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@spinnymathingy3149

2 жыл бұрын

One question please, why do Japanese car brands seem to always badge and name their cars in English characters instead of Japanese characters ?

@nobbyt9150

2 жыл бұрын

@@spinnymathingy3149 To sell products for abroad,so need to be recognized for more people. 海外用の製品は、より多くの人に認知してもらう必要が有りますので。

@spinnymathingy3149

2 жыл бұрын

@@nobbyt9150 yes that’s understandable, cars exported could have English or other names (i remember cars made here in Australia had many different names when they were exported) What I’m wondering about is why for the enormous local Japanese car market that the millions of cars don’t have Japanese characters for names ? As the Japanese people seem to have a lot of pride for their culture ?

@nobbyt9150

2 жыл бұрын

@@spinnymathingy3149 For Japanese people,English characters are cool ,longing for. Even domestic market,almost car products are named and lettered in English. So it's very rare having Japanese name. Toyota is 豊田,Nissan is 日産,Honda is 本田 .If these Japanese characters badge are fixed on a car bonnet,it's not natural for Japanese people. But we Japanese have pride about Kanji,hiragana and kataka. There are many trains only you can see in Japan…ひかり、のぞみ、こだま、やまびこ 、あずさand more. I know two motor cycle nameed 隼(Hayabusa),刀( Katana) lettered on it's body.

@spinnymathingy3149

2 жыл бұрын

@@nobbyt9150 thanks for that explanation, I’ve always wondered about it, I’m in Australia, here we have a lot of used sports cars imported from Japan (ones that were not sold new here , personally I’ve imported a Mazda RX7, and it always puzzled me that all writing, badging ect was all English) Any how, have a great day 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

1:22 HONDA 2:14 NISSAN 3:07 DATSUN 3:59 TOYOTA 4:51 LEXUS 6:02 SUBARU 6:34 MITSUBISHI 7:21 MAZDA 8:22 DAIHATSU 9:12 YAMAHA

@AshikJonathan

Жыл бұрын

You good sir have a great day sir.

@carpediem7654

Жыл бұрын

Not all heros wear capes.

@supersabrosinho

Жыл бұрын

Rambling is rampant on KZread. Could've been a 20 secs video instead of 10 mins. You da man! Thanks

@lucienl9465

Жыл бұрын

add a "Slow" in front of each brand. then you are then correct

@turtlepeak6130

Жыл бұрын

legend

I love how it wasn't just a video telling us the correct pronunciations, but also a history lesson. 😍

@iviav0072

Жыл бұрын

It might be correct Japanese pronunciation, but it's not correct English pronunciation.

@anniewilkes6011

Жыл бұрын

Point is we say it wrong

@iviav0072

Жыл бұрын

@@anniewilkes6011 no, the point is words have several pronunciations... The original language is the original pronunciation.. But even that changes, and then every other language that translated it. The way we pronounce it is the English translation, there's also a spanish one, a German one, and so on. The point of words is to share messages, not to see who pronounces what the best.

@arushkumar262

Жыл бұрын

Simp

@RedStallion2000

Жыл бұрын

@@iviav0072 Actually, if you don't want to be an arrogant tool, you'd try to pronounce the words the Japanese way after you learn the proper pronunciation.

Honda @1:20 Nissan @2:12 Datsun @3:06 Toyota @3:58 Lexus @4:49 Subaru @6:00 Mitsubishi @6:32 Mazda @7:19 Daihatsu @8:20 Yamaha @9:10

l'am always keen on learning the exact pronunciation for different words in different languages. This is primarily because every word has a meaning because of which it was named to something or someone in the first place. There are many languages where if a certain word is pronounced incorrectly, its meaning changes altogetherly. Thank you for this wonderful information Asagi. :))

Lovely to hear a Japanese native teach the correct pronunciation. The origin stories were a treat too. Thanks

@jonesy4588

Жыл бұрын

any way you pronounce it , it stills comes up crap

@ElroyMcDuff

Жыл бұрын

@@jonesy4588 Compared to what?

@Vickzq

Жыл бұрын

I just realized how swiss (old german) is perfect for pronounciation... except _datsun_ which would need to be written _datto-san_ to say it that way 😂

@yuriysymko4932

Жыл бұрын

@@jonesy4588 compared to Germans yeah they're crap but compared to American they're like Bentleys

@guymansonjr4780

Жыл бұрын

Plus, she's lovely.

Thank you. My father spoke fluent Japanese as he was a Canadian raised in Japan. He pronounced the names as you do. However, many companies in the USA said he was wrong in his pronunciation. I always knew he was correct.

@jeremyemilio9378

Жыл бұрын

Racism

@shawnm5692

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremyemilio9378 no

@berniesutton7277

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremyemilio9378 what??? Go back to the dictionary and properly learn the meaning of racism

@cvpiguy

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremyemilio9378 what???😂😂😂

@li_tsz_fung

Жыл бұрын

@Haxkarl Just speak Japanese to them　違う！日本語わかる？これはニッサンだ、ニイサンではない

Yes, some names become general and universal for the whole world. The words and pronunciations are changed from tradition style to international style, so everybody can say it easier.

@gundamt437

Жыл бұрын

That's basically ignorance. Changing it to make it sound so that everyone will understand, is very odd. It's like changing "lion" to say "Leon"...the animal doesn't change, but saying it correctly is also good. Japanese named their cars, some of them are in fact peoples names as in the video, imagine someone changed your name from how it sounds, just to make it "easier", when all they can do is just learn the correct pronunciation.

@leletipiham8156

Жыл бұрын

@@gundamt437 me too don't want to incorrectly but happens sorry for inconvenience

Here in the U.S. when you buy a Lexus, they have a "ceremony" - it's the Sales Manager dancing all the way to the bank with that big, fat check! Ha ha! Great video. You clarified the correct pronunciation of a few names that often get mispronounced outside of Japan. Of course different regions of the U.S. and even Canada take it one step further. For example, most people in the U.S. pronounce "Mazda" as "Mahz - Da" whereas people in Canada & northern parts of the U.S. pronounce the name "MASS - Da" with the "MASS" sounding like a huge collection of something, like a mass collection of comic books or even a mass in a Catholic church. Keep up the good work! Sayonara!

@lyianx

5 ай бұрын

Canada, Europe, and i think Australia all pronounce it with "mass". Always seemed weird to me.

Very interesting! The German pronunciations are much closer to your native ones. It helps that both japanese and German have harsh abrupt consonants and short clipped vowels. "Mazda" is "Mahts-da" for instance.

