉

Thanks for the video! It’s good to have the nuances of these phrases I’m already familiar with explained by a native speaker!

Even when I'm speaking japanese, i often greet my japanese friends with the english expression "Whats up" But i still learned some things from this video, thanks.

いい動画ですよね！ありがとうございますまい先生

Great lesson, ありがとうございます

@studywithmai.

9 күн бұрын

どういたしまして✨

Thanks for this lesson❤

Great video. Subscribed! Thank you 🙏🏽

I was told that Hajimemashite means "Nice to meet you" and Yoroshiko onegaishimasu means "Please be good to me."

Thank you, can't wait your next video

Thank you teacher for this useful information.

Very helpful.. thanks..!

Arigatou gozaimasu, Maisensei. You explain things very well. I will follow your channel.

@studywithmai.

10 күн бұрын

Thank you for your watching! My English isn't very good but I'll go on making videos😉

Nice work Mai, i learn a lot today

thank you very much for yours tips, i'll start to use these sentences in my daily japanese conversations

@studywithmai.

11 күн бұрын

Good luck!✨

So useful lesson I’ve interested in studying Japanese since the half of 2022, actually. Though I’m not good at speaking foreign language, I won’t give up trying studying Japanese or English.. おつかれさまでした、まいさん

@studywithmai.

8 күн бұрын

Thank you for your watching!! I’m also not good at speaking English but I’ll go on making videos🙋‍♀️

It’s really irritating that textbooks or standard Japanese courses always teach お元気ですか and always the literal translation for おつかれさまです. I didn’t know it was just a greeting like how are you and can be used in these situations. KZread Japanese lessons have been helping me sooo much. Thank you!!

@studywithmai.

Күн бұрын

We also learn "How are you?" first in English classes at school. And the answer is "I'm fine thank you, and you?"😁

ありがとうございました！

Nice video. I think adding in お先に失礼します when at work is important too. I say it often because I'm just an assistant. Sometimes I just copy what my other coworkers say ahaha One of them would say, 'お先に失礼します。' and then everyone would say お疲れ様でした～

@studywithmai.

5 күн бұрын

That’s right!! You are very familiar with Japanese culture😁

Hi,very interesting, difference between real life conversations and apps /books , learning by heart sentences that are useless or sound weird ,even if learning is never a bad thing at all . Precious lessons👌よくがんばいましたね🌸.

@studywithmai.

14 күн бұрын

Thank you for your watching💓

lol hey boss, you healthy?😂 thanks for this I will now keep this in mind!!

Thank you for this lesson. I just subscribed to your channel.

@studywithmai.

14 күн бұрын

Thank you for your watching!! my English isn't very good but I do my best to make videos😉

@elgatofelix8917

4 күн бұрын

@@studywithmai. I think your English is good ! You're a very good teacher! ☺

I indeed start my conversation with how are you, later I found out that's how old people greet each other. But I still do say it

I think I’ve really only used it when sending texts to my mother-in-law or acquaintances I haven’t spoken with in some time and are more formal with. Maybe New Years greetings? Occasions where it was more formal or the native speaker asked me first and I responded in kind. Usually I don’t often use it.

@studywithmai.

3 күн бұрын

I agree with you. It’s fine to write this in a letter or text😃

@kitsunerinkan

3 күн бұрын

@@studywithmai. I’m trying to think of a time when I’ve said it. 🤔 I usually see it in manga between friends. Like a: “よー！元気かい” type of situation. I’ve lived here for almost 20 years now, so almost half my life? I wouldn’t say I’m fluent but I’m pretty high level conversational. I like to follow pages like this because it helps. You can never get enough “exposure” with native speakers and can always “up your game” when it comes to a second or third language. Japanese is my third language and I’m also studying Korean and Mandarin as my third and fourth. I love languages. Your English is really wonderful, by the way! Excellent pronunciation and really clear, easy to follow explanations and translations.

Arigato Gozoimazu Sensei. I sucribing your channel now😊

@studywithmai.

8 күн бұрын

Douitashimashite. Thank you for your subscribing😃

I have studied the japanase language for almost 5 years but I have to continue ty sensei.

@studywithmai.

9 күн бұрын

Thank you for studying Japanese!

@ratecoudo

9 күн бұрын

@@studywithmai. Now I speak 3 languages. Spanish, English and Japanese .How about you?

Here in the states we say, yo what's poppin my g.

ありがとうございました。 I live in the US and my friend/former neighbor (she is Japanese and has since moved back to Fukuoka), would carpool to work with me. She would often greet me with 「だいじょぶ？」

@studywithmai.

10 күн бұрын

どういたしまして😊 "だいじょうぶ?" means something like "Are you Ok/fine?". Basically, we might say this to someone who looks busy or in trouble.

