te aru / te oku http://homepage3.nif......on-e33.htm
The difference in the troublesome pair of tearu and teoku explained.
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TE Form http://www.as.ua.edu......_notes.htm
GREAT Te form explanation. Splendid. Simply brilliant.
て (Gerund) Form of Verbs
Why do verbs need to be in te form?
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The BEST Grammar Site http://www.guidetoja......rames.html
The problem with conventional textbooks is that they often have the following goals. They want readers to be able to use functional and polite Japanese as quickly as possible. They dont want to scare readers away with terrifying Japanese script and Chinese characters.
They want to teach you how to say English phrases in Japanese.
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Time Words Chart http://www.as.ua.edu......ewords.htm
All time words listed in an easy to see chart.
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Topic and Focus http://www.sf.airnet......focus.html
The topic and the focus are concepts commonly found in human languages. Topics are old information, which you have already talked about in a conversation. Focuses are new information, which is often the key of an answer to a question.
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Various Topics on Japanese http://www.honco.net/japanese/index.html
Some languages can be written in only 26 characters, while others require several thousand characters for everyday purposes. Languages of the first type are easy to automate; not so the latter.
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Verb Conjugation Chart http://www.as.ua.edu......gation.htm
"Direct style" is a term made up by an American linguist. It is a useful term to refer to when discussing grammar. Words (nouns, verbs or adjectives) in direct style are words in dictionary form or any conjugation other than masu forms. You can think of "direct" style as speaking without masu forms, which is
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Verbs http://www.sf.airnet....../verb.html
Japanese verbs are divided into two groups with different inflection styles. One group is called the Group I verbs, the -u verbs, the Godan verbs, the consonant verbs, and the strong verbs.
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WebLab's Links http://pweb.sophia.a......lab-j.html
Select an Option Conversation Dictionaries Grammar Kana And Kanji Listening Pronunciation Quizzes Reading
Various Skills Vocabulary Writing Resources
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Yamasa Online J-Class http://www.yamasa.or......index.html
Learn Japanese with the Online Center for Japanese Studies, Japan's leading distance learning JSL programs
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