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Reply #1 - 2012 March 15, 10:31 pm
turvy Banned
From: Japan Registered: 2012-01-27 Posts: 430

What's the difference between volumes I, II and III?. Are they different parts of a whole series that covers everything from basic to advanced Japanese grammar (like you would expect from the titles) or are they just different editions each volume covering everything from the previous one?.

Last edited by turvy (2012 April 24, 8:20 am)

Reply #2 - 2012 March 15, 10:36 pm
yudantaiteki Member
Registered: 2009-10-03 Posts: 3619

They're separate books that do not duplicate entries.

Reply #3 - 2012 March 15, 11:00 pm
HonyakuJoshua Member
From: The Unique City of Liverpool Registered: 2011-06-03 Posts: 617 Website

@Turvy I would recommend you get beginners and intermediate and study them. I would then reccomend mastering the anki for both books and then mastering the 8547 Anki deck. I would then go to reading everything you can.  I am not going to post any more patents on here until my Japanese grammar is any way near where I want it.

Pages 612-618 of Makino and Tsutsui's a dictionary of basic Japanese grammar and pages 55-77 of the intermediate are the best grammar explanations I have ever read and I can legally send them you if you want.

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Reply #4 - 2012 March 15, 11:52 pm
SomeCallMeChris Member
From: Massachusetts USA Registered: 2011-08-01 Posts: 787

Or you can use the dictionaries as... dictionaries... to look up grammar points in connection to the material you're reading and get a deeper understanding.

Reply #5 - 2012 March 16, 5:58 am
Zgarbas Watchman
From: 名古屋 Registered: 2011-10-09 Posts: 1210 Website

They do have a few duplicates per se, but mainly because vol I covers basic usage of it, vol II intermediate usage and vol III advanced usage. No need to throw a gazillion uses at a beginner and all.

Reply #6 - 2012 December 09, 6:19 pm
Betelgeuzah Member
From: finland Registered: 2011-03-26 Posts: 464

Sorry for the bump.

I was wondering if there is an Anki deck somewhere for the DoIJG grammar points as there is one for the Basic entry? It's been a great help for me to review the grammar while going through the sentence deck.

Last edited by Betelgeuzah (2012 December 09, 6:19 pm)

Reply #7 - 2012 December 11, 10:30 pm
Zgarbas Watchman
From: 名古屋 Registered: 2011-10-09 Posts: 1210 Website

There is smile. It's called "8547 Japanese Sentences - from the 日本語文法辞典"

Reply #8 - 2013 April 05, 9:03 am
sherlock Member
Registered: 2013-03-29 Posts: 55 Website

Downloaded it now. Oh wow, this deck is heaven sent! Thank you!

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