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Students of Japanese are familiar with the term "particle," and realize that they, like English prepositions, require a special effort to master. This handbook provides all the information one would need on these tricky units of grammar.
All About Particles covers more than 70 particles those that are used regularly as well as those used less frequently in more than 200 uses. The book can be approached as a guiding textbook and studied from beginning to end. It is as a reference book, however, that All About Particles shines. It is light and easy to carry, slim enough to fit into the corner of a shoulder bag, and concise enough to quickly clarify particle-related questions. It is a priceless tool for any serious student of Japanese.
All About Particles covers more than 70 particles those that are used regularly as well as those used less frequently in more than 200 uses. The book can be approached as a guiding textbook and studied from beginning to end. It is as a reference book, however, that All About Particles shines. It is light and easy to carry, slim enough to fit into the corner of a shoulder bag, and concise enough to quickly clarify particle-related questions. It is a priceless tool for any serious student of Japanese.
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83 of 86 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is probably not a book for the absolute beginner, but I have only been studying Japanese for 4 months and this is now one of my favourite texts. In my class we are often asked “what particle goes here?” by our teacher. 9 times out of 10 we are guessing, Ni being the most common choice :p
This was my motivation to buy this book
This book is quite compact, a little smaller than A5. I have taken to carrying this around in my bag, and pulling it out for the occasional read. It does seem a little “geeky” to be reading a book about such a specific thing when I am still really just a beginner myself, but if you can get up the courage to buy it you wont regret it
WA for example (first in the book) is explained over the course of 3 pages. Presenting 5 ways in which the particle can be used within sentences, with 2 or 3 examples for each usage. Each example is presented in kana/kanji, romanji and English. So theres little need to refer to other texts whilst trying to comprehend the examples. As such, this makes the book very easy to read and not “heavy” at all, despite the subject matter
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book and thought i'd find explanations for when to use wa, ga and wo but i found so much more! its filled with really good explanations which are really easy to understand! now that i have this book i dont know how i could even think of learning japanese without it!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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From what I have read so far it seems like this is a great book.
The information is well structured (i.e. shows the more common particles/uses first and then the less common ones), it provides a brief, but clarifying, description of each particle, followed by examples presented in kana, kanji and roma-ji, aside from the english translation.
It also makes reference to particles which are used together and explanations on why this happens on some situations.
Overall a great, lightweight book and a must have especially if you are a serious student of Japanese.
The information is well structured (i.e. shows the more common particles/uses first and then the less common ones), it provides a brief, but clarifying, description of each particle, followed by examples presented in kana, kanji and roma-ji, aside from the english translation.
It also makes reference to particles which are used together and explanations on why this happens on some situations.
Overall a great, lightweight book and a must have especially if you are a serious student of Japanese.
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Also very nice low-threshold kana/kanji material
The basic purpose of the book is to provide detailed descriptions of 53 noun particles and 16 sentence particles, and it does a very good job of that: each particle is accompanied... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dick Grune
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Very in depth collection of the japanese particles detailed. No worry if the kana alphabet or kanji aren't down, as the japanese is translated into romaji as well as the english... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Reader
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