Q: コーヒーとお茶とどちらの方が好きですか。

A: 朝ごはんはコーヒーの方が好きですよう。午後にお茶の方が好き。

Q: ワインとお酒とどちらをたくさん飲みますか。

A: あかいワインの方をたくさん飲みます。でもお酒を白いワインよりたくさん飲みます。

Q: 牛肉と鶏肉とどちらの方が美味しいですか。

A: 牛肉の方が美味しいです。

Q: 仕事と大学とどちらの方が楽しいですか。

A: 大学の方がずっと楽しいです。

Q: Mの車とAJMの車とどちらのほうが新しいです。

A: AJMの車の方が新しい。でもMの車はAJMの車より速いです。

Generally Speaking

Which do you like more, coffee or green tea? | Do you like coffee or green tea more|better? | Do you like coffee more than you like green tea?
For breakfast, I like coffee better. In the afternoons, I like green tea better.

Do you drink more wine or sake?
I drink more red wine than sake. But I drink more sake than white wine.

Is beef more delicious than chicken? (British, formal) | Which tastes better, beef or chicken? (American, informal)
(I think) beef's better (tasting).

Which is more fun, work or school? | Work or school, which is more fun (for you)? Is work more fun than school?
School is much more fun. | School's way more fun (slang).

Which car is newer, M's or AJM's? | Is AJM's car newer than M's?
His car is newer, but mine is faster.

質問とコメント

Isn't it always the way...you think you know something until you try to do it. Yes, there's quite a distance between theory and practice. Unfortunately, most of my knowledge tends to remain theoretical. That's what makes learning a language such a challenge for me. Language is skill, like playing tennis, or playing the piano. Theory might improve your performance, but nothing beats practice.

This week in school, we are learning comparitives. One of the purposes of this blog was to practice whatever grammar or vocabulary I'm learning in class. But I found it hard to stick to the pattern, even with a Q&A format. By the way, I always write in Japanese first and then translate my Japanese back to English. With this pattern, there are two very different translations. I put them both in. One sounds formal and one sounds more casual. And I'm not sure I say either.