文法

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 文法, read ぶんぽう, and it combines 文, meaning sentence or writing, with 法, meaning rule or method.
• Basic usage: 文法 is grammar, the system of rules governing how words change form and combine into sentences.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A rule being learned and a standard for judging a sentence
  • Both examples use the form 文法. It can be a new grammatical pattern studied as a unit or the standard used to identify an error in a completed sentence.
• Creating examples and an understandable but incorrect sentence
  • 新しい文法を学んでから、例文を三つ作りました。 — After learning the new grammar, I made three example sentences.
  • この文は意味は通じますが、文法に誤りがあります。 — This sentence is understandable, but its grammar is incorrect.