@t1h3b3

Жыл бұрын

Waren auch meine Gedanken ;)

@hadifelani

Жыл бұрын

Same for Indonesian language 😁 We pronounce consonants as it is written unlike English.

@matorix003

Жыл бұрын

Ein Laich, ein Teich, ein Kommentarbereich

@bidartbauer8581

Жыл бұрын

Only english speaking people pronounce everything bad, im spanish native speaker and the pronunciations are almost the same too

Asagi is REALLY nice to listen to. Beautiful English, so easy to understand her. And she seems like such a nice person too!

@albertsmith99

Жыл бұрын

simpin'

@SoberCake

Жыл бұрын

@@albertsmith99not a bad thing

@Adrian_Nel

Жыл бұрын

@Bert de Wit, totally, huh?!? By the way, are you American, of Dutch decent?

@DMan-it5tq

Жыл бұрын

Lol what a simp

@Bert_de_Wit

Жыл бұрын

@@Adrian_Nel HI friend. I'm Dutch, as in, Amsterdam Netherlands.

YAMAHAA! "Why so dramatic?".. You absolutely nailed it! I love the way you put it out there.

i always love to make people notice, that italian language and japanese language have a lot in common when we talk about pronunciation. So its VERY easy for any italian to guess most of the japanese words right (if written in romaji) aside for the accent of course, and a couple more think like U and I not being said in some cases.

@NVidiero

Жыл бұрын

Same for spanish speakers

Hi Asagi, In Australia a slang nickname for a Datsun car is "Datto". Even when in the early 1980's, the name changed to Nissan, we still called them Datto's. Very enjoyable & informative video.

@threesomemonkey8780

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 as an old man I can confirm that fact. Maaate 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤙🏽🍻🇦🇺

@alanharrison573

Жыл бұрын

Never heard of Datto. I'm Australian.

@jsquared1013

Жыл бұрын

@@alanharrison573 I've heard of Aussies calling Datsuns "Dattos" and I'm from the US

@1969Risky

Жыл бұрын

@@alanharrison573 You have to be kidding or have never owned one!

@JJSmith1100

Жыл бұрын

Sounds right Australians are very lazy at speaking and shortening every word they can. Like calling a petrol/gas station a "servo" if I am right, and what's that you call a liquor store again? Just teasing, just stuff I heard from other KZread channels.

One thing I've noticed as a car enthusiast and host of a ridiculously small automotive review channel: people from North America tend to pronounce Nissan as (nii-san) which is older brother in Japanese. However, I've noticed that British and most Commonwealth nations tend to pronounce it (nissin, with short "i"s). This cracks me up, as, at least in New Jersey, Nissin is a company that makes instant ramen!🤣🤣🤣

@AKRex

3 жыл бұрын

“How about some insta-ramen with your car?” ☝🏼😂

@hillarysudeikis2264

2 жыл бұрын

Repent from sin and turn to Lord Jesus Christ everyone time IS RUNNING OUT, soon the triple six beast mark will be implemented and many will take it and disqualify themselves from going to Heaven, if anyone takes the mark and the ‘medicine’ they are forcing on anyone they will go to the lake of fire, don’t take them, be very very very careful!💜❤️✝️

@tren133

Жыл бұрын

British/Commonwealth people also pronounce Hyundai as "Hi - Yun - Die" for some reason. Americans usually pronounce it "Hon Day", so kind of similar to how we pronounce Honda. I once asked a Korean guy how they pronounce Hyundai, and the way he said it was essentially "Hon Day", same as the US pronounciation.

@gustavobrtt

Жыл бұрын

In Brazil we say Nissan as said in video.

@KaitouKaiju

Жыл бұрын

Nissin is the Japanese company that invented instant ramen

Thank you for sharing the correct pronunciation of these names. If I ever make it to Japan (not likely since I can’t handle being cooped up in a flying tin can 35,000 miles in the air) I promise I will start learning Japanese before I go. Your voice is so musical and pretty you could easily record yourself reading children’s books. I would listen to them!

@s-c..

Жыл бұрын

The flying tin cans are better than the rolling tin cans : ) If you can address your fear of flying first you can reward yourself with a trip to Japan! If you just learn a bit of Japanese you’ll still be too afraid to go. And you don’t *need to speak Japanese to be blown away by the country and its people! Best of luck ❤

@briseboy

Жыл бұрын

@@s-c.. Have no fear that he will invade Japan. Even if his flight BEGAN in Japan, should he fly around the world to it, he would overshoot it by 10,000 miles.landing in Europe or Africa. He has NO concept of early grade school geography or distance, and thus most likely lost when out of sight of his home. Tin is an element absent in vehicles except as a component of solder, so there is vanishingly little existing in automobiles OR airplanes. He appears to be practicing his "pickup" technique through commenting in youtube. Since he parrots what THOUSANDS of others do in comments, it is unlikely any female possessing a brain would fall for his flirtations. However, some invertebrates Do have brains, several whose neural tissue merely surrounds the mouth. You may be observing one of these commenting, seeking to reproduce with anything they sensed moving.

I pronounce most of the brands in a similar way because keep calm I'm bulgarian. And I definitely can't feel "offended" because I definitely wanted to hear how japanese people pronounce it :)

I have to confess I watch these videos only to enjoy Asagi’s stunning kindness. I thing I would keep listening to her even if she spoke Japanese all the time, without understanding a single word

@chrisreed3572

Жыл бұрын

Me too…yea her ‘kindness’ holy cow is she kind

@Jinsun202

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisreed3572 LOL

@kabysummit5801

Жыл бұрын

The whole video is about pointing out the differences in pronunciation without any understanding as to why. When in Japan, speak as the locals do. When in the US, do the same

WOW! That Japanese way to say those brands sounds almost always like the way we say them in Finnish here in Finland! I didn’t know that before.

@jjborenfff

5 ай бұрын

You haven't heard of Katosiko Takakumi?

Hi, Japanese language sounds like Luganda language here in Uganda because we have names like NAKATO (a girl) and KATO (a boy), KYOTO which is a cooking stove. We also have kahonda village, I have noticed some of the last Japanese names sound and written more like in Luganda. I am very impressed with your lessons, thanks and keep us posted with more Japanese language.

Don't know how I came to this channel, but it's an absolute joy to watch and listen to this young woman. ♥️

I wanted to hear Suzuki and Kawasaki too ♥

@H-M-78

Жыл бұрын

Yes, please

@jpsholland

Жыл бұрын

And Ikegami, (professional cameras)

@jimbokern2033

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that would be cool

@H-M-78

Жыл бұрын

I want to hear -"ninja" too (with aggressive voice)

@elimalinsky7069

Жыл бұрын

Also Isuzu and Hino.

