Hey everyone,

I’ve been studying Japanese for almost 1.5 years now and I am currently trying to conquer N4.

I am not having ANY trouble with vocab and kanji, but the grammar is making me go absolutely crazy.

My current approach is literally just “working off” a list of N4 grammar on JLPT Sensei and checking off items I’ve already learned. I usually look at the rule definiton, the example sentences of JLPT Sensei and then make my own ones.

But I don’t really feel confident at all and I am not sure what I can do to try to make my grammar better. I already Bunpro before but that became more of a “sentence silhouette matching”, because I more so remembered the shape of the sentence instead of the actual grammar.

Any tips?

  • emb@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    I’m actively reading Satori Reader stories on my commute and also occasionally read NHK Easy news.

    These are really great! You should be in good shape if you keep practicing those. (Another thought: sometimes, try playing the audio and see if you can understand that way. Listening is a somewhat separate skill that’s hard to learn, and they’re good sources for that too.)

    The only videos I am able to fully understand are the videos by a YouTuber called Shun.

    Another one I’d recommend giving a shot is いろいろな日本語. I struggle with listening comprehension, but I found their videos approachable.