Howdy, first post here. I’ve always had a desire to know Japanese, but aside from briefly trying kana flashcard apps several years ago, I never even got started. After my first (and so far only) visit to Japan in 2018, I started to think more seriously about learning the language. My primary interes…

Are you against using a textbook for any reason? If not I think that’s the best way to learn grammar with using youtube/online resources as supplements.

Thanks for the extra resources. As for a textbook, no, I’m not opposed, but just worry whether it would be very compelling for me without a class to go along with it.

Emiloow: It takes a bit of getting used to the different way of thinking in languages that rely more on topics if one comes from a subject focussed language as most western languages to my knowledge are. True true, western Indo-European languages do tend towards being Subject-Verb-Object - G…

Emiloow: Cure dolly’s youtube series is really informative on how japanese structure works. [image] quollism: The YouTube channel Japanese Ammo with Misa is excellent These are what you need Watch a video or two a day and learn basics. Use Tae Kim’s to supplement and reference gram…

My advice is to purchase Genki 1 and 2 and work the textbooks on your own. They are still very good for self-study. :slight_smile: Nothing can beat an organized textbook approach imo. It builds upon the complexity gradually and has examples, exercises, and passages to read to reaffirm your knowledg…

[image] Try4ce: whether it would be very compelling for me without a class to go along with it. The Japanese From Zero books might be a good fit for you then. They’re not as popular as some of the others, but the author has a ton of videos on YouTube to go along with the material. I’ll also …

I never said SOV morphology was rare tho, i said that STRICTLY head final was rare, these are not the same. In the first place i avoided saying it was SOV because its much less precise, and not very useful knowledge compared to saying it is head final. Because japanese uses particles to indicate gr…

Emiloow: telling a beginner that japanese is SOV is not nearly as helpful as telling them that the head of a sentence is always last Dunno about this. Head-final is definitely more true, but then you have to try and explain what “head” and “head-final” actually mean. Side note: This reminde…

Emiloow: Head final is a golden rule for japanese which can really act as a shining beacon for japanese learners because it is consistent and always true. そうだね～… …is not head-final. I agree that head-final phrase forms are fundamental to standard Japanese syntax, and once that clicks everyt…

How do I start to piece it all together?

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BigZazu June 7, 2020, 5:48am 19

You should check out The Ultimate Additional Japanese Resources List!, there is a lot of stuff here and I think taking the time to look through it and seeing your options could help cause it has helped me!

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