Tham khảo tài liệu 'barron's japanese grammar - part 1', ngoại ngữ, nhật - pháp - hoa- others phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Japanese Grammar Second Edition by Nobuo Akiyama Professorial Lecturer Japanese Language The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies The Johns Hopkins University and Carol Akiyama Language Training Consultant Washington . BARRON S BARRON S EDUCATIONAL SERIES INC. Copyright 2002 by Barron s Educational Series Inc. Previous edition copyright 1991 by Barron s Educational Series Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by photostat microfilm xerography or any other means or incorporated into any information retrieval system electronic or mechanical without the written permission of the copyright owner. All inquiries should be addressed to Barron s Educational Series Inc. 250 Wireless Boulevard Hauppauge New York 11788 http WWW. barronseduc. com International standard Book No. 0-7641-2061-1 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 2002018754 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Akiyama Nobuo. Japanese grammar by Nobuo Akiyama and Carol Akiyama. - 2nd ed. p. cm. Added . title Barron s Japanese grammar. Includes index. ISBN 0-7641-2061-1 alk. paper 1. Japanese language-Grammar. I. Title Barron s Japanese grammar. II. Akiyama Carol. III. Title. PL533 .A35 2002 82421 -dc21 2002018754 PRINTED IN CHINA 1 9 8 7 6 5 Contents Preface viii How to Use This Book X The Basics 1. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 1 What Are Vowels and Consonants 1 Vowels 1 Consonants 4 2. THE JAPANESE WRITING SYSTEM 6 Direction and Characters 6 Kanji 6 Hiragana and Katakana 7 Romaji 10 3. WORD ORDER 11 What Is a Sentence 11 The English Sentence 11 The Japanese Sentence 14 1 Subject-Object-Verb Sentences 14 2 Subject and Predicate 15 3 Incomplete Sentences 19 Parts of Speech 4. NOUNS 21 What Are Nouns 21 Gender 22 Articles 22 Number 23 Names 24 Titles 24 Politeness 25 .