--- type: Classes title: 06/25/2025 - Japanese Class date: '2025-06-25' --- [06/16/2025 - Japanese Class](Classes/06162025%20-%20Japanese%20Class.md) 73845262073:000238 # Random Words 一昨日 - 2 days ago 慣れる - To get used to it 約束 - Promise 懸命 - Hard Work 外食 - Dining Out ぜひ - Sure. 飛行機 - Hikōki - Airplane 船 - ふね - Ship 韓国 - かんこく - Korea # Because || から から　＝　ので Before ので can be anything (polite or non-polite) and it'll be polite, because ので is polite お金がないから、友達からお金を借ります 仕事を遅くまでしたので、日本語を勉強しませんでした 彼女と約束したので、家に早く帰ります || Because of a promise with my girlfriend, I will be home early 仕事を遅くまでしたので、集会に遅れました || Because I worked late, I was late to the meeting 日本語がわかりませんから、一生懸命勉強します || I don't understand Japanese, so I'll study hard. 彼女がいますから、お金がありません || I have a girlfriend, so I don't have any money. 子供のために誕生日から、プレゼントを買いましたからお金がありません || I don't have any money because I bought a present for my child's birthday. # Rule for 百 ![image](Images/Media/image%20(18).png) [image](Images/image%20(18).md) See if you can find why these are, there's go to be some logic to it, right? - *Doubtful* - I looked it up. Its easier just to remember them. TL;DR Rendaku, easier to say # Comparisons -> **A + の方が + B + より + thing your comparing + が + the actual difference + です ​A + の方が + B + より +thing your comparing + です -> if clarification not needed ​If the context is clear, like answering a question, can just say A + の方が** **A's thing your comparing is {{difference}} then B's thing your comparing.** - See Examples 中国の方が日本より人口が多いです || China has a larger population than Japan 夏のほうが春より暑いです || Summer is hotter than spring 日本語のほうが英語より難しいです || Japanese is more difficult than English 山田さんの方が川田さんより制が高いす || Yamada-san is more skilled than Kawada-san. 新幹線のほうがバスより早いです || The Shinkansen is faster than the bus. 飛行機のほうが船より早いです || The plane is faster than the boat. これのほうがそれより重いです || This one is heavier than that 日本は韓国のほうがベトナムより近いです || Korea is closer to Japan than Vietnam is. ### Much/More -> ずっと ずっと -> Adverb -> Adds emphasis to whatever its modifying. Kind of like "more" or "much" or "a lot of...", etc. 日本は韓国のほうがベトナムより**ずっと**近いです || Korea is **much** closer to Japan than Vietnam is. 中国の人口の方が日本の人口より**ずっと**多いです || The population of China is **much** larger than that of Japan. 飛行機のほうが車よりずっと早いです || Planes are much faster than cars. FloridaからCaliforniaの方がNew Yorkよりちょっと遠いです || Florida is a little farther from California than New York. - He... doesn't know, right? *I... don't think so? You haven't told him right?* I don't think so? *I feel like he knows.* ### Asking Comparison **A+と, B+と, どちらの方が、ADJ+ですか？ -> A and B, which one is more ADJ?** **A+**も**, B+**も, ADJ + です。-> A and B both are ADJ タクシーと、電車と、どちらの方が、早いですか？ -> Taxi, and Train, which one faster? タクシーも、電車も同じです -> Taxi and Train, both same 87521766642:1130 4 classes owed for both Austin & I. 120rmb