As an Australian, I found your pronunciations very familiar for the most part. I think the only differences where the inflections at the end. It is amazing how critical these seem to be in Japanese. For daily Aussie speaking, the final syllable in most words is optional, if not interchangeable. 😆

@nikkirazelli3250

Жыл бұрын

UK English sounds pretty close to most. Seems mostly US English that are further away

@cherepaha3

Жыл бұрын

Australia is only for those who inject themselves

@helljester8097

Жыл бұрын

Same here, I grew up in Singapore and my second language is French. These prononciations sounds more familiar than the American ones.

@kaitanaka3468

Жыл бұрын

What about eyezuzu (Isuzu)?

@MatrixRage

Жыл бұрын

I agree, To my (American) ears, her pronunciation for at least half sound almost identical, but I agree that to a Japanese native, we lack the distinct separation and sharp inflection, which does seem to be critical to their language.

You are very sweet in your pronunciation in both English and Japanese. Thanks for sharing.

This was very informative. I had no idea I was pronouncing the names wrong. Appreciate the history behind these companies too.

Language lessons are always fun. Glad to see you researched these and gave the history of its name.

Okay this is ridiculously informative. Feel like I just got a history lesson and learned some native japanese at the same time. Very cool

loved this video! thank u for going into detail!

I think it's very cool to listen to the original pronunciation of things. As a portuguese and english speaker, I think the differences are very minimal on many of these cases.

Great video. I'm a car lover and I lived in Japan for 14 years, 12 in Nara and 2 in Osaka. Japan makes some of the world's best cars. There is all sorts of media dedicated to JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) cars and a lot of clubs full of people devoted to them. I've owned 3 Hondas, including my current daily driver, and most of my extended family drive Toyotas and Subarus. I remember seeing a lot of car models in Japan that are not exported to the US and being frustrated that I didn't have a Japanese driver's license. This video reminded me of my friends in Japan correcting my pronunciation and explaining the brand names to me. Thank you for the nostalgia. 😀

Coming from a german speaking part of Switzerland I was surprised how close we pronounce Japanese brands to the original one. In the same time I recognized how many Japanese brands are so popular here in Switzerland, not only cars. I for myself have two digital cameras, one is from Fuji and the other one from Nikon. Two analog cameras from Pentax and Canon. My TV is from Sony as well as my Hi-Fi set 😊

@xdeekay8850

Жыл бұрын

Ich bin mir sicher das trifft auf Datsun nicht zu

@matthiasmartin1975

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I think it has something to do with the fact that we Swiss tend to pronounce words on the first sillable.

@danielhoffmann67

Жыл бұрын

In my opinion here in northern Germany we also pronounce most of these japanese brands relativley close to their original. So it's not so much a topic of Switzerland but more of the german language in general. By the way: Japanese brands are very popular not only in Switzerland but in the whole world.

@skayofox

Жыл бұрын

@@xdeekay8850 Jup, Datsun war wirklich unerwartet, aber alle anderen sind erstaunlich nah dran. Ist auch mir aufgefallen :D

@micktaylorwolfcreekmechanical

Жыл бұрын

@@danielhoffmann67 Japanese and German cars from the 80s and 90s were made to last forever brilliant engineering now cars are made to replace every 5yrs, I also have a Mercedes-Benz 220 from 1964 that will live forever and a 1990 Toyota Landcruiser that will live forever, its a shame to look at what were some car company's that made cars to last a life time to what they have become now. BMW and Mercedes are unreliable and over priced now for what they are and a new Toyota Landcruiser costs more than a Mercedes or BMW

As a Rwandese, I love the way Japanese is simple to read for Kinyarwanda speaker. It sound like kinyarwanda with unknown meaning!

Hello im from Malaysia. Many best brands come from Japan. Japan is like Italy or America in Asia. We're in Malaysia feel highly believe if the brand is from Japan. Yet Japan citizen still humble and show respect to others. Very good people..

I'm happy to learn that here in Finland we pronounce most of those names quite correctly. We only seem to have bigger problems with Datsun and Mazda and minor ones with Daihatsu.

@Mario-ur8ti

Жыл бұрын

Actually same here in Nigeria. I think the Americans are mutilating everything :)

@michaeldahla7118

Жыл бұрын

In sweden its only Mazda that we pronounce "incorrectly"

@InvincibleAkuma

Жыл бұрын

Datsun in katakana is ダットサン, Japanese people pronounce “to” out when they see a T in a word.

@Mario-ur8ti

Жыл бұрын

@@rowanscott915 which is ?

@allanmacbadger5692

Жыл бұрын

Datu-san

“Datsun saves!” was the catchphrase they were sold by in 1974 in the US during the first oil crisis. It was a big hit. It was a Smart marketing move to replace the word “Jesus” with “Datsun” and present the car as “the savior” for the crisis.

To answer your question about Lexus…in the US, basically no. 😂 The “big red bow” is something that Lexus made popular through their TV commercials and they do get a lot of requests for it (and other car brands have started providing them too). That’s the one thing out of that list that is sometimes done at customer request. It’s usually for kids who are getting their first car or people who are finally able to afford whatever car they always wanted. As for models and champagne, I’ve never seen it. Part of the reason is that while Lexus is a luxury brand, they’re also fairly common. There are Lexus dealerships that sell cars all day long. Individuals sometimes have a party of their own to celebrate a new car purchase but that’s on them.

I am Italian. I noticed with amazement and joy that in Italy we pronounce them identically. even my 80 year old grandmother. I think that when the Japanese had to make an effort to Latinize their brands, they took Italian as a point of reference and certainly not English. for example Nissan has two s's to strengthen the s . this is only in Italian. I have been living in England for more than 5 years and here people call the brands what they like

Nice hair Asagi

@philproffitt8363

3 жыл бұрын

Yes...just like MISA from Band-Maid. Sultry/Kawaii.

@user-ws3sl9xi7y

3 жыл бұрын

Nice elbow

@hillarysudeikis2264

2 жыл бұрын

Repent from sin and turn to Lord Jesus Christ everyone time IS RUNNING OUT, soon the triple six beast mark will be implemented and many will take it and disqualify themselves from going to Heaven, if anyone takes the mark and the ‘medicine’ they are forcing on anyone they will go to the lake of fire, don’t take them, be very very very careful!💜❤️✝️

As an Spanish I feel amazed how similar we pronounce it compared to the original

@speedbully_84

Жыл бұрын

Yes, same here. Maybe 1 or 2 that had small variations, but most was much closer to the origin than the english version. And I live in Scandinavia btw.

