I've been skimming some language textbooks recently (Sa

>>9812716
>I'm now thinking it would be more profitable to study grammar in English before trying to learn a second language.

Well.... English doesn't have cases, and it barely has tense and person.

So yeah, brush up on grammatical terms and such, but be advised that case languages are simply harder to learn than other languages, especially Classical languages.

>>9812743
My problem is more that I'm not entirely sure what these concepts mean and what their place is in the overall structure of a language.

That's why I'm looking for recs for a good introduction to grammar or linguistics.

>>9812779
Here you go:

https://www.uop.edu.jo/download/research/members/oxford_guide_to_english_grammar.pdf

>>9812743
>Well.... English doesn't have cases, and it barely has tense and person.

It's amazing that people who have literally no idea what the fuck they're talking about are so quick to dole out their shit advice.

OP you don't need to make a formal study of grammar. The "grammar concepts" you mentioned are basic shit that you will pick up as you go into your target language.

>>9812743
>case languages are simply harder to learn than other languages, especially Classical languages
I actually really love case languages because words instantly click/parse into place as you read, hear or speak a sentence.

>>9812716
The main downside is that learning the cases is a very steep wall to climb if you go about it by plainly learning the inflexions and preposition by heart from a grammar book, which isn't something I recommend doing. Cases (or grammar in general) are supposed to make the meaning of sentences clearer, but all grammar books do is confuse you with a wall of rules which can never make instinctive sense to you. It's somewhat like learning fixed, preformatted expressions to use in situation X like how tourist guides work with their "Where is the hotel, please?"s and then all you know is how to ask for directions to a fucking hotel but you're completely lost when it comes to anything else. Do native speakers learn grammar lists by heart and look words up in their memorized tables like a computer when they speak to eachother?

If fluency is the goal then I'd recommend you either
1) use grammar lists as a reference or
2) build the grammars yourself as you learn the language and matching them to grammars that other people made (esp. in textbooks)