Me: "I probably won't need to watch these early numbered lessons. I've already been doing a lot of studying of Japanese." Dolly: "'Watashi wa unagi da' does not mean 'I am an eel' in this case." Me: "I clearly need to be watching these lessons."

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

There is so much _really basic_ stuff that never gets explained.

@Freakattaker

2 жыл бұрын

I got to the Unagi part and felt like I'd gradually internalized what was happening at that part over time from learning Japanese, but I never quite figured out how to verbalize how wa was using being used in a case like the Unagi part. My brain just eventually found rules that seemed to make sense "most" of the time. Namely being that wa and ga are both subject markers, but that wa is often personal while ga should be used to state something "objectively". And other rules I get told over time by teachers and online resources to try and help differentiate the two. Things like ga being for emphasis and wa for negation and so on. E.g 'watashi wa sushi wo tabeta' vs 'watashi ga sushi wo tabeta' the only difference in my mind is that if I say the former, then it's like im casually telling someone I ate sushi; and if I say the latter, then it's like I'm informing them of the fact that I ate sushi with emphasis that ME!! I did it and not someone else.... Which sort of makes sense but isn't quite right and still not always applicable because contexts change all the time. This video makes it all so clear without the feeling of "random exception japanese funny should just learn it haha"

@user-iv1fn3kh7k

2 жыл бұрын

Same, I was only watching these because I'm bored but I'm actually learning stuff here lol

@FragileEgo

2 жыл бұрын

I feel stupid but can you explain how it DOESN'T mean "I am an eel?" i know its a year ago but please help. QwQ

@LimeGreenTeknii

2 жыл бұрын

@@FragileEgo The video explains it. It really means "As for me, [unspecified subject] is an eel." Without further context, or a stated subject, you can often assume the subject of the sentence is what goes before the wa. However, if someone asks, "What will you be ordering?" you could understand the sentence as "As for me, [the desired meal] is eel." (Or just "it is eel," in more natural English.)

I've been learning for three years and haven't learned this. This is revolutionary.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@fruitymcfruitcake9674

4 жыл бұрын

It's been six for me. ;v;

@sentival

3 жыл бұрын

I agree... absolutely stunning, jaw dropping. For me at least... keep up the good work dolly sensei...

@mkecs393

3 жыл бұрын

This is the best

@tiggerie345

2 жыл бұрын

I've been off and on Japanese since high school and university classes for the past decade, and now finally seriously getting to it. I have NEVER seen such explanations. I've ALWAYS felt like I was missing a puzzle piece into understanding wa and ga, and here she comes explaining it in 10 minutes that teachers never did in the past 10+ years.

8 minutes... 8 minutes to destroy almost 8 years of pieced together grammar learning from different textbooks. Oh to have had these videos back then... Thank you for your efforts!

@Subfightr

8 ай бұрын

Can you please tell me why the engine of the train is marked withう?

@spartannell

8 ай бұрын

@@Subfightr ​ Simply put, all verbs in Japanese in their base dictionary form will end with a sound from the う line. So う、く、す、つ、む、ぬ etc. It's probably the easiest way to identify a verb in Japanese so I suspect that she used it as the identifier for the car for that reason.

@Subfightr

8 ай бұрын

​@@spartannellthank you very much :)

6:36 *_mind blowing_*

@kupamanduka

4 жыл бұрын

IKR. My jaw dropped. All these years learning Japanese ...

@Kokush0

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much

@pragyaw

3 жыл бұрын

My jaw personally dropped at 3:24 . I have a lot of those moments on this channel. She makes everything so clear!

@MD-xf2qy

Ай бұрын

I late 4 years :,)

@UCantNinjaMe

14 күн бұрын

@@MD-xf2qy it be like that

This is probably one of the most important videos you've done on Japanese. imho.

00:00 Reason for skipping over the は explanation 01:07 The nature of は particle as the topic marker 01:57 How the は flag works in a sentence 02:34 Why we must not pretend that は particle marks the main car, the subject of the sentence 04:22 Introduction to に particle as another white carriage, the target particle-marker 05:16 How the に car works in a sentence 06:15 How the は flag works with invisible が, を, and に carriages in a sentence 07:57 Little exercise for those who want to apply the principles from the lesson

@richardwatson5437

2 жыл бұрын

It's an 8 minute video...

