29 May 2010

程 - extent - grado de

Word:
  • 程度 TEIdo
  • English: what degree of.., to what extent..
  • Spanish: que grado de.., hasta que punto..
Sentence:
  • 自分たちがどの程度他人に依存しているのかを悟っていない
  • jibun-tachi ga donoteido tanin ni izon-shite iru no ka wo satotte nai
  • We don't see the extent to which we depend on others
  • No percibimos el grado en que dependemos de otras personas
Mnemonics:
  • The kanji is composed of rice plant 禾, mouth 口 and king 王. We will use the example sentence to say that the king doesn't realize to which extent he depends on normal people to bring rice to his mouth!!

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