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> This site seems to make a big deal about not following standard terms for Japanese grammar, eg. calling 形容詞 "na-nouns" instead of "na-adjectives" and 形容動詞 "i-
by bdowling 6y ago
> This site seems to make a big deal about not following standard terms for Japanese grammar, eg. calling 形容詞 "na-nouns" instead of "na-adjectives" and 形容動詞 "i-verbs" instead of "i-adjectives".
The site is wrong. 形容詞 are the "i-adjectives" and 形容動詞 are the "na-adjectives". [0]
It's not a good indicator of quality that the authors mixed up the traditional grammatical terms on a site promoting an alternative grammar for Japanese learners.
[0] See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjectival_noun_(Japanese) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjectival_noun_(Japanese)
- sova 6y agoThank you good catch. Yes, they were flipped unfortunately.