Grammar a Day - Level 1 [ まだしも (madashimo) ]

まだしも (madashimo) - would be much better, would be acceptable

--- Examples ---
一度ならまだしもここまで六回その言葉を間違えって書いた。
Once would be acceptable, but you've misspelled that word six times now.

この方がまだしもあれよりよい。
This would be better than that.

こんなひどい目に合うよりまだしも死んだほうがよい。
I would rather die than have such a terrible experience.

すうじつならまだしも１０日も滞納している。
A few days would have been excusable but you are in arrears for 10 days.

--- Comments ---
often appears with 'nara' in front, meaning '(if it were this) then that
would be OK, but...'
This was a correct answer on the 1kyuu in 2005. (contributor:
naimononedari)

--- View this entry online ---
http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=madashimo

To unsubscribe from this list visit
http://yookoso.com/phpList/?p=unsubscribe&uid=7d6adca25b7f78e7cb4eb0f506e9a587
To update your preferences visit
http://yookoso.com/phpList/?p=preferences&uid=7d6adca25b7f78e7cb4eb0f506e9a587

--
Powered by PHPlist, www.phplist.com --