Lesson 57 of 126

The lesson

5.1 Being Good or Bad at Something

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Overview

The patterns ~が上手 and ~が下手 are used to talk about skill or ability. They describe how well someone can do something.

Person は Activity が 上手/下手(です)

  • 上手 — good at
  • 下手 — bad at

The thing marked by が is:

Dialogue

In my class there are people good at various things. Tanaka-san is very good at cooking. She makes delicious lunches every day. Yamada-san is good at drawing and is always making wonderful pictures. I am bad at singing, so I am not very good at karaoke. But I do like studying Japanese. The teacher said, "Your pronunciation is good." My younger brother is good at sports, but is a little bad at studying. A friend was saying, "I want to get good at driving." Everyone has things they are good at and things they are not so good at.

Grammar

TitleDescription
~が上手
~が上手 expresses being skilled or good at something.
~が下手
~が下手 expresses being poor or bad at something.

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