JLPT N4 grammar · Chapter 10

～といい

Hope that something turns out well

You'll be able to express a hope for yourself or someone else and offer gentle advice.

Illustration of the scene described by I hope Ren's team wins the game.

Read it first

蓮れんのチームが試合しあいに勝かてるといいですね。

ren no chiimu ga shiai ni kateru to ii desu ne.

What do you think this sentence means?

I hope Ren's team wins the game.

Why it means that

Express a hope

～といい expresses a wished-for outcome: it would be good if something happened. ね can share a hope with someone, while な can make it feel like a personal wish.

Example

試験しけんに合格ごうかくできるといいですね。

shiken ni goukaku dekiru to ii desu ne.

I hope you can pass the exam.

How it is built

Form and use ～といい

Use a hoped-for state or outcome, often a potential form for personal success. Context may also make といい into advice; here focus on hopes rather than automatic results.

Plain nonpast clause+といい

Examples

試験しけんに合格ごうかくできるといいですね。

shiken ni goukaku dekiru to ii desu ne.

I hope you can pass the exam.

また会あえるといいですね。

mata aeru to ii desu ne.

I hope we can meet again.

Examples

旅行りょこうの日ひ、雨あめが降ふらないといいですね。

ryokou no hi, ame ga furanai to ii desu ne.

I hope it doesn't rain on the day of our trip.

テストでいい点てんが取とれるといいですね。

tesuto de ii ten ga toreru to ii desu ne.

I hope you get a good score on the test.

早はやく元気げんきになるといいですね。

hayaku genki ni naru to ii desu ne.

I hope you get well soon.

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