@moonlitee

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardwatson5437 and that's a year old comment haha

@rakxz_1144

Жыл бұрын

@@richardwatson5437 still very useful

@Subfightr

8 ай бұрын

I appreciate you writing this out.

“Booru-wa watashi-ga sakura-ni nageru” Is such a beautiful example of the underlying principle, thanks for the concise explanation!

@Subfightr

8 ай бұрын

Can you please tell me why the engine of the train is marked withう?

@andreidelosreyes-rk2zw

8 ай бұрын

In case you still haven't found out yet, the う train is a verb. A verb is basically a word used to describe an action. Nageru or the う train, is marked as "う" because it is an action that your throwing something. Its in the first lesson.@@Subfightr

@Subfightr

8 ай бұрын

@@andreidelosreyes-rk2zw thank you, it must have gone right over my head. Something about her tone of voice, I seem to be unable to allow anything to actually enter my brain. Either that or, I are a stupeed hito. Thank you for taking the time. I appreciate it.

@momochichiify

5 ай бұрын

@@Subfightrshe passed away but she was an amazing teacher . Watch the video with subtitles on

i thought i already had a good grip on は, but about two minutes into this my jaw DROPPED because i suddenly understood it EVEN BETTER. thank you so much for your videos, i look forward to watching all the rest of them!! 😊

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The non-logical nature of は is kept rather secret by conventional "Japanese grammar", but it really helps in understanding what the particle actually does!

I'm so glad I got recommended this as an absolute beginner. I only started Japanese 9 days ago, so after learning Kana, I went straight to this. I feel really lucky to have access to essential knowledge like this very early on.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and welcome to the channel.

@pickywicky7571

3 жыл бұрын

Same,its only been a week since i started learning and im glad i found this

@katieava2956

2 жыл бұрын

How's your progress? Are you still learning Japanese?

@BrownMInc

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah How's it coming along? I started a month ago and just discovered Dolly

@truongquanghuy3490

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, i've just finished Hiragana and somehow find this channel. Blessed.

I know this is an old video but so far these videos have made more sense to me than half of anything else I've learnt

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's less than two years old. Most of the structural theory in textbooks and conventional Japanese learning sites is based on notions of "Japanese grammar" that are over 100 years old and haven't progressed at all in all that time.

@lachlanshelley6336

4 жыл бұрын

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 Thank you so much for your videos! I've been learning for 6 months and have been doing pretty good but with your videos, everything I've been learning is starting to become concrete information rather than abstract concepts

@lachlanshelley6336

4 жыл бұрын

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 and I think that's something you have over everyone else in the business, you don't explain things with abstract concepts

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

@@lachlanshelley6336 Thank you so much. I try to put Japanese onto a clear, logical and understandable footing. I am so glad it is helping you.

This video literally just blew my mind. I tested it out in a translate app switching the particles around and still got the same meaning. Why isn’t this explained in any textbooks or creators. Wow just wow. And I’m so sad to hear the creator has passed away.

Wow, that was so helpful. My first year of Japanese was watashi wa..... all the time, never this explanation.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

5 жыл бұрын

Of course most of the time we don't say わたしは (or わたしが) at all. This constant use of it in classes gives a very bad example because it teaches people to think of Japanese as if it were English (where we really do have to say "I" every time we speak of our own action or state). In Japanese we only really use it when we have a special reason to do so (when we are saying "I as opposed to Sakura" for example). Same with あなた. We really don't say あなた very often at all. It's politer to use someone's name and in most cases, if it's obvious, we don't need anything at all, just as with わたし.