@WillemPenn

9 күн бұрын

@@studywithmai. Well, I’m not a morning person so I was always a bit disheveled in the morning when we carpooled. 😅

I usually stick with a generic weather comment as an opener. 今日はいい天気ですね。Regardless of culture the weather small talk feels universal and inoffensive.

@studywithmai.

4 күн бұрын

I agree with you!!

İn Türkiye, we have a very similar culture in this manner. You just don't say 'How are you?' and we have a very similar saying for 'otsukaresama deshita' which is 'kolay gelsin' ... you can say it as often as you can to people that you just met, or even to people whom you know that are working at that moment.

Good video thank you❤

@studywithmai.

7 күн бұрын

Welcome♡

Now I know why people laugh nervously when I ask Genkidesuka?

@studywithmai.

8 күн бұрын

Sorry😅 It's not rude, we just don't know how to respond.

Kirei Sensei! 😍

"How are you?" - When an English speaker asks this, it is not a formality as most suppose. It is asking "What is your present mood? Your mindset?" One asks it to discover how the convo is going to proceed.

@studywithmai.

14 күн бұрын

Thank you for your comment😃 When starting a conversation, we might talk about the weather☀️☔️

@johnp.johnson1541

14 күн бұрын

@@studywithmai. Like i tenki desu ne

@johnp.johnson1541

14 күн бұрын

@@studywithmai. You present well. I will learn much from you.

ありがとう

@keeriti2594

Күн бұрын

Just the first time watching, very helpful

I don't need to ask, I just put on my scouter and check the person's power level.

Nice video. Subscribed. Best wishes from the UK. どうもありがとうございました。

@studywithmai.

9 күн бұрын

どういたしまして💓

Thanks for the explanation! It would be interesting to know some situations where it really *is* appropriate to ask “o genki desu ka” also. I’m assuming say you’re with a freind and you notice they’re coughing a lot or something like that so you genuinely want to show some concern for their health by asking them this question :)

@studywithmai.

13 күн бұрын

If your friend has a cough, ask them: "かぜ？(You have a cold?)" or "だいじょうぶ？(Are you OK?)"😉

Arigato Gozaimasu mam❤❤❤

Well, i sure wish textbooks would get it together!!😄😅

I once asked that to my sensei. She was surprised and confused 😂. Then she realized it was my American habit so she asked me back lol.

@studywithmai.

12 күн бұрын

Don't worry, it's not rude to ask "genki desuka?". It's just that we don't know how to respond😅

@nickykochka1565

10 күн бұрын

​​@@studywithmai.So answer nothing ‼️ just smile....it's not so important..RELAX ! If you don't want (or if you can't) adapt to this slight new situation... we, foreigners, will understand your issue... We all know that most Japanese are complicated and don't want to change anything !!! 😅

Thanks teacher.... バリ島 から、よろしく

@studywithmai.

11 күн бұрын

よろしくおねがいします！

@WedNes-cw6cy

11 күн бұрын

@@studywithmai. i ll learn from u now on....thanks teacher

I just asked an employer for a dream job "ogenki desu ka?" in an email 😂🥃

@studywithmai.

6 күн бұрын

Don't worry, “ogenki desuka?" is a good written phrase to use in a letter, etc.

@tomcanton9201

5 күн бұрын

@@studywithmai. Ahhh thank God 😆

Hello! May I know the background music in this video? It was very soothing to listen to

very good video

@studywithmai.

10 күн бұрын

Thank you!

🌸🌸🌸👍🦋

@studywithmai.

8 күн бұрын

💓💓💓

question. I am Australian and our general greeting is g'day which is short for good day. is the best translation of this saying gokigenyo or is there a better one. I am only a beginner at this language.

@studywithmai.

10 күн бұрын

Thank you for your comment😃 The literal translation of "g'day" would be "こんにちは(hello)". We say "こんにちは" when we meet acquaintances, but not friends.

i'm just going to use お疲れ様 for everything 😂

@studywithmai.

7 күн бұрын

In the workplace😉

It's going to be a bit tricky not using "genki" when I greet my colleague, largely because his name is Genki. 😉

@studywithmai.

5 күн бұрын

Nice name 💓

おはようございます、これは初めてチャネルをめて。一年間にほんごをべんきょうしています。にほんの先生に何がいいますか？ Loved the video, very clear English.

@studywithmai.

7 күн бұрын

If you meet with your Japanese teacher regularly, it would be nice to say things like "Hello. It's hot today. I went to the fireworks festival this weekend.(こんにちは。きょうは あついですね。しゅうまつつ はなびたいかいに いきました)"😉

@jaysysumakaRatMaster3

7 күн бұрын

⁠@@studywithmai.しゅうまつつ did you mean しゅうまつ。 たいていには言います こんにちはや おはようございます。 や、元気ですか。

@jaysysumakaRatMaster3

7 күн бұрын

@@studywithmai. Would you ever say 調子はどうですか？or is this more casual with friends?

