AIJ1 ５課４

まあまあ＋affirmative predicate

• so, so ~
• very ~
• I love tennis but I am not good at it all.
• I am a little weak at basketball. (I cannot do it well and I do not not like it so much.)

あまり＋negative predicate

• not very ~
• so, so ~
• very ~
• I love tennis but I am not good at it all.

全然＋negative predicate

• not at all
• not very ~
• so, so ~
• very ~

そんな ことは ありません。

• far from it
• not at all
• not very ~
• so, so ~

おばあさんは日本語ごとても上手ですね。

• Your grandmother is very good at speaking Japanese, isn't she?
• far from it
• not at all
• not very ~

母は日本語があまり上手ではありません。

• My mother is not very good at speaking Japanese.
• Your grandmother is very good at speaking Japanese, isn't she?
• far from it
• not at all

「水泳が上手ですか。」「まあまあです。」

• Are you good at swimming? I'm so-so (at it).
• My mother is not very good at speaking Japanese.
• Your grandmother is very good at speaking Japanese, isn't she?
• far from it

僕はバスケットがちょっと苦手です。

• I am a little weak at basketball. (I cannot do it well and I do not not like it so much.)
• Are you good at swimming? I'm so-so (at it).
• My mother is not very good at speaking Japanese.
• Your grandmother is very good at speaking Japanese, isn't she?

僕はテニスが大好きですが、全然上手ではありません。

• I love tennis but I am not good at it all.

• I am a little weak at basketball. (I cannot do it well and I do not not like it so much.)

• Are you good at swimming? I'm so-so (at it).

• My mother is not very good at speaking Japanese.