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・to like/dislike
Key sentences:
わたしは いぬが すきです。
Watashiwa inuga sukidesu
(I like dogs.)
w a g a s u k i k i r a i d e s u
はYが すき/きらいです
Xは きらいです。 X likes/dislikes Y.
すき(な)(to like, to be fond of) and きらい(な)(to dislike) are な-adjectives. The meaning
of these adjectives is relational in the sense that you need a person who likes/dislikes
something/someone, i.e., the subject, and a person or thing that is liked/disliked, i.e., the
object. Note that the object of these な-adjectives is marked with が (but not with を).
Exercise1: Make up question sentences by using the following vocabularies and answer the
questions.
a n a t a w a s a k a n a g a s u k i d e s u k a
ex) A: あなたは さかなが すきですか。
h a i s u k i d e s u i i e s u k i j a a r i m a s e n
B: はい、すきです。/ いいえ、すきじゃありません。
e e g a
① えいが (film)
d o k u s h o
② どくしょ (reading books)
s u p o o t s u
③スポーツ (sports)
r y o o r i
④りょうり(cooking)
d o n n a
どんな + noun what kind of N
a n a t a w a d o n n a o n g a k u g a s u k i d e s u k a
あなたは どんなおんがくが すきですか。What kind of music do you like?
w a t a s h i w a r o k k u g a s u k i d e s u
わたしは ロックがすきです。I like rock music.
あなたは
t a b e m o n o t a b e m o n o
① どんなたべものがすきですか。(たべもの:food)
s u p o o t s u s u p o o t s u
② どんなスポーツがすきですか。(スポーツ:sports)
e e g a e e g a
③ どんなえいががすきですか。(えいが:film)
h i t o h i t o
④ どんなひとがすきですか。(ひと:person)
The two types of adjectives, namely い-adjectives and な-adjectives, are named after its
forms of modifying nouns.
い-adjectives: な-adjectives:
k a r a i t a b e m o n o h e r u s h i i n a t a b e m o n o
からいたべもの spicy food ヘルシーなたべもの healthy food
y a s a s h i i h i t o h a n s a m u n a h i t o
やさしいひと a kind person ハンサムなひと a handsome person
k o w a i e e g a s h i z u k a n a e e g a
こわいえいが scary movies しずかなえいが quiet movies