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EASY JAPANESE 2/E
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| By: |
James Seward |
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Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
007173614X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780071736145 |
| Publisher: |
MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION - EUROPE |
| Pub. date: |
13 September, 2010 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Language: |
English, Japanese |
| Description: |
Helps you learn Japanese in 16 easy-to-follow lessons. This book provides the basics you need to speak and write Japanese. Designed with the true beginner in mind, It offers full language explanations in English and focuses on essential Japanese for effective communication in everyday situations. |
| Synopsis: |
This book helps you learn Japanese in 16 easy-to-follow lessons. "Easy Japanese" provides all the basics you need to speak and write Japanese. Designed with the true beginner in mind, this book provides full language explanations in English and focuses on essential Japanese for effective communication in everyday situations. You'll find the lessons stimulating and effortless and organized into clearly defined sections for ease of use: useful everyday expressions; pattern sentences and how to use the grammar; cultural highlights and study recommendations. Once you get a bit comfortable, written Japanese - both kana and kanji - is introduced. You can put to use your new skills right from the start and allows you to progress at your own pace. It includes: 16 easy-to-follow lessons; cultural 'sidelights' and study recommendations; a free audio download from the first chapter (lesson); and the importance of good pronunciation.The topics include: The Importance of Good Pronunciation, Word Order, Particles Wa, Ga, Mo, Ka, Ne, and Yo, Singulars and Plurals, Desu and Arimasu, Yes and No, Nouns, Negatives of Desu and Arimasu, The ko, so, a, and do words, The uses of no, Names of nations, languages, and people, The two classes of adjectives, Kana, Conjugation of A Verbs, - masu, Periods of Time, Basic numbers, Desiderative -tai, Gerund + hoshii, 'and', Conjugation B verbs, Pronouns, Time, Irregular verbs, Adverbs, -nagara (while, although), Tsumori (intention), Kara, node, and naze ka to iu to (because), Noni, tame ni - In order to, and, Noni - Even though. It also includes: Tokoro - Place, time, et al, Dokoro ka - Quite the contrary, tari (-dari) suru - to do this and that, Ho ga ii...It is better to...,Numators, Passive Voice, The Causative and the Passive Causative, Kanji (the written characters), Particles, Conjunctions, To - meaning if or when or with, Phrases of location, Interjections, kata, yo, oku, miru, -te (-de) miru, yasui and -nikui, so desu, Koto, (conditional verb) to suru or to omou, kamo shiremasen, shidai, Must, Should, Commands, Instructions, and Requests, Permission, -ra suffixed to the plain past, The Comparative Degree, The Superlative Degree, and the same as..,Nara. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
McGraw-Hill Contemporary |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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