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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811374603321

Autore

Martin Samuel E (Samuel Elmo), <1924-2009, >

Titolo

Easy Japanese : a direct learning approach for immediate communication / / Samuel E. Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo, Japan : , : Tuttle Publishing, , 2006

Singapore : , : Asia Pacific, , [date of distribution not identified]

©2006

ISBN

1-4629-1308-3

Edizione

[Fourth revised edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (455 p.)

Collana

Tuttle language library Easy Japanese

Disciplina

495.683421

Soggetti

Japanese language - Spoken Japanese

Japanese language - English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; PART 1 Say It With a Word-or Two; Lesson 1. Hello and Goodbye; Lesson 2. Excuse Me, Thank you, and Please; Lesson 3. Who?; Lesson 4. What?; Lesson 5. Have You Got Any?; Lesson 6. Where?; Lesson 7. Whose?; Lesson 8. When?; Lesson 9. How Much?; Lesson 10. How Many? How Old?; Lesson 11. How Many People?; Lesson 12. What Time?; Lesson 13. How Long?; PART 2 Add a Bit of Action; Lesson 14. Did You?; Lesson 15. Do You? Will you?; Lesson 16. Shall We? Let's; Lesson 17. What Kind?; Lesson 18. Is, Am, and Are; Lesson 19. What's Doing?; Lesson 20. Please Do!

PART 3 Sprinkle in a Few ParticlesLesson 21. Where From? Where To?; Lesson 22. Where Shall We Eat?; Lesson 23. Me Too;  Me Neither; Lesson 24. Who Does What?; Lesson 25. A Sentence Opener (wa); Lesson 26. What Did You Say?; Lesson 27. Is It or Isn't It?; Lesson 28. Can You? Probably; Lesson 29. Because and But; Lesson 30. How To Be Emphatic; PART 4 3000 Useful Japanese Words; PART 5 Writing Charts; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This is a carefully structured, practical book for learning colloquial spoken Japanese.Each lesson presents a few of the most common features of the language in sentences which are short, easy, and immediately useful.  The first thirteen lessons show you there is a lot



that can be said with just a word or two.  The later lessons introduce more variety and explain a few of the fine points.  The sentences reflect how the Japanese language is really spoken.  They are short but colloquial, abrupt but not rude.  Each lesson contains first a number a number of Japanese phrases followed by material f