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~ば~ほど: "The more you X the more you Y!"

adept #62
~ 5 Minutes

Introduction

Welcome to the third and final installment in our "All About ほど" series! What's that? I never called it that before? Such wasted potential...

In this lesson, ほど will be the key piece of grammar in a brand-new structure. We'll be able to use this new structure to say things like "The warmer it gets, the more I want to go 'suns out guns out'!" as well as other, very important phrases.


~ば~ほど: Beans beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat, the more you...

構成こうせい

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    Conditional () verb + Casual form verbほど......

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    Conditional () い-adjective + Casual form い-adjectiveほど......

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    な-adjective/nounであれ + な-adjective/nounであるほど......

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    な-adjectiveならば + な-adjectiveほど......

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    Nounほど......

    Example:
    練習れんしゅうすれするほど上手うまくなる。
    "The more you practice the better you get.”

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