@studywithmai.

7 күн бұрын

"Have you been anywhere recently?(さいきん どこか いきましたか？" is probably better.👍

I like her! まいが好きですよ！😉👍

@studywithmai.

14 күн бұрын

Thank you!

The thing you might not understand is..... Westerners are not too bothered what they "should" say, as we are not as conformist over here. Perhaps I "should" bow, but in the bible entire nations have lost their salvation through bowing to idols, so.... I bow to Christ alone. The Japanese should also consider that they "should" understand our cultural differences, and that we are more happy-go-lucky

Arigatou gozaimasu Mai Sensei , Would you explain under title Japanese words like : Arigatou, Genky , easy to learn, because most of people are not Japanese, but we like to learning Japanese speaking, Arigatou gozaimasu Mai Sensei ❤❤

Mai san kawaii❤❤

If I meet a person or the first time and they greet me with よろしくおねがいします should I respond the same in full or is it okay to just respond with よろしく?

@studywithmai.

8 күн бұрын

You should reply with the same phrase, "よろしくおねがいします." It's okay to say "よろしく" to close friends or juniors.

@lester3960

8 күн бұрын

I see. ありがとうございます！

ありがとうございます、まいせんせい

@studywithmai.

14 күн бұрын

どういたしまして😃

Ahh gimme a break you don’t see someone for more than a week and they ask you if you were Genki datta? On the other hand I can count the number of times someone’s said konnichiwa to me this year on one hand

@studywithmai.

6 күн бұрын

You can say, "Genki datta?" but I would just say, "Hisashiburi!" After that, we’ll start a conversation like normal😃

To start, konichi wa n bye bye

What if you meet a friend after a long time, but you aren’t close enough to drop keigo? Would something like, お久しぶりです。元気していましたか？ be appropriate?

@studywithmai.

3 күн бұрын

Yes, I think it’s a good introduction👍

How about 順調? Could u explain in wich situation can i say it

@studywithmai.

11 күн бұрын

This is a situation in which you would use "順調?" 🌟You and your colleague are working on a project together. You've been working separately for a while, and then you ask him, "How's it going?(順調?)"

Just like how we don't ask "how are you?" in English. We ask "how's it going?"

@studywithmai.

6 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@kly8192

3 күн бұрын

But in British English, people used to say “How do you do” on initial introduction! Not a question, and the proper response was, “How do you do”. This is now considered archaic. I seem to recall Americans saying “How are you” in the same way, sometimes being interpreted as a question rather than a greeting.

@poursmoregravy569

3 күн бұрын

@@kly8192 I'm British and first of all, that's not true. There are plenty of regions where "how do you do" is in common use. Secondly, that's not how we use the word "archaic." For something to qualify as archaic is needs to have fallen out of fashion many many years ago (words like "thee" and "thou" for example.) More to the point though, in textbooks for non-English speakers there is a structure that people are taught which goes, "how are you?" "I'm fine thank you, and you?" That's a very unnatural way to greet someone and this structure seems to be taught to anyone studying a second language. The lady in the video is giving an example of the structure Japanese-learners are given and how it's not usual, and I was pointing out that this isn't unique to people studying Japanese.

@kly8192

3 күн бұрын

@@poursmoregravy569 Thanks for the correction. I should have said “in North America”, and admittedly archaic only to a degree, as people in my generation still use the expression in more formal introductions.

Sooo....WHY DO TEXTBOOKS always bang on about this if it's not natural? For heavens sake!

@studywithmai.

9 сағат бұрын

I agree with you 😅

@jackclements2163

40 минут бұрын

@@studywithmai. So many textbooks impede learner progress in Japanese.

So you can just say "nani taberu" and it's a question? You don't need ka at the end for casual?

@studywithmai.

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for your comment😃 "Nani taberu?" is a casual way of saying "Nani o tabemasu ka?"

@futatsushiri

10 күн бұрын

@@studywithmai. Thank you! I moved to Japan last year and it's so difficult!

Can you provide more examples for what to say when meeting a friend? Asking "どこ行く？” assumes you've arranged to meet. But what would you say if you just happened to meet your friend by chance? For example, you go to the station and you see that your friend is also waiting for the train.

@studywithmai.

10 күн бұрын

Thank you for your comment😊 If I meet a friend by chance, I call her by name, "Mai-chan" or "Mai." Then, I might ask "どこ行くの？(Where are you going?)" or "何してるの？(What are you doing?)"

