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〜が上手です / 下手です

JLPT N5 Desire, invitation, preferences

good at / bad at

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Jouzu (skilled) and heta (unskilled) are na-adjectives, and the skill takes ga. Avoid calling yourself jouzu; for your own abilities, tokui is more natural. Both follow the same pattern as suki and kirai.

Examples

  • さんです

    Tanaka san wa ryouri ga jouzu desu.

    Tanaka is good at cooking.

  • です

    Watashi wa uta ga heta desu.

    I am bad at singing.

Vocabulary in these examples

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