On this page, you can learn how to compare people in your family in Japanese.
Key Sentence
First box: English, Second box: Romaji, Last box: Japanese writing and audio
| My younger brother is taller than me. |
| o to u to wa wa ta shi yo ri se ga ta ka i de su |
| 弟は私よりせが高いです。 |
One by one
- 弟（おとうと） → my younger brother
- は → no meaning
- 私 → me
- より → than
- せが高いです（せ・が・たか・い・です） → tall
Vocabulary
【Japanese Vocabulary】My family
What you learn: my mother, my father, my older sister, my older brother, my grandmother, my grandfather, my aunt, my uncle / Extension: Use 一番上の for the oldest and 一番下の for the youngest to describe people in your family. Put a counter for people after brothers or sisters if you want to talk about more than one brother or sister.
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2016.11.12
【Japanese Vocabulary: adjectives】to describe appearance
scary（こわい）cute（かわいい）cool（かっこいい）tall（せがたかい）short（せがひくい）beautiful（うつくしい）young（わかい）handsome（ハンサムな）ugly（ぶさいくな）
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Grammar
【Japanese grammar】A は B より adjective。= A is more adjective than B.
How do you compare things in Japanese? Can you change the following sentences to Japanese? You can do that once you learn the content on this page: Australia is bigger than Japan. I am taller than my mother. Cats are cuter than dogs. Planes are faster than bullet trains.
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2016.09.27
Review
Task 1: Change into Japanese.
- I am more cheerful than my younger sister.
- My mother is quieter than my father.
Task 2: Change into English.
- 母は私よりせがひくいです。
- 私は兄よりハンサムです。
Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.