jcl007 (02月12日, 13:09)
AnaKik (02月12日, 11:42)
Imo, for now you don’t need to overthink the types of verbs or adjectives, just focus on the words and their meanings, maybe just pick up -masu forms, but otherwise don’t worry, you’ll figure it out as you go.
By the way, with the conjugations, you don’t really need to know the verbs themselves(other than the exceptions like する and くる), since usually they all just follow the same pattern. And you don’t need to reach some milestone with the previous grammar to start a new grammar block, just as long as you have time and energy to actually read through that bit of theoretical part. Also if you still need more clarity on grammar, you can try videos of the lessons in the resource section. Oh, and if it’s the -te form you have issues with, try the -て form Miku song. It’s the only reason I know its conjugation🫡
And finally, it’s okay to switch between apps and to try other tools and games on renshuu to motivate you. Personally, having a second more gamified app and renshuu’s little crosswords and tools, like the ability to translate songs, all help me get motivated for the reviews here, so maybe it could work for you
I am seeing a trend in the thread not to focus too much on grammar until you learn vocab, but grammar has definitely been a part of my motivation. On the topic of verbs, it is less knowing what they mean, and more that I haven't even seen the verb. An example is a multiple choice question to fill in the blank from a sentence. It might give me something like "かえります、かえらます、かえします、or かえます'”. If I don't know the root word, how can I know what that is? I think in this case, you need to know it.
I think what would be ideal is that the schedule will not recommend the lesson until you know the vocab required for it, rather than requiring you to study the entire vocab schedule before starting on grammar.
That might require more vocab knowledge for that type of question. However, grammar is easier than that.
Without going into details of any particular grammar point, the thing is there are types of words which get classed into some categories. Mainly 2 of them. However, there are only a couple of words that would be an exception to that list of words, so you have that third option. But knowing those to watch out for, that isn't gonna be an issue once you know them. It's just 2, the others follow a particular pattern to figure out.
So with splitting the words in 2 main types, then the real work begins. This took me a while to figure it out until I saw a video where it then clicked for me. Once the logic of that was worked out, I can pretty much know how to conjugate any word without knowing what the word means. Basically, the clue is in the spelling of the word itself. Just give me the word, the tense, boom! It gets so easy, you'd forget there are words and they have meaning. That's how easy Japanese can be!
So, you can jump to any new grammar to learn, but do so if you're comfortable learning more. It only gets harder because of all the information to learn. If you learn that well after that, then it doesn't seem so hard anymore. Unless you forget things.
Might I suggest trying a typing style of quiz, rather than multiple-choice? You don't have to know the words, but autocorrect can usually spot what you're trying to type, which may help you spell it out while you choose the correct tense.
It might be a bit of a crutch, but if you pay attention, you can see the pattern. If you like, look it up in the dictionary too. Usually they'll have a list of the different forms, you'll be able to see that pattern. The dictionary would also tell you what type of word it is anyway in case you try it on your own.
