文プロ(Bunpro) : Update 1/15 - N4 Grammar Writeups - Japanese Grammar SRS Study Site

[pushindawood]

@Anaxite Thank you so much for taking the time to test Reviews on multiple platforms and devices. We think that, with your help, we have finally gotten to the root of the problem and have implemented a fix. Please let us know if you continue to experience any trouble. Thank you so much, again, for helping us get to the bottom of the issue. Cheers!

@jprspereira

Since there is no “official” list out there, we looked at every list and resource we could find and compared them. This resulted in the list that we currently have. Our goal is to have a truly comprehensive list that can become the unofficial “official” list. We are constantly trying to update the site with new material. New grammar points as well as additional example sentences that cover more nuances are being added almost daily

That being said, as we continue to build upon the site, we are beginning to realize that there are grammar points that would be better suited for a particular JLPT level or Lesson within a JLPT level. We hope that as the site grows, we will be able to more precisely give everyone exactly what they need to study for a specific JLPT level. We are always open to suggestions how to improve Bunpro, so if you think that a certain grammar point should be added or removed from a JLPT level please let us know! We are still working on implementing the て form for enumeration into the site. Thank you for your request! Cheers!

@Sheepo Nice find! Thank you for pointing this out to us! We will fix it right away. Cheers!

@polv Great idea! Thank you for your feedback. Cheers!

[jprspereira]

so if you think that a certain grammar point should be added or removed from a JLPT level please let us know! We are still working on implementing the て form for enumeration into the site. Thank you for your request! Cheers!

Just remembered 「~ちょうだい」. Not sure if you agree

[pushindawood]

@jprspereira Added to the list! Thank you!

[hitechbunny]

I’m having difficulty separating ね, だろう, でしょう, and よ in the N5 reviews. E.g. when a hints says “right?” or “isn’t it?” I can see them all fitting. Is it just me, or is there a pattern that I’m missing out on?

To clarify I do feel like I understand the differences in nuance, just not that one definitively fits over others for a given review question given the hint.

E.g.:

[Anaxite]

Yep, you may have fixed the issue. Firefox Android seems to be okay now.

[polv]

I actually want to have a “read sentence aloud” button, like JapaneseTest4You, but I have found a workaround…

Japanese Text-to-Speech on text selection for Mac; I have to manually set it up

I am not sure if Windows can do something like this. I am on Safari on MacBook Air. It helps me a lot, because I hate reading, and I am too good at denying visuals; but I find it hard to deny audio… If one speaks, I automatically listen. It also help to read Kanji Japanese robot speaker’s names are Kyoko and Otoya, and it is not selected by default. [00 PM] I make it read example sentences. [03 PM]

[polv]

Better to not tell me exactly what its looking for? “Looking for something else” may be better, as I can never remember けれども, and always answer が. Just telling me the answer, instead of making me try and think of it, seems less learny. I end up re-answering with garbage, to force a failure.

I have just found another one – think にたいして and the answer is にたいして (it just don’t want me to answer にかんして).

At least, don’t “Think AAAAA” if the correct answer is “AAAAA”.

[jprspereira]

List of things I remembered 文プロ doesn’t have yet :

• Potential Form (Bunpro has ことができる) - Maggie Sensei and TK both explain it
• 誰も/何も/いつも/どこも/どれも
• 誰か/何か/いつか/どこか/どれか (Bunpro teaches 誰でも etc, but not these ones; I think they should be added separately: ~か/~も/~でも)

If I remember anything else, I’ll let you know.

[pushindawood]

@hitechbunny Thank you for your feedback! We are working on incorporating multiple acceptable answers for similar grammar points. In this particular case, Bunpro is looking for the casual form of でしょう (だろう). However, ね could also be a perfectly acceptable answer that we have not yet added to the list of alternates. If you get a question incorrect and think that the answer should be accepted please let us know so that we can add it as an alternative answer. We have added an “Oops!” button that will allow you to override the answer if you have made a typo or if you feel that the answer you submitted is an acceptable one. Cheers!

@polv Thank you for providing the information on text-to-speech! We think that this will benefit many people. We are combing through all the lessons of the JLPT levels to remove instances such as the けれども and にたいして examples, where we provide the answer rather than a hint. Let us know if you find any more similar occurrences that we might have missed. Cheers!

@jprspereira Thank you so much for providing us with additional content to add to the site and aid everyone’s studies! Cheers!

[MrJosh99]

I love you guys

[pushindawood]

UPDATE:

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[jprspereira]

Rich Text Notes Now you can take notes in style!

[polv]

Bug report: I answered といえば

[Skabahk]

in the みたい examples drop down, I noticed^ I don’t think this is casual right?

p.s. you might wanna know as well, this is the sentence I got tested on and when it came up it didn’t say [casual], [casual] only shows up in the drop down after answered.

[paulinjapan]

So I made a $5 donation to get access to the N2 beta but it still doesn’t show up :s

[thespookyfish]

They probably don’t have the beta ready yet. They said you’d get early access, but they didn’t say immediately.

[jprspereira]

In the 3rd sentence, stomach has the reading in the sentence and not in furigana.

[pushindawood]

@polv Thank you for your feedback! Both というと and といえば are acceptable answers here. We used というと in the example sentence for this particular study question, so we wanted to maintain continuity across Lessons and Reviews. Cheers!

@Skabahk Nice find! Thank you for your feedback. We will get this fixed right away. Cheers!

@paulinjapan Thank you so much for your support! We really appreciate it! Thank you @thespookyfish for your answer. We are drawing very close to pushing the first lesson of N2 to beta testers. You will be informed of the release as soon as we make it live to beta testers. Thank you for your patience. Right now, we hope that you enjoy 文ニー Mode! Cheers!

@jprspereira Thank you for pointing this out to us! We will get it sorted out right away. Cheers!

[MrJosh99]

For かもしれない:
when you enter just かも in reviews it says “A bit more formal” what is great. But when you enter かもしれません it’s marked as wrong (this form is also tought on one of the sites of the grammar point). Maybe it should say “A bit less formal”?

[NickNickovich]

This is a funny typo

I wonder if this is the best translation for this sentence. Maybe “it would be better to get” or “you should get”.