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Japanese Grammar from Scratch: The Organic Structure Approach

A 90-lesson English-language grammar course that explains Japanese through one core sentence structure, the stem/helper system for verb and adjective forms, and the logic of particles. It starts with the basic sentence, tenses, verb groups and adjectives, then moves to conditionals, causatives, helper verbs and reading short native ghost-story passages. It suits self-learners who already have, or are separately learning, the kana, and who want to understand why the grammar works as it does. It does not teach hiragana or katakana.

93 lessons 20h 14m total Languages English Earns YodaCoins

Lessons by Organic Japanese with Cure Dolly on YouTube

Curated by YodaHut. These lessons are hosted on YouTube and produced by their original creators, who are not affiliated with YodaHut. You still earn YodaCoins, keep your streak and track progress here.

What You'll Learn

Break a Japanese sentence into its core structure and read topic/comment sentences with は, が and other particles
Form and use past, present and future tenses, negatives, te-form, potential, passive, causative and volitional forms through the stem/helper system
Tell transitive and intransitive verb pairs apart using pattern rules, and use verb groups and adjective types correctly
Choose between the と, ば, たら and なら conditionals, and between そうだ, らしい, みたい and ように
Use common helper and set expressions such as てみる, ておく, てしまう, ちゃう, あげる/くれる/もらう, ばかり, だけ and しか
Analyse longer native sentences, including a ghost-story reading series, by finding subjects, word order and dropped particles

Prerequisites

Ability to read hiragana and katakana, which the course does not teach
No prior grammar knowledge needed
Willingness to unlearn textbook terminology, since the creator argues against it

Course Curriculum

93 lessons · 20h 14m

About the Instructor

Organic Japanese with Cure Dolly

YouTube creator

93 lessons here 20h 14m

The lessons in this course were produced by Organic Japanese with Cure Dolly and are published on YouTube. YodaHut selected and sequenced them into this course; we did not make them, and Organic Japanese with Cure Dolly is not affiliated with YodaHut.

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