Using Yasui

“Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.” - Lao Tzu

Before you start making your own sentences, let’s take a closer look at やすい and practice that for a bit. Even in longer sentences, やすい works just like にくい does. The only difference is the meaning, which is the direct opposite.

Just like before, we’re looking at an AはB pattern, where you think of v.stem+yasui as a single entity (and treat it as you would a i-adjective). Let’s take a look at a couple of examples.

すし　は　たべやすい　です
Sushi (A) is easy to eat (B)

Conversely, you could also say that sushi is hard to eat (maybe you hate raw fish?).

すし　は　たべにくい　です
Sushi (A) is hard to eat (B)

As you can see, same pattern, opposite meanings. Let’s take a look at some AはB phrases. I’ll give you the A and you try to give me the B.

かんじ　は　＿＿＿＿＿　Easy to write →

しごと　は　＿＿＿＿＿　Easy to do →

にほんご　は　＿＿＿＿＿　Easy to learn →

はこ　は　＿＿＿＿＿　Easy to hold/carry →

Overall, as long as you know the verb vocab, those should have been pretty easy. The practice sheet is a little bit more in depth and will have you work with やすい a little bit more. After that, you’ll learn how to conjugate these bad boys.

やすい Practice Sheet

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