Yasui

“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.” - John F. Kennedy

Lucky for you, if you understood にくい, you’re going to understand やすい. It works exactly the same way, except the meaning is different (instead of meaning “difficult” or “hard” it means “easy”). Let’s take a look at the pattern, using our favorite verb たべます.

v.stem + やすい + です

たべ　＋　やすい　＋　です

たべやすいです　＝　Easy to eat

That’s exactly like にくい.

たべにくいです　＝　Difficult to eat

たべやすいです　＝　Easy to eat

At this point, there are two things you have to remember (for both にくい and やすい). Those two things are:

1. The patterns (v.stem+nikui/yasui)
2. The grammar words themselves (にくい and やすい)

Take notes and write these things down (or do whatever you need to do to remember them). These are the only two things you’ll have to memorize, and the only two things you didn’t know before starting this chapter.

Let’s practice a little bit before we get to the big practice – for now, all I want you to do is change verbs to v.stem+yasui form.

ならいます　Change To やすい →

みます　Change To やすい →

おくります　Change To やすい →

かきます　Change To やすい →

わすれます　Change To やすい →

That shouldn’t be too hard on you, but if you need more practice, you can always look at your verb lists and chug through them. Next we’re going to look at やすい in actual sentences, like we did with にくい. After that, we’ll practice using both of them, and you’ll create your own sentences so you can actually use this stuff.

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