Japanese from zero · N4 Lesson 17
Easy, hard, and what people want
〜やすい / 〜にくい / 〜づらい ・ 〜たがる ・ 〜がる / 〜がって いる ・ 〜がり
In this lesson, you will learn to say that something is easy or hard to do, to talk about what other people want and feel, and to describe someone who always feels cold or gets scared easily. On a cold Saturday at the Satos', Hiro would rather play games than do his homework.
By the end you will be able to say
この 漢字は 読みにくいです。This kanji is hard to read.
ひろくんの 説明は わかりやすいです。Hiro's explanations are easy to understand.
ひろくんは いつも ゲームを やりたがります。Hiro always wants to play games.
おばあちゃんが 寒がって います。Grandma seems to feel cold.
おばあちゃんは 寒がりです。Grandma always feels the cold.
The grammar in this lesson
- Easy to, hard to: 〜やすい / 〜にくい / 〜づらい — Add やすい (easy to) or にくい / づらい (hard to) to a verb's ます-stem to make an い-adjective.
- Someone else wants to: 〜たがる — For what another person wants to do, change たい to たがる.
- Shows a feeling: 〜がる (寒がって いる) — Add がる to a feeling word (寒い, 怖い, 欲しい) to say another person shows that feeling.
- A person who always feels it: 〜がり — 寒がり, 暑がり and 怖がり are nouns for someone who feels cold, hot or scared more easily than others.