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Essential Japanese Grammar is an indispensable study guide for students of the Japanese language at all levels.
Long the standard in Japanese language education, it provides clear, jargon-free explanations of how Japanese grammar works and offers hundreds of example sentences. An essential handbook for self-study or the classroom, students will find that a strong foundation in grammar is vital to those wishing to learn Japanese.
Essential Japanese Grammar presents many unique features. First, grammatical terminology has been kept to a minimum so that extensive prior knowledge of grammar is not required. Second, abundant example sentences are written in Japanese characters (kana and kanji) followed by romanji and English translations. Third, the authors have tried to reveal aspects of grammar that may not be found in comparable grammar books—such as rare Japanese verbs, adjectival nouns, clauses, adverbs, etc.
This Japanese grammar book contains:
Long the standard in Japanese language education, it provides clear, jargon-free explanations of how Japanese grammar works and offers hundreds of example sentences. An essential handbook for self-study or the classroom, students will find that a strong foundation in grammar is vital to those wishing to learn Japanese.
Essential Japanese Grammar presents many unique features. First, grammatical terminology has been kept to a minimum so that extensive prior knowledge of grammar is not required. Second, abundant example sentences are written in Japanese characters (kana and kanji) followed by romanji and English translations. Third, the authors have tried to reveal aspects of grammar that may not be found in comparable grammar books—such as rare Japanese verbs, adjectival nouns, clauses, adverbs, etc.
This Japanese grammar book contains:
- Parts of speech.
- Sentence constructions.
- Conjugations forms.
- Speech styles and tones.
- Accentuation rules.
- Essential words and functional elements.
- An appendix for referencing and cross-referencing Japanese words.
Essential Japanese Grammar is an indispensable study guide for students of the Japanese language at all levels.
Long the standard in Japanese language education, it provides clear, jargon-free explanations of how Japanese grammar works and offers hundreds of example sentences. An essential hand...
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April Fellenberg
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March 19, 2016
I didn't buy it, but this looks like an awful teaching aid.
Anita Tsuchiya
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May 21, 2016
I want to buy this book but I do not have a credit card. I can buy it by cash but how and where to go to find it. I wish somebody may help me
Robert Chifflet
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November 11, 2016
When will they offer a kana version as, say, part 2 ? As alt edition ??
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About the author
Masahiro Tanimori is associate professor of Japanese education at Tottori University in Japan. He is the author of Handbook of Japanese Grammar.
Eriko Sato is Lecturer of Japanese and Japanese linguistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is the author of Japanese for Dummies and Contemporary Japanese.
Eriko Sato is Lecturer of Japanese and Japanese linguistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is the author of Japanese for Dummies and Contemporary Japanese.
Masahiro Tanimori is associate professor of Japanese education at Tottori University in Japan. He is the author of Handbook of Japanese Grammar.
Eriko Sato is Lecturer of Japanese and Japanese linguistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is the author of Japanese for Dummi...
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