G32 · Advice: 〜た ほうが いい

Before you start

The sentences only use words you already know from hiragana, katakana and the beginner level.

This lesson assumes what you saw in the earlier ones. If something feels shaky, go back to it:

• G01build sentences with は and です
• G02ask and answer
• G03say what something is not
• G04say whose something is
• G05point at things and ask what they are
• G06say «also»
• G07say what you do
• G08say no and talk about the past
• G09say where you go
• G10say where you do something
• G11describe things and say they aren't
• G12describe with な-adjectives and before a noun
• G13say what there is and where
• G14ask and say where something is
• G15talk about what was
• G16ask politely
• G17say what is happening now
• G18say what you want to do
• G19say what you do first
• G20invite and suggest plans
• G21ask for and give permission
• G22say what is not allowed
• G23compare two things
• G24ask and say which of two
• G25give reasons and add «but»
• G26ask someone not to do something
• G27say something wasn't so
• G28say what you think
• G29say what you go to do
• G30do two things at once
• G31say what you have done before

What you learn

〜た ほうが いいです

• ほうbetter (〜た ほうが いい)

The た-form + ほうが いいです gives advice: くすりを のんだ ほうが いいです (you'd better take the medicine). Although it uses the た-form, it is not about the past.

• くすりを のんだ ほうが いいです。kusuri o nonda hou ga ii desu.You'd better take the medicine.
• きょうは ねた ほうが いいです。kyou wa neta hou ga ii desu.You'd better go to bed today.
• じしょを みた ほうが いいです。jisho o mita hou ga ii desu.You'd better check the dictionary.
• あついですから、みずを のんだ ほうが いいです。atsui desu kara, mizu o nonda hou ga ii desu.As it's hot, you'd better drink water.
• べんきょうを した ほうが いいです。benkyou o shita hou ga ii desu.You'd better study.
• あした びょういんに いった ほうが いいです。ashita byouin ni itta hou ga ii desu.You'd better go to the hospital tomorrow.

Practice

A short text written only with the kana and grammar you already know. Read it and answer.