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***This is a longer lesson exclusive to Patreons!***

Finally I made a new grammar lesson!
(やっと新しい文法のレッスンを作りました!)

This time we'll learn how to make a sentence like

"A is better / more ~ than B".

You'll use this construction:
"AのほうがBより <adj.>(です)".

Using this construction, you can make a sentence like "I prefer A to B" as well.

I've asked a few questions in the video so answer them in the comment :D
I'll correct your Japanese.


じゃあね☆


P.S. I realised I never uploaded a lesson on "たほうがいい" but

if you want to say "you should do ~", you want to put the past tense (informal) in front of ほうがいい.
For "you should NOT do ~", put the informal negation in front.

E.g.

予約したほうがいい。
yoyaku shita hou ga ii
= I / You should make a reservation.

休んだほうがいい。
yasunDA hou ga ii
= I / You should rest.

言わないほうがいい。
iwa-NAI hou ga ii
= I / You shouldn't say.

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#42 A is MORE / BETTER than B (comparison)┃JAPANESE GRAMMAR

**exclusive to Patreons!!** This time we'll learn how to compare things in Japanese. "A is more *adj.* than B" = AのほうがBより *adj.* "Which one is more *adj.*, A or B?" = AとBと どっちのほうが *adj.*?

Comments

Andre Prefontaine

Thanks for the lesson. I always learn something. レッスンを作ってくれてありがとう。いつもことを習います。 I've seen examples where a verb is used with ほうが (dropping the の). もっとゆっくり食べるほうがいい。 Why isn't the の used here to nominalize the verb or is this just really casual speech?

Nancy Wood

Could the verb in the example above have been tabeta instead of taberu? Then I believe the sentence could have read as giving the advice: "You should eat more slowly."

Japanese Ammo with Misa

Sorry I didn't notice this comment!! When you want to say "you should", you have to use the past tense with ほうがいい. (I did film this lesson but never uploaded! My fault!) So 食べたほうがいい is the correct way to say "You should eat more slowly".