Japanese Grammar: ~yasui (~やすい) Easy to Do Something

Doumo mina-san, ohayou gozaimasu, atarashii bunpou o mata benkyou shimashou, let's learn new grammar/sentence pattern again !(^o^)!. And the sentence pattern today is renyoukei + yasui (やすい) this grammar indicates easy to do something. And let's check out the following formula.

Must learn before: 4 Japanese Verb Basic Conjugations

Grammar ~yasui (~やすい)

JLPT Level: N4
Formula: stem form/renyoukei verb + yasui
Meaning: easy to (do something)
Example:
食べる= taberu = to eat 　→　食べやすい= tabeyasui = easy to eat
読む= yomu = to read　→　読みやすい= yomiyasui = easy to read
使う= tsukau = to use　→　使いやすい= tsukaiyasui = easy to use
分かる= wakaru = to understand　→　分かりやすい = wakariyasui = easy to understand

The conjugation of all verbs which conjugate into ~yasui form become like I-adjective.

Example in complete sentence:

平仮名は読みやすい文字です
hiragana wa yomiyasui moji desu
Hiragana is characters which are easy to read
片仮名も読みやすいです
katakana mo yomiyasui desu
Katakana is also easy to use
でも漢字は読みやすくないですね
demo kanji wa yomiyasukunai desu ne
But, kanji is not easy to read, right?
この文法は分かりやすいですか分かりやすくないですか
kono bunpou wa wakariyasui desu ka wakariyasukunai desu ka
Is this grammar easy to understand or not easy to not easy to understand?
分かりやすい文法はN5の文法です
wakariyasui bunpou wa N5 no bunpou desu
Grammars which are easy to understand are N5 grammars
私はこの文法を分かりやすく教えてみます
watashi wa kono bunpou o wakariyasuku oshiete mimasu
I will try to explain this explanation easily to understand/clearly

Also learn: Japanese Contextual Conditional Form: nara / naraba (なら / ならば)

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