"よくりょうりします。"

Translation:I cook a lot.

June 13, 2017

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/NOYLLOPAJ

How would one distinguish between "i cook often" and "i cook well"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/NikRamakrishnan

When you say よくーーします, it means I __ a lot. To say you do something well, you can use うまく(umaku)ーーします. In this case you'd say - うまくりょうりします.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Igarin1

It must be added in this case.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/sasuke1

料理が上手です


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/nekogaijin

When is yoku used to mean good or done well?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/joshmich1

It is also important to think of the cultural aspect, it would be too prideful to say I cook well. So that context means it must be often.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/IoliMoira

That makes sense but the same sentence could also mean "you cook well!" so it's a compliment that way, isn't that right?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JiyangYap

If I'm not wrong, よく normally indicates doing something a lot. However, よくない(良くない) on the other hand would mean "not good". It's odd like that, there are a lot "set patterns" which certain phrases are commonly used...


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Amaya_Tsuya

Can we also use たくさん?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/DarionM_

Why is "frequently" incorrect?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/joshmich1

There are a lot of words in Japanese to talk about how often or frequent something is done. Yoku is almost always translated as often. Tama ni I would say more for frequently. Shibashiba is closer to seldom and tokidoki for sometimes.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/panino1

Often and frequently are synonyms.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/andi_kan

Can I just clarify that "a lot" here refers to frequency (often), and not quantity? What would be the corresponding Japanese term for cooking in large quantity -- たくさん?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MerireDECO

I know the accepted answer, "i cook often", is better. But I'm still sad it refused "I make food often" :(


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/swiftsign

I first put "I will cook a lot" but it was wrong - what would that be in this case?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/cheekyspirit01

良く料理します。


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Kayl575411

Should "I often make food" be accepted?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/SilentRead

料理する (りょうりする) is its own verb which translates closely as "to cook" (no direct object), as in "I cook often". "Make food" is less precise because 料理 as a noun specifically means "cooked dish" or "cuisine", not just any food; and 料理する is an intransitive verb, so there is a close match in English for the verb "to cook" (intransitive).


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/hallojanelle

I make food often

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