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| A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Sentence Patterns / Naoko Chino : 4 of 5 | |
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7.17.2005
2:13 PM | Link |
 How's that for a gripping title? Even though this is more of a reference book, I actually did read through it cover to cover over the course of several weeks, just going over a few pages at a time. When I was taking Japanese classes, we would always learn new types of sentence patterns in the same way this book presents them, so it was really interesting to see the "entire" language broken down into fifty different patterns. For example, the most simple pattern would be "N1 wa N2 desu", but also covers the ones I always forget like "N1 no hou ga N2 yori Adj desu" (and many, many more complexities, of course). There are several examples for each pattern, using both formal and informal forms, which are also useful for picking up some new vocabulary. And speaking of vocabulary, there are excellent appendices with tons of verbs fully conjugated (even into forms I didn't know existed!), plus lots of conjugated adjectives, too. The book is nicely-sized for quick reference, and everything is printed in kana and romaji, as it should be. Having read the whole book, I can safely say that I've completely forgotten 90% of it, but I think this book will really come in handy when I need to look up some pattern that I can only vaguely remember.
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