@sergeyromashkin7876

Жыл бұрын

Russians here too. 🤔

@vinikampferherzbarros27

Жыл бұрын

I'm a Brazilian Portuguese speaker and the pronounce is the same too.

@justinfufun5483

Жыл бұрын

And Ireland, much closer than the American translations given

@speedbully_84

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like USA is the odd one out 😛

I am from Estonia. All pronunciations are exactly same as in our language. Many Japan students come here to study and somehow learn our language in few months. Crazy

My mother wanted a new car 15 years ago. She wanted a VW polo, i convinced her to get a mazda 3 series sport, in black. I cannot believe 15 years later it still looks pleasant to the eye, and is a joy to drive. Not to mention if you love the 80s or miami vice, the blue-orange dashboard lights will be an absolute joy to your eyes.

Asagi, This was an interesting video.The Japanese laguage was enough to satisfy me, but the additional information about Japanese companies was a wonderful addition. Being an owner of a Honda, I will try to pronounce the name as a Japanese person would. I value your videos with Japanese laguage as the topic. They are educational and entertaining. John

@markrobertson7299

3 жыл бұрын

Dude, u trynna write a letter or what wit ur goddamn name at end....bruh come on...................Unless ur 50 years old or sum

@powbobs

3 жыл бұрын

@@markrobertson7299 Says the guy who writes ‘trynna’. LOL!!!

@AKRex

3 жыл бұрын

@@powbobs you cannot make this stuff up 😂

@michaelrmurphy2734

Жыл бұрын

I think "Hun-da" is more like it.

@aidarsays

Жыл бұрын

I prefer people who are polite and a little formal, but yes, John was unnecessary. But he means well, right

Thank you for this video. I love Japanese language. Funny that the Hungarian pronunciationis actually very close to yours. I never had a Lexus, but when I purchased my first car, a Honda, they had a little ceremony. Well, no pretty ladies or champagne but there was that huge ribbon on it and they took a picture of me :) I don’t know if other Honda dealers do that too, but it was nice.

@washitokusei6801

3 ай бұрын

I'd imagine anyone whose first language is anything other than English has no trouble with Japanese pronunciation. As a Finnish speaker Japanese and especially the Polynesian languages like Hawai'ian or Maori are easy for me to pronounce.

In the UK (particularly Southern England), we have a habit of nativising Japanese brand names, so we often keep using æ for every initial A sound, ɑ for every subsequent A sound, short 'i' sounds for every 'i', and 'oo' for every 'u' sound, no matter how short or long the sound is in the correct Japanese pronunciation. Yet when it comes to French brandnames, we tend to pronounce them as close to the real French, which reflects our history with France. For example, Renault, part-owned by Nissan, gets pronounced 'ren-no', while Peugeot gets pronounced 'per-zhoe' or 'per-joe', though in Scotland, Peugeot is pronounced close to the American 'pew-zhoe' pronunciation.

I'm greek and greek is my native language so watching this video I was very surprised at how close our pronunciation of car brands is, being a huge car enthusiast this makes me a little proud😂

@a124kun

Жыл бұрын

Same here! I'm from Belarus, and I've always noticed how we are coming closer to original brand name than English speakers. Not only with these Japanese brands, also with Volkswagen, Škoda and BMW all pronounced as "intended". It's kinda funny but also somewhat reassuring 😄

@Hoggaforfan

Жыл бұрын

Same in Sweden

@loadcorruption1680

Жыл бұрын

Same with french weirdly, we have pronunciations a lot closer to japanese than english.

@MietoK

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, same in Finland.

@TheHighborn

Жыл бұрын

same as a Hungarian. I hear mostly Americans pronounce it weirdly

Thank you. However to be clear, we Americans procounce these names differently because the importers of these brands taught how how they want us to pronounce the names.

@billbrasky1288

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. The companies decide how they want us to pronounce it. If we always hear it a certain way in their advertisements, that’s how we’ll pronounce it. Nissan markets themselves as “NEE-sahn” in the U.S. so that’s how we say it. Same applies for Honda and the rest.

I know you touched on Yamaha starting off as a musical instrument company. I know a lot of friends who are always amazed at me telling them this, especially when they are familiar with them and motorsports. However, if you look at their symbol, it is three tuning forks, which of course would be used to tune the instruments. This is where motorsports come in, however! Since someone within the company found that "tuning" an engine for sports was a lot like tuning instruments, he got so interested in it that he created the division for motorsports. This is how they are linked, and probably why language is a division as well since speach is all about how you "tune" your voice (I am not sure on that part, I learned from you on that part in the video)

So my new year resolution is to try and be less ignorant so instead of mimicking her accent, I want to say what an enjoyable vid and your English is amazing..... thanks for sharing/uploading 👍

As an owner of a Subaru Impreza, and a lover of many and many other Japanese cars, I love learning how to pronounce the brand names properly. Though here in the UK I would probably be looked at like a numpty when I pronounce it as it is in Japanese. I have been trying to learn Japanese for the past 3 years too, and even little things like this i feel help me in remembering correct pronunciations when it comes to speaking

@BlueZirnitra

Жыл бұрын

You would, just as a Japanese person would if they started to pronounce everything American or British in a forced accent, in their own country. She pronounces foreign (to her) brands wrong in this very video and even struggles to say the brands the "wrong way" because it is not natural to change the way you speak for each word. It's ludicrous to expect people to learn the origin of every brand and how natives say it, and anyone who did would look weird and be wasting a lot of time on being pedantic.

@Aethid

Жыл бұрын

@@dzevadbayraktar322 The vowel in sit, kit, and kid is not the same as the Japanese "i" in Nikon...

How more japanese can a video can get when the first bit you hear is an apology should anyone feel offended. And how positive and even funny you come acroos. Wonderful! :-) This is an absolutely amazing video, as you not just explain how to pronounce japanese car brands but why it's pronounced this way. An extra bonus for this fancy stuff that appears here and there, such as shaking the video or let these cute little bits and pieces appear. Please, please, please keep up with it 🙂

@Mullikia

Жыл бұрын

Yup...I would have been like, "oh, you're offended,?" "you'll get over it."

Zaibatsu made me laugh more than it should have, instantly thought about TEKKEN XD I'm also glad japanese started to make more videos lately. tiktok has a lot of japanese people teaching japanese ^^ An youtube too with different content.

