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Activity #5 - Describing Sizes
ekkusu essu - XS / extra small
essu / smooru- S / small
emmu / mijiamu - M / medium
eru / raaji - L / large
ekkusu eru - XL / extra large
daburu ekkusu eru - XXL / double extra large
chiisai - small
ookii - big
hosoi - slim / narrow
futoi - thick / fat
takai - tall
mijikai - short
hiroi - wide
motto (adjective) - more (adjective)
motto chiisai - smaller (more small)
motto takai - taller (more tall)
ichiban (adjective) - the most (adjective)
ichiban ookii - the biggest (most big)
ichiban hiroi - the widest (most wide)
(adjective) - "i" + "katta" = adjective in past tense
hirokatta - It was wide
ookikatta - It was big
(adjective) - "i" + "sugi" or "sugiru = too much (adjective)
Chiisasugi / Chiisasugiru - Too small
Takasugi / Takasugiru - Too tall
Other Useful Phrases
Saizu wa nan desho ka? - What is your size?
(phrase) kamo shiremasen - probably (phrase)
Kono (size) wa (adjective) kamo shiremasen.
Kono ekkusu eru wa ookisugiru kamo shiremasen - This XL is probably too big.
Kono mijiamu wa hirosugiru kamo shiremasen - This medium is probably too wide.
essu / smooru- S / small
emmu / mijiamu - M / medium
eru / raaji - L / large
ekkusu eru - XL / extra large
daburu ekkusu eru - XXL / double extra large
chiisai - small
ookii - big
hosoi - slim / narrow
futoi - thick / fat
takai - tall
mijikai - short
hiroi - wide
motto (adjective) - more (adjective)
motto chiisai - smaller (more small)
motto takai - taller (more tall)
ichiban (adjective) - the most (adjective)
ichiban ookii - the biggest (most big)
ichiban hiroi - the widest (most wide)
(adjective) - "i" + "katta" = adjective in past tense
hirokatta - It was wide
ookikatta - It was big
(adjective) - "i" + "sugi" or "sugiru = too much (adjective)
Chiisasugi / Chiisasugiru - Too small
Takasugi / Takasugiru - Too tall
Other Useful Phrases
Saizu wa nan desho ka? - What is your size?
(phrase) kamo shiremasen - probably (phrase)
Kono (size) wa (adjective) kamo shiremasen.
Kono ekkusu eru wa ookisugiru kamo shiremasen - This XL is probably too big.
Kono mijiamu wa hirosugiru kamo shiremasen - This medium is probably too wide.
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