I am learning Japanese (I moved to Japan with my family just a week ago) and I need to get at least like N4 or N5 before 12th of April. And I was wondering if using です too much sound bad or grammatically incorrect?
no, it’s the most standard and appropriate way of speaking in the majority of situations in daily life. While I understand nobody expects non-native speakers to be perfect (so you could get away with speaking more casually), basic です・ます speech is important to learn and use every day when you’re interacting with people you don’t know, at work, school, whatever.
It’s not grammatically incorrect either
At the beginning stages a lot will end in です because that’s how you know how to end a sentence with a noun or adjective.
です・ます form is usually taught first because it’s immediately useful for baseline politeness, like using “vous” in a sentence in French.
It’s Important to learn basic polite ish sentence structure first. As you progress you will learn more formal and polite ways of ending sentences. You’ll be fine as long as you are putting in the effort to learn. People understand Japanese isn’t the easiest to learn and will usually be accommodating.
Not if you’re using it correctly.
>I need to get at least like N4 or N5 before 12th of April
You want to reach N4 or N5 in just a week of studying? Lol
Not sure if you just want to get to the N4/N5 level or actually getting the certificate from the actual official test. The test is only given twice a year (July/December) and you don’t get the result until a bit later.
it takes way more than a week of studying to even go up to n5, why do you need to reach that goal in this amount of time? what amount of studying have you done before this?
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no, it’s the most standard and appropriate way of speaking in the majority of situations in daily life. While I understand nobody expects non-native speakers to be perfect (so you could get away with speaking more casually), basic です・ます speech is important to learn and use every day when you’re interacting with people you don’t know, at work, school, whatever.
It’s not grammatically incorrect either
At the beginning stages a lot will end in です because that’s how you know how to end a sentence with a noun or adjective.
です・ます form is usually taught first because it’s immediately useful for baseline politeness, like using “vous” in a sentence in French.
It’s Important to learn basic polite ish sentence structure first. As you progress you will learn more formal and polite ways of ending sentences.
You’ll be fine as long as you are putting in the effort to learn.
People understand Japanese isn’t the easiest to learn and will usually be accommodating.
Not if you’re using it correctly.
>I need to get at least like N4 or N5 before 12th of April
You want to reach N4 or N5 in just a week of studying? Lol
Not sure if you just want to get to the N4/N5 level or actually getting the certificate from the actual official test. The test is only given twice a year (July/December) and you don’t get the result until a bit later.
it takes way more than a week of studying to even go up to n5, why do you need to reach that goal in this amount of time? what amount of studying have you done before this?