Complete Japanese grammar

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Complete Japanese grammar

Eriko Sato

(Practice makes perfect)

McGraw-Hill, c2021

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Complete Japanese grammar : total language study program

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The most hands-on, practical workbook for learning to read, write and speak Japanese flawlessly Practice, practice, practice—and improve your ability to read, write and speak Japanese as it’s really used. Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Japanese Grammar, Premium Second Edition has everything you need to progress from beginning to advanced fluency, from clear explanations and practical examples to all the practice required for language mastery. This updated, new edition boasts audio support online and via mobile app, ensuring you’ll speak the language as well as you write and speak it. The answers to more than 100 exercises in the book have been recorded and are available via the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app, and you can also (depending on your mobile device’s capabilities) record your own answers to compare with native speakers.   • 200 exercises in 15 units covering all aspects of Japanese grammar, with explanations that include useful/helpful comparisons with English grammar—including hiragana, katakana, and kanji script  • Author has a proven teaching record, with extensive experience as an educator and curriculum developer • All example sentences are written in Japanese script, with Romanization alongside to help pronunciation • Exercises for use either in the classroom use or for individual study • New to this edition: recordings of answers to many exercises throughout book

Table of 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 + 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 yō na (simile)    Noun + mitai na (simile)    Stem form + sō na (appearance)    Volitional form + to omou (intention)    Volitional form + to suru (attempt)    yō 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 as examples 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)    o . . . ni naru (respectful)    o . . . suru (humble)    Asking for permission very politely    Making a request very politely    Using go before a noun    Family terms    Honorific forms for adjectives    Honorific/polite question words 16 Review Exercises Appendix A: Basic verb forms Appendix B: Basic sentence predicate forms Japanese–English glossary English–Japanese glossary Answer key

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