Eigo De Shaberanaito Interview

[sherry_baby]

Thanks for posting

 

 

 

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[Mirtilla]

oh thank you! i saved it on my fav cause i can't watch it right now.

Marty friedman lives in japan?? i didn't know..

[Ms.Mewissa<33]

Hahahaha! That face!

 

 

LOL!! :roftl:

[crina]

Mika on a Japanese program talking about Japanese culture with Marty Friedman (Megadeth) who loves and lives in Japan. All in English. Really cute when he tries to say "please give me some rice" in Japanese. Surprisingly good pronunciation!

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LaAlSJj947Q

 

 

marty from megadeth? clever man . he knew where to go for living.

and for mika, i'm not surprize he could pronunciate injapanesse. try some lebanesse, wich i guess is arabian language. verry clever our man.

[miori-mary]

marty from megadeth? clever man . he knew where to go for living.

and for mika, i'm not surprize he could pronunciate injapanesse. try some lebanesse, wich i guess is arabian language. verry clever our man.

 

Hmm... My Iranian friends speak Japanese really well with great pronunciation, too. Is it easier for people who speak Arabic languages to learn Japanese??

[Sou]

Hmm... My Iranian friends speak Japanese really well with great pronunciation, too. Is it easier for people who speak Arabic languages to learn Japanese??

 

I speak Arabic, I SPEAK ARABIC! Teach me Japanese please

 

How does one say that in Japanese? "Teach me Japanese please." (That rhymed )

[JackViolet]

Isn't it kind of easy to pronounce things in Japanese anyway? It doesn't really have an accent...

 

--Jack

[Sou]

Isn't it kind of easy to pronounce things in Japanese anyway? It doesn't really have an accent...

 

--Jack

 

 

And for a moment there I felt special *sigh* Thanks a lot JV LOL

[DaMango]

Isn't it kind of easy to pronounce things in Japanese anyway? It doesn't really have an accent...

 

--Jack

 

Now Mandarin, that's the hard one! I studied it in high school, and I don't blame Mika for forgetting so much. If you pronounce a word with the wrong tone, you say a completely different word, which can lead to some rather embarrassing moments.

[miori-mary]

And for a moment there I felt special *sigh* Thanks a lot JV LOL

 

Well, JK, it's true Japanese doesn't have much of an accent, and the vowel sounds are simple, but it's difficult for English speakers to speak it naturally precisely because it doesn't have an accent. : )

When Mika spoke Japanese, it was quite flat and natural, maybe more so than Marty.

Also, there are certain sounds that don't exist in other languages.

 

Anyway, Sou, "Please teach me Japanese." is, "Nihongo-wo Oshiete Kudasai. Nihongo=Japanese Oshiete=teach Kudasai=please

[miori-mary]

Now Mandarin, that's the hard one! I studied it in high school, and I don't blame Mika for forgetting so much. If you pronounce a word with the wrong tone, you say a completely different word, which can lead to some rather embarrassing moments.

 

Yeah, I tried Mandarin for a while but gave up! The tones are just so confusing....

[DaMango]

Yeah, I tried Mandarin for a while but gave up! The tones are just so confusing....

 

After 4 years of studying Chinese, I can only remember about 6 phrases!

[Sou]

Well, JK, it's true Japanese doesn't have much of an accent, and the vowel sounds are simple, but it's difficult for English speakers to speak it naturally precisely because it doesn't have an accent. : )

When Mika spoke Japanese, it was quite flat and natural, maybe more so than Marty.

Also, there are certain sounds that don't exist in other languages.

 

Anyway, Sou, "Please teach me Japanese." is, "Nihongo-wo Oshiete Kudasai. Nihongo=Japanese Oshiete=teach Kudasai=please

 

Nihongo-wo osheiete kidasai

 

Arigato!

[JackViolet]

After 3 years of studying Japanese, all I can remember are random politenesses!

 

(Supposedly both my accent and my handwriting were very good though!)

 

--Jack

[DaMango]

After 3 years of studying Japanese, all I can remember are random politenesses!

 

(Supposedly both my accent and my handwriting were very good though!)

 

--Jack

 

It's funny how that happens. We work so hard to get the language into our brains, then it all dribbles out.

 

If I ever get the chance to speak Mandarin with Mika, I have a special little phrase just for him. He may not understand it, but at least I'll feel good about myself for remembering it.

[miori-mary]

After 3 years of studying Japanese, all I can remember are random politenesses!

 

(Supposedly both my accent and my handwriting were very good though!)

 

--Jack

 

Random politeness - yeah, that's definitely a big part of the language/culture. But you should be proud of yourself if your accent was good. Like I said, it's not easy for foreigners to master the accent. And handwriting - I admire people who write Japanese neatly. I'm Japanese but my handwriting is aweful! : (

[JackViolet]

I don't think I wrote all that neatly... but when we had a kanji test, my professor handed mine back with a note telling me I should take up calligraphy on it, hahah...

