This is the first episode of Masa Sensei's podcast, which aims to help learners of Japanese. Masa, who has been teaching Japanese on YouTube for four years, explains that the podcast will cover grammar, practical phrases for daily conversation, and cultural insights. The content is designed for complete beginners and those wishing to review, with Patreon supporters having a say in future topics. This episode focuses on how to introduce oneself in Japanese.
Here are the Japanese terms for greetings as presented in the transcript:
hello and welcome to learn Japanese with Masa Sensei this is my very first episode of podcast I have been teaching Japanese on YouTube for around 4 years and I had many requests from my subscribers to start a podcast channel for those of you who don't know me my name is Masa I'm Japanese now let me talk about why I started this podcast Channel I love to learn languages and I started learning English when I was a kid I studied French in University and I have been learning mandering and talog for about 5 years I'm currently challenging myself to learn Korean from my experience as a Japanese teacher and a language learner I realized that if you don't use the language you will never be fluent in that language currently in my YouTube channel I am teaching jlpt N3 level which is an intermediate level but even though you know the N3 level grammars it doesn't mean that you are are fluent in that language some of you might feel stuck when you try to speak even a very simple thing or you might not be able to speak with the locals when you go traveling so I thought that it would be a good idea to fill in this Gap in this podcast so I will still be focusing on on the grammar but I will also like to teach some phrases that can be used in the daily conversation so this means that this podcast is designed for a complete beginner of Japanese and for those who are in advanced level but would like to review what you have learned so far I would also like to talk about some cultural things and of course for my patreon supporter you'll be able to pick up a topic for me to cover in the episode of podcast the detail is in the description so please check it out now today I would like to talk about how to introduce yourself now before we get to the next part of the podcast thank you for your support and I would like to introduce lingo pie a great learning language app to use are you tired of traditional language learning method that don't hold your interest then you should try lingo Pai the onine language learning platform that uses TV shows movies and animes to help you improve your Japanese skills with lingo Pai you can choose from a variety of Japanese TV shows and movies that match your interest and language level lingo uses interactive features like bilingual subtitles flashcards and quizzes to help you learn new vocabulary and grammar Concepts in your context it's the perfect way to immerse yourself in Japanese culture while improving your language skills and with lingo affordable subscription plans it's never been easier to learn Japanese so why wait click the link in the description to start your 7-Day free trial with lingo Pai and enjoy a 55% discount on your annual plan hello in japaneses good morning a formal way is good morning in a casual way is oh oh so when you talk with someone who is older than you or who is in a higher level than you we will normally use this formal speech and for friends and families we will use this casual speech is formal and is casual good evening is thank you formal way is thank you in a casual way is goodbye in a formal way is goodbye in a casual way is bye-bye bye-bye just like in English nice to meet you is when you say I am Masa we say is I what is something called particle this particle what comes after the topic of the sentence SOI I is the topic so we will use what after that Masa is a name it's my name and then this at the end of the sentence is something called copular so for affirmative sentence we will use this this at the end of the sentence is is I am Masa I am Japanese will soong is Japan J is people so is Japanese people I am Japanese people so if you add Jin after a country name it will become the people from that country south Koreans will be because K is South Korea Chinese will be because is China as you can imagine America is America so American people will be you can also Imagine That fu is France Fu Jing is French people you can also add your occupation so for example s sense means teacher so if I say it means I'm a teacher student is so if you say it means I'm a student so now you can make a very simple self- inroduction for example this means hello my name is Masa I'm Japanese I'm a teacher so let's try to make your own self- introduction so this is all for today thank you very much for listening to my very first episode I will see you in the next episode thank you very much bye-bye
