There's no tense, no verb ending, no conjugation, zero of any of that stuff in Chinese...the difference is night and day. There is barely any grammar to learn. I finished the Chinese grammar in less than a week lol
A few examples from endless notebook on Japanese grammar notes I have from lessons
- Various て forms, which have their own complexity and nuance. Spent almost a year on this
- Volitional forms
- X-なければ, conditionals, should/shouldn't
- the "te-shimau" form
- くれる / あげる
- Conjugations for past tense for the 3 different verb categories...which were so hard to remember
- しか
- ばかり
- ように
- X-ところだ
- X-ほうが-Y
- Command forms, conjugations, etc.
A few examples from endless notebook on Japanese grammar notes I have from lessons - Various て forms, which have their own complexity and nuance. Spent almost a year on this - Volitional forms - X-なければ, conditionals, should/shouldn't - the "te-shimau" form - くれる / あげる - Conjugations for past tense for the 3 different verb categories...which were so hard to remember - しか - ばかり - ように - X-ところだ - X-ほうが-Y - Command forms, conjugations, etc.