How to Say ‘It's easy to drink.’ in Japanese
飲みやすいです。
nomi yasui desu
[NOH-mee yah-soo-ee dess]
💬 Usage Tip: Add やすい to the stem of an action word to mean "easy to do". Also 食べやすい "easy to eat"; for the opposite use にくい, as in 飲みにくい "hard to drink".
Phrase Breakdown
飲み
nomi
[NOH-mee]
drink (stem)
Stem of 飲む 'to drink', used before polite endings like ます.
水を飲みます。
I drink water.
やすい
yasui
[yah-soo-ee]
easy to
A suffix that means something is easy to do or easy to become.
新しい社員でもなじみやすい職場です。
It is a workplace where even new employees can fit in easily.
です
desu
[dess]
is; polite copula
A polite sentence ending used in formal conversation.
少し伺いたいです。
I would like to ask a little.
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