Need advice on Japanese verb conjugation texts

[NateC512]

I have been scouring through Amazon.com and some of the local bookstores to check out different books for learning Japanese. I have found several great resources, including the Japanesepod101.com podcast. However, to this point I haven't found a good resource for Japanese verb conjugation.

I have also bookmarked several websites which have good information, but I am looking for something more in depth. For example, taking the verb taberu (to eat) and seeing a thorough conjugation of it. I don't know if there is a book like this, but hopefully someone here knows of something.

Just so you know I am a real newbie here and have just started learning Japanese (since Dec 2005) so you should take this into consideration.

Arigatou gozaimasu for all fo your help.

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[KrazyKat]

jim Breens WWWJDIC shows complete conjugations for each verb. seach for the verb then click on the v. also take a look at timwerx.net for an online 'verb textbook'

There's no point looking at the complete conjugations of verbs, just by a good textbook and work through the chapers in order. If you look through the past threads on this site there are hundreds of threads on textbook advice so ahve a look around.

[nice gaijin]

As I have told many beginners, the Japan Times Genki textbooks are great resources for just about everything, with the exception of kanji (and to some extent, useful vocabulary). This in mind, they are not merely resources for verb conjugation, they are full textbooks, and because of this the conjugation are spread through several volumes. One of my goals is to create a compilation of conjugation and grammar points into handouts; I already have samples for certain kinds of conjugation.

As a side note, you've made two posts four minutes apart, both mentioning this website. Not that I really care, but it smells like poorly veiled spam, like fresh manure with febreeze sprayed over it. It wouldn't stop me from offering some kind of help to you, but you might want to know that your posts seem more like you're affiliated with this site you keep mentioning than honestly looking for help. If this is not the case and you're just excited about finding a useful resource and wanted to share, my apologies. I hope I'm just being overly cynical. Of course, if you never respond to this post, we'll all know where you stand.

[NateC512]

Frankly, I have to deal with spammers in my job every day of the week and to imply that I am one hurts. (tongue in cheek). Honestly, spammers are a bane to all of Internet society.

As for japanesepod101.com - I am excited about them. They are a good group of people and they are helping many to get involved with learning Japanese. Sorry you feel cynical about such things. I too can be quite cynical about certain things myself so I do understand.

I will check out the recommendations mentioned in this thread. I am not fmailier with the Japan Times Genki textbooks, but will see if I can track some down.

Thanks for the leads.

[JimmySeal]

I think it would do you good to buy a textbook and start working your way through it. Of course everyone has their own recommendations. I think that Ultimate Japanese (Beginner-Intermediate) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0609802453/kanjibooks/102-1994321-8188134?%5Fencoding=UTF8&camp=1789&link%5Fcode=xm2) is a great book. That's the one that got me my start 7 years ago. If you want something more targeted at verbs there's also Japanese Verbs at a Glance (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/4770027656/kanjibooks/102-1994321-8188134?%5Fencoding=UTF8&camp=1789&link%5Fcode=xm2) by Naoko Chino which has all kinds of information about verbs. This is more of a reference book so it's a bit dry but it has example sentences for everything and the explanations are easy enough to understand. It's the kind of book that you can read from cover to cover if you have the patience. Good to keep around for when the index of your textbook just isn't cutting it.

Good luck.

[NateC512]

I already had Naoko's book in my Amazon wish list, but I will check out the Ultimate Japanese book you mentioned.

Being a newbie to Japanese I need all the help I can get, though I must be patient as well for this will not be an overnight thing.

Arigatou gozaimasu.

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