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I read online that many teachers and textbook start to late with dictionary forms, and only learn the masu form. According to the almighty internet it can lead to bad habits later when you advance in japanese. Is this true? I just got to where we learn our first verbs in season 3, and wonder if it will ever be explained what is the difference between them and why you need to learn it. If textfugu don’t teach me this, should I learn it from another source then? If so, how and where?
Thanks for answers!TextFugu starts with the dictionary form in Season 5.3
There are some advantages to starting with the ます form. Every ます-form verb conjugates exactly the same way, and it’s a good level of politeness to use with people you’ve never met before, if you happen to find youself in Japan. Not really sure what bad habits it can really lead to, except maybe tending to be too polite when you speak with friends? Dunno.
What sort of bad habits could it lead to? As long as you learn dictionary form at some point, you should be fine, right?
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