[Let's learn Japanese greeting like friends would greet each other in Japan]
We don't say Konnichiwa to friends - We don't
not with friends
We say "Waaaaa"
Have you shortened that word before? - I say AZA
Me too AZA
How to become friendly and become friends with Japanese people
and actually learn to speak... the kind of casual Japanese that you would talk with friends
that's our topic today. My name is CathyCat this is Ask Japanese, let's go!
What word instead of Konnichiwa do Japanese use for friends?
Yahooo - Yes Yahooo
Show me how you greeted your friend this morning
Yahooo genki - Yahoo
Sometimes we don't say words, then we just say Oooooh and Ooooh to each other when we meet.
Instead of Konnichiwa it's OOOoh and Ooooh and Yahooooo?
That's it
[Testing it] Oooooh Yahoooooo
That's it, and then ask how they are doing
You only said "genki" is that how you would ask how your friends are?
We say "genki" to friends but if it was her parents I would politely say "genki desu ka"
And they would reply they are
For some people you use polite language - We do
How do you say Arigatou to friends?
I say Arigatou - I say Thank you
I use "thank you" or "arigatou"
Let's act it out
You got lint there
Arigatou
So this is a more natural Arigatou to you
What do you say to friends instead of Sayonara?
Sayonara - maybe "Mata ne"
We would say "Mata ne"
Or bye bye
Have you ever used "sayonara" on friends?
I think no.
So "bye bye" is more common
Ooooooh
I feel like I got closer to you already
How do you say the following: Hello, How are you, Thank you, Bye bye
How would you say these things to friends? How did you greet each other today?
We don't say Konnichiwa - We didn't
We don't use konnichiwa with friends
We say Waaaaaaa
You shorten Konnichiwa to Waaaa? - Yeah
Let me act it out.... here we go
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa
That's nice, very cheerful
becomes Waaaa
How do you shorten Arigatou?
I end it like Arigato (silencing the u)
I do not say the u
I end it sharply
The silent U is totally gone for you - Yes
So not ArigatoU but Arigato
I stop it abruptly
I am working at a convenience store
I also shorten "Arigatou gozaimashita" to "arigatogozaimashita"
You connect it - All in one
We learned hello, how are you, how do you ask if your friends are alright?
Do you use "ogenki" with each other? - Do we?
We say "genki datta?"
We combine "hisashiburi" (It's been a long time) with "genki" into "Were you fine?"
Hisashiburi you use like "It's been a long time"
and then you fuse it with "genki" to create...?
Hisashiburi, genki datta? (long time no see, were you alright?)
So you use the past tense for genki?
It's there to confirm that they have been fine during the time we didn't meet, so it's past tense.
I should try using this. "Genki datta"
It's super convenient
It doesn't matter if they look genki or not, it asks if they were genki in the past.
That's it - Were they fine during that time
When you meet you say Waaaa
Then follow with "genki datta" - We were genki!
"genki datta!"
What if you met and said "genki desu ka?"
I would only ask it if they do NOT look well.
Maybe they look like they got sick in the car, are not feeling well or are cold
What do you say instead of Sayonara?
I would say "bye bye, kyou ha arigatou, mata ne" (thanks for today, see you again)
That's the most common one
And you would shorten the arigato too
I would say mata ne
How do you say "hello, how are you, thank you, goodbye" in the words you use?
What do you say as greeting, what did you say when you met?
We said "hisashiburi"
We also said "Yahooo"
Have you abbreviated "thank you" before? - I say AZA
I say AZA too!
Do you use it? - I only say it to thank close friends
Ooooh
Hey your label is showing on your scarf - Oh it is sorry!
She didn't say Aza yet - Aza
I said sorry instead of aza
(laughter)
What do you use instead of Sayonara?
We say Bye bye - Or Ja ne or bye bye
Farewell is a no?
We don't use Saraba (farewell) at all.
If you started learning Japanese, generally all the text books, apps and such
start with formal Japanese which means everything sounds a bit more polite
It has polite endings and such, and that is not wrong
That's a good way to start learning Japanese but
if you actually wanna make friends here and become a little bit closer to people in Japan
It helps a lot to use the non-formal language
which is what we were talking about today
Don't worry we have loads more videos about learning Japanese here on the Ask Japanese channel as well
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There's more language learning resources for you here
For really nice expressions, and just sometimes one or two of these expressions
will help people think "oh they really know Japanese" so
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