1.2.4 What Do You Like?

• say what things they like and dislike

• give short responses to people's comments on likes and dislikes

• express degree

Academic Vocabulary: 
noun/な adjective〜じゃないです, particle wa (は)

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Telling things you like →　I like .....

Grammar Pattern:

〇〇 が すき です
(noun/object) ga suki desu
meaning →　I like .....

Example :

にほん の のみもの が すき です
Nihon no nomimono ga suki desu
I like the Japanese drinks/beverage


NOTE:
You can use "... ga suki desu" to say you like something, but not to talk about activities you like to do. Always put a noun before "ga suki desu."

​どうぶつdoubutsu

スポーツ
supootsu

えいが
eiga

おんがく
ongaku

​animal(s)

music

movie(s)

sport(s)

〇〇 の のみもの
(the country) no nomimono

(the country)'s drinks/beverage

〇〇 の たべもの
(the country) no tabemono

(the country)'s food(s)

Telling things you doesn't like →　I don't like .....

Grammar Pattern:

〇〇 が すき じゃ ない です
(noun/object) ga suki jya nai desu
meaning →　I don't like .....

Example :

スポーツ が すき じゃ ない です
Supootsu ga suki jya nai desu
I don't like sport(s)


NOTE:
You can use "... ga suki jya nai desu" to say you don't like something, but not to talk about activities you don't like to do. Always put a noun before "ga suki jya nai desu."

​どうぶつdoubutsu

スポーツ
supootsu

えいが
eiga

おんがく
ongaku

​animal(s)

music

movie(s)

sport(s)

〇〇 の のみもの
(the country) no nomimono

(the country)'s drinks/beverage

〇〇 の たべもの
(the country) no tabemono

(the country)'s food(s)

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たべもの　Tabemono

どうぶつ　Doubutsu

おんがく　Ongaku

スポーツ　Supootsu

えいが　Eiga

のみもの　Nomimono

〇〇じゃ ない です　..... jya nai desu

Usage:
〜じゃないです (.... jya nai desu) is used to say something is not something else.
Placement:
Put it after a noun or an adjective.

​+

​じゃ ない です
jya nai desu

​Breakdown:

• Noun + じゃないです (jya nai desu)

  • Example: わたし は せんせい じゃ ない です。 (Watashi wa sensei jya nai desu)　→　I am not a teacher

• な (na) - Adjective + じゃないです (jya nai desu)

  • Example: すき じゃ ない です。 (Suki jya nai desu)　→　I don't like (it)
    　　　　 きらい じゃ ない です。 (Kirai jya nai desu)　→　I don't hate (it)

​NOUN

な (na) - Adjective

Japanese Frequency Words

​Japanese: Degree/intensity words come before the adjective or verb.

Example:

にほん の たべもの を あまり たべません。
(Nihon no tabemono wo amari tabemasen)
I don't really eat Japanese foods

がっこう が ぜんぜん すき じゃない です
Gakkou ga zenzen suki jya nai desu
I don't like school at all

As for あまり (amari) and
ぜんぜん (zenzen) you must add verb negative not positive such as :

～じゃないです　(...jya nai desu)
～ません　(...masen)

Japanese Verb:

たべます　Tabemasu　(to eat)
のみます　Nomimasu　(to drink)
ききます　Kikimasu　(to listen)
します　Shimasu　(to do)

Negative verb:
Drop the ます (masu) and add ません (masen)
Example :
たべます　(tabemasu)　→　たべません　(tabemasen)

​+　～じゃないです　(.... jya nai desu)
+　～ません　　　　(.... masen)

Match

Match the following

• ぜんぜん

  zenzen

• あまり

  amari

• よく

  yoku

• まいにち

  　mainichi

• ときどき

  tokidoki

not at all, never

not really, not very often

often

everyday

sometimes

• not at all, never

• not really, not very often

• often

• everyday

• sometimes

Expressing Dislikes with Intensity

Grammar Pattern:

〇〇 が (intensity) すき じゃ ない です
(noun/object) ga (intensity) suki jya nai desu
meaning →　I don't like .....

Example :

スポーツ が ぜんぜん すき じゃ ない です
Supootsu ga zenzen suki jya nai desu
I don't like sport(s) at all


NOTE:
You can use ぜんぜん (zenzen: not at all) and
あまり (amari: not really) to show how strongly you dislike something.

​どうぶつdoubutsu

スポーツ
supootsu

えいが
eiga

おんがく
ongaku

​animal(s)

music

movie(s)

sport(s)

〇〇 の のみもの
(the country) no nomimono

(the country)'s drinks/beverage

〇〇 の たべもの
(the country) no tabemono

(the country)'s food(s)

Categorize

Options (4)

Suki

Suki jya nai

Amari

Zenzen

Organize these options into the right categories

Like

Dislike

Degree

かいわ　Kaiwa　Conversation

ゆり　(Yuri)：けんじさん、アメリカ の たべもの が すき です か？
　　　　　　 Kenji-san, Amerika no tabemono ga suki desu ka?

けんじ　(Kenji)：はい、アメリカ の たべもの が すき です。
　　　　　　　　Hai, amerika no tabemono ga suki desu.

ゆり　(Yuri)：わたし は にほん の たべもの が すき です。
　　　　　　 Watashi wa nihon no tabemono ga suki desu.
　　　　　　 アメリカ の たべもの が ぜんぜん すき じゃ ない です。
　　　　　　 Amerika no tabemono ga zenzen suki jya nai desu.
　　　　　　 アメリカ の たべもの を あまりたべません。
　　　　　　 Amerika no tabemono wo amari tabemasen.

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