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この パン は 少し 硬い けれど、 スープ と 一緒 なら 食べやすい。kono pan wa sukoshi katai keredo, suupu to issho nara tabeyasui.
Meaning
This bread is a little hard, but it is easy to eat with soup.
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Breakdown of kono pan wa sukoshi katai keredo, suupu to issho nara tabeyasui.
はwa
topic particle
食べるtaberu
to eat
とto
companion particle
パンpan
bread
Questions & Answers about kono pan wa sukoshi katai keredo, suupu to issho nara tabeyasui.
Why is は used after パン in このパンは?
は marks パン as the topic of the sentence.
So このパンは means something like as for this bread... or this bread.... The sentence is going to say something about that bread:
- このパンは少し硬い = This bread is a little hard
Japanese often uses は when introducing the thing being discussed, even when English would just use the subject naturally.
What does 少し mean here, and where does it apply?
少し means a little, a bit, or slightly.
In this sentence, it modifies 硬い:
- 少し硬い = a little hard
It softens the statement. Instead of saying the bread is simply hard, it says it is somewhat hard.
You can think of the structure as:
- 少し + adjective
- 少し硬い = slightly hard
- 少し寒い = a little cold
Why is 硬い used for bread? What does it mean exactly?