In the US, when people buy Lexus, they usually get a big red bow on their vehicles and some freebies (like Lexus cups or key chain). Some people also get their photos taken. I bought my Lexus and signed paperwork at 8pm (after closing time). So I didn’t get that giant red bow. But the sales manager offered to wash and vacuum my old vehicle while I drove the new Lexus home. Next morning the sales person picked me up from my house so I could drive my old car back home. He gave me 2 key covers, and also got a new license frame (because I didn’t like the dealer license frame), and a set of wheel lock.

As an English speaker when you see a word spelled with the standard alphabet, you tend to pronounce that word as those letters usually sound out in English. This would happen with any other foreign language as well. Even in the English-speaking world, there are differences in pronunciation of the same words depending on the country and even within England itself, the same word will be pronounced differently between the various regions. When I was at school and we had to do a foreign language I found it almost impossible to make the sounds necessary to pronounce the word properly and it was worse if I was trying to read it because my brain was saying to me those letters are not meant to sound that way. I think people who can speak several languages fluently are very talented. With regard to the car brands discussed, I will add that in Australia most of those brands have shortened slang names among those who discuss cars as that is common with many things in Australia.

@Amelie12

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wait a minute, dont include all of other foreign languages. most of them, like German, has the pronounciation similar to japanese cause the letters sound familiar, for the most part only english speaks the letters way differently. but i bet this is because the romanisation was not done for english speakers, but for all other languages. maybe it has also to do with americans that like to throw bombs, they dont wanted to include them, i dunno

@billbrasky1288

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I think the America pronunciations just follow how those companies advertise themselves in the U.S. That’s how they are pronounced in ads so that’s how we say them.

@BlueZirnitra

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Yes, the Japanese do this too. English words ending in S are usually pronounced with a "-su" that doesn't belong. International corporations don't really have "Japanese" or "English" names anyway, most of them are nonsense cobbled together from people's names and not words from any language. People aren't going to memorise the nationality of every brand and the linguistic rules of every language to pronounce them all as a native would. All this video really says is "Hmm, we pronounce these words with a Japanese accent. Why doesn't everyone else?".

@hnlpharmd

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@@BlueZirnitra Yes, agreed. I studied Japanese at a high level at a full-immersion school, so I'm well aware of the correct pronunciations, but expecting a non-Japanese speaker to code switch into a perfect Japanese accent in the middle of a sentence is very unrealistic, and would also come off as incredibly pretentious. Japanese speakers certainly don't do this when using English words, and instead base the pronunciations off of katakana syllables, which leads to an EXTREMELY rough approximation that is nigh-unintelligible to those not familiar with Japanese. If Japanese insist on us pronouncing their brands with native proficiency, then I likewise insist they reciprocate the effort by pronouncing all English words like a native English speaker. Fair is fair.

@BlueZirnitra

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@@hnlpharmd that's right. I'm sure many of us are familiar with words and phrases that we deliberately don't pronounce as a native would. Like where I live,most people pronounce fajita correctly, jalapeño half way correctly, but paella completely incorrectly. I just go with those pronunciations because being pedantic isn't worth derailing a conversation.

I am from Austria and I'd say the German language lends itself more to pronouncing the names more closely to the correct Japanese way...

@bigbenhgy

2 жыл бұрын

Hungarian too. Why would anyone say niisan for nissan? It has 2 s.

@SansAziza

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigbenhgy We have words like "colonel" and "bologna" that's why.....

@ERTChimpanzee

Жыл бұрын

@@SansAziza Bologna is pronounced as Bolonja lol.

@caleblane7619

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Germans Never Can be Wrong Can They 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 Jerks.

Here in Hungary we only have minor issues about pronouncing these nice japanese car names. Thank you for the explanations of the pronounciations and the historical background as well. :)

I love how you teach me Japanese from English. Makes me feel special

Love this, Asagi. It sounds like you're referring a lot to what I would think of as American pronunciation, where /o/ becomes /a/. My Scottish pronunciation is a lot closer to the Japanese, but the rhythm and clipped vowels may be different. I've long been fascinated by the way Japanese people pronounce some English words, and this helped me understand - particularly "Dattuson" 🙂 One comment about your English pronunciation though, if I may: the x in "luxury" should be pronounced exactly as the x in Lexus/luxus. A lot of English-speaking people do change it to a "g" sound, also saying eggsit instead of exit (I realised a couple of years ago that I was doing it 😳), but there is no reason for it.

@trueaussie9230

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I think Asagi has made the mistake, common among those whose 1st language is not English, of believing that American pronunciation is 'world standard'. Australian pronunciation of those brands is very close, if not identical, to Asagi's. US cultural colonisation of the world must be resisted and eliminated.

@Rai_S82

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I'm English and I thought the same thing 😉

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@@trueaussie9230 I fully agree with you.

@haph2087

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@@trueaussie9230 Sure, it's fair to say that, but I'd like to point out two things: one: the US population is more than twice the population of New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Ireland, and Canada combined. two: the US population does *not* have a single accent, and pronunciations can vary wildly depending on where you are. I don't think it's unreasonable to, when interested in discussing how English speakers say a word, start by looking at the US. Of course, there are other countries, and more importantly, there are more than one accent, but it isn't a that large of a problem to use the US as a default example. *The main focus of this video was to discuss how Japanese people say the names of these companies, not how English speakers say the names,* and the "US" accent (whatever that's supposed to mean), was meant merely as a comparative example. That being said, I definitely agree that the cultural influence of globalization of media is an issue that should be discussed, and I agree that the US gets a potentially unfair advantage in the culture of "speaking English". The way that the US government has developed political power, and the way that US companies have used foreign investments has led to impacts on culture for which discussions should be had. Globalization of culture has lead to strange effects everywhere, and is a large cultural issue, whether it is good or bad, and how to fix or change it is very unclear.

@trueaussie9230

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@@haph2087 Boy. You sure have a lot of free time on your hands, typing out such a screed. I have much better things to do than to spend time addressing all of the irrelevancies you've put forward. However: 1) if 'population size' is of any relevance Americans had best start learning Hindi - or at least Indian-English. 2) I've not so much as suggested there is only 1 'American pronunciation'. 3) there can be no dispute that American 'culture' has infected far too much of the world, annihilating much older and richer TRUE cultures.

Hi from Sweden! When I hear you pronounce the names in your Language. It's incredible how similar we pronounce it here in Sweden.

