kumalh
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- 16 Jun 2013
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Hi all,
Last semester at University I took an introductory class to Japanese as an elective, and since then have been very interested in the language. I've done a bit more self study online, but I have decided to purchase a test book and teach myself properly. A bit of research told me that the 2 Genki books are quite good (even for self study), however, my problem is whether I should get the first or second book in the series.
I can't find a list of the contents of each book online, so I thought I'd outline what I know so far, and if anybody who has experience with the books could let me know if I'd be better off with I or II, then that'd be great!
What I know:
Thank you!
Last semester at University I took an introductory class to Japanese as an elective, and since then have been very interested in the language. I've done a bit more self study online, but I have decided to purchase a test book and teach myself properly. A bit of research told me that the 2 Genki books are quite good (even for self study), however, my problem is whether I should get the first or second book in the series.
I can't find a list of the contents of each book online, so I thought I'd outline what I know so far, and if anybody who has experience with the books could let me know if I'd be better off with I or II, then that'd be great!
What I know:
- Hiragana & Katakana & Pronunciation
- Numbers
- Times & Dates
- wa, ga, ka, ni, no, to, de, (h)e, (w)o, mo particles
- i & na adjectives (past/present, +/-)
- Verbs (past/present, +/-)
- The basics of verbs. I just know some common verbs, but know very little about u/ru and iru/eru and how to conjugate them (stems?)
- I know very little Kanji - just basics like numbers
- Politeness levels and what to use in which situations
- Obviously, a lot of vocabulary
Thank you!