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It would be better to A
あつ  およ  ほう     
On a hot day, it's better to swim!
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この 宿                         
I don't understand this homework, so I wonder if it's better to ask the teacher.
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    ため           
It's good to rest in order for your cold to get better.
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もう             
It would be better to think it over.
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You had better watch out for cars.
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ここ  いる              
Since you're here, you had better eat dinner.
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すぐに         
You had better do it soon.
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ここ      なった   よい     
It would be better if you took a rest here.
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     もらった       
You should have that examined at the hospital.
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I think you had better rest soon.

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AVerb: Casual, past (た) ほう
 
AVerb: ない form
 
 
いい
Basic Examples:
んだいい (it would be better to drink)

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くるるぎくん
Level: 1
(12 years ago)
The いい may also be put int o the past form.
to show an idea that happened in the past.

ex:べたほうがかった = would have been better to eat
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(14 years ago)
The verb may also be in the dictionary form with this construction. The suggestions expressed with the verb in the dictionary form are slightly less strong than the ones with the verb in the past tense plain.
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Discussion about this grammar
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darkje
Level: 1
I found that this is one of the few times when a kanji is used that it can confuse you versus using hiragana. When using , I find myself confusing it with stem+ (かた), for some reason, even though when you see がいい, it shouldn't.
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14 years ago
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Yobisute
Level: 1
When looking through the user sentences, I noticed some that had the negative past form of a verb before が. Isn't the verb preceding がいい in a negative statement always in present-tense?

e.g., についてとてもどぎまぎだから、しなかったがいい。
The end should be: しないがいい。 Right?
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13 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 256
Yes, you're right. the いい part can be changed to the past to refer to an opinion that happened in the past, but I don't think I've ever heard it the way that sentence is written.
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13 years ago
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alekth
Level: 20

I think the negative ないがいい should also be included here, couldn't find it elsewhere on the site. Not sure if both are part of N4 though, although we did study both together pretty early on.

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9 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 256

Agreed, and added!

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9 years ago
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このはまる
Level: 27

テストがあるのでしたがいいです。

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8 years ago
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まさむね123
Level: 1
alekth は 03 25, 4:00に
I think the negative ないがいい should also be included here, couldn't find it elsewhere on the site. Not sure if both are part of N4 though, although we did study both together pretty early on.



https://www.renshuu.org/gramma... Link to negative form is here. Just a heads up




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5 years ago
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|マルコ|
Level: 110

maybe the meaning "should" should be added as well (next to the current meaning, not as a separate point) :)
source: https://jlptsensei.com/learn-j...

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2 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 256

I'd be happy to add that!

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2 years ago
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DramaticIrony
Level: 15

Why must it be た before ほうがいい, can't it be in the present or in the future?

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8 months ago
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マイコー
Level: 256

It's just the formation of the grammar - the phrase as a whole can refer to something in the past/present/future, but it's the いい that would be adjusted to a different tense.

If you want to break it down into more atomic units, it uses the past tense of the form to describe that it (the situation) would be good after doing that action.

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