Foreigner in japan ," It is okay , I dont want to make them feel like knowing english " foreigner in India " what is that guy saying , I think he doesn't understand English , he cant speak English well " so yea ...

KOREAN IS BETTER.. KOREAN FOODD IS BETTER..

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Gay* he does seem gay lol.

​@@Allahuma.sali.ala.muhammad. why does that matter, he's chill

​@@Allahuma.sali.ala.muhammad. what does that have anything to do with this?

@@Allahuma.sali.ala.muhammad. yeah now that you say it, he looks a like gay maybe, in any case he looks very sympathetic and nice

​@@Allahuma.sali.ala.muhammad. how?

If you’re the exact same person. You might be twins

Haha same here, I was buying some pants at a small shop, and at that point I’d been studying Japanese (both reading and speaking) for a little over a year, and I was able to hold a very simple but nice conversation with the store owner in Japanese and she was so sweet! What might be a mundane thing for a lot of people felt like such a huge achievement for me. By my next trip, I’m hoping to be able to speak a little more “fluently” (:

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How did you go about learning Japanese and how long did it take?

no you wont

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@@FunnyFreak_ good effort

@@supereights1176 you wont even go outside and touch grass, thats more effort than you will ever put into anything

@@FunnyFreak_ hahaha

Lol what a broad statement. Neighbor or travel partner

poor guy that skill can only being used for being a travel partner

As a non Japanese person, I appreciate you. I think I speak hundreds of millions of Muslims when I say we admire and respect the Japanese immensely. I find we share a lot of common values and in many ways the Japanese can be better ambassadors of our core values than a lot of Muslims today. Like how you put the good of society before yourselves, how humble and modest you are, you don't engage in rude speech, you're very respectful, you don't like to display affection in public, you're very clean and respectful of the environment, you're brave when you have to fight. How disciplined you are. Japan is a great nation and I am looking into learning Japanese so I can visit it with my family in the near future. It's at the top of my list.

@@amg863Well, I appreciate you! I’m Japanese and it’s really interesting to see people from other cultures being interested in my country! Hope you can visit soon:)

@@everythingisiconicifyoumakeit I would love that. My brother lived there for a couple of years and he said great things about it. I've started watching videos about learning Japanese because I feel like it would make my trip 100x better if I can communicate with people and venture outside of the touristic areas.

@@amg863 Yes absolutely, Japanese and Islam cultures share similarities. Very disciplined and traditional. I have so much respect for Muslims and their faith.

​@@amg863 I concur as a Muslim

@@fukuoka33 no one said they have obligation but you should learn the basics and conform to local customs and laws, you arent home or in your country.

@@mojewjewjew4420I only had a few months of planning prior to my first trip so I learned the bare minimum, but coming up on a second trip I’d like to go in knowing more to freshen the experience all around

Exactly! I had a coworker say that he wanted to visit Japan during a conversation about non-revving (flying non-revenue - we work for an airline and can fly free on standby on some airlines). I asked him if he spoke any Japanese since there’s another coworker who studied a bit several years ago (extremely rusty now) and I took 3 years in high school (plus self learning), and his exact words were “nope! Why should I learn their language if they don’t speak mine?” 🤦 I told him that when I visited, our student exchange group visited an elementary school, and they were learning some English (plus my entire host family minus dad spoke at least some conversational English). He just shrugged and said he doesn’t care. SMH.

@deerkota yeah exactly lol he should learn some of the language of a country especially if they don’t speak his own. because how is he gonna be able to communicate at all or do or find anything if he is in a place that don’t speak any english and he simultaneously refuse to learn any of the local language lol

Dockyard effort

spoilers they won't

Yeah he seems really nice person

That's a good one lol

Same, I feel like you’re really not getting the experience of you aren’t speaking the language and visiting the non “tourist” areas, since you can absorb most of the culture and landscape there. I think it doesn’t matter as much for some countries, but most people in JP don’t speak English or can’t speak it well, it’s very important there. Not to shame anyone who doesn’t agree, I just think it makes the experience so much better.

Don’t wait to visit until your proficiency is “perfect.” Honestly the best practice you’ll get is actually being in that setting and speaking with the locals. Go in with the basics at least but just get out there and immerse yourself in that environment to truly master it.

Well if you have limited time maybe don’t do this, but if you can stay a few months there then just get to the level where you can learn from other people there easily, and then just find a friend there willing to communicate you even though he has to explain what tons of words mean. This way you’ll learn a lottt very quickly.

Same for me

Same 😅

As a 3rd party observer, this comment has got to be the most Japanese things I've seen about learning the language!

I also wish to one day speak to a japanese person, maybe get a friend who only speaks japanese idk

seems like German

​@@user-nb8dm1gz2t I'm German and the accent he has isn't German. He might be from the Netherlands but I can't say for sure.

That's so cute,, I love the comparison of him to a river. You're right

He said he is polish in the full video

He seems like a pole, hard to tell to be honest european people all look alike

The same can be said reversed, people come to America and don’t even bother to learn a lick of English

Suprise suprise, people going to other countries in 2023 expect english to be spoken, just because japan lives 80 years in the past doesnt make it weird

Ehmm actually we Westeners mostly don't even have English as out native language but wherever you go in the world it is the middle ground when both people don't speak eachothers language and it is literally the language every country here in the comment section uses to communicate with eachother so.. Yeah, if a foreigner is in my country should I expect them to speak my language or speak English then, you tell me what's worse??

@@Real_Genjifun fact, the US doesn’t have a national language. Plenty of Americans aren’t confident English speakers.

​@@DeliciouslyMild That's never going to happen. Spanish proficiency in the US may be growing rapidly... so more people may become bilingual (about time) but it won't replace English as a main language.

How would he know, he’s Japanese?

Nathaniel, did you get to visit there? Hope you did and had a good time

@@Astrid-jx5dw Brother, my plans got cancelled, but luckily my Japanese skills are still improving. Hopefully I'm going this January. I appreciate it though!

@@nathanieldewitt1794 Oh that’s a bummer. But there’s always another January, which I think is the best season to visit Japan, considering how hot their summer can be. Hope your next plan will work! Best wishes

Hmm same same