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Easy to understand with 〜やすい

Grammar Explanation: Easy to do with 〜やすい

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During a library study session, Syaro helps Chino with her homework.

シャロ:
「この問題(もんだい)はさっきの答(こた)えをここに当(あ)てはめて…」
“For this problem, substitute the answer from before here...”
チノ:
「すごく分(わ)かりやすいです！」
“That's very easy to understand!”
Literal: “It is very easy to understand!”

Key Points

1分(わ)かりやすい means easy to understand
  • 分(わ)かる changes to the stem 分(わ)かり before やすい.
2The omitted subject is Syaro’s explanation
  • Chino’s それ or “that explanation” remains unstated because she is responding to the help she just received.
3すごく and です express strong polite praise
  • すごく raises the degree of ease, while です keeps Chino’s compliment polite.
4当(あ)てはめて trails off mid-explanation
  • The て-form connects this step to whatever Syaro would explain next, but the panel leaves the rest unstated.

Vocabulary

(This)

この means “this” or “these” and comes directly before a noun. It points to something near the speaker or something the speaker is referring to in the conversation.

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