What's up everybody, BigBong here
I hope you're doing great!
Yesterday, I came up with an interesting concept
A while back, I made this video comparing
Chinese, Japanese and Korean
Back then, I had no idea it would reach more than 2 million views
But what I found out was the fact that a lot of people
actually wanted to learn the 3 languages at the same time
If that's your case, then you've come to the right place
Come closer, don't be shy!
Today, I decided to start learning Mandarin again from scratch
I thought it would be an excellent opportunity for me
to connect with my Chinese audience
Because for those of you who don't know, I have a channel on Bilibili
So feel free to check it out and subscribe
To do that, I'll be using the app Busuu
For your information, they did not sponsor this video
In all sincerity, it is one of my favorite language learning apps
I love the design and the conciseness of each lesson
The fact that you can pass exams and get certificates
for most languages is also very encouraging
Now, today's twist is that every time I'll learn a new Mandarin expression
I'll give its equivalent in Japanese and Korean
It's also pretty good for me because it's been a while
since I last used any of these languages
So if you guys are ready, then let's get started
Alright, here we go
You can see that I'm a beginner A1, 0% completed...
Welcome to our Chinese course
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression]
So far, so good
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression]
Actually, my Chinese name is "Da Bang"
So that would be: "Hello, my name is Da Bang"
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression]
How to say that in Japanese and Korean?
So in Japanese 'nǐ hǎo' is 'konnichiwa'
And in Korean 'annyeonghaseyo'
[BigBong repeats the expression in the 3 languages]
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression]
The woman says: "My name is Li Yuo"
That's true!
So we start by learning the pinyin... which is fair
That was the first lesson
Good job, I'm now 1% fluent in Chinese
3 words learned... moving on
Hello, welcome back!
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression]
'Nǐ ne' means "and you?"
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression]
My name is Li Hua, and you?
[BigBong repeats the expression]
Now, the problem with Japanese and Korean is the fact
that saying "you" is a bit rude
So what you would usually do is to call the person's last name
followed by an honorific suffix
like 'san' or 'sama' in Japanese or 'shi' and 'nim' in Korean
But the issue in this specific context is that
you actually don't know the person's name
So if you literally needed to translate that sentence in Japanese
I think you would use 'sochira'
[BigBong repeats the expression in Japanese]
And in Korean, I think it's a bit more neutral
Literally, it means the same thing "your side"
[BigBong repeats the expression in Korean]
But I think, in this specific context, we would just
formulate it differently in Japanese, so for example
We would ask: "What's your name?"
[BigBong says the expression in Japanese and Korean]
I won't be reviewing the tones because I already know them
and it's not gonna be the first time I read hanzi, the Chinese characters
But if you wanna keep learning by yourself
you can download the app by clicking on the link
in the description down below
Match the hanzi with their pinyin
Ok, so we're just reviewing the hanzi we're supposed to know
[BigBong completes the exercise]
"Hello! my name is Li Hua, and you?"
Oh that's confusing!
I get it... So at this point, we're not supposed to know
the Chinese characters for Li Hua and 'ne'
So that would be...
[BigBong completes the exercise]
Ready to learn something new?
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression]
'Lǎoshī' is "teacher"
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression]
I am not a teacher
[BigBong completes the exercise]
How to say that in Japanese and Korean?
Again, it's a bit tricky, why?
It's because the way you call a teacher
and the way a teacher calls him or herself would be different
So if you wanna call the teacher, in Japanese, it would be 'sensei'
You might know this one already: "sensei"
And you have to be careful because when you write it
with the Latin alphabet, it's S-E-N-S-E-I
And so some people would say "sense-i"
But it's actually a long 'e'
"Sensei"
And in Korean, it's 'seonsaengnim'
Sometimes, you can contract it and shorten it to 'ssaem'
'Seonsaengnim' becomes 'ssaem'
As we saw earlier, 'nim' is an honorific suffix
So the teacher wouldn't call him or herself 'seonsaengnim'
At least, I don't think so...
And it's the same for Japanese
We don't say: 'sensei-sama'
But a teacher wouldn't say "I am a sensei"
So the alternative would be, in Japanese: 'kyoushi'
[BigBong repeats the expression]
And the funny thing is that the "shi" from 'kyoushi' is the same as 'lǎoshī'
And in Korean, we use the same Chinese characters as Japanese
but it's read differently 'gyosa'
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression]
Are you a student?
And in Japanese, that's...
Oh I forgot to tell you how to say "student" in Japanese
Actually, Japanese, Chinese and Korean all use the same
Chinese characters, in Japanese, it's read 'gakusei'
'Sei' is the same as 'sensei'
And in Korean, it's 'hagsaeng'
So "are your a student?" in Japanese...
[BigBong repeats the expression in Japanese & Korean]
It's funny because in formal speech, both Japanese and Korean
end their sentences with 'ka'
[BigBong repeats the expression in Japanese & Korean]
Where are you from?
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression]
In Korean, they use the same Chinese characters
It's read 'Migug'
"I am American"
And in Japanese, it's 'Amerika' so "American"
[BigBong repeats the expression in Japanese]
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression]
So in Japanese and Korean, same Chinese characters
In Japanese, it's read 'Chūgokujin'
In Korean, how was it again... 'Jung-gug-in'
"Are you Korean?"
That's it for today, if you wanna keep practicing
you can download the app, by clicking on the link
in the description down below
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On that note, I'll see you very soon for more videos!
[BigBong says "goodbye" in Chinese, Japanese and Korean]