Essential Japanese: An Introduction to the Standard Colloquial LanguageEmphasizing sentence patterns as the key to attaining a basic control of Japanese, Essential Japanese is a comprehensive introduction to the modern colloquial language. Stressing mastery of the fundamentals, this is the text for the busy person wishing to learn Japanese in a reasonable amount of time. |
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Essential Japanese: An Introduction to the Standard Colloquial Language Samuel Elmo Martin No preview available - 1992 |
Common terms and phrases
accent adjective Amerika Anáta Anó hito arimasén arimásu áru asobi benkyō byōki consonant copula dáre dekimásu denwa deshita deshō désu desu ka dóko Dóno éiga éiga o mí Eigo Éki English exalted gakkō gerund góhan gozaimásu hanáshite hitó hón honorific íi desu ikimáshita ikimásu Íma imásu infinitive issho ítsu itta itte Japanese Jidósha Jírō kaban kara keredomo kírei kitá kodomo Kono Kore kotó kotó ga kudasai kúru máe Máinichi masén máshita másu meaning monó movie nái náka nán nána Náni náru Nihón Nihongo noun oide okane ōkíi Ōsaka oténki particle phrase plain imperfect sakana sampo sén Senséi sentence shigoto shimashita shimásu shimbun shita shite soko Sore sōtō stem súgu sukí desu sukóshi súnde suru syllable tabéru tábete talking Tanaka Tanaka-san Tárō tegami toki tokoro tomodachi tsumori uchi verb vowel Watakushi word yóku yónde yori
