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Japanese vocab! Something & Anything 「nanika & nandemo」

How do we say something or anything in Japanese language? Here's a quick lesson from Chika. Another Japanese lesson for everyone.

Highlights

"Today, I want to do a quick I don't know if it's gonna be a quick... It might be long... a Japanese lesson video for you guys. I do an English lesson on my other channel Bilingirl every Sunday so, I figured I would take that same theme and do a Japanese lesson for you guys. So, I hope you guys enjoy it and if it's helpful don't forget to click the thumbs up button and also don't forget to subscribe to my channel so, you can get alerts when I've got new videos up."
"This channel I'm going to share with you guys how to say anything and something in Japanese. I think in Japanese it's a bit more simple. So, something in Japanese is 'nanika'."
In Japanese, we tend to say I wanna eat something spicy rather than saying I feel like."
"Something is... can be nanika or koto or mono."
"And anything is a little bit different when we're talking about like 'You can do anything you put your mind to... Anything'!"
"Next, if you want to say I haven't eaten anything. In English, we can use anything combined with a negative to make it nothing but in Japanese we only use nothing. Nothing in Japanese is 'nanimo'."
"I am actually trying to figure out the best way to share Japanese with you guys because I have not really taught Japanese to anyone. I have no teaching experience by the way. I am not an English teacher. I never taught English to anybody. I just started a Youtube channel where did lessons of what I knew and with a bilingual background I figured I could explain it in ways that people could understand. So, I tell you that because that's a kind of a disclaimer. I might make mistakes on my videos but if I would notice them I would go to the comments and let you know."
theme
Noun. the main subject that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing, a movie, etc.
subscribe
Verb. to pay money to get a publication or service regularly
something
Pronoun. A thing that is not known, named, or specified
anything
Pronoun. a thing of any kind
nothing
Pronoun. not anything: not a thing
figure out
Verb. discover, determine
bilingual
Adjective. able to speak and understand two languages
disclaimer
Noun. A statement that is meant to prevent an incorrect understanding of something (such as a book, a movie, or an advertisement)

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[japanagos]
15-12-30 15:12, 15-12-31 19:29, Marz