Need a guide for basic Japanese grammar

Could anyone suggest a good resource to learn Japanese grammar and sentence structure for someone who already has a basic grasp on vocabulary?

NomadicAspieさん、こんにちは。

私は、日本語をずっと使っていますが、文法のことはあまり正確には理解していません。最近、畠山雄二編『徹底比較日本語文法と英文法』(くろしお出版)を読み、英語と日本語の違いや共通しているところなどを理解し、母語と外国語とを比較することの重要性を再確認することができました。
http://www.gengosf.com/dir_x/modules/bmc/detail.php?book_id=129015&prev=search

日本語で書かれた日本語のテキストは本屋などでたくさんあると思うのですが、英語で書かれたものを探しているのでしょうか。また、日本語の習得が目的なのか、それとも、言語学的な関心から日本語を取り上げるのでしょうか。

Try Kim’s guide, the “Japanese guide” is more elementary, the “grammar guide” very comprehensive
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/

I can recommend the book “Japanese Grammar (Barron’s Grammar Series)”. In my opinion it’s one of the best sources, if you need a short overview and want to learn the basics.
https://www.amazon.de/Japanese-Grammar-3rd-Barrons-ebook/dp/B008DWVFO2/ref=dp_ob_title_def

Edit:
There is also a nice “Cheat Sheet” for “Basic Japanese Grammar”. You can download the PDF here:
http://cheatsheets.nihonshock.com/sheets/basic-japanese/

I would also recommend to use the Japanese dictionary app “imiwa?”, because it can recognise verbs even if they are not in their dictionary form. Furthermore you can import every text to analyse it and it will look up all(!) the words at once that you need to translate it. Pretty similar to LingQ, but much more effective. The separation is way better and the furigana are more reliable.

If you prefer watching videos to reading, I highly recommend to you to watch “Japanese Ammo with Misa” on YouTube. I think she is the best Japanese teacher on YouTube. Watching her videos have helped me to understand Japanese a whole lot better than just reading about the grammar rules in a book

Here’s a link to her YouTube channel.

I think one of her most helpful videos is probably this one where she compares は vs が.

That one video helped me out tremendously.

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