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Coffeanbeancup
19 Nov 2019

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  • Japanese
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Verbs with 〜たり〜たり　is I am doing things like...
Can I use with adjectives? やすかったり、きれだっり。。。Its cheap and its pretty...
How else can I use 〜たり〜たり？
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hittonworld
19 Nov 2019

  • Japanese

安かったり、高かったり。
きれいだったり、きれいじゃなかったり。
やさしかったり、きびしかったり。
大きかったり、小さかったり。
Yes.we can use with adjectives.

Romaji
yasukah! tari , takakah! tari .
kirei dah! tari , kirei ja nakah! tari .
yasasikah! tari , kibisikah! tari .
ookikah! tari , chiisakah! tari .
Yes . we can use with adjectives .
Hiragana
やすかっ たり 、 たかかっ たり 。
きれい だっ たり 、 きれい じゃ なかっ たり 。
やさしかっ たり 、 きびしかっ たり 。
おおきかっ たり 、 ちいさかっ たり 。
Yes . we can use with adjectives .
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hsptl
19 Nov 2019

  • Japanese

That’s a good one.... I can’t tell you exactly why but I wouldn’t say やすかったりきれいだったり. I think I’d usually use it with antonyms.
Ex)昨日はずっと寝たり起きたりしていたよ

And yes, you can use it with adjectives as well.
Ex)あのお店はご飯の量が多かったり少なかったりする
Ex)このごろ暑かったり寒かったりするね

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Romaji
That ’ s a good one .... I can ’ t tell you exactly why but I wouldn ’ t say yasukah! tari kirei dah! tari . I think I ’ d usually use it with antonyms .
Ex ) kinou ha zutto ne tari oki tari si te i ta yo

And yes , you can use it with adjectives as well .
Ex ) ano o mise ha gohan no ryou ga ookah! tari sukunakah! tari suru
Ex ) konogoro atsukah! tari samukah! tari suru ne

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That ’ s a good one .... I can ’ t tell you exactly why but I wouldn ’ t say やすかっ たり きれい だっ たり . I think I ’ d usually use it with antonyms .
Ex ) きのう は ずっと ね たり おき たり し て い た よ

And yes , you can use it with adjectives as well .
Ex ) あの お みせ は ごはん の りょう が おおかっ たり すくなかっ たり する
Ex ) このごろ あつかっ たり さむかっ たり する ね

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Coffeanbeancup
19 Nov 2019

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@hsptl it’s usually used with antonyms? Could you give me an example with the English translation? The one you wrote is: yesterday I slept and woke up? Where do you use this grammar pattern?
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hsptl
19 Nov 2019

  • Japanese

Sure. the sentence would translate to something like “ I spent yesterday dozing off and on all day”
Sleeping and waking up would be the antonym

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