Beginning Japanese Phrases #215: 〜ほうがいいです (should, it would be better to)

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〜ほうがいいです — should, it would be better to

This expression gives advice. Put a verb in its plain past form before it, even when the recommended action is in the future.

Example: 今夜は早く寝たほうがいいです。You should go to bed early tonight.

Vocabulary:

今夜は — tonight

早く — early

寝た — go to bed, in the plain past form

ほうがいいです — should, it would be better to

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