Rune Forge#35
N2Pattern 35
〜がたい
Formula:
V-ます
Examples & key points
その話は信じがたいです。
Sono hanashi wa shinjigatai desu.
That story is hard to believe.
がたい is a difficulty of the heart, not of technique
忘れがたい思い出です。
Wasuregatai omoide desu.
It is a memory hard to forget.
It joins a limited set of verbs, 信じる, 忘れる and 想像する chief among them
にくい のほうが幅広く使えます。
Nikui no hō ga habahiroku tsukaemasu.
にくい applies far more widely.
読みにくい works; 読みがたい is barely said
