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06-24-2008, 02:25 AM

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sorry im just learning Japanese too and i think that you should Google it that is what i do.>^_^<
Google and free translations online are very very very inaccurate. I wouldn't recommend it if you are trying to be serious about learning the written language.

Why? Because they take short cuts and it's a computer generating what YOU wan't to hear. The computer doesn't know any better so it's guessing what you mean within your sentence structure..

So unless you wrote and spoke flawless textbook english...to the tee...I would definitely NOT use google cause you might end up with a broken sentence structure and get laughed at.
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06-24-2008, 02:41 AM

Yeah, I have the Japan Times grammar books. VERY detailed and useful. I also found one that's really good for quick reference, どんな時どう使う、日本語表現文型辞典(ひょうげん) (ぶんけい)(じてん). Nowhere near as detailed however.
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