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Does the Quartet Books have an integrated book reading series?
Does Quartet have an integrated book reading series like the Genki books had the Genki Readers series?
The Genki Readers series really helped me with my grammar and vocab more than the textbooks alone and helped me get a high score on my exams last May. As the Genki Readers focused on the grammar used in the assigned lessons.
If they don’t, which books do you recommend I read? (as I like to read the books in my spare time).
In elementary and throughout grade school my mom (an educator) would make me do these general workbooks based on my grade level in the summer when school was out. You know the kind.. that just kept you sharp in all subjects. Is there something similiar in Japanese?
Anyone have recommendations on improving speaking? Keen to specifically focus on this over the next 3 months and hopefully see some results (ideally looking for Tokyo specific recommendations rather than things I would be able to do if I were living elsewhere)
Currently somewhere between N4 and N3 levels on JLPT scale (so can’t have a normal conversation yet), which means going to a bar and “speaking to locals” is unlikely to be enjoyable for anyone. Paid options are OK, with a preference for evening or weekend type activities. Really appreciate your ideas or suggestions!
こいつで蹴り上げられたら金属だろうと 大きな穴があくはずだ。
I googled だろうと and found であろうと , is it this grammar rule [https://mainichi-nonbiri.com/grammar/n1-deare/](https://mainichi-nonbiri.com/grammar/n1-deare/) ?
I’m having trouble understanding the bolded section in the following section:
街が白人ばかりなのも、町並があまりにもヨーロッパに似ているのも、それなのに**くっきりと濃い、南米特有の悲しいほど青い空に**、ジャガランダの木が枝を伸ばしているのも、新鮮だった。
This came from a parallel text (so translated English on one page and the corresponding Japanese on the other), and after looking at the translation (“into an unmistakably South American sky, clear and deep and almost achingly blue.”), I can sort of see how the translation happened, but I had a quite a bit of trouble parsing this before I peeked.
Mainly I had trouble linking the four descriptors (くっきりと, 濃い, 南米特有の, and 悲しいほど青い) to 空. Does the way that this is written more or less force an interpretation similar to the translation’s reading? (What I mean is that the comma stops 濃い from being read as modifying 南米).
A related problem is that I don’t understand how くっきりと is associated with 空. I thought くっきりと was an adverb, so I was trying to figure out how it worked with 伸ばす (lol). Is there just an omitted verb after 空 or something? I don’t really get how it would work otherwise…
Any advice on how my 13 year old should start learning? Best apps, websites, youtube, tips? She is just starting out. Thank you!