Japanese Grammar>
Avoid using anata whenever possible, and use the person's name with san instead. Similarly, when referring to a third person, use the person's name. The negative indefinite pronouns take a negative verb. The one reflexive pronoun is jibun (myself, yourself, etc.). There are no relative pronouns in Japanese, and the relative clause precedes the word it modifies.
Tumbleweed's Resources for Learning Japanese
Okay, here's a familiar scenario... For whatever reason, you've taken up the study of the Japanese language. You've gone through a couple of the beginner's level books, you've run through a couple of basic tutorial programs, you've even taken a couple of classes someplace. Then you decide to try out your new knowledge. You try talking to native speakers, you try to watch an unsubtitled movie or read a magazine.
100 top resources to learn Japanese
741 Flares6250116×741 Flares We find ourselves often giving recommendations of products to learn Japanese with, and we thought it’d be useful to compile a list for your reference. We have included a number of our own products, only where we are convinced that they are deserving of their place in the list, and we have included paid and free study resources without discrimination. The list is broken up by category and each item is clearly marked as to what JLPT level it targets. Everything on this list deserves your attention, but resources we’re particularly fond of, the kind we’d use ourselves, are additionally marked with a little star.
Japanese Grammar Guide
This guide was created as a resource for those who want to learn Japanese grammar in a rational, intuitive way that makes sense in Japanese. The explanations are focused on how to make sense of the grammar not from English but from a Japanese point of view. Before you begin If your computer is not setup to display Japanese, you’ll want to enable Japanese support to read the Japanese text.
Genki – Home
Go to Genki-Online [3rd Edition] Check out this new collection of video skits presenting sentence patterns studied in GENKI! The skits cover one pattern each and last just a minute or two, making them a handy tool for introducing, practicing, and reviewing key patterns.
Katakana shapes
4.5.1. Comparison between hiragana and katakana Some katakana look like the corresponding hiragana, but many of them are different. Hiragana often have round curves, and katakana often have straight lines. 4.5.2. Confusing katakana
How to Type in Japanese with the Microsoft IME on Windows
Typing has become such a critical part of our lives. Can you even imagine how much typing you do on a daily basis? Between Facebook, Twitter and email, your little fingers are probably quite busy typing away on the average day. So it only makes sense that if you are practicing a language, you should be able to type in that language as well, right?
The Japanese Grammar database
～べき is conjugated like this Vruべき or すべき (for the actual verb する only, or verbs like 充分する) 例：行くべき すべき Noun/ adj(na)であるべき Adj(i)くべき 例：心配であるべき 例：鋭くべき 目的でらるべき The adj(i) form is not used frequently, but you might encounter it in some books or proverbs. Because it is considered a noun, there is also a negative form and past form of べき, you conjugate it like any other noun.
Hiragana Katakana
Let's learn Japanese characters, Hiragana Katakana online. Japanese language uses three characters, Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji.Kanji came from China in the 5th to the 6th centuries. Then later Hiragana and Katakana evolved to represent "readings" in Japanese.
Japanese language learning games
Japanese games for language learning on Digital Dialects All Japanese games are free to use, do not require registration, and are suitable for kids and students of all ages. Games for learning Japanese language in HTML5 (work on current browsers) include Japanese phrases, Japanese numbers, animals quiz, basic vocabulary quiz, days and months in Japanese and a colors quiz. We also make Japanese games for moblies and tablets. Good luck in your language learning endeavours!
