say almost using hotondo

hotondo have various meaning, it can mean : almost, a few, little, we can use hotondo as adjective verb, and it use both in first sentence and center of sentence. oke let's see some example below

first sentence
ほとんど　この　仕事は終わらない。
hotondo kono shigoto wa owaranai
this work almost doesn't done.
pekerjaan ini hampir tidak selesai

center sentence
今週は仕事たくさんあって日本語はほとんど勉強しません。
konsyuu wa shigoto takusan atte, nihongo ha hotondo benkyousimasen.
minggu ini banyak sekali kerjaan, hampir tidak belajar sama sekali.

すしは　ほとんど　食べません。
sushi wa hotondo tabemasen.
(I) almost doesn't eat sushi.
(saya) hampir tidak makan sushi sama sekali.

before hotondo is very common using particle wa. hotondo can followed by negative sentence and positive sentence like example above.

hotondo di gunakan untuk menyatakan hampir, baik di ikuti kalimat positif maupun kalimat negatif, seperti pada contoh di atas.

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