Grammar and Sentence Structure

What this page covers

The resources here are about grammar in languages beyond the big European ones. Korean is especially well represented, but you will also find Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Irish, Hindi, Dutch, Afrikaans, Thai, Welsh and more. The material is made by GoConqr users, so the style varies from tidy summaries to quick class notes.

Where to start

If you are new to a language, begin with an overview. The Chinese Grammar mind map walks through S + V + O order, question words and negation with 不. The Japanese Verb Conjugation mind map sets out godan and ichidan verbs, with informal and formal forms, present and past. For Korean, the Korean Grammar Syllabus note lists beginner topics such as sentence structure, conjugation, connecting sentences and honorifics.

Then practise the details

1. Open a map to see the pattern as a whole.
2. Work through a flashcard deck on one point, such as Japanese Particles or Korean Grammar - Particles.
3. Take a quiz, such as Korean Grammar Basics or Basic Japanese Grammar Quiz, and note what you miss.
4. Go back to the map and fix those gaps.

The Afrikaans meervoude deck is a good example of focused drilling, with plural formation questions on words like ster and vis. The Word Formation in Serbian deck covers prefixation, suffixation and compound words.

Learning through lyrics

Several quizzes use song lyrics, such as EXO- Love Me Right Lyrics Quiz. They ask what a Korean word or phrase means and break it into parts. They suit learners who already know some vocabulary and want grammar in context.

Where this fits

This unit sits in the Grammar strand of Other languages (Catalan, Galician, Basque, Romanian, Asian...). Most resources are general or university level, with a smaller share at secondary level. Pick one language, try a quiz, then build your own maps and flashcards for the rules that trip you up.