JP Grammar Primer
Added 2022-08-20 18:15:12 +0000 UTCHi everybody!
We've noticed a problem with traditional grammar guides: they all try to teach you how to speak!
Speaking with grammar rules is hard, but learning basic grammar can help you understand your immersion better.
We wrote this guide to help with that process and we'd love your feedback! You can post it here or on discord.
Thank you!
PS: Big thanks to BrettWilliamsFilm for all his help!
Comments
Putting "to" in front of verbs is common in English definitions. Actually as a native speaker of English I remember being tought that verbs are words that you can put the word 'to' in front of and get a statement that describes the verb... e.g. to run, to shout, to think, to smile, to do, etc.
3lysian
2022-11-30 19:10:57 +0000 UTCI not sure 教える = "To Teach" is really right. The Japanese dictionary form is the same as the English dictionary form, so 教える = "Teach". Putting "To Teach" in the examples makes that clear: "John will to teach".
Simon Gates
2022-09-20 12:46:41 +0000 UTCGreat start! My recommendation is to start with the idea that there are subject/predicate languages but Japanese is a topic/comment language. Right now it's written as "here are 3 predicates" but I don't think that is as useful as giving them an idea of how topic/comment languages generally work
Sean Cochran
2022-08-20 18:40:47 +0000 UTC
