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(2023) ÈÇÓ×ÅÍÈÅ ßÇÛÊΠ| ßÇÛÊÈ ÂÎÑÒÎÊÀ | ßÏÎÍÑÊÈÉ III/392 |
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Languages Study | Languages of the East | Japanese III |
| Grammar I - 10.01 | Grammar L3 - 005 | Menu - Grammar |
| Comparison | |
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In Japanese, when making a comparison, the adjective keeps its original form.
There is no alteration, as in "great/greater." The comparison is expressed by adding something to the noun. |
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| ほう |
/side/ |
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hoo |
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| より | than, /comparing/ |
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yori |
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| AのほうがBより(property)。 | A is more (property) than B. |
| A-no hoo-ga B-yori (property), | |
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エルビス・プレスリー の ほうが フランク・シナトラ より かっこいい です。 |
Elvis Presley is more hip than Frank Sinatra. |
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Erubisu-Puresurii no hoo-ga |
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バーブラ・ストレイザンド の ほうが マドンナ より 歌が 上手 です。 |
Barbara Streisand is better singer than Madonna. |
| Baabura-Sutoreizando mo hoo-ga Madonna yori uta-ga joozu desu. |
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| You can ask for another person's opinion on two things in comparative terms: | |
| AとBと どっちの ほうが (property)。 | Between A and B, which is more (property)? |
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A-to B-to docchino/dotchino hoo-ga (property). |
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バス と でんしゃ と どっちの ほうが やすい です か。 |
Which is cheaper, going by bus or by train? |
| Basu to densha to docchi-no hoo-ga yasui desu ka? |
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When comparing three or more items, the degree qualifier いちばん - ichiban ("first number") is used. |
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| [(class of items) の中で] A が いちばん (property). | A is the most (property) [among (a class of items)] |
| (class of items) no naka-de, A-ga ichiban (property) | |
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やきそば と うどん と ごはん の なかで、 なにが いちばん すき です か。 |
Between yakisoba, udon, and rice, which do you like the best? |
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yakisoba to, udon to, gohan no naka-de, |
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| もちろん、ごはん が いちばん すき です 。 | Naturally, the rice is my favorite "number one". |
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mochiron, gohan ga ichiban suki desu. |
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When list of items presented, there is a
tendency to use dore (which?)/ |
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りんご と みかん と さくらんぼ の 中で、 どれ が いちばん 好き です か。 |
Which do you like best, apples, tangerines, or cherries? |
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ringo to, mikan to, sakuranbo no naka-de, |
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くだもの の 中で、 何が いちばん 好き です か。 |
What fruit do you like best? |
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kudamono no naka de, |