
Practice Makes Perfect Complete Japanese Grammar (EBOOK)
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- A comprehensive introduction to Japanese grammar
- High-frequency vocabulary presented in context
- A clear pronunciation guide
- Hundreds of exercises in a variety of formats
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1: Introducing Japanese sounds, word order, and writing systems
- Basic sounds
- Pitch
- Basic hiragana
- Katakana
- Kanji
- Basic word order and particles
- Speech styles
- 2: Nouns
- Proper nouns
- Respectful titles
- Common nouns
- Compound nouns
- Demonstrative pronouns
- Personal pronouns
- The particle ? no
- Kinship terms
- 3: Numbers
- Bare numbers based on the Chinese system
- The native Japanese number system
- Class counters
- Ordinal counters
- Expressing time
- Expressing months and days
- Unit counters
- . . . ? me
- 4: Basic verb forms
- Dictionary form
- Masu form
- Nai form
- Stem form
- Ru verbs and u verbs
- Irregular verbs
- Conjugation patterns
- Te form
- Ta form
- Nakatta form
- Conjugating verbs in the plain form
- Conjugating verbs in the polite form
- Progressive form
- Potential form
- Conjugating the copular verb ?? desu
- 5: Verb types
- ?? suru verbs
- Existential verbs ?? aru and ?? iru
- Transitive and intransitive verbs
- Inherently potential verbs
- Verbs with hidden become/get
- Verbs of giving and receiving
- 6: Auxiliaries that follow verbs in the te form
- . ? te + ??? ageru, etc. (helpfulness)
- . ? te + ?? iru (progressive, resulting, and habitual states)
- . ? te + ??? shimau (completion)
- . ? te + ?? oku (preparation)
- . ? te + ?? miru (trial)
- . ? te + ?? iku and ?? kuru (progress)
- . ? te + ?? aru (resulting state)
- . ? te + ??? hoshii (desire)
- 7: Particles
- ? o (direct object)
- ? ga (subject)
- ? ni (at, in, to)
- ? de (at, by, in, with)
- ? e (toward, to)
- ?? kara (from)
- ?? made (until)
- ? no (of, 's)
- ? to, ? ya, and ? ka (listing nouns)
- ? wa (topic)
- ? mo (addition)
- ??? bakari (nothing but .)
- ?? shika (only)
- ?? dake (just/only)
- ?? demo (even)
- 8: Adjectives and adverbs
- Adjective types
- Basic adjective forms
- Multiple subjects
- Te forms of adjectives
- Degree adverbs
- Frequency adverbs
- Adverbs derived from adjectives
- Adverb + ?? suru/?? naru (change)
- Adverbs made from onomatopoeia and mimetic words
- Comparing two items
- Equivalent-degree comparison
- Comparing activities
- Superlative comparison
- 9: Sentence types
- Statements
- Questions
- Sentences with indefinite pronouns
- Enriching statements
- Suggestions, requests, and commands
- 10: Complex words and phrases
- . . . ??? sugiru, etc. (verbal compound)
- . . . ??? yasui / . . . ??? nikui (toughness)
- . . . ?? tai (to want to do . . . )
- . . . ?? garu (to show the signs of . . . )
- Noun + ??? rashii (typical )
- Noun + ???? no yo na (simile)
- Noun + ???? mitai na (simile)
- Stem form + ??? so na (appearance)
- Volitional form + ??? to omou (intention)
- Volitional form + ??? to suru (attempt)
- . . . ??? + ?? /?? yo ni suru/naru (change)
- . . . ??? + ?? /?? koto ni + suru/naru (decision)
- . . . ?????? koto ga dekiru (potential)
- . . . ????? koto ga aru (experience)
- 11: Clauses
- . . . ? to and . . . ? ka (verb complement clause)
- . . . ?? mae ni (adverbial clause before . . . ) and . . . ?? ato ni (adverbial clause after . . .)
- . . . ? aida ni (adverbial clause during/while . . .)
- . . . ??? uchi ni (adverbial clause during/while/before . . .)
- . . . ??? toki ni (adverbial clause at the time when . . .)
- . . . ??? nagara (adverbial clause simultaneously)
- . . . ?? kara and . . . ?? node (adverbial clause because . . . )
- . . . ? ga and . . . ?? noni (adverbial clause although . . . )
- Noun modifier clauses (which/that . . .)
- 12: Conjunctions
- Listing nouns with ? to (exhaustive), ? ya (partial), ? ka (disjunctive), and ? mo (addition)
- Listing verbs with te forms
- Listing adjectives with te forms
- Listing verbs and adjectives randomly using the tari form
- Listing verbs and adjectives emphatically using ? shi
- Sentence conjunctions
- 13: Conditionals
- . . . ?? tara (whenever, when, if)
- . . . ? ba (whenever, when, if )
- . . . ? to (whenever, when)
- . . . ?? nara (if it is the case that . . .)
- . . . ?? te mo (even if/though, no matter . . . )
- Permission and prohibition
- Obligation and discretion
- 14: Passives and causatives
- Passive verbs
- Direct passive
- Indirect passive
- Causative verbs
- Make-causative and let-causative
- Causative with auxiliary verbs of giving and receiving
- Causative passive
- 15: Honorifics
- Special honorific verbs
- . . . ??? (r)areru (respectful form of verbs)
- ? + stem + ??? o . . . ni naru (respectful)
- ? + stem + ?? o . . . suru (humble)
- Asking for permission very politely
- Making a request very politely
- Using ? o and ? go before a noun
- Family terms
- Honorific forms for adjectives
- Honorific/polite question words
- Appendix A: Basic verb forms
- Appendix B: Basic sentence predicate forms
- Japanese-English glossary
- English-Japanese glossary
- Answer key
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