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| raisingod | Monday 18th of October 2004 04:25:43 AM |
| hello:) looking for more advanced study matiriel - well hello, I am new here , i have been learning japanese for quite some time now and I am looking for more advanced matiriel (more advanced then passive {rareru,morau and koto ni naru forms} for example). I realy want to get a E-dictonary(oh gow much I want the canon g-50). so for the question can anybody reccomend good advance grammer book(japanese of course), and until next time: nemutagatte iru :) zzzzz | |
| Psy | Friday 26th of November 2004 12:26:11 AM |
| - That's a toughie. I take it you're sick of learning about -i and -na adjectives, the differences between ichidans and godans, and the three flavors of keigo. I also presume that you're not quite at the level of skimming through a Japanese newspaper... [i]... hmmmmm...[/i] ... gotcha. As I said, it's a toughie. You might try [i]Ultimate Japanese Advanced[/i] (the book claims to have a CD Package which includes recordings of the written conversations. Alas, the company site is useless, and I've yet to locate a place to buy them) by Living Language. While it drudges through some of the same tired grammar points that you know already, you might the conversations useful, as they are well beyond the standard [i]hajimemashite[/i]s and [i]otearai wa doko desu ka[/i]s. Gambatte! | |
| firekat | Sunday 28th of November 2004 05:04:45 AM |
| - well, as far as a more advanced textbook goes, i dunno. I have found that I reach a certain point where textbooks that focus on grammar points and politeness and whatnot dont really help me too much any more and that I get a lot more use out of real life sitations or mini-lessons that go through kind of quirky but usually-not-found-in-textbooks-Japanese. I would recommend that you start trying to read Japanese books or manga, or watch Japanese dramas or anime. Of course if treading into otaku waters is not for you there are a lot of books that offer a set of readings for different levels. There are also some random things on the internet. This, http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/ppp-e/index.htm for example is an almost monthly publication by the yomiuri shimbun in Japan for English speakers learning Japanese. It is really short and tends to cover a little bit of culture and non-textbook, more real life situations. Living in Japan for the past four months has shown me how limited textbooks really are. I thought I was set because I could write a report in Japanese and I could watch the videos in my language lab... but then I went to McDonalds and realized I couldnt even order food.... | |
