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the more -)

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(,) ~0i~ik&ih&3lfmc3rm a 0 a*,
(The more you drink this sake, the tastier it becomes.)
@) k%li L Gf itlfL bll3 PA6 od'% LblTTO
(The better the university, the harder it is to get in.)

(c) 7,f- l.ik5RC:Zhtitlf2b~Cak' (&%@) Abl,
(The closer apartments are to the station, the more expensive they are
(to rent).)
(d) %,%z%a L;z%~c~ PW:%+W ~:Z~S'LII/~TTL~
(The healthier you are, the more careful you should be about your
health.)

1. The construction of - ba - hod0 is very close in meaning to the more -,
the more - construction in English.
2. Other conditionals tara and to cannot be used in this construction.
Thus, the following use of to and tara are ungrammatical.

(2) X%li ~fiVbl%/*filtLff%l ;3'itrEPP+fllii&,
(As for brown rice, the more you chew it, the tastier it becomes.)
3. When the verb is a suru-verb as in KS(A), it takes the form of either N-
sureba N-suru hod0 or N-sureba suru hod0 as in KS(A). If the verb is
not a sum-verb as in Ex.(a), it always takes the form of Vcond
Vinf. nonpast hodo.