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Originally Posted by Harue Izo  It might be a silly question, but is it important to learn what is what?
Example: what is adjectve, adverb or direct and indirect speech, etc...
Should I learn it? Whould it make me speak better english? If yes, why?
I know I make mistakes when I write or speak, but I also know thats because I dont practice enough. But the fact is that I want to improve.
Give me a hand.
Thank you. |
It is extremely important when speaking or writing good English to know the "parts of speech" (adjective, adverb, verb, noun, preposition, article, etc.). Also difficult for a Japanese speaker to learn is when to use the articles "the, a, an" since Japanese does not have these. Also important is the use of the apostrophe ', since Japanese uses the word "no" to indicate possessive nouns. It must be very hard for you to learn proper English, as it would be impossible for me to learn proper Japanese.
In you sentence above, the word "thats" should read "that's" indicating a contraction of "that is". The word "dont" should be "don't", meaning "do not". Another example, "the girl's" could mean two things in English - either an adjectival phrase for something the girl owns, as in "the girl's book", or it could mean "the girl is", as in "the girl's going to Tokyo." If you just say "the girls" without the apostrophe, it means more than one girl, a plural noun.
Most adverbs in English end in -ly, but not all. The word "real" is an adjective, and "really" is an adverb.
It would be impossible here to give you a comprehensive course in English! But you wrote your question very well!
By the way, English should start with a capital E.
If you want to practice your English, please correspond with me. I spent a year in Japan long ago, and I know a little about your grammar.