TL;DR: I started learning Japanese from zero five months ago. I now know the kanji and vocab up to WK level 20, and I’ve read or skimmed most of Japanese the Manga Way, as well as browsing various online resources from time to time. I’m about to start reading ARIA and Yotsubato as soon as they arriv…

Mmmh I think that your take on it being more terse an overview than comprehensive isn’t too wide of the mark from what I’ve experienced so far (I’m a decent way in I think). But! I actually quite like that, Genki and others have so much stuff tailored to classroom work that it doesn’t work well for…

[image] Fryie: I think you’re doing this right. It’s natural to learn simplified explanations first and then re-learn things a bit more precisely later on. We do it all the time in school. You just probably should try not to learn something that is completely out of touch with reality. Agreed…

He’s not wrong that, in casual speech, だ can be left implied (although in which situations exactly is a bit complicated, I would say). I just find that his explanation doesn’t really help. By making だ its own special thing, I think he just confuses beginners - whereas he could just say that it’s th…

[image] nixius: Mmmh I think that your take on it being more terse an overview than comprehensive isn’t too wide of the mark from what I’ve experienced so far (I’m a decent way in I think). But! I actually quite like that Yeah I like it too! My goal has been to get an overview of all the bas…

[image] Fryie: If you use him, just be aware that you should take everything with a grain of salt and maybe double check elsewhere. I keep hearing this about him, can you recommend other “grammar textbook” sites that are more reliable? (And are not video lessons.) It was so convenient to open…

Since it hasn’t been mentioned, JLPT practice books, like N4, N3, can be helpful, if that is what you are concerning about. Perhaps you would be able to pinpoint what are essential and missing.

[image] kimera: It was so convenient to open up google and type “… + [grammatical phrase]” and instantly get a clear explanation. It sounds like a problem of finding the teacher you understands, as a quick reference; also for searching keywords. It might be difficult to give one answer, but I…

@polv @Fryie Thank you both. Looks like Maggie Sensei is a good place to start. [image] polv: Also, “grammar” has no “e”. …that might help too :sweat_smile: (Thankfully Google is usually smart about bad spelling.)

[image] WeebPotato: [image] kryft: (Of course there are also words like 洗脳 that you probably won’t find in 5K frequency dictionary. :smile: ) I legit came across this word maybe once in my life :joy:. I learned this word in WK, and maybe a month later, casually saw it in a quote from o…

Would I still benefit enough from Genki to justify buying it?

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Fryie January 21, 2023, 11:24pm 30

It’s not really my style of learning, but some alternatives are mentioned at the end of this post: A small rant about Tae Kim's Guide

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Would I still benefit enough from Genki to justify buying it?

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