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🔰 Grammar/Amounts.md

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+# Amounts
+
+## くらい・ぐらい
+
+<div class="usage">
+<div class="left">
+	<p><span class="box">V (ない)</span></p>
+	<p><span class="box">い-Adj</span></p>
+	<p><span class="box">な-Adj + な</span></p>
+	<p><span class="box">N + の</span></p>
+</div>
+	<p class="right">+ くらい・ぐらい</p>
+</div>
+
+Means "about" or "approximately" when talking about numbers or counter words. Focuses on the uncertainty of the number.
+ぐらい is more common than くらい in conversations, but can change depending on the preceding word.
+
+> [!info] Example
+> {電車|でんしゃ}はどの==くらい==で{到着|とうちゃく}しますか。
+> About how much time will the train take to arrive?
+> 
+> {医者|いしゃ}に１時間==ぐらい==を{待|ま}ってました。
+> I waited approximately an hour for the doctor.
+
+Also used to compare things as being similar.
+
+> [!info] Example
+> {友達|ともだち}と{試験|しけん}の{結果|けっか}は{同|おな}じ==ぐらい==です。
+> My friend and I have about the same results at the test.
+
+Also means "to the extent of".
+
+> [!info] Example
+> 食べなくて{寝|ね}たい==ぐらい=={疲|つか}れています。
+> I'm tired to the extent of not eating and going to sleep.
+
+## ばかり (NEW!)
+
+Means "about" or "approximately", when used with nouns indicating time or distance. Has the same meaning as ぐらい or ほど, but only in written form.
+
+> [!info] Example
+> {薬屋|くすりや}まで１０分==ばかり==かかる。
+> It takes about 10 minutes to get to the pharmacy.
+
+## は particle
+
+See [[🔰 Particles (1)#は]].
+
+## ほど
+
+<div class="usage">
+<div class="left">
+	<p><span class="box">V (non-past)</span></p>
+	<p><span class="box">い-Adj</span></p>
+	<p><span class="box">な-Adj + な</span></p>
+	<p><span class="box">N</span></p>
+</div>
+	<p class="right">+ 程</p>
+</div>
+
+Like くらい, it describes an approximate amount. It focuses on a limit being reached. It translates to "about" or "to the extent".
+
+> [!info] Example
+> {地下鉄|ちかてつ}を{乗|の}るために、{死|し}ぬ==程=={走|はし}った。
+> In order to catch the subway, I ran to death.
+
+## 一応 (NEW!)
+
+{一応|いちおう} means "more or less", "roughly".
+Can also mean "just in case". Used to tell the minimum required amount is done.
+
+> [!info] Examples
+> ==一応=={終|お}わりましたけど。
+> I more or less finished, but...
+
+## 一度に
+
+{一度|いち|ど}に means "all at once".
+
+> [!info] Example
+> バスは==一度に==１００{人|にん}を{乗|の}せることができる。
+> A bus can carry 100 persons at a time.
+
+## ずつ
+
+Used with nouns that express a number or a counter, meaning "each", "at time".
+Used with {少|すこ}し, means "little by little".
+
+> [!info] Example
+> ２{個|こ}==ずつ==ください。
+> I'll take two of each please.
+
+## ろくに～ない (NEW!)
+
+Means "not enough, improperly, insufficiently". Used with a negative phrase.
+
+> [!info] Examples
+> ５{年|ねん}{中国語|ちゅうごくご}を{勉強|べんきょう}したのに、==ろくに=={喋|しゃべ}ら==ない==。
+> Even tough I studied Chinese for 5 years, I cannot speak it really well.