There are also a few miniseries (two so far), my favorites, where she reads stories, not translating them but deeply explaining line by line. She makes a point to demonstrate that there are very few exceptions and “random” things in Japanese, always going deep into why something works how it works. Everything is put logically, every sentence deconstructed, each topic given several examples, each explanation given its reasoning. It honestly feels like this is the one and only source that really groks Japanese. I had been struggling with Japanese grammar for years, even though I had been taking weekly private lessons, and even after reading the very decent Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese, until I finally found the Organic Japanese with Cure Dolly YouTube channel, particularly the Japanese from scratch: the game-changing course in organic Japanese playlist. Index is Japanese in 50音 order (Japanese “alphabetical” or sound order) which takes some time to get used to in its own right. So you can’t look up “how to do something” and then find the Japanese equivalent. However, it doesn’t have an English index. It is similar to the DBJG books but in a single volume rather than three separate ones. Basic one will take you far though.Īnother thing you might find is the Handbook of Japanese Grammar Patterns. It can get a bit pricey though at roughly $50 each for the basic, intermediate, and advanced editions. Usually doing practice posts on HelloTalk and I’d be thinking “I wonder how you say (some English construction) in Japanese…” and it’s then easy to go find it in the DBJG index. It’s not so much intended as a guided learning textbook, but with English and Japanese indexes in alphabetical order I found it really easy to learn from. Lots of grammar points with key example sentences, explanations, notes, etc. I do highly recommend A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar (and its subsequent intermediate and advanced editions). I’m picking this stuff up in my early 30’s just on my own as a hobby, and a textbook geared for college classroom use and “Ask a partner what their major is” kind of stuff… just didn’t fit in with me. Kinda picked through it but mostly used other resources. I’ll say that I didn’t love Genki as a textbook, and it really didn’t keep my attention long. The main grammar learning resource bit is a tricky one.
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