konnichiwa yuuka-san service in this
lesson I want to talk about how to say
but and however in Japanese because I
have received questions from quite a few
students this is a lesson from my online
course Japanese three verbs and the
particles please see the show more
section below if you want to learn more
about the course there are
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let's learn how to connect two sentences
by using but or however in Japanese now
that you know how to say Japanese verbs
in negative form I'm going to use these
two sentences as examples
my father drinks green tea every morning
he doesn't drink coffee let's first
change each sentence into Japanese my
father drinks green tea every morning is
shiva maha ASSA HR o na Mimas shiva maha
or ciao Nami mas
he doesn't drink coffee is Kohi Oh Nami
Marcin
cojiro Nami my sin
for the second sentence you don't need
to repeat stiva
because it is understood in the context
now when you say these two sentences in
one flow you'd say however here right my
father drinks green tea every morning
however he doesn't drink coffee to say
however you put this word demo demo
this type of words is called a
conjunction a conjunction is a word that
connects sentences we have many of these
in Japanese and I am sure you have two
in your native language
so my father drinks green tea every
morning however he doesn't drink coffee
in Japanese is stiva nyasa h AO na Mimas
demo call here you know me my sin this
is completely grammatical and ok to say
but it is not the most natural way to
say these two sentences in one flow let
me show you how a native Japanese
speaker would say these two sentences
HECO to cut here there are two items in
contrast right green tea and coffee
native speakers instantly noticed the
contrast in the context and tried to
highlight it like this
my father drinks green tea however as
for coffee he doesn't drink demo
Kohi wa nani misen demo ho he WA Nani ma
sin
this sounds more natural to Japanese
people
to make it even more natural you can
change the first sentence to like this
as for green tea
my father drinks it every morning stiva
my Yassa halwa na Mimas demo
Kohi wha no me my cell
I would say 99% of Japanese native
speakers would say this sequence of two
sentences this way
here the party Cova works as a contrast
mapa you are saying yes the green tea
but no to coffee right when we have this
type of contrast in the context we
highlight the two things in contrast
with the particle wa as you see here
this subha is different from this one
which is marking my father
chichi as the topic of the sentence
like this it is very common in Japanese
that one single particle is used for
different functions in one sentence
so now this sequence is completed and it
is the most natural way to say these two
sentences in one flow
stiva Maya or Chava no Mimas demo Cohiba
no me my sin
stiva my Yassa ozawa no Mimas demo
Cohiba no me Marcel
we have another way to say however
scotchy scotch a compared to demo this
skocy is less conversational we would
use it only when we are giving a lecture
was speech to an audience or writing
something formal in everyday
conversation demo is way more common
okay let's try another style you can
actually say these two facts about your
father
in one sentence rather than two
sentences like this as for green tea
my father drinks it every morning but as
for coffee he doesn't drink
let's run how to do this in Japanese
first you need to drop the period after
the first sentence since it is no longer
the end of the sentence and then add
this word Kaito Kaito
this is another conjunction in Japanese
unlike demo OS kasi which can come only
at the beginning of a new sentence this
Kido
comes at the end of a class like this
and you can continue the sentence
without ending it now this is one long
sentence
stiva my Yassa a chihuahua Nami Moscato
Kohi wa ni'ma sin
as for green pea my father drinks it
every morning but as for coffee he
doesn't drink
stiva nyah-ah-ah Java Nani mosquito
Cohiba na me my sin
another conjunction that you can use at
the end of a class is this one da da
and you can go like this to Shiva
Marisa or Chava Nomi Masuka Cohiba Nami
my sin
compared to kiddo this gun is less
conversational and just like Kashi that
I introduced earlier that is only used
when giving a formal speech or in
writing Kido is very more common in
everyday conversation so here's the
summary of how to say however or but in
Japanese if you are going to state two
facts in two sentences use demo or Kashi
at the beginning of the second sentence
just like however in English if you are
going to state the two facts in one
sentence add Kido or gah at the end of
the first fact and a continuous the
second effect
okay before we wrap up today's lesson
let's try saying these two facts about
nihongo japanese language in one
sentence by using the conjunction kettle
here the two facts Japanese is difficult
but it is very interesting can you
figure out how to say this if you are
not familiar with Japanese adjectives
you can download a list of adjectives
from my website I'll leave the link in
the description box below
okay this is how you phrase it nihongo
la musica she desu kedo thought mo
almost zero Edith
nihongo la musica she descoteaux tottemo
omoshiroi desu
I hope you enjoyed today's lesson and
now feel confident to say but or however
in Japanese
again this was a sample lesson from my
online course Japanese three verbs and
the particles come join us and continue
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spare time and go at your own pace I
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there are like that so you noticing that
I'm Michelle
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