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Japanese Grammar (Barron's Grammar Series) (Vinyl Bound)

by Carol Akiyama (Author), Nobuo Akiyama (Author, Editor)
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  • Vinyl Bound: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 2nd Revised edition edition (20 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0764120611
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764120619
  • Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 10.2 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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A concise summary of Japanese grammar is presented for beginning students of the language. Topics include parts of speech, sentence structure, idioms, and pronunciation advice. All Japanese words are presented phonetically. Important points of grammar or vocabulary, as well as subject heads, are printed in a second color as a quick-reference aid for students. New to this edition is a Japanese-English vocabulary list.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Useful pocket grammar guide, 3 Nov 2002
This review is from: Japanese Grammar (Grammar series) (Paperback)
If you want a handy pocket Japanese grammar guide, I would recommend this book highly. I don't think it's that useful as your *only* grammar book, since its coverage is wide rather than deep - this is prehaps unavoidable in a book so small.

My biggest problem with it is that with the exception of the first section describing the japanese writing system the book is entirely in romaji, without any kana or kanji. IMO, it would have been much improved by the addition of Japanese text with furigana. It also (like many Japanese books for english speakers) decides that using the Japanese names for the two basic classes of verbs (godan and ichidan) would be too confusing, and makes up it's own names for them.

Overall, it's well worth the price, and useful to keep in your pocket.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Japanese Grammar book to buy, 27 Aug 2009
As a person who knows very little grammar, learn languages by feeling, I bought this as I found the Oxford Japanese Grammar and Verbs quite confusing, this on the other hand, by Carol and Nobuo Akiyama is fantastic. It is easy to follow, two colours to enhance the learning process. Goes from Basic rules to complex ones in a very structured way and makes you gain confidence as you're actually managing to learn Japanese grammar, which is said to be very confusing and hard to learn. The book is also small and can fit in your jacket pocket, and at the same time contains a vast amount of information. Great value for money.

ganbatte!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars no script at all !, 20 Feb 2009
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This small and inexpensive little book is one of the best purchases I have made.

Why beginner's should use this:

1. no script to confuse you: everything is in English and romanization

2. excellent examples for each concept

3. clear explanations of the jargon used: it includes linguistic-jargon but the jargon is actually explained ! For example, it explains what 'accusative' means before they use it in examples

4. when they translate the romanized parts into english they include the "word-order" translations: for example the sentence 'Ban gohan o tabemashoo ka ?' is translated "properly" like 'Shall we eat dinner?' and also in "word-order" form like 'dinner shall we eat?"

This is what a grammar book should be like.
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Ideal to supplement another main learning technique. Helps teach all the main aspects of the language. Read more
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A pocket book which contains all the Japanese grammar. It's well laid-out , very clear and 'roomy' (no cramped chart or writings).
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