Re:Reverse Engineering the Japanese Sentence
by musicale on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @10:12PM
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> Yes, there are rules, and if you learn enough of them you can construct valid sentences by translating words from your native language and adding in the necessary syntactic filler, but you will not actually learn that language
You will learn the language's grammar, which can be very helpful in understanding sentences as well as creating sentences which are grammatically correct.
Once you learn adequate vocabulary as well as correct grammar and correct usage, you can make some pretty respectable sentences.
Re:Reverse Engineering the Japanese Sentence
by visarga on Thursday October 08, 2020 @12:52AM
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I believe in practice you learn how to speak by listening (input learning) and only use grammar in a post-facto fashion to check your phrases. So grammar is just a critic, not an artist.
You will learn the language's grammar, which can be very helpful in understanding sentences as well as creating sentences which are grammatically correct.
Once you learn adequate vocabulary as well as correct grammar and correct usage, you can make some pretty respectable sentences.