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Answers to the questions/comments from my 5th Japanese Language Lesson on Gimmeabreakman.
Video is here:
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http://gimmeabreakman.com/Answering_Japanese_Lesson_Questions.html
GABM Japanese Lessons-5: Your Favorite Things!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipztUj3t410

drummerboy0186  2008-07-09

sorry again. i tried to look for it but couldnt find them: neice and nephew. and also is otoko for both male and female?

laracroftroxmysox  2008-07-09

I just learned something! Wow! LMAO! Thanks Kyoukichi.

Kyoukichi  2008-07-09

Ah, sorry, I didn't notice Victor already addressed this issue. Oh well... :)

Kyoukichi  2008-07-09

500 character limit... "猫" alone can mean either "cat" or "a cat" or "cats". If you wish to say a pack of cats (any number of them), you could use "達" or "-tachi" - that would make "猫達" or "nekotachi". So two cats would be "二匹猫" or "nihiki neko", three cats are "三匹猫" or "sanbiki neko", four cats are "四匹猫" or "yonhiki neko", five are "五匹猫" or "gohiki neko"... Hope that helps. ~Kyoukichi~

Kyoukichi  2008-07-09

I can answer this if you like. Tons of Japanese words create plural by using "counters" i.e. a grammatical form.　There are counters for cars, pieces of meat, houses, flat thin objects (money, bills and etc.)... The list goes on and on. There's a counter especially for animals (small ones), and that is 匹 or "hiki". Therefore, one cat is "一匹猫" or "ippiki neko". You wouldn't use this (one cat) unless you want to point out that there's only ONE cat.

SlickWilly440  2008-07-09

CERCL

Gimmeabreakman  2008-07-09

You better!

Gimmeabreakman  2008-07-09

Yeah.. that sounds weird... I will check that. ~ni arimasu. or ~ni aru yo. or ~ni arun da you. are all correct. Good catch! Must have gotten tired and sloppy! Thanks!

Gimmeabreakman  2008-07-09

LOL! Check the side bar on my video...Lesson 8. /watch?v=A5ux-n0xFPs

jonesr227  2008-07-09

Victor, You wrote " ... ni aru da yo" ; I believe this is grammatically incorrect. However you could say " ... ni aru n da yo". I enjoy your videos. Great work.

SquireCD  2008-07-09

Bikta-san, I watched the entire video :) My question is, how do you make words in Japanese plural? Like, "neko" is cat. But, how do you say "cats"? Surely, it's not adding an "s" ;) Nekos, heh.

timer999o  2008-07-09

46 min long i watch that later. promise

rodrigopetrucci  2008-07-09

"So my videos are like Viagra" hahahahaha yeah! I like your videos but I'm sorry I don't think they result on that effect. Maybe it's just me...

lulzyanon69  2008-07-09

46:32? Holy shit Victor longest Youtube video evar?!?!

coolixm14  2008-07-08

大好きして詳細 あなたは、非常に良いメンターされました！ i love my keyboard i has two Languages on it...^_^

toolgirl150  2008-07-08

these are nice - no questions - but I like listening to these very much as I'm doing work. keeps me focused! :D

sweaterpuppies1  2008-07-08

question about the question answer...what is the difference between the left/right for all the names? like chichi and otousan ? why are there two ? p.s. i was just joking about the exploiting of course. it sounded like the young guy and you were having fun.

SoffyOoO  2008-07-08

ah ok :) really difficult to understand what is more polite and what is not. really thanks for your lessons!

alex3914  2008-07-08

Have you played halo? The opening song to "HALO". Is how I feel right now.

Gimmeabreakman  2008-07-08

Thanks for watching

Gimmeabreakman  2008-07-08

yes. first is more polite. 2nd is used to address him.

Gimmeabreakman  2008-07-08

mata ha (mata wa)

Gimmeabreakman  2008-07-08

itoko! Sorry!

redmuzam  2008-07-08

konichiwa victor. boku wa bangla gene des. But boku wa nihongo wa hanashi dekeremas. BUt I am kind of forgeting it since it has been 6 or 7 years, I am living in Canada. I had plans to come to Japan this summer but got cancelled due to summer school. Anyways my question is how to say, I drive my car to school in Japanese?

drummerboy0186  2008-07-08

i forgot to ask. you mentined aunt and uncle but you didnt say how you say "cousin". love your videos. thanks again for making them, its a real help