The sentence あなたほど上手じゃないです/Anata hodo jōzu ja nai desu
Hi there,

One of the sentences provided in a course I'm doing is "Anata hodo jōzu ja nai desu (not as good as you)", right after that person is complemented on their Japanese (日本語がお上手ですね / Nihon go ga o jōzu desu ne / "your Japanese is wonderful/very good").

From what I understand, "anata" isn't used very frequently and can maybe even be considered kind of rude, so what would be a more natural way to say "not as good as you" or something along those lines? Thanks in advance.

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The sentence あなたほど上手じゃないです/Anata hodo jōzu ja nai desu
Hi there,

One of the sentences provided in a course I'm doing is "Anata hodo jōzu ja nai desu (not as good as you)", right after that person is complemented on their Japanese (日本語がお上手ですね / Nihon go ga o jōzu desu ne / "your Japanese is wonderful/very good").

From what I understand, "anata" isn't used very frequently and can maybe even be considered kind of rude, so what would be a more natural way to say "not as good as you" or something along those lines? Thanks in advance.

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I see, thank you.

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そうですね。In japanese is not usual anata or kimi. Anata and kimi is use by husband/wife and boyfriend/girlfriend. In your case, you must know the name of your partner language. Like 田中さんほど上手じゃないですよ。but, in my opinion, don t sound natural this awnswer. Maybe it s more natural if you answer, そんなことはないです(im not so good that you think), or いいえ、まだまだだよ.

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