外国人にはお疲れ様っていう習慣が理解できないらしいです笑

@studywithmai.

14 күн бұрын

特に意味のない挨拶ですよね😁

Hello dear mai 😊😊😊

@RangerRick4958

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for the Red heart my dear by Friendship?❤️❤️🤍🤍🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵 Japan is wooooow

If I want to speak how I want speak, can I speak to Japanese people or they will ban me?

@studywithmai.

10 күн бұрын

If you come to Japan, you will be surprised that most Japanese people cannot speak English. So you need to speak Japanese😁

If people ask "お元気ですか?" How can we answer back? thanks!

@studywithmai.

8 күн бұрын

I would reply, "はい、元気です." Just like in the textbook😁

マイ様一番女性います。

I just saw another KZread vid and the Japanese people greeted each other o Genki desk ka…..so, huh?

@studywithmai.

7 күн бұрын

Oh really!? So, you should check it out in Japan 😁

@ronica2623

7 күн бұрын

@@studywithmai. too late. I just came back. If I had seen your video first, I would have. The people who greeted me didn’t say what you said in video but I have no idea what they said…I will ask my teacher

What do you think of 調子どうですか Is this only for explaining "how are you" as a phrase?

@studywithmai.

11 күн бұрын

I don't say "調子どうですか?"😅 In what situation would you like to say this?

No, I say どうしてる？😊 Kthxbye

hi my name is mani im from malaysia i want to learn japanese language can you teach me

You are so beautiful

Textbook vs reality

Wrong, they do say how are you

@studywithmai.

10 сағат бұрын

They?

Oooh what a boring world.... If it's the morning...if you meet for the 1st time...if ...if...if....if....How did Nihonjin come to obey to such insipid, tasteless way of living...? No improvisations... no fresh and direct reactions...😮 Robots ? Tell me after how much hours or days that i met a beautiful boy can i say to him : "the Moon is beautiful tonight ! " ⁉️

@Draconic_Aura

10 күн бұрын

you may do that in any country, including Japan. this is just a greeting. there are terminally online in Japan (2ch and 5ch), same as in US and any other country.

@studywithmai.

10 күн бұрын

Of course, you can talk about your work or hobbies with that beautiful boy😉

@nickykochka1565

9 күн бұрын

@@Draconic_Aura ??? 😳???

@nickykochka1565

9 күн бұрын

@@studywithmai. oooh..if i can, i'll do it !!! Can i kiss him outside or have i to wait to be hiden from the gaze of people ? Can some pleasure be lived openly ? It's true ...you adviced me that i can speak of our works and hobbies !!!! What hot spicy 🔥subjects... This is already done... You have so many rules that boys prefer to stay alone...i feel that Nihonjin are sad and heavy...

Why suddenly in the middle there is no romanised translation like in the beginning? Difficult for beginners to follow. So, the 2nd part of your lesson is not useful to me as a beginner.

@studywithmai.

15 күн бұрын

I'd be happy if you could watch the videos in my playlist "Japanese for Beginners"!🙏

Yeah, people need to stop saying it

@steezmunky

7 күн бұрын

Genki desu ka?

@treystephens6166

6 күн бұрын

@@steezmunkydaiju ka ???

I think the problem is, a lot of teachers and textbooks teach a kind of Japanese that is merely a literal translation of what one might say in English. Instead of teaching students to say literal translations of English into Japanese, teachers and textbooks need to teach students how to think in Japanese; teach Japanese that Japanese native speakers actually use. English speakers ask "How are you?/How do you do?" So they want to feel comfortable by saying something familiar to their culture, and that's "お元気ですか？" It would be as off-putting as having a Japanese person ask out of the blue, "Hello! You must be tired." Students must be warned of falling into the trap of merely translating from their language to Japanese. 元気 actually means "baseline energy." "Are you at baseline energy?" The concept of 気 can be a lesson in itself as it is part of many Japanese expressions, such as 気になる, 気にする, 気持ち, 気分, etc. Anyway, yeah I think お元気ですか is a good thing to nip in the bud, and a good starting point to show students that Japanese and English aren't always, if ever, equivalent 1 to 1. Someone I know who thought they were speaking Japanese told me "こんにちは、友達。いかがですか？" It literally means "Hello, friend. How is it?" First of all, I'm not your friend, and how is what? Same vibes. お元気ですか seems a bit... like you're trying to get too close early on and may put Japanese people off. Anyway, that's enough yapping from me today.

@studywithmai.

9 күн бұрын

That's a good interpretation! >>元気 actually means "baseline energy." "Are you at baseline energy?" That's why I have mixed feelings when someone asks me, "元気ですか?" 😅

Very helpful, thanks

@studywithmai.

15 күн бұрын

You're welcome!!