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Episode 78 - How to say "the more... the more" (conditional form ba + hodo)

Episode 78 - How to say "the more... the more" (conditional form ba + hodo)

FromLearn Japanese with Masa sensei!


Episode 78 - How to say "the more... the more" (conditional form ba + hodo)

FromLearn Japanese with Masa sensei!

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8 minutes
Released:
Feb 25, 2022
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Podcast episode

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ba - hodo (~ ば-ほど) has meaning "the more... the more".

Verb-ばconditional + (same) Verb + ほど
いadj-ばconditional + (same) いadj + ほど
なadj + なら + (same)なadj + なほど

飲みます  ➝ 飲めば nomimasu  ➝  nomeba 
食べます  ➝ 食べれば  tabemasu   ➝ tabereba
します  ➝ すれば shimasu   ➝ sureba
きます  ➝ くれば kimasu  ➝  kureba

面白い  ➝ 面白ければ omoshiroi  ➝ omoshirokereba interesting  ➝ If it’s interesting
美味しい  ➝ 美味しければ oishii  ➝ oishikereba delicious  ➝ If it’s delicious

有名  ➝ 有名なら(ば) yuumei  ➝ yuumeinara(ba) famous  ➝ If it’s famous
安全  ➝ 安全なら(ば) anzen  ➝ anzennara(ba) safe  ➝ If it’s safe

この本は読めば読むほど面白くなります。
Kono hon wa yomeba yomu hodo omoshiroku naru.
The more I read this book, the more interesting it gets.

ビートルズの音楽は聞けば聞くほど好きになります。
biitoruzu no ongaku wa kikeba kiku hodo suki ni narimasu.
The more I listen to The Beetles, the more I end up liking their music.

勉強すればするほど、日本語が上手になります。
benkyou sureba suru hodo, nihongo ga jouzu ni narimasu.
The more you study, the better your Japanese will get.

お金はあればあるほど安心です。
okane ga areba aru hodo anshin desu.
The more money I have, the more safe I feel.

テストは簡単なら簡単なほどいいです。
tesuto wa kantan nara kantan na hodo ii desu.
The easier the test is, the better.

ゲームは相手が強ければ強いほどおもしろいです。
geemu wa aite ga tsuyokereba tsuyoi hodo omoshiroi desu.
Games get more interesting as the opponents get stronger.
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Released:
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