@OjStudios

Жыл бұрын

Same thing for us Finns. American english mostly butchers foreign name pronounciation. Glad to get some recognition for our harder European pronounciation.

@PlayWaves1

Жыл бұрын

@@OjStudios Brits butcher it just as much as Americans. Americans actually say Nissan correct (knee-sawn), Brits say it wrong (nih-sin).

That hand gesture at 5:16 when you said pretty ladies made my brain recall many memories😁

I going to pronounce Japan brand correctly from today, i will not disappoint you Ms. Asagi ❤

“Honda is a common last name” Well it’s a common car here in the US too 😂😂

@ThatguyPurps

Жыл бұрын

No its not... 🤣 US has Acura 🤷‍♂️🤣🤪

@cebuwulfkiba2495

Жыл бұрын

@@ThatguyPurps tf are you talking about

@ThatguyPurps

Жыл бұрын

@@cebuwulfkiba2495 that the US don't have Honda driving around everywhere, they have Acura.

@cebuwulfkiba2495

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@@ThatguyPurps you’re high. 29.1 Million Honda’s have been driven in the US.

@ThatguyPurps

Жыл бұрын

@@cebuwulfkiba2495 of a population of over 300million... only ever having 30 million Honda's driven there hardly makes it "common"..... but besides that you clearly missed the whole Acura/Honda joke

Love the video,Asagi. Keep it up with these awesome videos. Love the history of this Japanese brands too. Also looking amazing too.

@AsagisLifeNoBSJapan

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Reaper. Glad you enjoyed!

In Finnish, and in the Swedish speaking minority in Finland I belong to, we pronounce these brands very similarly, except where you obviously add a wovel that isn't in the written name (e.g. Datsun och Mazda). We also tend to turn u's into o's. Especially Finnish is extremely easy to spell if you know how a word is pronounced, and vice versa, and it seems Japanese is a bit similar although I don't know any Japanese as all. The Swedish spoken i Sweden differs a bit more though, as they tend to not pronounce z as "ts" and pretty much always add a long wovel to a word with three or more syllables, like "toy-oh!-ta", mitt-su-bish-i.

@vasmits

Жыл бұрын

In the Netherlands most people speak English, although usually not as well as we think we do, and some German. French is also teached at school, but most of us don't really speak French. I do to a certain level. I recently learned some Spanish and Norwegian (Bokmal). I also tried Japanese and Finnish. Both impossible hard languages to learn. I love the Finnish people but I will never learn the language. Luckily you all speak English very well.

Daihatsu!! A great company with small cars! I still have my Daihatsu Sirion (known as Daihatsu Storia in Japan) sence 1999 bought new from my parents. What a great car! Thank you for your video Asagi! You must be BIG in Japan!

I am always fascinated how similar the japanese pronounciation to the german pronounciation really is. The only brand we pronounce really different is of course Datsun, and just small differences for the others, but most are like the japanese ones. Funny sidenote: here in austria - at least from the people i know - yamaha is better known as a piano producer than as a motorcycle/car producer. Also because of the weather in the last years people tend to think of "mitsubishi" as an A/C Manufacturer, because their cars are quite rare here.

@mateusssssss567

3 жыл бұрын

Most pronunciations are also very similar in Portuguese. Only Mazda and Lexus are pronounced very differently in Brazil. Datsun is unheard of here, but I'm sure the pronunciation would be quite similar to the English one.

@franciscouderq1100

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@@mateusssssss567 Datsun is still sort of active in Indonesia.

@bruceleealmighty

Жыл бұрын

Reading your post I thought you were kidding at first using pronOUnciation, rather than pronUnciation. It's a very common error for second language speakers. Asagi seems to pronounce it both ways. I'm so use to this kind of stuff, some times I don't even notice.

@anashiedler6926

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@@bruceleealmighty I always thought its just an american english/british english thing, and both forms are somewhat correct, Like color vs. colour, behaviour vs behavior, armour vs. armor, etc.

@bruceleealmighty

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@@anashiedler6926 Suggest doing a search on the spelling: 'pronounciation'. Common misspelling of pronunciation. Although it might come up in the free dictionary which is notorious for misspellings. The problem with the spelling of 'pronounciation' is people actually start pronouncing it that way. It isn't pronounced like pronounce. It's pronounced like proNUNCE, also not a word.

As an enthusiast of Mazda cars and owner of four Mazdas at the moment (a new 3, a Premacy, an MX5 NBFL and an 323 BF) I used to pronounce it Matsuda because I am grateful for Matsuda-san for having founded this company for me 🙂

@c4n15lupu5

Жыл бұрын

The rust is also very grateful for Matsuda for being exist

@Yorgos2007

Жыл бұрын

@@c4n15lupu5 Urban legend. My 37 years old 323 has no rust at all. You should take care of your car, rule no.1: keep it in a dry garage, and you will never know what rust is ;)

@c4n15lupu5

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@Yorgos2007 im the scrapyard owner since 2015. I've cancelled over 2k cars. most rotten are unfortunately matsudas. that's my legend, my friend

@Yorgos2007

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@@c4n15lupu5 None of them was kept in garage I guess :)

@NegerKim

Жыл бұрын

@@Yorgos2007 Mazdas are rust buckets, there's no way around it. Look at the GG1, there's hardly any left on the roads anymore, it bet it'll be completely gone in less than 10 years.

Very good English and decent manner of presenting that’s why we all love Japan

At least here in Bulgaria we spell the brands correctly, except Datsun and Mazda. Good video!

You should hear how we pronounce some of them in Texas. I was taught that when Nissan 1st sent cars to the U.S. they called them Datsuns to protect they company name if they failed. After they proved popular, they switched back to Nissan. For a while ( in the early 80's I think ) they actually used both names on their cars until dropping Datsun for good. You could buy a Nissan Datsun Maxima.

@tren133

Жыл бұрын

I always found it odd that most Americans pronounce Toyota as "Toy Ota", sort of 2 syllables smashed together, even though the word is clearly made up of 3 distinct syllables, To, Yo, and Ta. I'm essentially a native US english speaker but I can never quite pronounce it the way most Americans do. Although the odd thing is the Japanese word for Toyota (or Toyoda) is from just 2 kanji characters. The Kanji characters are derived from Chinese, and in Chinese, every character has a single syllable. So if you want to know how many syllables a word or sentence has, just count the characters, and that's how many syllables. However, over time, the Japanese language has diverged far enough that a single character can now have multiple syllables. Honda's kanji name has 2 characters, and it also has 2 syllables. Toyota's kanji name also has 2 characters, but it has 3 syllables when pronounced. Mitsubishi's kanji name ALSO only has the 2 syllables (one for 3, one for diamond), but when pronounced, it has 4 syllables!

