Schaum's Outline of Japanese Grammar
by Keiko Uesawa Chevray
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Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 495.682421
EAN: 9780071342209
ISBN: 0071342206
Label: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 236
Publication Date: 2000-05-30
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Studio: McGraw-Hill
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: only for intermediate learners
Comment: This is not for beginners, you should have completed a basic course/book before attempting this one.
If you are a complete beginner you will gain nothing from this book.
The structure of the book is this:
1. the grammar is explained in English and with romanization
2. followed by example sentences in script, romanization and English
3. after this comes exercises such as put the "wa" or "ga" in the correct place
4. review-exercises written ONLY in script and romanization
5. review-exercises where you translate from English into either romanization or script
So why is it not good for beginners ?:
1. There are no vocabulary listings in each chapter, so if you don't know any Japanese you can't tell what the romanized words actually mean
2. There are too many words in each chapter to make vocabulary memorization realistic: it is too time-consuming if you have to look up words all the time in your dictionary - this is supposed to be a grammar book, and not a vocabulary book
3. In many exercises no English translations are given at all! Just the script and romanization...again, if you know any Japanese beforehand...
This is a good book for intermediate learners who need some reference or revision-book.
But for beginner's this is a very poor choice.
If you are a beginner, I can recommend this book instead for you,Japanese Grammar (Barron's Grammar Series), which is written entirely in romanization and explains the grammar very clearly.
Customer Rating:
Summary: an excellent companion book for any Japanese learner
Comment: This book covers just about every important bit of the Japanese Grammar in a comprehensible manner.
Each part is given a short intro, explained shorly and clearly and then is given numerous example in all romaji, Japanese (Kana + Kanji) and its english translation in which the grammar part is bolded out to stress its influence on the sentence.
Then there are explanation and examples of common speech patterns in which the grammar part is used (and then followed by yet another numerous examples). There are also many exercises at the end of each section with answers at the end of the book.
The last part is probably the most important part. It covers many of the common patterns and addressing such as comparison, asking for premission, giving advice, ect.
I used this book through my studies from being an absolute beginner. Even now it serves as a great reference and review book since it organized in a way that you can easily find any speech patten you seek and view varius examples that will remind you what you had forgot.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Basic Grammar Guide
Comment: Technically, this is a cram guide for College students studying japanese for courses. But it makes an ideal companion for people living in Japan who are learning a lot of words through osmosis, but need a little help with the grammar to help them structure what they know and take their Japanese to a basic level.
I used this book to help me with my grammar within 6 months of arriving in Japan, and it helped me make the leap from being able to make single to triple word declarations in Japanese, to being able to speak in full sentences, and helped put me on the road to fluency. It shows you how to form basic sentences (for example comparisons "X is bigger than Y" etc) in a simple, straightforward manner. Since it's an outline of the most fundamental grammar, all of it is highly relevant and useful, with no filler.
One thing though- As useful as it is for beginners, since it only covers fundamental elementary grammar, good students will quickly outgrow it. Once finished with it I would recommend "A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar" by Seiichi Nakino and Michio Tsutsui, also available here on amazon.
By the way- the reviewer below is right about "Wo" not being a mistranslation. It's a standard, if confusing way to spell it. You need to
type "wo" to get that particle if you're typing in Japanese on a web browser or microsoft word, for example.
Customer Rating:
Summary: ...
Comment: I haven't read this book, but one reviewer said that they incorrectly used "wo" for the particle commonly represented as "o"-- this is false; "wo" is the name of the particle; the w sound is merely softer than that in "wa".
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good for review if you have been cursed with JSL
Comment: For those of you with the extreme misfortune of having to use Eleanor Jorden's abysmal text (Jorden's Solipsistic Language), this book may save your grade. It contains all of the grammar covered in first year Japanese. Furthermore, all examples are given in hiragana/katakana/kanji, with a romanji and an English translation. In other words, although this is a grammar survey, it also provides you with the reading practice that you'll need in order to achieve any degree of fluidity in Japanese. Cover up the English and the romanji lines and see how much you can read. You won't get all of the kanji, but even reading everything around the kanji will help you, and the more you see kanji, the less strange they seem. You will pick some up just from the frequency with which they appear. As for the grammar explanations: they are both concise and self-sufficient, just what a beginner needs. Finally, the book provides answers to all exercises, an often neglected feature of texts written by egomaniacs such as Eleanor Jorden. Buy this book if you want a clear and straightforward Japanese grammar book that offers exercises and solutions, in addition to reading practice and an easy to use index and table of contents.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: only for intermediate learners
Comment: This is not for beginners, you should have completed a basic course/book before attempting this one.
