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More dislikes with 〜方が and 〜より

Grammar Explanation: More than with 〜方が and 〜より

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At breakfast, Chino leaves items untouched. Cocoa comments on this as they head out for school.

ココア:
「私(わたし)よりチノちゃんの方(ほう)が好(す)き嫌(き)い多(おお)いよ」
“Chino has a lot more likes and dislikes than I do.”
Literal: “Compared to me, Chino's side has more likes and dislikes.”
「大(おお)きくならないよ」
“You won't grow any taller.”

Key Points

1私(わたし)よりチノちゃんの方(ほう)が makes the comparison
  • より marks Cocoa as the baseline, and 方(ほう)が marks Chino as the side with more likes and dislikes.
2大(おお)きくならない describes a failed change
  • The adjective becomes adverbial 大(おお)きく before なる. Negative ならない warns that picky eating will keep Cocoa from growing taller.
  • ちゃん is an affectionate, informal suffix attached to names, used mainly for children, close friends, and family members.

Vocabulary

(I)

私(わたし) means “I” or “me”. It is the standard first-person pronoun in polite speech and is also common in casual speech among women.

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