A Guide To Japanese Grammar: A Japanese Approac... -

Tae Kim's primary thesis is that traditional Western textbooks—such as Genki—fail by trying to force Japanese into a European grammatical mold.

The guide is designed to systematically build complex structures from simple, logical units. A Guide to Japanese Grammar: A Japanese approac...

: Unlike most curricula that start with the polite desu/masu forms, Kim starts with casual speech. He argues that polite forms are merely "modifications" of the more fundamental dictionary form. Tae Kim's primary thesis is that traditional Western

Tae Kim's primary thesis is that traditional Western textbooks—such as Genki—fail by trying to force Japanese into a European grammatical mold.

The guide is designed to systematically build complex structures from simple, logical units.

: Unlike most curricula that start with the polite desu/masu forms, Kim starts with casual speech. He argues that polite forms are merely "modifications" of the more fundamental dictionary form.