If you are a complete beginner you will gain nothing from this book.
The structure of the book is this:
1. the grammar is explained in English and with romanization
2. followed by example sentences in script, romanization and English
3. after this comes exercises such as put the "wa" or "ga" in the correct place
4. review-exercises written ONLY in script and romanization
5. review-exercises where you translate from English into either romanization or script
So why is it not good for beginners ?:
1. There are no vocabulary listings in each chapter, so if you don't know any Japanese you can't tell what the romanized words actually mean
2. There are too many words in each chapter to make vocabulary memorization realistic: it is too time-consuming if you have to look up words all the time in your dictionary - this is supposed to be a grammar book, and not a vocabulary book
3. In many exercises no English translations are given at all! Just the script and romanization...again, if you know any Japanese beforehand...
This is a good book for intermediate learners who need some reference or revision-book.
But for beginner's this is a very poor choice.
If you are a beginner, I can recommend this book instead for you,Japanese Grammar (Barron's Grammar Series), which is written entirely in romanization and explains the grammar very clearly.
Customer Rating:
Summary: an excellent companion book for any Japanese learner
Comment: This book covers just about every important bit of the Japanese Grammar in a comprehensible manner.
Each part is given a short intro, explained shorly and clearly and then is given numerous example in all romaji, Japanese (Kana + Kanji) and its english translation in which the grammar part is bolded out to stress its influence on the sentence.
Then there are explanation and examples of common speech patterns in which the grammar part is used (and then followed by yet another numerous examples). There are also many exercises at the end of each section with answers at the end of the book.
The last part is probably the most important part. It covers many of the common patterns and addressing such as comparison, asking for premission, giving advice, ect.
I used this book through my studies from being an absolute beginner. Even now it serves as a great reference and review book since it organized in a way that you can easily find any speech patten you seek and view varius examples that will remind you what you had forgot.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Basic Grammar Guide
Comment: Technically, this is a cram guide for College students studying japanese for courses. But it makes an ideal companion for people living in Japan who are learning a lot of words through osmosis, but need a little help with the grammar to help them structure what they know and take their Japanese to a basic level.
I used this book to help me with my grammar within 6 months of arriving in Japan, and it helped me make the leap from being able to make single to triple word declarations in Japanese, to being able to speak in full sentences, and helped put me on the road to fluency. It shows you how to form basic sentences (for example comparisons "X is bigger than Y" etc) in a simple, straightforward manner. Since it's an outline of the most fundamental grammar, all of it is highly relevant and useful, with no filler.
One thing though- As useful as it is for beginners, since it only covers fundamental elementary grammar, good students will quickly outgrow it. Once finished with it I would recommend "A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar" by Seiichi Nakino and Michio Tsutsui, also available here on amazon.
By the way- the reviewer below is right about "Wo" not being a mistranslation. It's a standard, if confusing way to spell it. You need to
type "wo" to get that particle if you're typing in Japanese on a web browser or microsoft word, for example.
Customer Rating:
Summary: ...
Comment: I haven't read this book, but one reviewer said that they incorrectly used "wo" for the particle commonly represented as "o"-- this is false; "wo" is the name of the particle; the w sound is merely softer than that in "wa".
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good for review if you have been cursed with JSL
Comment: For those of you with the extreme misfortune of having to use Eleanor Jorden's abysmal text (Jorden's Solipsistic Language), this book may save your grade. It contains all of the grammar covered in first year Japanese. Furthermore, all examples are given in hiragana/katakana/kanji, with a romanji and an English translation. In other words, although this is a grammar survey, it also provides you with the reading practice that you'll need in order to achieve any degree of fluidity in Japanese. Cover up the English and the romanji lines and see how much you can read. You won't get all of the kanji, but even reading everything around the kanji will help you, and the more you see kanji, the less strange they seem. You will pick some up just from the frequency with which they appear. As for the grammar explanations: they are both concise and self-sufficient, just what a beginner needs. Finally, the book provides answers to all exercises, an often neglected feature of texts written by egomaniacs such as Eleanor Jorden. Buy this book if you want a clear and straightforward Japanese grammar book that offers exercises and solutions, in addition to reading practice and an easy to use index and table of contents.
Schaum's Outline of Japanese Grammar covers the sequential treatment of the essentials of Japanese grammar, from simpler concepts to more complex, makes learning and reviewing easy. - Concrete examples following coverage of grammar functions promote students, understanding of material
- Practice exercises use meaningful, practical contexts to develop students, mastery of grammatical elements
- Chapter-ending summary exercises let students practice all functions learned in each section
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