# 214 Learn Japanese【がたい】hard to, difficult to - N2 Grammar -

[@ankejapanmymemorybank3409]

she's a brilliant teacher I have known in japan she is clearly deliver the grammatical form of the verb which is I really needed for taking my jlpt. thank you so much for patiently teaching online. keep it up.

[@MasaSensei]

You're very welcome!

[@soramidori]

いつもありがとうございます🙏♥️

[@MasaSensei]

ありがとうございます！何か質問があったら教えてくださいね！

[@calmconfident]

ありがとうございました先生😊

[@MasaSensei]

ありがとうございます！何か質問があったら教えてくださいね！

[@nurulmaru]

Masa is such a wonderful teacher!!

[@MasaSensei]

Yay! thank you so much! Please let me know what kind of things you would like to learn more!

[@caletdiaz2211]

Good pronunciation!

[@MasaSensei]

Thanks! 😃

[@Rubens_Witt]

おレッスンありがとう

[@MasaSensei]

嬉しいです！これからもよろしくお願いします。

[@robbatayaki5505]

Encore une super video !

[@MasaSensei]

Merci beaucoup!!

[@AnimeAddictedNerd]

👍

[@MasaSensei]

Thank you! Let me know if you have any questions!

[@trumplostlol3007]

Wiktionary says かたい was originally derived from the old Japanese 堅い which means "hard". So if a problem is がたい, I suppose it has something to do with the "nature" of the problem. A nutshell that is "hard" is inherently difficult to crack.

[@MasaSensei]

oh I see! I'm not sure if がたい comes from 堅い! good to know a new information!

[@ungorlgorl]

Absolutely wonderful lesson! Even though I'm still a beginner, this was very clearly explained. I loved the origen of "arigatou". Would it then be correct to think that "~gatai" isused more for things that seem dangerous? Like maybe "It's impossible to eat this (because the texture is hard to eat)" or "many people die when they hike around these mountain (very hard to hike, easily canfall off the mountain, etc). Like this? Thank you so much for your lesson!

[@MasaSensei]

Thank you for watching! "tabe nikui" is when it's hard to actually eat, like the meat is hard and hard to eat, or the cake is hard to eat with chopsticks. "tabe gatai" is used when it's a bit of a waste to eat a cake that looks cute, so I'm a little hesitant to eat it.

[@myBadJapaneseAndGuitar]

別れたいですが、言いがたい。

[@MasaSensei]

いいですねー！！

[@DeHaos]

つまり、「～がたい」って文法には能力的にできないって意味では使わない。実際の身体的な能力ではなく、精神的な活動を指しますというわけですね。

[@MasaSensei]

そうですね！「～がたい」は、ある動作を行うのに心理的な抵抗を覚え、その動作を行うことに踏み切れないという意味を表わしますね！

[@maquinadotempo9278]

(1) 今度こそ、上司と喧嘩するのは避けがたい (2) 戦争は避けがたい (3) この件について、あんまり経験がないから、正しいかどうか言いがたい (4) 俺にとって、彼女の話が信じがたい (5) 桜は先生に対して、信じがたいことをした (6) 日向はそんな事をするなんて想像しし難い

[@MasaSensei]

(1) 今度こそ、上司と喧嘩するのは避けがたい ⇒すばらしい！ (2) 戦争は避けがたい ⇒すばらしい！ (3) この件について、あんまり経験がないから、正しいかどうか言いがたい ⇒すばらしい！ (4) 俺にとって、彼女の話が信じがたい ⇒すばらしい！ (5) 桜は先生に対して、信じがたいことをした ⇒すばらしい！ (6) 日向はそんな事をするなんて想像しし難い ⇒日向がそんな事をするなんて想像し難い

[@gabydab5797]

人間より猫

[@MasaSensei]

猫が好きなんです(笑)

[@gabydab5797]

@@MasaSensei 私も ^^