In this lesson, I will introduce you how to describe "You had better do something" or "It's better for you to do something".

In a way, the expression for giving some advice.

You usually use past affirmative in plain forms followed by ほうがいいです to describe the affirmative statement.

If you want to advise someone not to do something, negative statement, you use present negative in plain forms.

きょう　は　はやく　ねたほうがいいです　よ。

You had better sleep early today.

* はやく is an adverb, which means early.

* ねた is past affirmative in plain forms of ねる, which means sleep.

きょう　は　はやく　ねたほうがいい　とおもいます。

I think that you had better sleep early today.

はやく　いったほうがいいです　よ。

You had better go early.

* いった is past affirmative in plain forms of いく, which means go.

はやく　いったほうがいい　とおもいます。

I think that you had better go early.

かれ　に　あわないほうがいいです　よ。

You had better not meet him.

* あわない is present negative in plain forms of あう, which means meet.

かれ　に　あわないほうがいい　とおもいます。

I think that you had better not meet him.

おさけ　を　のまないほうがいいです　よ。

You had better not drink alcohol

おさけ　を　のまないほうがいい　とおもいます。

I think that you had better not drink alcohol.

おさけ　を　のみすぎないほうがいいです　よ。

You had better not drink alcohol too much.

おさけ　を　のみすぎないほうがいい　とおもいます。

I think that you had better not drink alcohol too much.

References:

Introduction to Plain Forms

https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Introduction-to-Plain-Forms-enp0g3

Plain Forms in Past Tense

https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Plain-Forms-in-Past-Tense-eoe8fp

Sentence-ending particle "ne" and "yo"

https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Sentence-ending-particle-ne-and-yo-emureo

Adverbs

https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Adverbs-en3nt1

How to say "I think that" in Japanese

https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/How-to-say-I-think-that-in-Japanese-ens5gf

Expression for "too much" using すぎる

https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Expression-for-too-much-using-eol93n

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