2.5 比較・対比: N1はN2ほど…ません [N1 is not as … as N2.]

今日も風が強いです。でも、今日はきのうほど寒くないです。

Today the wind is strong too. However, it is not as cold as yesterday.

今天風很大。但是，今天不像昨天那麼冷。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
今日も	kyo—mo	modifiers	also today
風が	kaze-ga	subject	wind
強いです	tsuyoi-desu	predicate	is strong
でも	demo	particles	but
今日は	kyo—wa	modifiers	today
きのうほど	kino—hodo	modifiers	not as much as yesterday
寒くないです	samuku-nai-desu	predicate	is not cold

The north side of the station is not as lively as the south side.

車站的北側不如南側熱鬧。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
駅	eki	subject	station
の	no	particles	possessive marker
北側	kitagawa	modifiers	north side
は	wa	particles	topic marker
南側	minamigawa	modifiers	south side
ほど	hodo	modifiers	as much as
にぎやか	nigiyaka	modifiers	lively
ではありません	dewa-ari-mase-n	verb conjugations	is not

I’m not as good at speaking Japanese as Mr. Yan yet.

我還沒有像Yan先生一樣流利地說日語。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたし	watashi	subject	I
は	wa	particles	topic marker
まだ	mada	modifiers	still
ヤンさん	yan-san	modifiers	Yan-san
ほど	hodo	modifiers	as much as
じょうずに	jo-zu-ni	modifiers	skillfully
日本語	nihongo	modifiers	Japanese
が	ga	particles	subject marker
話せません	hanase-mase-n	verb conjugations	cannot speak

Is the store manager strict this time?

這位店長嚴厲嗎？

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
こんどの	kondo-no	modifiers	this time’s
店長	tencho	subject	store manager
は	wa	particles	topic marker
きびしい	kibishii	predicate	strict
です	desu	verb conjugations	is
か	ka	particles	question marker

Yes. However, not as much as the previous store manager.

是的。但是，並不像前任店長那樣(嚴厲)。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
前の店長	mae-no-tencho	modifiers	previous manager
ほど	hodo	particles	extent
ではありません	dewa-ari-mase-n	verb conjugations	is not

I bought a bicycle. It wasn’t as expensive as I thought.

我買了一輛自行車。價格沒有我想象的那麼高。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
自転車	jitensha	subject	bicycle
を	wo	particles	object marker
買いました	kai-mashi-ta	predicate	bought
思ったほど	omotta hodo	modifiers	as much as I thought
高くなかった	takaku nakatta	predicate	wasn’t expensive
です	desu	predicate	(polite)

This problem is not as easy as you think.

這個問題並不像你想的那麼簡單。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
この	kono	modifiers	this
問題	mondai	subject	problem
は	wa	particles	topic marker
あなた	anata	subject	you
が	ga	particles	subject marker
考えている	kangae-te-iru	predicate	thinking
ほど	hodo	modifiers	as much as
やさしくない	yasashiku-nai	modifiers	not easy
です	desu	verb conjugations	is