文法: Grammar a Day - Level 3 [ にくい (nikui) ]

にくい (nikui) - Is diffcult to do

--- Notes ---
formed with Vm + (難い) にくい, making it an i adjective.

--- Examples ---
彼は分かりにくいでしょうかなぁ?
He's difficult to understand,isn't he?

食べにくい食べ物がきらいだ。
I don't like difficult to eat foods.




このめずらしい切手は手にはいりにくいんだよ。
This rare stamp is hard to come by.

タイガーティの説明はとてもわかりにくいですね。
tigert`s explanation is very difficult to understand.

--- Comments ---
As for the comment in Notes, t should be にくい, not いくい. typo?
In kanji 'にくい' is in 難い or 悪い
'verb conjugation + にくい'.
(contributor: Miki)

fixed, thanks!
(contributor: ninja_k)

What's the difference between むずかしい and にくい? (contributor:
crbennett)

The different is that 難い is added to a verb stem to change it to an
adjective, whereas 難しい is an existing adjective meaning 'difficult',
and thus can't be conjugated to a verb stem.

For example:

That word is difficult to remember (lit. That word's remembering is
difficult.)
その言葉が思い出し難いな。

as compared to:

Remembering that word is difficult (lit. That word's remembering is
difficult).
その言葉は思い出すことが難しいだ。

EDIT 10/15/07: You're right; thanks tiger! (contributor: Groove)

Hey groove in your second example. I don`t think you need the する.

思い出す is a verb already. other than that I like your explaination
very clear I added a vocabulary note for yasui (contributor: tigert)

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