In today's article we will learn how to express the ease of performing a certain action. For this we use the adjective やすい/易い (yasui) after the verb. See the example:
ひらがなは読みやすいです。
Hiragana wa yomi yasuidesu.
Hiragana is easy to read.
As with most verb conjugations, you should drop the end of the verb (ます or _う) and add やすい to express that this action is easy.
You can also say that an action is difficult by using the word にくい (nikui) when the action is objective and づらい (dzurai) when the action is subjective.
Here are some other example sentences:
この教科書はわかりにくい
Kono kyōkasho wa wakari nikui
This book is difficult to understand.
この携帯は使いやすい
Kono keitai wa tsukai yasui
This phone is easy to use.
彼女は話しやすい
Kanojo wa hanashi yasui
She is easy to talk to.
読みやすい本
Yomi yasui hon
Easy to read book.
もっとわかりやすく教えて下さい。
Motto wakari yasuku oshiete kudasai.
Please teach us more clearly.
Video lesson
To finish the article, we will leave a video explanatory class of our sensei Luiz Rafael, along with the sentences below the video for you to study and add your own memorization tool like anki.
この教科書はわかりやすい。
Kono kyōkasho wa wakari yasui.
This teaching material is easy to understand.
この：this
教科書（きょうかしょ）：didactic material
わかる：understand, comprehend
やすい：easy
文庫本は小さくて持ちやすい。
Bunkobon wa chīsakute mochi yasui
Pocket books are small and easy to carry.
文庫本（ぶんこぼん）：pocket books
小さい（ちいさい）：small
持つ（もつ）：load
やすい：easy
もっと歩きやすい靴がほしいです。
Motto aruki yasui kutsu ga hoshīdesu
I want an “easier to walk” shoe.
もっと：more
歩る（あるく）：walk
やすい：easy
靴（くつ）：shoe
ほしい：want
ここは滑りやすいから気をつけてください。
Koko wa suberi yasuikara kiwotsuketekudasai
As here it is slippery “easy to slip”, be careful.
ここ：here
滑る（すべる）：slip
やすい：easy
から：because
気をつける（きをつける）：be careful
To understand more about the use of expressions after the verb, we recommend that you read our other articles such as: Temiru and Nagara. Hope you enjoyed the article! Thanks for the shares and comments.