My mind is blown and my brain is still struggling with the realization that there is hope in learning Japanese particles. To think you explained in 8 mins what Japanese classes and the teacher never could. You're amazing, truly.

my brain: boom i've been seriously learning japanese for a month but had interest in the language for years. this makes so much sense, 本当にありがとうございます！

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

コメントをしてくれてありがとうございます。

I have studied up to N2 material for the past 4 years. I kind of understood the zero particle (or at least how Japanese eliminates redundant words from sentences) and the wa and ga particles, but never heard it explained like this. It makes total sense now. It also makes me panic a little and feel like I'm starting from scratch again. Haha. Thank you Cure Dolly!

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

In a way it is starting again because the very basics are never properly explained. But the two sets of information will dovetail and you can progress quickly. For more advanced information on non-logical topic/comment structure and how it meshes with logical subject/predicate (A-car/B-engine) structure, please see this two-video playlist: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaKMqtKkhLfMd9Y.html

5 re-watches in and it's all starting to make sense, Cure Dolly! I halfway gave up yesterday but today I'm determined to get at least another two lessons nailed down. I really appreciate these videos.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for persevering. We are breaking new ground here in explaining Japanese _as it really is_ in English, so I understand it can take effort at first to get your head around it (as they say). But it really pays off. So thank you for putting in that effort and please keep going. Ganbatte kudasai. If you have any questions or problems don't hesitate to ask.

Thank you, this cleared up so many issues I had with は and が. This is the first time I actually had someone properly explain は to me. Pretty sure tae kim also translated ha as "as for me/you/it", but it kinda just went under in his text. You on the other-hand making a video explicitly pointing that out made me understand it so much better.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately while Tae Kim-sensei knows what は is, he has no idea what が is, so he isn't able to draw that fundamental distinction. This is not a criticism - the textbooks are packed with misinformation and Tae Kim-sensei made a brave attempt to get things into some kind of logical order. Unfortunately especially with が and the copula だ (which are absolutely fundamental to the language structure) he made attempts that were very far off the mark and actually even more misleading than the orthodox textbook "grammar".

Umm,my brain couldn't comprehend this much info at once You told such an important thing so easily Thanks a lot Dolly sensei

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

It's ok to give it a rest, absorb what you can and then go back a little later. It gets easier!

@nika56_56

3 жыл бұрын

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 Sensei,if I want to say The ball throws me at Sakura Will it be ボオルがわたしをさくらになげる Is it correct Also,does replacing a particle with wa remove the meaning of that particle? Like if I replace wa with ni Will it still tell the ultimate target of doing

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

​@@nika56_56 Yes that is what it means. Normally replacing が with は in this kind of sentence does not affect the logic because it simply implies ∅が. That is true in this case also but because we are saying something "absurd" we would probably in practice use が to remove any ambiguity. A lot of language revolves around dealing with possible ambiguity - a fact that is rarely covered in language learning. I explain it here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mZeWxLWQXa7bhLQ.html

@nika56_56

3 жыл бұрын

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 Thanks sensei

Im really sorry to hear that you have since passed on. This is the first time in my i feel like i can learn Japanese i really want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and I pray that you are resting very peacefully and that you definitely left a mark on the world!

You are a life saver!! I have been studying Japanese for two years and I keep confusing the grammar even though the theory sounds so easy. My teacher never told me or my fellow students about the invisible "ga" particle and instead said that "ha" marks the subject. I feel like a dark cloud is finally disappearing from my mind.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

2 жыл бұрын

"は marks the subject"! That's just terrible!

I've been studying Japanese for 5 years, and have been living in Japan for half a year now. But I never really saw the bigger and better picture of this language until I started watching your vids today. It felt like all those years of studying were futile struggles. I'm starting to find my love with the language again, thank you. Also I used to ask Japanese people the difference between は and が and even they couldn't really distinguish them 😂

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to have helped. I hope your Japanese journey is wonderful from now on. It is quite normal that while native speakers can do things by instinct they don't understand how they are structured (they don't need to) and cannot explain them.

@Subfightr

8 ай бұрын

Can you please tell me why the engine of the train is marked withう?

@belldandy1378250

13 күн бұрын

​@@SubfightrBecause every single verb is in the う section of the hiragana chart. They all end in that section that same area regardless of what row they are in. Even the る verbs aka the ichidan verbs are in the う part of the ら row.