 

One phrase I think I will never forget is, "Watashi no senmon wa hikaku bungaku desu." As well as the usual "Watashi no namae wa ___desu, yoroshiku onegai shimasu"...

 

Mika ga totemo suki desu. Kakkoi desu ne.

 

--Jack

[DaMango]

When I went to Japan, the phrase I used the most was "Gomen nasai!" I was always bumping into people and breaking things.

[Blue Sky]

My theory on Japanese pronunciation is that if you have a good ear for sounds, which we know MIKA definitely does, you can easily mimic the accent. And I think if you really listen and try to mimic, and don't mind sounding different from your normal self, then you too can be successful, especially with Japanese because the sounds don't really change. ( eg. In English "a" is like a in "apple", "able" "park" etc etc, in Japanese a is always like the a in "above")

 

When I speak on the phone people think I am Japanese. Obviously when they see me, they expect me to speak none. So either way, people are always surprised. But when I went to Taiwan, and imitated the way I heard people saying thankyou, suddenly shopkeepers thought I could speak Chinese! Not!!

 

So I think Mika really listens, that is why his pronunciation is so good. You too can speak Japanese well if you listen carefully!

 

The one weird thing is, why did Marty Friedman say しろご飯下さい？？Doesn't he live here??? Just Gohan kudasai is normal...noone here would specify the colour of it. Maybe it's because Marty eats Genmai?? (Brown rice)

[miori-mary]

"Watashi no senmon wa hikaku bungaku desu." As well as the usual "Watashi no namae wa ___desu, yoroshiku onegai shimasu"...

 

Mika ga totemo suki desu. Kakkoi desu ne.

 

--Jack

 

Really? Me, too! I was a comp lit major with an emphasis on Japanese lit.

 

Watashimo Mika ga DAISUKI!!! Jack Violet-san, Yoroshiku-ne♪

[miori-mary]

My theory on Japanese pronunciation is that if you have a good ear for sounds, which we know MIKA definitely does, you can easily mimic the accent. And I think if you really listen and try to mimic, and don't mind sounding different from your normal self, then you too can be successful, especially with Japanese because the sounds don't really change. ( eg. In English "a" is like a in "apple", "able" "park" etc etc, in Japanese a is always like the a in "above")

 

When I speak on the phone people think I am Japanese. Obviously when they see me, they expect me to speak none. So either way, people are always surprised. But when I went to Taiwan, and imitated the way I heard people saying thankyou, suddenly shopkeepers thought I could speak Chinese! Not!!

 

So I think Mika really listens, that is why his pronunciation is so good. You too can speak Japanese well if you listen carefully!

 

The one weird thing is, why did Marty Friedman say しろご飯下さい？？Doesn't he live here??? Just Gohan kudasai is normal...noone here would specify the colour of it. Maybe it's because Marty eats Genmai?? (Brown rice)

 

Yeah, obviously Mika has a good ear for sounds. I wasn't at all surprised to hear him mimic Marty's "Shiro Gohan Kudasai" so well! (In my opinion, it was better than Marty's. Sorry Marty!)

But yeah what's with the "Shiro gohan"? It was just so funny when he said it. I showed the vid today to my students learning English (well, used Eigode Shaberanaito as a tool for teaching English, you know. Now everyone knows about Mika in my class♪), and they were all laughing when they heard "Shiro gohan." But maybe like you said Marty eats Genmai!

[JackViolet]

Really? Me, too! I was a comp lit major with an emphasis on Japanese lit.

 

Sou da ne? Omoshiroi da yo! Demo, nihongo no bunkaku o kenkyou shinai... (Gomen ne, I really did forget everything by now!)

 

Watashimo Mika ga DAISUKI!!! Jack Violet-san, Yoroshiku-ne♪

 

Hai~!! Yoroshiku!

 

Ja matta,

--Jack

[calicojasmine]

Hahahaha! That face!

 

 

A FACE ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE!!!!

 

(and everyone else in the world!!!)

 

Adorable!

[MIINA]

Yeah, obviously Mika has a good ear for sounds.

 

I totally agree. My British and French friends who are musicians speak

Japanese with very good pronunciation like MIKA. When I heard my friends speaking, I noticed that

they(musician) have a keen ear.

I've studied Mandarin in high school too(only one year).

If I say something to MIKA in Mandarin, it's Wo ai ni!!!

 

BTW, Marty can write Japanese very well. His Japanese official site is fun!

[wasabi_tea]

The one weird thing is, why did Marty Friedman say しろご飯下さい？？Doesn't he live here??? Just Gohan kudasai is normal...noone here would specify the colour of it. Maybe it's because Marty eats Genmai?? (Brown rice)

 

I thought that sounded weird! But then I thought, "Oh, I'm just a first year Japanese student, I don't know anything..." *LOL*