Basic Japanese Grammar is a detailed book designed for the person learning or wishing to learn Japanese. The book is a very informative guide to Japanese grammar and contains all the grammar really needed fort speech and comprehension.The book includes information on basic Japanese, using nouns and pronouns in a sentence and progressive tenses. This book is a detailed guide to learning the language, and it gives you step by step instruction on learning it. Book is A5 size, 2005 reprint, black and white and 145 pages.

Contents Include:

• Introduction to the Japanese Language
• Notation
• Basic Japanese
• General Information
• *The Language of Courtesy (Introduction)

• The Indefinite, Inclusive, and Negative Word Ranges

• Introduction to Japanese Verbs
• Verb Conjunctions and the Basic Stem
• The Consant and U-Dropping Conjugation
• The Combining Stem and the Polite Forms
• The Present
• The Past
• The Participle
• Progressive Tenses
• The Probable Mood
• Commands
• Negative Verbs
• Verbs Conjugated with Suru
• The Verb "to be"
• Polite Equivalents of Desu
• Passive and Causative Verbs

• The Nature of the Japanese Adjective
• Adjective Forms
• Basic Stems
• Present Forms
• Past Forms
• Probable Mood
• Adverbial Forms
• Suspending Form
• Adjectives and Conditions
• Negative Adjectives
• Pseudo Adjectives
• Comparison of Adjectives

• Verb Constructions and Adjective Constructions
• Final and Medial Forms of Verbs and Adjectives
• Causes and Verb Forms
• Final Forms and Relative Clauses
• Nominalizations and Final Forms
• Special Verb Ideals and Idioms
• Wishing
• "If" Statements
• Liking
• "Can", "Could Be", "Be Able"
• "To Intend To"
• "Ever and Never"
• "To Have"
• Purpose
• Quoatations Direct and Inderect Discourse
• Shimau "to end by"
• "To Try"

• Honorific Verbs and Adjectives
• Honroific Nouns and Pronouns

• Classifiers
• Dates and Telling Time

• Possible Combinations and Sound Shifts