My god, if I had seen this when i started it would have saved me years of frustration. Thank you so much

Thank you! I've been learning on Duolingo and have always been confused by 'ga'. Now it is all coming together.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

5 жыл бұрын

I'm very happy to hear that!

In eight minutes I experienced a paradigm shift in how I've been thinking about は and が, how have so many learning resources managed to make it so much more complicated than it really is? Thank you Dolly!

Sadly, Dolly won’t see this, but I need to express how much this video made SO MUCH click for me. The second the example with “As for me, I am an American” was shown, I went “OHHHH” out loud. Man. Eat your heart out, Genki. Edit: So we can have 「私はボールをさくらになげる。」 and 「ボールは私がさくらになげる。」 If I'm understanding the pattern, then you can also have 「さくらは私がボールをなげる。」, or "As for Sakura, I throw the ball to her." Good stuff!

@janikusu8677

3 ай бұрын

You have the right idea, but I believe it would be 「さくら*に*は私がボールをなげる。」 This is because you can stack に with は, but you can't say がは or をは for reasons I can't remember (but Dolly sensei probably explains in a later lesson.) I am now curious as to why は replaces the direct object marker を but plays nicely with the indirect object marker に, but I'm pretty sure you can turn any part of a sentence into the は-marked topic.

I watched this video and Tokini Andy's "Japanese は and が Particles in 2 Minutes" for a double whammy of an explanation. This is the kind of language education I need, not whatever I got from my textbooks

This has answered so many questions I'd been left grappling with thanks to trying to learn from other resources, along with several questions I didn't even realize I needed the answers to in the first place!

This は is the same as the korean 는/은 and for the longest time even after YEARS of learning korean I still never fully understood it! But after this video I absolutely get it!!

This is the best video so far (of the three I've watched), I love these lessons! Amazing!

Damn. Ive been immersing and doing srs for 6 months now. Ive never been happier in my journey than right now, watching this video. Ive heard so many sentences out in the wild and in my srs and never quite picked up the patterns. But this has done it. It takes concepts that my brain has seen in action thousands of times already and applies logic to them. Its magnificent. It has clicked. Everything is falling into place. From the top and bottom of my heart, thank you.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

I am very happy to have helped you! There is a school of thought that says one will pick up the patterns from exposure "the way a child does". In my experience this is _not_ true of most people over ten. Either they don't pick them up at all or they do so very slowly and with low accuracy. Real exposure is _absolutely_ the best way to acquire the language but structure is the catalyst that enables immersion to work. Even the pseudo-structure of conventional English "Japanese grammar" helped to some extent. But the real thing is the red pill!

@AWA1L

4 жыл бұрын

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 I believe you. I will keep following along with your structure course and keep up my immersion.

Wow, the light just went off in my head! I get it after all these years! Or at least I think I get it more than I ever have....

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

There is more to learn about は and we'll get to it as the course progresses - or you can take a sneak peek here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaKMqtKkhLfMd9Y.html - but this video gives you the basis of how it works.

Thank you for these lessons!! They make so much sense and I’m glad to have found them! Rest In Peace, you will be missed, Dolly 😭

I never thought I'd learn Japanese from a video bot, but these lessons are great! Really straightforward with no BS.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

This is one of the most mind blowing things I've seen in a while...its pretty crazy honestly Thank You

Watching this course feels like having the crabby patty formula explained to me

This method is so good that now I can read the sentences better because now I know the order of what word come first. What I really learnt is you can’t break that bond between Ga and the Engine doesn’t matter how much you switch the particles the order is always absolute it just changes what’s going on but the particle order never changes wow this was really a DNA 🧬 explosion for me Thanks a lot. I’ll be able to read better now.

I am so so glad I found this channel. It's really not fancy like the other channels for Japanese language learning. But this sure is unique!

I'm so glad I found your channel. It's been so helpful and you explain things so well. It's a blessing : )

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and welcome to the channel.

I've been learning for six years (though I didn't really learn much in the first three) and while I had heard attempts at explaining this, none were very clear or got the point across. Thank you so much for this!

