ペラペラ（perapera) is a Japanese otomatopoetica, which means you are super fluent in a language. I would say people have started to be serious about your Japanese skills when they say this rather than to say 日本語上手です ”(Your) Japanese is good”
私は〜がペラペラです。
watashi wa 〈foreign language〉ga perapera desu
"I'm fluent in ~ "
ペラペラの使い方 How to use ペラペラ
私は英語がペラペラです
watashi wa eigo ga perapera desu
“I am fluent in English”
Jonはフランス語がペラペラです
Jon wa furansu go ga perapera desu
“Jon is fluent in French”
私の友達は中国語がペラペラです
watashi no tomodachi wa chuugokugo ga perapera desu
“My friend is fluent in Chinese”
日本語がペラペラですね！
nihongo ga perapera desune
"You are so good at Japanese!"
彼は三ヶ国語がペラペラです。
kare wa san kakokugo ga perapera desu
“he is fluent in 3 languages”
*ヶ国語（kakokugo） is a counter for languages
一ヶ国語 ichi kakokugo one language
二ヶ国語 ni kakokugo two languages
三ヶ国語 san kakokugo three languages
今日のポイント Today's Tips
*The expression can not be used for your mother tongue. It refers only to the foreign language, which you speak fluently*
*You can omit が particle and です if you are being casual.*
*ペラペラ（perapera）also describes flipping sound*
雑誌をぺらぺらめくる
zasshio o perapera mekuru
flip/thumb through a magazine
今日の発展版 Today's Advanced Level
If you want to ask what they are attracted to. Then say
Examples
①日本語がペラペラになるには最低一年かかります。
Nihongo ga perapera ni naru niwa saitei ichinen kakarimasu
“It takes at least one year to be fluent in Japanese”
最低 saitei = least/worst/disgusting/horrible
一年 ichinen = one year
かかる kakaru = to take (time)
②田中くん、ハンバーガーって英語で何？
tanakakun, hanbaagaa tte eigode nani
"Hey Tanaka, how do you say “hamburger” in English?"
って tte can be used instead of は wa to being up the topic casually
③えー田中くん英語ペラペラじゃん！！
ee tanakakun eigo perapera jyan
“Wow Tanaka, you are so incredibly fluent!!!!”
じゃん jyan can be used in casual speech to give someone one’s feedback, express one’s opinion, feelings.
今日のひとこと＋ Today's additional lesson
How to be perapera in Japanese? There are for sure several answers to this. But I will say only one thing as a person, who taught 3 languages myself.
Always base your Japanese learning off of what you like and what you care. Watch your favorite anime, favorite TV show, film and news. Or talk about your favorite food, car, drama, person and learn how do you do that in Japanese. It seems easy, but once they start to learn Japanese, we cling on to a textbook and only practice sentence like, "I have a pen" 🤣
You can even do this alone. I used to talk to myself about what I like and what happened in a day walking in the street. Believe it or not, it works!!
Just as we say,
好きこそ物の上手なれ sukikoso monono jyouzunare
"What one likes, one will do well."
まとめ Conclusion
Today we learned 「日本語ペラペラです」 nihongo perapera desu
”I'm fluent in Japanese"
Watching this post means you are taking a step forward to final destination “ペラペラ”
Work hard, see results!
じゃあまた！ jyaamata!
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