If not then I don’t know what to say

そうじゃなかったら、困る

Whether it's for a future trip, for business or just for the love of the language

将来の旅行の為、仕事の為、 またはただ単に言語オタクか

You will definitely encounter some difficulties and today I've listed a few common ones

ってことで今回は ちょっと難しい表現をまとめてみたよ

Let's check it out now!

早速見てみよう

Actually I only have one camera..so that took a while to set up..just for this shot

ちなみにカメラは1台しかないから これやるのにちょっと時間かかった

Japanese has so many different levels of politeness

日本語って同じことでも 表現の仕方がめちゃくちゃあるんだ。

It's like one million

無限にね

Depending on the person you talk to, and their age, you will talk with a different level of politeness

話す相手、相手の年齢などで 表現を変えたりするんだよ

Just like in any other language actually

まあ、他の言語でもあるけど

Example sentence: « Call me later » -> Ato de denwa shite ne!

例文「後で電話してね！」

That’s for friends, family, your dog..

これは友達、家族、あと犬とかに使う表現

Could you call me later? Ato de denwa kuremasen ka?

「あとで電話してくれませんか」

Basic level Japanese

これは普通の丁寧語だね。

I wonder if you could call me later? Nochi hodo o denwa itadakemasen deshou ka

「後ほどお電話頂けませんでしょうか」

Now we are entering the realm of the Business level Japanese

これは、魔のビジネス会話だ。

I would really appreciate it if you could call me later.

「後ほどお電話頂けますと幸いでございます。」

Nochi hodo o denwa itadakemasu to saiwai desu.

どんだけ丁寧やねん！

Politeness Overload

こういう表現は中々覚えるの難しいけど でも、日本の会社で働いてたらすぐ覚えられるよ

All these different levels with their unique vocabulary can be kinda difficult to learn, but if you are working in a Japanese company you’ll get it pretty quickly!

２つ目に難しいのは能動態と受動態の違いだ。これは難しすぎて日本語を勉強するの挫折しそうだった。

The second one, and the one that almost made me want to stop learning Japanese is the passive and active voice.

日本語習い始めて3ヶ月くらいだと 「これはペンです」みたいな簡単な表現を知ってるだけだ

Just imagine the situation, it's been like 3 months you just started learning the language, you know how to say "this is a pen"

でも急に

And then suddenly out of nowhere

こんな表現を聞くんだ

You start being attacked by all these phrases like

「パイはよくお母さんによって作られていた」

"The pies would always be made by my mother"

えええええ！

And you're like:

日本語は受動態になると、 めっちゃくちゃ表現が難しくなるんだ

Oh my gooooooooooood

例えば

Because in Japanese when you conjugate a verb in the passive form the verb it's starts to get really long and difficult to pronounce

私はパンを食べる

For example with the sentence:

パンは私に食べられる

I eat bread - Watashi wa pan o taberu

食べられる、食べられる、食べられる

The bread is eaten by me - Pan wa watashi ni taberareru

他にもあるけど、今はやめとこう。 「食べさせる」とか「食べさせられる」とか

Taberareru, taberareru, taberareru

3つ目はもちろん漢字だ。

And let's not talk about all the forms that come after that.... tabesaseru, tabesaserareru

300万もの漢字があって、 読み書きを学ばないといけない。

The third and most common problem people encounter when learning Japanese is of course the Kanji

でも、簡単に学べる方法はない。

There's like 3 million of them and you need to learn how to read and write them

個人的なアドバイスは たくさん読むことだね

I'm gonna be honest though there's not like one simple method that..you do it and you become perfect in kanji

子供が読むような本を読むといいよ。 となりのトトロとかハリーポッターとか。

Personally for me, kanji...the biggest tip I could give you is to read a lot!

わからない漢字が出てきたら

I would pick up like children books like Totoro or even like, Harry Potter

辞書で調べて意味と読み方を調べる

and basically every time I encounter a Kanji that I'd never seen before or that I couldn't read

でもめっちゃ大変なんだ。 2ページ読むのに30分くらいかかる

I would stop and check out in the dictionary what the meaning was

でも、その努力の甲斐あって 結構スピードがあがってきた

This was very very painful technique because it took me like 30 minutes to read two pages

今ではこんな難しい本も軽々読める

Although thanks to that, I picked up a lot of speed

ってことで今日はここまでだ。

and now I can read more mature books like this one

みんなが言語を学ぶときに苦労したことあったら コメントで教えて。

That's it for today guys!

日本人の方は英語を学ぶ上で苦労したこと教えてね

Tell me in the comments below, what's the most difficult thing you've encountered when learning Japanese?

言語学習に最適なウェブサイトを概要に貼っておくね

For my Japanese viewers what is the most difficult thing about learning English or any other language?

日本人で英語を学びたい人は ぜひVoiceTubeをチェックしてみて ビジネス英語も学べるよ！

I'm gonna list a few apps and websites that I used to learn Japanese

ではまた次のビデオで！

And if you're Japanese and looking to study English then check out the website VoiceTube where you can actually practice Business Level English

See you guys in the next video! Bye bye!!