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It may sound silly but the For Dummies books for french are actually really helpful! Also, the Practice Make Perfect: Complete French collection (all-in-one, grammar, verbs) are great too. Both of the collections can also be found online in ePub & PDF form for free!
And I also second Lawless French. Tex’s French Grammar is one I used a lot in college as well.
I always recommend <em>The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice.</em> It has clear, concise explanations and lots of practice activities with answers in the back of the book.
This website from Bowdoin College in Maine is also remarkably comprehensive though compact.
Disregard what the people here are saying. You absolutely can swear in Japanese. Check out this book if you want to see the examples.
I’ve also used this book. It might be more accessible to you (it has exercises, vocab, etc.). https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Spanish-Review-Practice-4th/dp/1260452395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3431BP8U7SE5V&keywords=ultimate+spanish+grammar+practice&qid=1669248448&sprefix=ultimate+spanish+grammar+practice%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1
I can't find a list of textbooks they use in high schools in the US, maybe I don't know what to search for, but I found a good book on amazon with explanations in English. Try to have a look for this book: https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Makes-Perfect-All-One/dp/1260121038/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BDWD656QXQZD&keywords=practice+makes+perfect+french&qid=1649156748&sprefix=practice+makes+%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1
Apparently it's not for beginners, but from the pictures people posted it seems like a good book. This is probably the book I would choose if I was learning French from English and had some basics already.
I think this particular book would be too difficult for N5-N4, but there is this collection of parallel short stories for beginners:
"Japanese Short Stories for Beginners: 20 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Japanese & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way!" https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1951949226/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_i_DS97YJCN51HM12NX5FS3
It presents you the full story in Japanese first, then breaks it down paragraph by paragraph with the English translation. It looks pretty awesome and it's made for beginners.
It's well rated and looks awesome. Enjoy!!
Hi! Yes there is this book which is well rated for beginners:
"Japanese Short Stories for Beginners: 20 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Japanese & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way!" https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1951949226/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_i_DS97YJCN51HM12NX5FS3
It presents you the full story in Japanese first, then breaks it down paragraph by paragraph with the English translation. It looks pretty awesome and it's made for beginners.
Alongside parallel texts, there are also graded readers, which are books made for a specific level (like N5-N4). They're in Japanese only, but they are written specifically for beginners to be able to understand. And the level goes up appropriately with each story.
https://omgjapan.com/products/japanese-graded-readers-level-1-vol-1
Whether you prefer Japanese-English parallel text or a graded reader, there's something for you! Enjoy!!
I recommend <em>The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice.</em> Clear explanations and tons of practice activities, with answers at the back of the book.
Same feeling, one girl in a few of my classes was a major anime head, and came to class dressed as a cat girl n all that shit. She even had a little pocket dictionary, but it was called Dirty Japanese and she was weirdly proud of having it and showing it off (and using it -_-) in class.
And to top it all off! One semester we were supposed to make a little sketch/video project for our final. And she strong armed her group into making their project about someone swapping their japanese textbooks for...sigh...H*ntai manga..... This was something that was watched by not only our native from Japan professor, but the entire class. I've never heard a room go so silent in my life.
There are lots of ressources to learn French in Quebec. I suggest Radio-Canada you can get a subscription and watch all the French series with French subtitles. Complete French all in one PDF to practice the grammar here If you have a few months to kill, sign up to francisation course, with 20 hours a week of French which is basically free for Canadians, you’ll get there. So, read books, watch shows with French subs, study ALL of the grammar, and if you can do francisation! With effort and discipline you can get there!
I always recommend Gordon & Stillman's <em>The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice</em>. It has clear and concise explanations of all the grammar topics you mentioned. Each section has lots of exercises, with the answers in the back of the book.
This one is pretty good to learn the language:
https://www.amazon.com/Aramaic-English-English-Modern-Aramaic-Dictionary-Phrasebook/dp/0781810876
As for literature, I honestly have no idea. I don't think much exists today. I assume most contributions to literature were done in the language of whatever country they were living in.
Technically the Epic of Gilgamesh was preserved by Ashurbanipal who was an Assyrian king but I would consider that Babylonian.
I just received this and my French boyfriend skimmed through it and said it seems to be comprehensive. I've been working my way through it and, as a complete beginner, it's quite helpful so far.
The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice
Good explanations, tons of exercises, answers in the back of the book. This new edition has an app with audio features.
This website doesn't cover all of Spanish grammar, but it does hit on a lot of topics and does them well.
If you are open to purchasing a printed book, <em>The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice</em> has tons of exercises with answers, and is not expensive.
>So you’re insistent on humiliating yourself by claiming that someone calling someone else who goes around calling people “triggered” an edgelord is a schoolboy taunt.
So you're insistent on humiliating yourself by attempting to futilely argue that edgelord isn't a schoolboy taunt.
This must be really fucking embarrassing. But I'm sure you're used to taking logically indefensible positions, given your political leanings.
I don't agree with OP's use of the word "triggered," and I do happen to think that he's an edgelord, but I also take issue with the other guy being a hypocrite and calling someone out for using a schoolboy taunt when he did the exact same thing.
Regardless of why the guy was calling OP an edgelord, the word still counts as a taunt.
Seriously, I can recommend you some elementary school grammar books on Amazon, if you want. I think they'll help you quite a bit.
If you go to Amazon and click on the cover, you can get an idea if this is what you're looking for or not. I'd say it is for beginners who understand the basics and how the language works. Basically it's for the students that are looking for their first proper reading material in Spanish. https://www.amazon.com/Spanish-Short-Stories-Beginners-Captivating-ebook/dp/B078WRXYM7/
This short one is pretty handy: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486204197/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have a really hard time with Duolingo. The randomness makes it feel like I’m not really learning anything, and I can’t just shoot ahead and learn what I want to. I’d rather pick up a grammar book, use language exchange apps, and then a combination of YouTube and other digital resources than use Duolingo.
If you’re looking for a decent Spanish grammar book that’s very cost effective and designed for self-paced learners, check out The Ultimate Grammar Review and Practice on Amazon.
For reading/writing, I HIGHLY recommend The Arabic Alphabet how to read and write it -- It's not that many words but if you do a few letters a day and write every word like a schoolbook, you'll get much faster at reading.
I used this book in preparation for Arabic at my university: https://www.amazon.com/Arabic-Alphabet-How-Read-Write/dp/0818404302
I ended up in Persian due to Arabic being full, still loving it though. Going through that book helped a ton. Also use the internet and practice writing out each form of the letter.
I bought this a while ago. I'm surprised that some of the words I use are actually western (I speak mostly eastern)
http://www.amazon.com/Aramaic-English-English-Modern-Aramaic-Dictionary-Phrasebook/dp/0781810876
Me too! Well, okay, I've only looked at the script and read a book on it (I've used this one which seems pretty good!) and not had the discipline to actually, you know, practice. So it's my own fault. It's just so daunting! I might take a beginner class just to get a little structure to my learning.
Granted, it doesn't feature a cute anime girl, but to be fair everything in Japan features a cute anime girl.
I can only recommend this book. It covers pretty much everything from getting into a street fight to telling a bar girl that you'll be gentle with her. (I don't have the "revised edition", but the original is pretty awesome)