前ぜん者しゃ

Usage patterns

• 前ぜん者しゃは〈事こと〉で、後こう者しゃは〈事こと〉だthe former is ~, while the latter is ~

  前ぜん者しゃは安やすいが、後こう者しゃは品ひん質しつが高たかい。

  The former is cheap, while the latter is high quality.

• 前ぜん者しゃを選えらぶto choose the former (of two options)

  迷まよったが、結けっ局きょく前ぜん者しゃを選えらんだ。

  I hesitated, but in the end I chose the former.

• 前ぜん者しゃの方ほうが〈形けい容よう詞し〉the former is more ~ (than the latter)

  前ぜん者しゃの方ほうが値ね段だんが安やすい。

  The former is cheaper in price.