@peterroberts4415

Жыл бұрын

Cue Jeremy Clarksons American accent

The "Why so dramatic!?" After the "Yamahaaa" 🤣 was so funny. I am Dutch and in my specific dialect we are known for pronouncoing vowels really long, so we would probably sound like Yaaamaaahaaaaa to Japanese natives🤣👍

@marmotamarmota1598

Жыл бұрын

i think the dramatic comes from the sound when the yamaha motrocycle pass you by.. its sound like this :"yyyamahaaaaa..." :D

It's nice to know how the Japanese speak these car brand names. Here in the U.S. a lot of us learned how to pronounce the names from the manufacturer's own commercials. So I would lay some of the blame for incorrect pronunciation on them. A perfect example is Hyundai. In the U.S it's "Hun-day". In Ireland it's "Hi-yun-die".

Awesome to see that it is pronounced almost the same in spanish. Puerto Ricans love Japanese cars.

Ah yes Yamaha - the company that will offer you a motorcycle, boat engine, grand piano and audiophile speakers just to name four. Many Japanese companies diversify their products (Mitsubishi/Suzuki/Sharp do it also) probably to cater to more than one market. The Japanese domestic market is not quite the same as foreign markets - that's generally why many car models only sold in Japan aren't available in the US and elsewhere.

@gnarlykoala

3 жыл бұрын

Yamaha also makes very good racecar engines.

@Beatbassbusta

Жыл бұрын

yamaha had mixer grinder

I'm Brazilian and I'm proud to say we friggin nailed the pronunciation of Nissan, we'll never be mistaken for lolis 😂

@namelessnamename

2 жыл бұрын

Hi am your big fan

@michaelrmurphy2734

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but Carlos Goshn was born in Brazil...

@Terminator-ow5oe

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelrmurphy2734 he's not a founding member tho

I owed both the Datsun 260z and 280z. Loved the design, ride and reliability.

thank you for also providing history!! very helpful and helps me remember !

I'm italian. We pronounce vowels more or less in the same way as in Japanese and we have double consonants in our language, so we go very close to the original pronunciation. The main difference is that we use to put the stress on the second last syllable while most of the brands you named has it on the last one. Also, i noticed the letter U in some cases is almost silent but we have no idea about the rule. As an example: when you say Matsuda I ear something like Mats'da, with a stop but not a clear U. When you say Subaru, it actually sound Su ba ru

@stephenarbon2227

Жыл бұрын

From what I understand, normally there is no stress on any syllable, although a double consonant will lengthen the sound ever so lightly, considering how fast they generally speak. in some words, they barely sound the u part of the syllable, not sure which or why, except that many borrowed words, do have the u silent, to get the nearest equivalent to the original pronunciation [because there's no separate consonants], and in the case of some brand names written in latin typeface, they have dropped it from the written name.

@paulparoma

Жыл бұрын

In Japanese, there seems to be no "u" in the European sense. It's very tight and short. That's why Japanese people have trouble saying things like "boot" or "food."

@B-A-L

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering why do Italians overemphasise the last syllable in every word when they speak English?

@paulg3336

Жыл бұрын

The biggest problem English speakers have with Italian, Japanese and other languages such as Māori , is pronouncing the vowels that some words end in. The tend to make it a long sound when it is often short.

@paulparoma

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@@B-A-L Because they can't have a word end in a consonant. Thus, "English" becomes "inglish-e."

The Mazda name (and like any Japanese brands) were read in Anglicised form. So I can forgive non Japanese speakers pronounced it horrible but not maliciously. It was spelled and pronounced that way internationally for familiarity and catchiness.

@upfront2375

Жыл бұрын

It's an old Persian word pronounced "əˌhʊərə ˈmæzdə"

@jonecuntapay9561

Жыл бұрын

@@upfront2375 the Zoroastrian deity? Yeah, I remember that name since my second year High School history class session and stuck in my head until now.

@upfront2375

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@@jonecuntapay9561Yes! wow I didn't know that they taught it in history classes in some other countries beside persian speaking regions! But maybe bcoz zoroastrianism is widely known to be the first monotheistic religion. Lemme share a story with U then, I was wearing the Fara'vahar neckless and my ex's mother told my ex that "If he's really christian, what is that thing around his neck?" , and after I explained to her that for us persians it's pride thing to wear it and is also the symbol of that old religion, her mother said "I'm sure he made up that religion"; then I had to show her pics of it carved onto Persepolis and told her "yeah I carved this made up religion's symbol in 530BC JUST to make up a religion" lol Oh brother.. U have no idea what ignorance can cause.. we had to split up, eventhough I have green eyes, lighter skin than them, overall look more european than them AND am a born again christian, none of that matters when U're from middle east

@jonecuntapay9561

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@@upfront2375 would you believe I'm a Filipino while learning this old religion fact? Yeah, it's true. And the story of your experience, it was a saddening that the people without understanding history of the past is infuriating. If I was there, I would have gone thrashing that crone to oblivion just because she believes your cultural heritage is a made up and Un-Christian like. This is the problem with many Christian religion types, they don't learn world history and prefers Holy Bible as their history book is so idiotic and superficially mad.

@upfront2375

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​@@jonecuntapay9561 Nah I wouldn't have guessed it that you're from Philippines, but I'm not surprised either. I was gonna go nuts on them but when you're in love and you're unfortunately have the label of "a terrorist" to carry(tnx to media), I thought it was better to show civility and kill them with kindness; didn't work that well tho. My guess was maybe only bcoz they were catholics and some european catholics still live in 12th century in their minds, maybe it was a lost cause from the beginning. My only regret(now that I know it's all finished) is that why I tolerate more than I had to? And U are absolutely correct my man.. many christians while carrying the teachings of an exceptional soul like Christ, still choose to judge before knowing and letting "fear" rule over "love", as a newly converted Christian back then(2yrs in) I felt so low when they disappointed me but now that is 4yrs later, I think maybe I dodged a major bullet tbh with U.

