How to Say I Am Wearing In Japanese

Kabutemasu. Kaketemasu. Kitemasu. Haitemasu. Tsuketemasu. You ever have one of those days where you can't decide what to wear? Maybe I should wear a hat, or some glasses, or possibly a jacket. Nah, I never put that much thought into what I'm wearing. But until I started learning Japanese, I realized I have to put a lot more thought into saying what I'm wearing. Some things in the Japanese language are quite specific, and unlike English, you can say, I'm wearing a hat. I am wearing glasses. I am wearing a shirt. Now, in Japanese, there is no one word for I am wearing. To break it up in Japanese, you have to be quite specific and state, I am wearing something on my head. I am wearing something on my upper body. I am wearing something on my lower body, and so on. So, let's jump in and see how this works. Now, in this lesson, the forms of the verbs that I'm using to wear are meaning I am already wearing it, okay? Just like this. I am currently wearing this shirt. And one more thing. I'm also going to be using in these phrases vocabulary you might not be familiar with, such as specific, very general articles of clothing. Just to help you out, I'm going to cover it all very quickly right now. You got all that? If not, review the notes in this video, or better yet, sign up on JapanLine.com and get a nice handy worksheet that has all of these phrases and vocabulary together. So, let's start from the top down. To say you are wearing something on your head, such as this fancy hat, you would use kabutemasu. Kabutemasu meaning to be wearing on your head. Now, to say I am wearing a hat, you would say watashi wa boshi wo kabutemasu. When it comes to glasses, even though they're technically on your head, they're maybe more so on your face. So, the word here changes too. Now, to say you are wearing glasses, you'd use kaketemasu. Now, here we go the whole phrase. I am wearing glasses. Watashi wa megane wo kaketemasu. Once more. Watashi wa megane wo kaketemasu. Bonus tip. This could also work for even sunglasses. Now, when it comes to clothing more so above the waist, like a shirt, a jacket, a robe, like full body things too, like a dress or anything like that. I don't wear dresses, but you might. You would use the word kitemasu. So, to say I am wearing a shirt, watashi wa shatsu wo kitemasu. Once more. Watashi wa shatsu wo kitemasu. When it comes to pants, shorts, skirts, underwear, socks, shoes, all the things more so below the waist, you would use the word haitemasu. So, to say I am wearing pants, the word for pants is pretty cool. Check this out. Zubon. So, the whole phrase, I am wearing pants. Watashi wa zubon wo haitemasu. Check it out once more. Watashi wa zubon wo haitemasu. Hey, do you happen to have the time? Well, you would if you were wearing a watch. Now, to say things that are attached, such as accessories like earrings or bracelets or watches, you would use tsuketemasu. Now, that's a tough one. That's the T-S-U thing. To say I am wearing a watch, you'd say watashi wa tokei wo tsuketemasu. Once more. Watashi wa tokei wo tsuketemasu. All this teaching is really wearing me out. So, let's review. To wear something on your head is kabutemasu. To wear something on your face, such as glasses, is kaketemasu. Shirts, jackets, all things above the waist, kittemasu. To wear pants or anything below the waist is haitemasu. And all watches, accessories, stuff attached, like earrings maybe too, would be tsuketemasu. Alright, so now that we've reviewed, let's also take a deeper look into this entirety of the phrase. You'll notice that it was pretty much the same every time. The only thing that was changing was the word to wear. So, check this out. Watashi wa, meaning I. Next was the article of clothing. So, watashi wa, for example, boshi wo. Boshi is hat. And then, the word to wear, kabutemasu. Now, you'll also notice imasu was at the end of every to wear. And imasu is a sentence ender making it polite. So, again, you have I, article of clothing, wear. That's your formula. So, how can you remember all this? Well, simply put, just watch the video again until you got it. Just kidding. If you follow Japan, wait for this weekly podcast. It's going to review all these terms and also dig into the notes of this video and actually write them down if you can or just study them. But hey, if you want to go even further, go to japanline.com, sign up, and you'll get the whole worksheet that has all these phrases and vocabulary sent right to you so you can review it. Cool. Also, remember, just as I mentioned in other lessons, implement this into your daily life. So, every time you're getting dressed, when you're putting on a hat, when you're putting on a shirt, putting on your pants, just say it in Japanese. Just be like, huh? And so forth. And after all that, if you still don't have it at the end of the week, then I don't know if I can help you. So, that's it for this week's lesson. I hope you enjoyed. Thank you for watching, and I look forward to increasing our Japanese knowledge together next week. See you then.