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Japanese for all occasions : Mastering speech styles from casual to honorific

Kamiya, Taeko2010
Book
This book explains how Japanese conversation is carried out in different social settings, with attention to the speech styles used. It comes complete with audio for all the example sentences and dialogues, making it an ideal resource not only for understanding grammar but also for honing one's listening skills. -- Back cover.
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
Tokyo ; New york : Kodansha international, 2010.
Collation:
197 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. + 1 sound disc (CD).
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Text in English and Japanese.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I BASIC FORMATION -- Personal Pronouns -- Names -- Honorific Prefixes -- Copulas (Be-Verbs) -- Adjectives -- Verbs -- Male and Female Speech -- pt. II CONVERSATION -- Lesson 1 Introducing People -- Lesson 2 Identifying Things -- Lesson 3 Asking When -- Lesson 4 Asking Where -- Lesson 5 Describing States -- Lesson 6 Making Comparisons -- Lesson 7 Describing Actions in the Present, Future, and Past -- Lesson 8 Describing Ongoing and Completed Actions -- Lesson 9 Stating Reasons -- Lesson 10 Inviting, Suggesting, and Advising -- Lesson 11 Making Requests -- Lesson 12 Expressing Ability -- Lesson 13 Expressing Desire -- Lesson 14 Indicating Intentions and Decisions -- Lesson 15 Asking Permission -- Lesson 16 Relating Personal Experience -- Lesson 17 Conjecturing -- Lesson 18 Describing the Actions of Giving and Receiving -- Lesson 19 Using Passive, Causative, and Causative-Passive Forms -- APPENDIXES -- A.Answers to the Practice Questions --Contents note continued: B.Verb Conjugation Chart -- C.Adjective Inflection Chart.
ISBN:
9784770031518 (paperback)4770031513 (paperback)
Dewey class:
495.683421
LC class:
PL539
Language:
English
BRN:
73692
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