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Learn Japanese from Yoda

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If you've taken a Japanese class from me, no doubt you've heard me go over this, minus the attempt to imitate the little green man.

Surprisingly, Yoda uses Japanese grammar when he's speaking, which makes him a great jumping off point when learning Japanese. In this video I start you off with Japanese grammar and how it works, as related to Yoda. Good times.

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  • Hard for me

    Thanks for the video so the japanese means like backwards and thats a nice clue to learn japanese but how to learn it from 0 zero HELP

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  • ah ha! I see. ...

    ah ha! I see. Kurosawa FTW!

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  • I noticed that to ...

    I noticed that to when I was learning Japanese. I realised I started to think like yoda, it got to the point where when I was writing e-mails home it came out like "very fun it was" before I realised what I was doing.

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  • You're a good ...

    You're a good teacher! :)

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  • why not go for da ...

    why not go for da and desu tho? those are popular, especially considering your target audience is most likely anime otaku and "young" people. and who the fux uses degozaru nowadays? lol samurai speakies. you'd be soo ridiculed in school if u used that in a serious way

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  • That's too many ...

    That's too many levels of politeness to teach in one lesson - I don't teach だ、です、and でござる all at the same time either - same idea :)

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  • "mayonnaise" ...

    "mayonnaise" Tabitha... ROFL

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  • muchas gracias!!! :)

    muchas gracias!!! :)

    By EvilRobTDS [Affiliate User] 1232522931 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • lol u shouldnt ...

    lol u shouldnt teach じゃ ありません only what about the usuage of じゃ ない and でわ ありません. oh well. ペン じゃ ない... シャルピ です! lol

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  • Or what!?

    Or what!?

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  • haha yoda nice (^.^)

    haha yoda nice (^.^)

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  • Lol I've never ...

    Lol I've never heard of that mayonaise one. o.o;;

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  • hahaha. that phrase ...

    hahaha. that phrase was one of the first i was taught too XDDD

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  • Sore not sono. Not ...

    Sore not sono. Not to be nit picky, but just so you know for future use.

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  • Koichi Welcome Back ...

    Koichi Welcome Back, I love the new background.
    thanks for teh refresher

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  • lol, nice technique ...

    lol, nice technique :)

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