Linda y muy simpatica jovencita japonesa, promueve muy bien las diferentes marcas, de productos japoneses, de fama Mundial, por su alta calidad, que compiten muy bien con las de occidente opino yo. Gracias : Peter Henry Aylwin Del Rio

Great video. If I recall, the first luxury japanese car was the "Crown". As in Toyota Crown. Of course this was way back in the 70s

Great video! Good job on the editing. Very nice. I like Japanese products. I go out of my way to buy stuff made in Japan. I have two Toyota cars, and a Honda motorcycle. They are great. Cheers from the USA! ( I have been watching the Olympics everyday on tv. Go JAPAN! )

@AsagisLifeNoBSJapan

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. You own many! Cheers.

I got MITSUBISHI right! Regardless I have been driving Japanese autos for 50 years ,love them. Love your channel too.❤️

😆 you're so natural & original...(cute) and you're stating the facts. The Japanese really know how to appreciate good stuffs, like the Chinese martial arts (GongFu) and the Buddhist teachings, therefore, they took along with them the monks from Shaolin Monastery to Japan, and not forgetting geomancy (FengShui). They have probably come to the understanding of the science of geomancy and to factor in the number of strokes in names, be it for a person, a company, a brand and even the logo/symbol/emblem, to enhance the energy of mother nature to work cohesively in harmony with heaven and earth.

Thanks for the great lesson! I will share some of these

I remember when that plane full of old Nissan gearbox parts exploded in mid-air. Man...it was 'Raining Datsun Cogs'

@user-ws3sl9xi7y

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit no way actually? When did it happen??

@philproffitt8363

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-ws3sl9xi7y 🤣

@abonnieforclyde2802

2 жыл бұрын

Pfffft! Man, I was just thinking it's been a long time since I blew Pepsi out my nose. Thanks! 🤣

Japan has a wealth of great companies. I'd love to visit there one day.

@ERTChimpanzee

Жыл бұрын

If u have the cash then u can visit Japan :)

@fatboynip

Жыл бұрын

Japanese craftsmanship is better than German or Italian craftsmanship without a doubt.

@Cartman5101

Жыл бұрын

@@fatboynipcomplete bs

@upfront2375

Жыл бұрын

@@fatboynip It really depends on "what" craft we're speaking of. Fire arms? instruments? motorcars or bikes? it really depends

Thank you for explaining and correcting the Western world. Japanese is a beautiful language.

This is wonderful! Well informed and great presentation!

Thankyou for this interesting video ...Here in Australia these brands are literally everywhere ...I own two Ford Falcons but I also own a lovely early model Honda Accord...It's very reliable and still a joy to drive and it's 40 years old now ...Thanks again ..

Just to be clear, Acura was the first premium Japanese brand, and after seeing Honda's sucess, Toyota followed with Lexus and then Nissan with Infinity. These brands are only sold in America as far as I know because the thinking is that Americans won't pay a premium price for a Honda or Toyota. As a longtime Subaru enthusiast, I appreciate the correct pronounciation, but I don't think I can manage it.

As a Finnish it's always so funny how English speakers always use double vowels or consonants in places where there isn't any, but when there actually is then they somehow struggle to read it or add them out of nowhere. So can well relate to some of these moments of wondering how they say things. Like it's freaking written in the text how it's but they really like to add or remove something :D

@GARAGESXERO

Жыл бұрын

What are you on about ??

@bartofii

Жыл бұрын

I feel like this needs some explicit examples

@mikehawk.

Жыл бұрын

As an English speaker I have no idea what any of those words mean

@BriShep123

Жыл бұрын

@@bartofii like Nissan, english: Neeeeesaaahn.

@BriShep123

Жыл бұрын

I think Scandinavians pronounce all of these correctly except Datsun.

Wow that was educational thanks Asagi for this great work

The only one I got correct was the first one, Honda. As a teenager (I'm 71 now) my dad invited two business men over for lunch who were visiting from Japan. They spoke very broken English but we could still communicate. They asked what we liked to do and my younger brother said he liked motorcycles. They asked what kind and my brother responded Honda (pronounced Hahn-da). They said we don't know that one. My brother said "It's one of the most well known brands in the world!" They started repeating the name over and over until they finally said with an epiphany -type look on their faces, "Oh, Hoen-da!" That was back in the 70's.

While listening to you, I recognised that the “doitsko” German pronunciation is closer to nihongo than the English one. I drive a Citroën that is in fact a Toyota Aygo. Thanks Asagi, this was very interesting! 😊

G'day Asagi! I seem to have learnt a new thing about a car brand I once had owned. And.......it was a 1972 Datsun 1600 Tri-Matic. I've always called it a Datsun or Datto, only to learn that it's actually pronounced Datto-san! It was a great car....... except for the blown head gasket and the rear quarter panel falling off on the road from the rust!😂😂😂 Great video by the way too!

@powbobs

3 жыл бұрын

Double consonants in Japanese Romaji indicate a glottal stop as opposed to two consonant sounds. This tends to confuse non-Japanese speakers.

@MIck-M

Жыл бұрын

I had the Datsun 120 B back in the day. Best car I ever had but rust caught up with it in the end.

@michaelthierry6699

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@@MIck-M I've never heard of a 120B! I've heard of a 120Y and the 200B, but never heard of a 120B. I tried looking it up and can't find anything about a 120B. But yeah, Datsuns were a good car! Although mine had it's issues, it still was great. My brother had a Datsun 200B that was Metallic Brown in colour and gee's it got up and went! Our friends family all had Datsuns as well: a 1969 Datsun 1600 SSS, a Datsun 180B (White and immaculate) and a Yellow Datsun Stanza that was also immaculate. They were true fans of Datsuns! I think that's where our love of Datsuns came from!

@MIck-M

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelthierry6699 It was indeed a Y ... not sure where I got the 'B' from. It was a two door and a terrible ducky blue but drove so well and was easy to repair. 35 odd years ago now and had forgotten about until now 😀

@michaelthierry6699

Жыл бұрын

@@MIck-M Not like that Sky Blue colour I hope! 😂 The school janitor where I attended school, owned a Sky Blue Datsun 1000 Wagon that I absolutely loved! The Sky Blue though, the flies seemed to love it for reason and it would always get covered by flies! We could never figure out why the flies loved it! The janitor used to let me drive it though the bottom gate of the school and up the dirt road that ran by the oval because I done Work Experience with him.

Very interesting content! Thanks for sharing this. I love the language.

Excellent presentation informative after years of not kowning true value of names .

This was a great video and I was surprised to find out that here in Australia (and the UK) many of these pronunciations where actually very close.

Japanese is beautiful language indeed

@Bert_de_Wit

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Pleasant to listen to.

Bought a 2020 ES 350 from a Lexus dealership in the SF Bay Area, no ceremony but they do offer really good service and 4 free service appointments