This is incredible, in all the courses I've tried to learn japanese with they've always talked about the wa and ga particles as if they were the exact same thing but these first three videos have already explained why that isn't just incorrect but also made me understand exactly how and when to use them! Thank you very much, I'm glad I found these videos and I'll continue to watch them to compliment my own lessons

I have never found a resource more clear than this, it was like everything I know until now finally makes sense. Thank you so much!

Incredible, this is mind blowing... I've seen the 2 previous videos, and now I feel like everything makes so much sense about the "wa". I was wondering so much about it, but now that I get it it's amazing, I love the train abstraction

I can't thank you enough for your videos! I've been learning for several months now but this is the first time I watch your videos. It bothered me that there were still a lot of basic subjects that I still didn't understand completely and just kind of used them as the text book stated, but now, as I watch your videos, all those lost pieces start to fit and make sense. I go "OOOOOOH" every 2 minutes haha.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Very happy to hear this. That's how it's supposed to work.

Literally the perfect explanation for this. Thanks, Dolly.

すごい！Just brilliant! I have read Unlocking Japanese. You may want to include these illustrations in a future revision.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

6 жыл бұрын

ありがとうございます！I'm actually planning to do a whole 'nother book based on this series - using the trains of course - maybe some of the other illustrations too. I started off thinking this would be mainly for absolute beginners but the more I work on it the more I realize that I can actually go deeper in some ways with a "from scratch" approach than with my more "advanced" material - because we can go systematically through fundamental structure instead of just patching flaws in the conventional ideas. Actually this whole idea started as a book idea a year or so ago, but as it developed I thought it would work well as a video series first. I am still planning the book though. Actually that is part of the reason for the mainly black-and-white style. Because it was conceived that way for the book and will give a visual continuity between the two.

@NP-js3do

3 жыл бұрын

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 I hope that this book is still in development!

wow. This was refreshing. I was also wondering why you haven't mentioned は yet, now I know. Thank you very much. I'll continue watching your videos.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So glad you liked it.

Incredible, no ones been able to so clearly explain wa and ga to me, thank you!

I'm 16 and I've been sluggishly learning Japanese for two years now. I saw your channel in my recommendations. I hovered over it because I thought, "I already have Misa sensei, do I really need another person to watch?" But then I tapped on it anyway. SO GLAD I did. I'm sharing your channel with my Japanese teacher. I may not have someone to practice Japanese with sadly but I can at least make my understanding stronger which will encourage me to keep going. Thank you!

This is the best explanation I've ever seen of 'wa'. I intuitively came to understand some of this from listening to many drama and variety shows, but not formally understood it.

I just started watching these videos. I've taken about 4 semesters worth of Japanese when I was in college and your videos have helped me understand sentence structure and logic more than any of them did, thank you.

Holy wow. Awesome. Nice explanation. You, moving all the parts of the sentence around, and explaining that nothing changes as long as the particles don't change, really drove it home.

It's my third time coming back to the start of the lessons to review and everytime I get another little nuance of Japanese I didn't fully understand before, your way of teaching is truly amazing, I've been studying Japanese for a couple of years and even the most basic of your videos still clears up some of the confusion I had from learning through regular textbooks, your work deserves way more attention! Thank you so much, Dolly sensei!

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. I really think it is a good idea to go over the early lessons multiple times (not at once, but coming back to them later) - as you progress you see more in them I think.

Thank you so much, this lesson was really important for me. Forever my brain was giving me signals that there was a missing link, and I believe you just explained it so incredibly well! Much love!

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. は is one of those never-explained elements that is so important!

It's funny, I've started learning Japanese grammar 2 months ago across three different sources (Bunpro, Tae Kim, and Genki I) and none of them taught sentence structure or the uses of は and が as clearly as these first three videos. Now I finally have a good foundation on how to start writing my sentences. I thank you so much Cure-Dolly, I'm so grateful for your videos and I'll be using them in my learning journey.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to comment. I hope the course will give you the material you need to see the real logic behind Japanese.

Ok, I'm so glad I found this channel, the lessons are just awesome! Thank you 先生！

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Just revolutionary, I never seen this concept in all my years studying Japanese. Thank you very much!

