A Guide To Japanese Grammar: A Japanese Approac... -

The guide has become a cornerstone of the self-study community, though it remains a point of debate among linguists. Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese Grammar - Migaku

: Unlike most curricula that start with the polite desu/masu forms, Kim starts with casual speech. He argues that polite forms are merely "modifications" of the more fundamental dictionary form. A Guide to Japanese Grammar: A Japanese approac...

The guide is designed to systematically build complex structures from simple, logical units. The guide has become a cornerstone of the

Tae Kim's primary thesis is that traditional Western textbooks—such as Genki—fail by trying to force Japanese into a European grammatical mold. A Guide to Japanese Grammar: A Japanese approac...

: Kim argues for learning grammar in an order that makes sense within the Japanese language itself, even if it makes the beginning harder.