Japanese for Beginners

Höfundur: Sachiko Toyozato (Útgáfa: 2)
Japanese for Beginners

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Japanese for Beginners is a straightforward learning guide which enables beginners to pick up a functional knowledge of spoken Japanese very quickly and easily. This complete Japanese language package has helped many thousands of people learn to speak colloquial Japanese. It is designed for busy people who wish to pick up a working knowledge of Japanese on their own in just a few days, rather than a few years.

Japanese for Beginners makes this possible by providing a firm grounding in grammar and sentence structure using dialogues and vocabulary that reflect authentic Japanese situations and manga comic strips to emphasize contemporary culture and humor. Key features of Japanese for Beginners: Practical Japanese phrases help you converse with ease. Comic strips (Japanese manga) and dialogues bring Japanese to life.

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Útgefandi
Tuttle Publishing
ISBN
9781462918843
Print ISBN
9784805313671
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
2
Höfundar
Sachiko Toyozato
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2016-09-06
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100

Kaflar

  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • How to Use This Book
  • Symbols and Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1 : Sounding Japanese
  • Learning the Basic Japanese Syllables
  • The Japanese Writing System (Script)
  • From Syllables to Japanese Words
  • Vowels
  • Saying Double Consonant Sounds
  • Tips for Learning New Words and Sentences
  • Practice
  • Chapter 2 : Wow!
  • Express Your Emotions! Start with Interjections
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues
  • Formal and Informal Japanese: Understanding the Difference
  • Practice
  • Chapter 3 : Excuse Me, …?
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues
  • Using Hai
  • Practice
  • Chapter 4 : How Do You Do?
  • Dialogue
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogue
  • Practice
  • Expressing Relationships
  • MakingIntroductions
  • Practice
  • Chapter 5 : Help Me!
  • Comic
  • Learning from the Comic
  • Males and Females Say It Differently
  • Practice
  • Chapter 6 : What’s This? It’s a Cat: Using Da (“To Be”)
  • A Few Things to Know about Nouns
  • “Is It a Gift?”: Asking Questions with Nouns
  • Now, Let’s Try the Past Tense!
  • Quick Reference: Noun Tenses
  • Practice
  • Chapter 7 : Is This Bentō Mine?
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues
  • Practice
  • Who Uses Which? A Summary
  • Practice
  • Bentō
  • Chapter 8 : I’m Happy, You’re Happy: Using Da (“To Be”)
  • A Few Things to Know about Adjectival Nouns
  • “Is She Stubborn?” Asking Questions with Adjectival Nouns
  • Now, Let’s Try the Past Tense!
  • Quick Reference: Adjectival Noun Tenses
  • Practice
  • Chapter 9 : Is it Easy? Yes, It’s Easy!
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues
  • Practice
  • Ending with Da
  • Karaoke
  • Chapter 10 : Girls’ Talk
  • Dialogue
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogue
  • Chotto: A Word for Many Needs!
  • Practice
  • Chapter 11 : Grandpa Doesn’t Know, Either!
  • Comic
  • Learning from the Comic
  • Interjections vs. Particles
  • Practice
  • Chapter 12 : Cold? Noisy? Funny? Describing Things!
  • A Few Things to Know about Adjectives
  • “Is It Funny?” Asking Questions with Adjectives
  • Describing Things in the Past
  • Asking Questions in the Past Tense
  • Quick Reference: Adjective Tenses
  • Practice
  • Chapter 13 : How Funny Is It? More Describing
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues
  • Review: When Should You Use ga vs. wa?
  • Practice
  • Pachinko
  • Chapter 14 : Sorry, We Can’t Give a Refund
  • Dialogue
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogue
  • Yukata
  • Dragon Boats
  • Practice
  • Chapter 15 : I Need to Diet!
  • Comic
  • Learning from the Comic
  • Practice
  • Chapter 16 : Action! Making Things Happen, with Verbs
  • The First Step: Recognizing the Dictionary Form of a Verb
  • How to Change the Dictionary Form into the Negative (Nai) Form
  • How to Say “No”: Using the Negative Form Nai
  • How to Change the Dictionary Form into the Te Form
  • Practice
  • Chapter 17 : Do You Work? More about Verbs
  • A Few Things to Remember about Verbs
  • “Do You Work?” Asking Questions with Verbs
  • Now, Let’s Try the Past Tense!
  • Asking Your Questions in the Past Tense
  • Quick Reference: Verb Tenses
  • Practice
  • Chapter 18 : Can You Speak English? More Questions and Answers
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues
  • Practice
  • Bonsai
  • Chapter 19 : Show Me, Please: More about Verbs
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues
  • Practice
  • Inkan and Hanko
  • Chapter 20 : Husband and Wife Talk
  • Dialogue
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogue
  • Some Expressions Unique to Japanese
  • Bathrooms
  • Practice
  • Chapter 21 : Excuses
  • Comic
  • Learning from the Comic
  • Practice
  • Chapter 22 : Good, Better, Best: Making Comparisons
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues
  • Practice
  • Japanese or Western?
  • Chapter 23 : Choose the Best One
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues
  • Practice
  • Japanese Idioms
  • Set Meals
  • Chapter 24 : Clearance Sale
  • Dialogue
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogue .
  • Practice
  • Bargain Shopping
  • Learning Additional Meanings of Words
  • Math Terms in Japanese
  • Practice
  • Chapter 25 : Who Is the Best for Me?
  • Comic
  • Learning from the Comic
  • Quick Reference: The Imperative
  • Practice
  • Chapter 26 : Giving and Receiving
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues
  • Quick Reference: Using ageru, kureru, yaru and morau
  • Practice
  • Holidays
  • Relationships
  • Chapter 27 : I’ll Do It for You
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues
  • Practice
  • Quick Reference: Using ni
  • Practice
  • Oseibo and Ochūgen
  • Chapter 28 : Busy Students
  • Dialogue
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogue
  • Quick Reference: Using de
  • Practice
  • How to Specify “Which One”
  • Practice
  • Fields of Study
  • Practice
  • Chapter 29 : What’s Up?
  • Comic
  • Learning from the Comic
  • Practice
  • Chapter 30 : Pulling Your Thoughts Together
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues
  • How to Make Your Sentence Passive
  • Practice
  • Typhoons
  • Reversing Your Words
  • Quick Reference: Using the te form
  • Chapter 31 : More Ways to Pull Your Thoughts Together
  • Short Dialogues
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogues ..
  • Practice
  • Common Expressions
  • Chapter 32 : Eisā Festival
  • Dialogue
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogue
  • Practice
  • Eisā
  • Practice
  • Chapter 33 : The Great Tug-of-War
  • Learning from the Comic
  • Quick Reference: Counters
  • Practice
  • The Great Tug-of-War
  • Chapter 34 : On the Telephone: Is Midori There?
  • Dialogue: Midori-san wa irasshaimasu ka?
  • Dialogue : Konshū no Doyōbi aite inai?
  • Dialogue : Harajuku de gōkon suru n da kedo
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogue
  • Practice
  • How to set up meeting places in Japan
  • Gōkon
  • Hachikō
  • Chapter 35 : Social Media: Tanoshisō!♥(Looks Fun!)
  • Jōji’s Facebook Status Update
  • Joji’s Tweet, with Photo
  • Jōji’s Instagram Post
  • Vocabulary
  • Learning from the Dialogue
  • Practice
  • Restaurants in Japan
  • Tokyo Disney
  • Appendix A: Noun + Suru Reference
  • Appendix B: Table of Verb Conjugations
  • Exercise Answer Keys
  • Japanese-English Glossary
  • Index of Grammatical Notes