A quick guide to Japanese conjugations: a small guide I wrote in an attempt to simplify Japanese grammar. Aimed for beginner/intermediate level.
Hi! Some time ago, I wrote a small guide to explain Japanese grammar -- initially for my friends, but later to some students I was teaching Japanese to as well. The guide is a response to what I feel are very assbackwards attempts to teach grammar in popular textbooks such as Genki, and is instead an alternative approach based on the perspective of the Japanese language itself. I remembered this thing lying around after I saw a thread here discussing grammar, and polished it up a bit in the hopes that some people will find it useful. It's reasonably short and pretty informal.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1B5UV35aKz3aXY0QV9ESmxsN2s/view?usp=sharing
My Japanese is by no means perfect -- I'm only N2 level, and I'm rather rusty now having not spoken it in some time -- so corrections are very welcome. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Posted Feb 21, 2016, 9:23 PM UTC