Questions tagged [comparison]
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How can I express that X is as big/small/fast/... as Y?
I would like to know how to express that something is equal in some aspect to another thing (or person, if that makes a difference), as you would express in English by saying:
X is as (adjective) as Y
for example: This car is as fast as that car.
It…
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よろしく as particle/adverb meaning ように？
Recently I came across an unfamiliar usage of よろしくnamely よろしくas an particle? adverb? Probably it means something like ～ように。I was told it gives the sentence an "ironic" nuance but I am not sure how to understand that and couldn't really find further…
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お＋Vます＋ください vs お＋Vます＋になってください
I was wondering if there is a slight nuance difference between these 2 honorific patterns. I 'll give an examle with 座る.
1)お座りください。
2) お座りになってください。(or as it is commonly encountered: お掛けになってください。)
To my understanding the 2nd example is just a tad…
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When to use としたら instead of たら for conditionals
When is it recommended to use としたら in place of simply たら? It seems that in many cases たら can serve the role of "if it you were..." so in what places do we need to use としたら? For…
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Comparison with ほうは rather than ほうが
Continuing my mission to understand how people can learn Japanese with Duolingo (I'm sure it's not possible) I was posed the following sentence:
My current apartment is more spacious than my previous place.
You are given pieces from which to…
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Using と as a comparison particle properly
From an IMABI tutorial on the と particle:
It appears the lesson is that the noun marked by と/に marks the "basis of comparison", or the thing which other things are being compared to.
Question: Shouldn't (31d) ("その父は息子と似ている") also be marked as…
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Comparing two items: How does 「...と...とどちらが」work?
I've seen the pattern 「...と...とどちらが」when comparing two items, but I'm unclear how it works. Here's an example: 肉と魚とどちらが好きですか。"Which do you prefer, meat or fish?"
I'm unclear what the second と after 魚 is doing. I know you can include a と after BOTH…
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Implicit comparison with ほど
Does Japanese have a way to do an implicit comparison using ほど or より? For instance,
Since they are cold, these cookies aren't as good.
Here, we don't specify as good as what? usual? other cookies? when they are warm?
冷たいのでクッキーのほうが良くない
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What is the tense agreement rule in comparative/subjunctive sentences?
Does tense of the verbs matter in the comparison part of the sentence? As I understand the main difference should come from the main verb/adjective.
Forexample, in the sentences that are equivalent to English constrictions It would be better... and…
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Comparison Japanese / Mandarin : postpositions
I saw a sentence that goes like this : 利用上の注意
In Chinese, we have similar constructions were a noun is followed by a postposition (although the exact syntactic category is debated), followed by a subordinator, followed by a noun : 爐子裡的煤球很多 lúzǐ lǐ…
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