5.1.7 Making Clothing Choices

​​Observe the conversation below. What do you think is happening? Share your opinion in the Zoom chat or raise your hand to be unmuted.

​ノート

どっち　
docchi : "which one" or "which" when referring to two options.

どっちも
docchi mo : "both" or "either" when referring to two options, and it's used to indicate that something applies to both of them. 

にあっています
niatteimasu : This is the ~teimasu form of にあいます "niaimasu" which means "to suit", "to match", "to look good on".

いかがですか
ikaga desu ka : How about ...?
You might hear it in sales situations, where someone is offering a product or service and asking if it sounds appealing. 

ぼうしとシャツは
どっちのほうがにあっていますか？
Boushi to shatsu wa
docchi no hou ga niatteimasu ka?

どっちも
にあっていますよ
Docchi mo
niatteimasu yo

どっちもすきです。
きめられません。
Docchi mo suki desu.
Kimeraremasen.

くつはいかがですか？
Kustu wa ikaga desu ka?

Which one do you think ....? / I think ...... is more ......

​Aと B、 どっち
のほうが(adj/verb)か?
A to B, docchi no hou ga
(adj/verb)ka?
"Which one is
more ...., A or B?"

Bほうが(adj/verb)よ
B hou ga (adj/verb) yo
"B is more ...., you know"

​Example:

👉 Question:
あおいドレスとあかいドレス、どっちのほうがにあうとおもいますか？
Aoi doresu to akai doresu, docchi no hou ga niau to omoimasu ka?
"Which dress do you think looks better, the blue dress or the red dress?"

👉 Answers:
あおいほうがいいとおもいます。
Aoi hou ga ii to omoimasu
"I think the blue one is better."

💡 In the A and B sections, you can add clothes with different colors or sizes, short or long.

💡 In the adjective/verb section, you can add:
🌟 Niatteimasu: It's looking good (on you/me)
🌟 Niau to omoimasu: I think it look good
🌟 ii to omoimasu: I think it's good/better
🌟 Choudo ii desu: It just perfect

きょうのぶんぽう　Today's Grammar

の no

Particle の (no)
💡 Meaning: The particle "no" has multiple meanings and functions." Today, we will learn the different functions of the particle "no."
Sometimes の is used as a pronoun to mean “the .... one.” You can put it directly after i-adjectives. You can’t put it by itself, because whatever comes before it determines what it is.

🌟 How to use it:

👉 (Adjective) + の

This is a lot easier to understand with examples. If you are being asked to choose between cupcakes, and you want the blue one (see, there’s the word “one” in English), you can say: あおい の　です　Aoi no desu ー The blue one

Another Example:

あおいのはやすいですから、これにします　
Aoi no wa yasui desu kara, kore ni shimasu
Because the blue one is cheap, I’ll choose this one

Excuse me. This .... is ....., but it's too .....

ううん、あかいのは
おおきいですから、ちょっと。。。
Uun, akai no wa ookii desu kara,
chotto ....
Hmm, because the red one is big, so ....
(I won't buy it)

​Follow This Pattern

ううん、(one of the item)のは(your opinion about the item)ですから、ちょっと。。。
Uun, (one of the time) no wa (your opinion about the item) desu kara, chotto...

Hmm, because the .... one is ....., so... (I won't buy it)

​🌟 Note:
You can add an adjective on both (one of the items) or (your opinion about the item).

👉 On the (one of the item) you can add adjective words like the color or size of the clothes; red, short, long

👉 On the (your opinion about the item) ou can add adjective words like your opinion of the clothes that make you don't really like it; expensive, big, tight, small

• どっちもすきです

  Docchi mo suki desu

  I like them both

• きめられません

  Kimeraremasen

  I cannot decide

• わたしにはにあわないとおもいます

  Watashi ni wa niawanai to omoimasu.

  I think it doesn't look good on me

• これにします

  Kore ni shimasu

  I will take this one

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