Is there ever a point where it teaches you sentences? - Feed Post by Ransidcheese
Is there ever a point where it teaches you sentences?
posted by Ransidcheese
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If you look at your profile picture you'll see my short answer to your question. :D
As the intro page says under a heading titled "What will you learn?", on this site you will learn the two Japanese syllabaries (hiragana and katakana), vocabulary, and kanji. It doesn't mention anything about grammar or sentences.
There are other sites which focus instead on teaching grammar and sentences. Japanese study sites usually specialise either on memorising kana/kanji/vocab or on teaching grammar, not often attempting to do a real job of both.
But who knows, maybe one day the site admin Beeant will have a shot at adding a splash of some grammar stuff. In the past (a long time ago) it has been talked about on here. But even if it does ever happen it would take a LOT of effort to manage to do a better job than the sites that focus solely on grammar. ^^
http://www.memrise.com has some Japanese courses that teach you how sentences are formed. The only one I have found so far is http://www.memrise.com/course/80119/learn-basic-japanese/
I also recommend this: http://www.memrise.com/course/92902/the-ultimate-kanji-course/
- Hey, nice site there! Currently giving it a try.
- Clozemaster is really good, but I wouldn't say that it "teaches you sentences". What it is good for is with practising sentence reading skill. For somewhere that teaches grammar and sentences you need to go elsewhere first.
- Yes, its quite good. Although, the translation of the sentences fro Japanese to English is correct leading me to make a lot of mistakes because I use the wrong Kanji. Also, there is no way to know whether the empty box wants a Kanji or just Hiragana/Katakana.
- I meant to say incorrect.
- @strawhat, Yeah, I've tried to use the "Text Input" answering mode, but it is almost completely unusable because of those issues. Stick to the "Multiple Choice" answering mode and it works fine. ^^
The sentences are from the Tatoeba corpus sentences database. I think JCJP's "Sentences" button in the Practice Encounter History uses the same database. It's used on a lot of sites and apps.
http://tatoeba.org/ - Well, if you uncheck the "Disable Translations" icon which is the first from the left you will only see the Japanese sentence. From there use your imagination I guess.
- It helps me with listening too!
