Japanese Grammar (Barron's Grammar Series) (English and Japanese Edition)

By Carol Akiyama and Nobuo Akiyama

Book Overview

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• Format: Vinyl Bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764120611
• ISBN13: 9780764120619
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 0.5" x 4.0"

Customer Reviews

Oh my god so helpful

Its hard not to forget certain lessons because the explinations are so simpl and spaced out very well! Only issue is that I wish it was longer :(

Big Bang for the Buck!!!

This book covers the nuts, bolts, and gears of all the moving parts of Japanese language. It's a little book with a powerful punch. Easy to read through from cover to cover before going back to zone in on particular topics. It's well organized and the type/font is perfect and it's printed in two colors for easy reference. This book is not intended to teach you to read and write the language; it's designed to teach you the mechanics of grammar. Besides my dictionary, reading and writing books, and emmersion CD's, this book is a key tool that I'll refer to again and again. *****

Definately Worthwhile

In most cities Japanese lessons are hard to come by. I live in Shreveport, LA, and not one college in a city of over 150,000 people offers a Japanese class. That being such, if you want to learn Japanese the odds are high you'll have to go it alone. This was the first book I bought. While not offering the Japanese scripts in much detail (which are necessary if you ever want to write in Japanese), this book covers pretty much everything you need to know. From essential vocabulary to verb usage to particles, Barron really did come through again. Now that I'm an intermediate-level Japanese student, I find it a good resource, and when I was first learning it was incalcluably necessary. This book, while small, is like a miniature Japanese textbook. It runs through all the important nuances of the language that are so strange to us and puts it in a cut and dry format that nearly anyone can comprehend. Granted, grammar is boring; few people can stand to look at a page stating grammar rules, much less apprehend the knowledge because of their boredom. But this book is a good resource, even if it isn't a page-turner. At worst, you lose seven dollars. At best, you jumpstart your knowledge of the Japanese language and begin speaking. It's up to you.

A must-have reference

This is an outstanding primer on Japanese grammar. Its small size makes it easy to tote around in a coat pocket. The explanations are very clear, and you can easily get a "macro view" of any area of Japanese grammar.

Very Handy Reference

Trying to make sense of complex Japanese Grammar? Then this is the book for you, small, compact and covers anything an intermediate student might want to know about grammar!