K Katjov 後輩 Joined 15 Apr 2017 Messages 16 Reaction score 0 17 Apr 2017 #1 Hi there Could someone please explain to me when you're supposed to use "です" and when you're supposed to use "います"
Hi there Could someone please explain to me when you're supposed to use "です" and when you're supposed to use "います"
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 17 Apr 2017 #2 What materials are you using to learn Japanese?
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 17 Apr 2017 #3 The former is a copula, and the latter expresses the existence of animate things. Copula (linguistics) - Wikipedia
The former is a copula, and the latter expresses the existence of animate things. Copula (linguistics) - Wikipedia
K Katjov 後輩 Joined 15 Apr 2017 Messages 16 Reaction score 0 17 Apr 2017 Thread starter #4 Mike Cash said: What materials are you using to learn Japanese? Click to expand... I mainly use the grammar guide from "Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese" Japanese Grammar Guide | Learn Japanese
Mike Cash said: What materials are you using to learn Japanese? Click to expand... I mainly use the grammar guide from "Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese" Japanese Grammar Guide | Learn Japanese
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 17 Apr 2017 #5 Katjov said: I mainly use the grammar guide from "Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese" Japanese Grammar Guide | Learn Japanese Click to expand... If you can find the funds, get yourself a proper textbook and the associated workbooks and/or audio-visual materials that may be available for it. You get what you pay for and TK is worth every penny he charges for it.
Katjov said: I mainly use the grammar guide from "Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese" Japanese Grammar Guide | Learn Japanese Click to expand... If you can find the funds, get yourself a proper textbook and the associated workbooks and/or audio-visual materials that may be available for it. You get what you pay for and TK is worth every penny he charges for it.
K Katjov 後輩 Joined 15 Apr 2017 Messages 16 Reaction score 0 18 Apr 2017 Thread starter #6 Mike Cash said: If you can find the funds, get yourself a proper textbook and the associated workbooks and/or audio-visual materials that may be available for it. You get what you pay for and TK is worth every penny he charges for it. Click to expand... In that case, could you please recommend me a good grammar book. There'd a lot of different ones, so I simply can't decide which one to buy
Mike Cash said: If you can find the funds, get yourself a proper textbook and the associated workbooks and/or audio-visual materials that may be available for it. You get what you pay for and TK is worth every penny he charges for it. Click to expand... In that case, could you please recommend me a good grammar book. There'd a lot of different ones, so I simply can't decide which one to buy
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 18 Apr 2017 #7 Katjov said: In that case, could you please recommend me a good grammar book. There'd a lot of different ones, so I simply can't decide which one to buy Click to expand... The Genki series is widely used and frequently recommended.
Katjov said: In that case, could you please recommend me a good grammar book. There'd a lot of different ones, so I simply can't decide which one to buy Click to expand... The Genki series is widely used and frequently recommended.
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 18 Apr 2017 #8 You can check the text and audio samples in their site. Genki – Page and Audio Samples
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 18 Apr 2017 #9 And you can check a partial list of colleges and universities that use it: Genki – Universities/Colleges using GENKI I doubt a similar list exists for TK....
And you can check a partial list of colleges and universities that use it: Genki – Universities/Colleges using GENKI I doubt a similar list exists for TK....
Armando 後輩 Joined 15 Apr 2017 Messages 24 Reaction score 0 18 May 2017 #10 If you don't want to expend the money though, check the japanese from zero video series in YouTube, that's a progressive way to learn Japanese topic by topic. You will end purchasing books but for the moment you may start there.
If you don't want to expend the money though, check the japanese from zero video series in YouTube, that's a progressive way to learn Japanese topic by topic. You will end purchasing books but for the moment you may start there.