DISQUS

Tofugu Comments: Advanced Japanese II: “At the Same Time” Grammar

  • Chris · 2 years ago
    You're working towards Level 1? Wow, best of luck! Are you doing it this year? How did you do on Level 2 and do you have any tips for me as I'm working towards it this year?
  • koichi · 2 years ago
    wait, you don't have to go for level two before going to level one do you? that would be lame.

    as per suggestions: Everyone (I hear) has problems with kanji. If you study lots and lots of kanji, you'll be okay. Basically, if you can't read, you can't pass :) If you only have time to study one thing, study kanji, and then make up the grammar as you go.
  • Zane · 2 years ago
    Hehe, i've only just started to learn japanese, but anywho, good luck on your level 1 exam koichi, I hope it goes well.
  • Ken · 2 years ago
    Hey~ this is a far more basic grammar point to be sure, but where does ながら as in 日本語を勉強しながら、働いています fit in to all of the above?
  • koichi · 2 years ago
    Yeah, it does. I was thinking of including it, but like you said, it's a really common/basic grammar point, so I decided to leave it out.
  • Onimusha Nosferatu · 2 years ago
    ah level 1! i think currently i could pass level 3 if i studied a lot, but after this semester/year it should be a breeze. i hope i can pass level 2 or 1 within 2 years so i can increase my chances of being accepted into this program. 法の勉強のかたわら why doesn't 'study" need a verb? i've never seen it w/o suru or yaru attached to it.
  • Kirby · 2 years ago
    Woah... Japanese has levels? They should make a video game out of that. It'd be lulz.

    Check out what I'm talking about with Wallstreet Kid (NES)
    The objective of this game is to play the stocks! Yeah! Fun in the sunlit room... while doing work!
  • Daniel · 2 years ago
    Ima Nanji Desu Ka?


    .....


    San ji desu :)
  • Chris · 2 years ago
    No, you can skip straight to Level 1 if you want. Well, tell us how you go!
  • Nozomi · 2 years ago
    Do you remember me?

    By the way, those are good explanations,
    I have never heard かたがた used though.
    You may know more japanese words than me XD
  • Erin · 2 years ago
    Onimusha Nosferatu:

    勉強 is often treated like a noun, actually.
  • Onimusha Nosferatu · 2 years ago
    yea, i know it's a noun, but to mean the verb in english you usually have to attach a verb to it. if you're nominalizing usually no or koto is added to the verb. i'm confused as to why you can just use the noun here. btw, kanji is spelt wrong.
  • 巧 · 2 years ago
    aw man... i thought i could just use "nagara"...
  • Gaijin · 2 years ago
    Since I hadn't heard of some of these forms until now, this worked as a reminder for me that haven't been practising grammar enough … Thanks for the useful information!

    I was planning on taking ２級 in 2009, but since I seem to manage learning all 常用漢字 until mid-2008, I might as well aim straight for １級 …
    Then again, I'm not really in a rush or anything … since I'm only 15.
  • aliene · 2 years ago
    Good luck on lvl 1! I'm just going to be lazy and try lvl 2 this year; might as well since I'll have to wait 1 more year if I don't try it anyways =x
  • Loretta / 毛虫 · 2 years ago
    Um, dude! the whole, がてら　Thing? I used it in a formal thesis paper about...my life...lol and during a conference with my professor she was like: um...where did you hear this? Its more used in speaking; its not appropriate for writing. Now, maybe this only so in her homeland of OSAKA, but you never know ;).
  • rotobiajin · 2 years ago
    What the hell!? :D
    I'm starting to wonder ...perhaps I should get a certificate for my Brazilian Portuguese too... after mastering it to a certain level of course and one for my Spanish and Russian too... "wapanese" surely are putting back "enthusiasm" and "dedication" back in to "language learning"
  • buririn · 2 years ago
    いろいろな文法ＮＯＴＥＳ教えてくれてありがとうございました。♪♪
    「ついでに」、「かたわら」、「一方で」のＮＯＴＥＳ習ったよ。（＾＾）ｐ
    あたしのＳｔｙｌｉｎ’なダチと話そうと思います！（笑）♪
    このブログ気に入ってのでよくＣＨＥＣＫつもりです。　コレからよろしくね～！☆★（／＾。＾）／
  • Tyler · 2 years ago
    what's up with the picture? it has absolutely nothing to do woth grammar
  • Erin · 2 years ago
    Tyler:

    Yeah... but it does have something to do with time, right?