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The distinction between logical and non-logical particles is one of the key concepts that really should be taught to everyone, but sadly isn't.

I started watching your videos from oldest -> newest. This series is much better than the older videos. Much more accessible and hollistic.

Wow, to be honest, I didn't expect the "wa" particle to be that complicated. Thank you for sharing this to us.

Oh my gosh this video here needs to be spread like the Gospel to all Japanese learners. This was the one hurdle that I couldn't completly get over but this video and the previous 2 videos as well just smashed it away.

This makes so much sense. Thank you.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

6 жыл бұрын

And thank you!

This clears up so much; what a revelation.

I'd never learned this explained this way, why does nobody say it? T-T far the best channel ever, this is great 3 years later, I owe you my life

あっぱれ！ Brilliant video that challenges the stifling dogma standard textbooks propagate so guiltlessly. Will make time to order your book. Also noticed that you improved your speech engine drastically from the last year or so. Hope you are recognized for your significant efforts!

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I continue to work on speech/sound It is probably the weakest aspect of this work. Both sound engineering and human imitation are low on my list of skills. I really hope I can help people see Japanese through new eyes!

It has been said many times in these comments already, but it can't be said enough. This is amazing!! I've been studying for almost a year struggling with wa and ga and this blew my mind! I love the train analogy! New subscriber earned and well deserved :)

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, and welcome to the channel.

I've always understood 「は」 but I've never understood 「が」 and these two videos have finally helped me figure out exactly what's going on here. Thank you so much!

this is groundbreaking! i've been learning japanese on and off for a while, but one thing i never understood why sometimes sentences have wa and sometimes they have ga. i thought they were the same thing! i never would have known they had different functions had i not watched this video. thank you cure dolly!

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

Very important distinction between は and が but more importantly between logical particles and non-logical topic-markers (the other non-logical topic marker is も but we'll get to that later).

The visualizations are great. Chunking the components and attaching them to train cars really illustrates the form and function of particles.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

It took me a while to construct the train model (my earlier videos didn't use it). It seems to me the ideal model for Japanese (it wouldn't work for most languages as they don't have the absolute rule that engines always come at the end of a sentence).

This is the best video I've even seen so far about Japanese. I kinda understood what's going on. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 ありがとうございます♡♡

This unlocks like everything. THANK YOU.

Cure Dolly is that calm, super-knowledgeable teacher that makes learning extremely easy and efficient. 心の底から感謝しています、ドーリ先生！

This is just great, it makes so much sense and the topic becomes easy to understand. Finally. Thank you.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to have helped.

God finally someone has explained this. I’ve spent a couple of years asking teachers who could never really explain は and が very well. Thank you Cure Dolly. This は / が. is so badly taught or in some instances never taught, that many people just throw their text books across the room and just give up learning Japanese as being too difficult.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Depending on your current level, you may want to go deeper into the meaning of は (and its associated non-logical structure) with this two-parter: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaKMqtKkhLfMd9Y.html If it's a bit advanced for now, just skip it for the time being.

I really appreciate this lesson! I’m going to need to review this lesson a few times in my studies though lol. ありがとうございます!

Ohh i'm sooo glad i found your videos before diving too deep into grammar. Finally something makes sense!

halfway through the video and I can 100% say this is the best explanation on は particle

I have been confused about the difference between は and が for about 10 years now. I assumed that the difference was too subtle for me to understand, similar to the complexity some English-learners have with the difference between "the" and "a". This video single-handedly clicked things into place. This is amazing! Thank you SO much! I feel like my mind is much clearer now when thinking about Japanese!! You're an excellent 先生!

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

5 жыл бұрын

There are some subtle aspects that take time to become familiar with (I tried to give some pointers on some of them in this old video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a6CTvM6Kgbiaiqg.html ) but the fundamental principles are very clear once you know what they are. Unfortunately no one ever tells you what they are!

It's amazing how such a short explanation like this really unlocks the a lot of mystery to Japanese sentence structures! You're an awesome teacher, sensei :) Just as a practice sentence to get the wa- particle under my belt a bit more, さくらは　わたしが　ぼーるは　なげる This would translate to "As for Sakura, I threw the ball at her" since the absence of に can be thought of as "zero-ni" which defaults to "her"?

