A Little Grammar

Are you among the folks who have no/faint idea of what's a verb, adjective, adverb, or preposition? If you find yourself often confused or even intimidated by them, then this post is just for you (and me of course). :)

While doing my studies of the Japanese language, I realised something important. My reasonably OK command of English came from constant reading and writing, which was built up through the years since young. If I'm to learn Japanese this way, it's going to take that long amount of time! :S

To learn a new language effectively, it is important to go through all the grammar fundamentals. First you have to expand your vocabulary of nouns, verbs and adjectives, then to preposition and conjunctions so that you can string them up together to build sentences. With enough practice, you will be able to construct whole paragraphs, and not to mention holding a reasonable conversation in that language.

This used to be so hard when I barely know what the words meant in English! In this post, I'm going to do myself (and all of you who have been suffering like me) a favour, to demystify some of the common language fundamental words! XD

Noun
A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea.

Pronoun
A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. You use pronouns like "he," "which," "none," and "you" to make your sentences less cumbersome and less repetitive.

Verb
A verb or compound verb asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being.

Adjective
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words.

Adverb
An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause. An adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as "how," "when," "where," "how much".

Preposition
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence.

Conjunction
You can use a conjunction to link words, phrases, and clauses.

For a whole list of topics, visit University of Ottawa's Writing Centre >> HyperGrammer. :)