〜のはどうですか~no wa dou desu ka

How it works

1. 

   The headlines alone are not enough to understand. Look at the picture: what solution does the friend suggest?

2. 

   Use this pattern to suggest an action and ask what the other person thinks of it.

3. 

   Use the dictionary form of the verb: put 「読む」 before 「のはどうですか」.

4. 

   This gently offers one possible solution. The other person decides whether to take the suggestion.

5. 

   The first sentence suggests the whole approach of reading while looking up words, rather than just looking them up.

6. 

   The second sentence suggests trying to read it yourself first. Even with 「てみる」, the final verb stays in the dictionary form 「みる」.

Example sentences

• 分からない言葉わからないことばwakaranaikotobaをo調べしらべshirabeながらnagara読むよむyomuのnoはわwaどうdouですdesuか。ka。

  How about reading while looking up words you don't know?

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In a conversation

• A
  ニュースにゅーすの見出しみだしだけ見みても、本当ほんとうの事実じじつがよく分からないわからないね。

  A: Just looking at news headlines doesn't really give you the actual facts, does it?

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• B

Check yourself

1. Level 1 · Recognise

   Which sentence is correct?

   A一面的な見方ではなく、もっと多面的な観点から事実を見るのはどうですか。B一面的な見方ではなく、複数の資料を比べてみるのはどうですか。C一面的な見方ではなく、周りの人の意見を聞くのはどうですか。D一面的な見方ではなく、まず相手の立場を整理するのはどうですか。

2. Level 1 · Recognise

   Listen and choose the meaning

   AHow about insisting strongly on only your own opinion?BHow about talking it over after giving it a little time?CHow about giving up a one-sided way of thinking and calmly accepting the other person’s opinion too?DHow about listening to what the other person has to say all the way to the end first?

3. Level 2 · Build

   Put the words in order

   How about reading while looking up words you don't understand?

   読むのは分からない言葉をどうですか。のを調べながら
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4. Level 3 · Use

   What goes in the blank?

   分からない言葉を調べながら____。

   How about reading while looking up unfamiliar words?

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