{"id":295,"date":"2013-06-05T12:45:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T17:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/?page_id=295"},"modified":"2013-06-05T12:45:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T17:45:11","slug":"comparison-genki-i-chapter-10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/grammar-index\/genki-i-ii-grammar-index\/comparison-genki-i-chapter-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison ( Genki I Chapter 10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><strong>Comparison<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Japanese, when making a comparison, the adjective keeps its original form. There is no alteration, as in &#8220;great\/greater.&#8221; The comparison is expressed by adding something to the noun.<\/p>\n<p>A\u306e\u307b\u3046\u304cB\u3088\u308a(property)\u3002\u3000\u3000A is more (property) than B.<\/p>\n<p>\u30a8\u30eb\u30d3\u30b9\u30fb\u30d7\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30fc\u306e\u307b\u3046\u304c\u30d5\u30e9\u30f3\u30af\u30fb\u30b7\u30ca\u30c8\u30e9\u3088\u308a\u304b\u3063\u3053\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Elvis Presley is more hip than Frank Sinatra.<\/p>\n<p>You can ask for another person&#8217;s opinion on two things in comparitive terms:<\/p>\n<p>A\u3068B\u3068\u3069\u3063\u3061\u306e\u307b\u3046\u304c\u3000(property)\u3002\u3000\u3000Between A and B, which is more (property)?<\/p>\n<p>\u30d0\u30b9\u3068\u3067\u3093\u3057\u3083\u3068\u3069\u3063\u3061\u306e\u307b\u3046\u304c\u3084\u3059\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Which is cheaper, going by bus or by train?<\/p>\n<p>When comparing three or more items, the degree qualifier \u3044\u3061\u3070\u3093 is used.<\/p>\n<p>[(class of items) \u306e\u4e2d\u3067] A \u304c\u3044\u3061\u3070\u3093\u3000(property).<\/p>\n<p>A is the most (property) [among (a class of items)]<\/p>\n<p>\u3084\u304d\u305d\u3070\u3068\u3046\u3069\u3093\u3068\u3054\u306f\u3093\u306e\u306a\u304b\u3067\u3001\u306a\u306b\u304c\u3044\u3061\u3070\u3093\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059\u304b\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Between yakisoba, udon, and rice, which do you like the best?<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comparison In Japanese, when making a comparison, the adjective keeps its original form. There is no alteration, as in &#8220;great\/greater.&#8221; The comparison is expressed by adding something to the noun. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"parent":252,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-295","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}