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. It would normally be さくらには (as for at-Sakura), but if you do it like this it still works because you have made it clear that Sakura is _not_ the が-marked subject, so she is most likely to be the recipient. Using two はs like this is possible although it has an implication (I threw the ball but not something else) - but this is something we'll get to later. At this level we only は-mark the overall topic of the sentence.

Thank you so much! These are truly amazing lessons.

Just started learning japanese and thank god I found this video, this makes so much sense. Amazing! Thank you!

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard. I'm glad you found us early. It's going to be an exciting ride!

This is amazing, thank you.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

After 2 years of learning Japanese through Duolingo, and Tae Kim Anki decks, I feel like this course is indeed the best way to learn Japanese. RIP Cure Dolly Sensei

Excellent. Genuinely one of the best explanations of the は particle

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This Content is Pure Gold, I've just discovered this Channel by coincidence along with the sad news of Cure Dolly Passing away, I'm so sad i really want to cry, I've been studying Japanese for 10 Years, i've put my heart & Soul onto it but always ended up taking several Hiatus periods because i felt i was going nowhere, I have spent tons of Money & Time on books, Courses, Apps, etc... But there's nothing like this out there, Nothing!!!, I don't think many people out there who is teaching even Knows about this logical structure of the Language, so no matter at what stage of the Journey you are, if you found this channel consider yourself lucky, R.I.P. Cure Dolly, only an android could understood this beautiful Laguage in a way none of us humans could before.

WOOOOOW Dayum! This is eye-opener.

Wow, these videos are GOLD!

After this lesson I definitely feel like all the pieces have clicked. I study japanese for over a year, and I always felt that there is something more to は and が, but I never managed to understand it using books and online sources. Thank you for your videos. they really help.

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

If you want to go deeper into what は and が do you can watch this two-parter (but it is a little more advanced): kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaKMqtKkhLfMd9Y.html

@darkdwarf007

3 жыл бұрын

@@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 I'll try, thank you again

This was an immensely helpful lesson. Thank you so much , Dolly Sensei! Date of lesson completion: 30-09-2020 Wednesday (India)

Wow that makes so much sense. I always thought "wa" was just another way of saying "ga". I can see how it was important to establish the prior concepts (the core sentence, the invisible carriage) in order for this particle to make sense because otherwise I'd probably still be thinking it as the same as "ga". Thanks so much for this!

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

This is a point that just doesn't seem to get clearly explained in most places, which is unfortunate because it really is one of the basic fundamentals of the language.

Only geniunely useful explanation of は I've had in 8 months

Every time a video is recommended I am both happy and sad. We lost a treasure with Dolly. I hope my watching these videos supports her heirs in some way, instead of just going to YT.

WOW. I’m sorry you aren’t alive anymore but I hope you know how great these videos are.

Wow! Mind blown! You are the best sensei. Arigatou Gozaimasu!

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

this makes so much sense. I always wonder what's the diff between ka and ga particle. Tae Kim explained it well, but you did it better.

your videos are amazing. thank you thank you thank you!!!!

You are Wonderful. Thank you!

Is this some sort of hidden knowledge? Why does nobody else teach it like that?! It finally makes sense. Thank you so much!

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

It does seem to be hidden, doesn't it? I don't know why. I try to bring it out into the open.

My mind is blown after watching this. Everything makes so much more sense now. ありがとうございます、ドリ先生！

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

どういたしまして。

Watching this video gave me mixed feelings....happy because I now FINALLY have a solid understanding of what は really does. Frustrated and annoyed because I spent who knows how long banging my head against a rock before this, trying to understand it. Ah well, at least I finally get it. I'm gonna be binge watching all your videos for sure now. Thank you very much for making this channel!

@organicjapanesewithcuredol49

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel. I am happy to be able to dispel the fog!

thank you sensei, so clear now.

Is this the Holy Grail? The difference between が and は explained so simple. I had already an idea of how to use it, but this video made clear why.