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Quiz

  • Verb Masu-form + やすいです
  • Verb Masu-form + にくいです

Grammar Note

Let’s say it in Japanese!

😄 35. “Easy & Difficult”

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Which one is correct?

1. 
この でんわは (   )。

This phone is easy to use.

2. 
かれの じは (   )。

His handwriting is difficult to read.

3. 
(   ) ふくで きてください。

Please come in comfortable clothing to move.

4. 
とうふは はしで (   )。

It is difficult to eat tofu with chopsticks.

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Grammar Note

⚫️Verb Masu-form やすいです

meaning : easy to do

You feel something is easy and comfortable.

この かんじは おぼえやすいです
kono kanji [wa] oboe-yasui-desu.
( This Kanji is easy to remember. )

この かいしゃは ざんぎょうが ないし、はたらきやすいです
kono kaisha [wa] zangyō [ga] nai-shi, hataraki-yasui-desu.
( I don’t have to do overtime, so this company is easy to work. )
pattern
Verb ます -やすいです

のみます
nomi-masu

たべます
tabe-masu

します
shi-masu
のみやすいです
nomi-yasui-desu

たべやすいです
tabe-yasui-desu

しやすいです
shi-yasui-desu

⚫️ Verb Masu-form にくいです

meaning : difficult to do

You feel something is difficult and hard.

この せつめいは わかりにくいです
kono setsumei [wa] wakari-nikui-desu.
( This explanation is difficult to understand. )

とうきょうは すみにくいと おもいます。
tōkyō [wa] sumi-nikui [to] omoi-masu.
( I think it’s hard to live in Tokyo. )
pattern
Verb ます -にくいです

かきます
kaki-masu

みます
mi-masu

します
shi-masu
かきにくいです
kaki-nikui-desu

みにくいです
mi-nikui-desu

しにくいです
shi-nikui-desu
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Let’s say it in Japanese !

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Look at the English sentences and try to say them in Japanese. Click “answer” to check the correct sentence and practice with the audio.

These shoes are very comfortable to walk in.

answer
この くつは とても はきやすいです
kono kutsu [wa] totemo haki-yasui-desu.

This pen is hard to write.

answer
この ペンは かきにくいです
kono pen [wa] kaki-nikui-desu.

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