Quantifiers are words that express how often you do\/don’t do things and how much you like\/dislike certain things.<\/p>\n
Here is an example of a common quantifier \u3088\u304f<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \u3088\u304f\u52c9\u5f37\u3057\u307e\u3059<\/strong> = I study often. (\u3088\u304f<\/strong> = often. \u52c9\u5f37\u3057\u307e\u3059<\/strong> = \u3079\u3093\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3057\u307e\u3059<\/strong>\/study)<\/p>\n Another common one is \u3068\u3066\u3082<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \u305d\u308c\u306f\u3068\u3066\u3082\u4fbf\u5229\u3067\u3059\u306d<\/strong> = That’s very convenient, isn’t it?<\/p>\n (\u305d\u308c<\/strong> = that. \u306f<\/strong> = subject marking particle. \u3068\u3066\u3082 <\/strong>= very. \u3079\u3093\u308a<\/strong>\/\u4fbf\u5229<\/strong> = convenient. \u3067\u3059\u306d<\/strong> = isn’t it)<\/p>\n \u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093<\/strong> can mean “a lot” or “many”:<\/p>\n \u304a\u9152\u3092\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u98f2\u307f\u307e\u3057\u305f<\/strong> = I drank a lot of sake.<\/p>\n (\u304a\u3055\u3051<\/strong>\/\u304a\u9152<\/strong> = sake. \u3092<\/strong> = direct object particle. \u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093<\/strong> = a lot. \u306e\u307f\u307e\u3057\u305f<\/strong>\/\u98f2\u307f\u307e\u3057\u305f<\/strong> = drank)<\/p>\n \u5927\u62b5<\/strong>\/\u305f\u3044\u3066\u3044<\/strong> means “usually” or “mostly” :<\/p>\n \u5927\u62b5\u5348\u5f8c\u4e00\u6642\u306b\u8d77\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong> = I usually wake up at 1 pm.<\/p>\n (\u305f\u3044\u3066\u3044<\/strong>\/\u5927\u62b5<\/strong> = usually. \u3054\u3054<\/strong>\/\u5348\u5f8c<\/strong>. \u3044\u3061\u3058<\/strong>\/\u4e00\u6642<\/strong>. \u306b<\/strong> = ni particle. \u8d77\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong> = wake up.)<\/p>\n \u5c11\u3057\/\u3059\u3053\u3057<\/strong> means “a little” or “a bit”<\/p>\n \u4eca\u65e5\u306f\u5c11\u3057\u5bd2\u3044\u3067\u3059\u306d<\/strong> = It’s a bit cold today, isn’t it?<\/p>\n (\u304d\u3087\u3046<\/strong>\/\u4eca\u65e5<\/strong> = today. \u306f<\/strong> = subject marking particle. \u3059\u3053\u3057<\/strong>\/\u5c11\u3057<\/strong> = a bit. \u3055\u3080\u3044<\/strong>\/\u5bd2\u3044<\/strong>. \u3067\u3059\u306d<\/strong> = isn’t it)<\/p>\n \u5168\u7136<\/strong>\/\u305c\u3093\u305c\u3093<\/strong> is used only with negative verb or adjective. It means, “not at all” or “not in the least”.<\/p>\n \u5168\u7136\u308f\u304b\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong> = I don’t understand at all. (\u305c\u3093\u305c\u3093<\/strong>\/\u5168\u7136<\/strong> = at all. \u308f\u304b\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong> = don’t understand.)<\/p>\n This is a lot for today, stay tuned for more quantifiers in the next post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Quantifiers are words that express how often you do\/don’t do things and how much you like\/dislike certain things. Here is an example of a common quantifier \u3088\u304f: \u3088\u304f\u52c9\u5f37\u3057\u307e\u3059 = I study often. (\u3088\u304f = often. \u52c9\u5f37\u3057\u307e\u3059 = \u3079\u3093\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3057\u307e\u3059\/study) Another common one is \u3068\u3066\u3082: \u305d\u308c\u306f\u3068\u3066\u3082\u4fbf\u5229\u3067\u3059\u306d = That’s very convenient, isn’t it? (\u305d\u308c = that. \u306f =…<\/p>\n