A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Sentence Patterns
A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Sentence Patterns (Kodansha Dictionary) Naoko Chino
Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN)
ISBN: 4770026080
Edition: Paperback; 2000-01-15
Summary:
A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Sentence Patterns is a fundamental
learning tool for all students of the Japanese language, whether they
be unblemished beginners or scarred veterans. With both types of
struggling student, as well as for all the gradations that fall in
between, there is a strong tendency, in the heat of battle, to lose
sight of the essential nature of the Japanese sentence. It is for
just such people that this dictionary has been created, to help them
keep their eyes fixed firmly on the target and not be led astray. The
dictionary contains fifty of the most fundamental Japanese sentence
patterns as well as sixty-nine variations. This number covers all the
patterns that are needed for levels 3 and 4 of the Japanese Language
Proficiency Test. Each pattern and variation is clearly defined by a
formula given in Japanese, romanization, and English. Each is
exemplified by sample sentences (both in single sentences and in
dialogues), and each is represented in both polite and informal
usage. By means of this approach, the essential nature of the
Japanese sentence is clarified, and once that has been done, the many
patterns and variations fall easily into place. The simple,
undisguised truth is that there are only three types of sentence in
Japanese, and all of the convolutions and complications that distract
and bemuse the student are nothing more than modifications of these
three fundamental types. The study of the Japanese sentence need not
be as difficult as it is seems. A Dictionary of Basic Japanese
Sentence Patterns may be used as a reference book to look up
individual patterns for the purpose of learning, confirming, or
reapproaching them, or it may be used as a textbook to be read from
beginning to end, providing an overview of the Japanese sentence
while buttressing the student's grasp of individual patterns. Naoko
Chino, the author of the best-selling All about Particles and
Japanese Verbs at a Glance, has again presented one of the more
forbidding aspects of the language in a way that is both approachable
and eminently comprehensible. Main Features Fifty of the Most Common
Basic Patterns Sixty-nine Variations of the Basic Patterns Formulas
Delineating Basic Pattern Structure Definitions of Terms Used in the
Formulas Polite Example Sentences and Dialogues Informal Example
Sentences and Dialogues Commentary on Individual Usages All the Basic
Patterns Needed for Levels 3 & 4 of the Japanese Language Proficiency
Test
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