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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Risa: And I'm Risa. |
| Eric: And welcome to Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 20. Using the Verb "To like." |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for discussing likes. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: Our first example is "I like eating." |
| Risa: 食べることが好きです。 (Taberu koto ga suki desu.) |
| Risa: [slow] 食べることが好きです。 (Taberu koto ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: The pattern for discussing likes has 4 elements. First, the dictionary form of a verb meaning "to eat." |
| Risa: 食べる (Taberu). |
| Eric: Second, the nominalizer which turns the preceding verb, adjective, or sentence into a noun. |
| Risa: こと (koto). |
| Eric: Third, the subject marking particle. |
| Risa: が (ga). |
| Eric: And last, the na-adjective meaning "to like something," plus the linking verb. |
| Risa: 好きです (suki desu). |
| Eric: Altogether, we have, "I like eating." |
| Risa: 食べることが好きです。 (Taberu koto ga suki desu.) [slow] 食べることが好きです。 (Taberu koto ga suki desu.) [normal] 食べることが好きです。 (Taberu koto ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: To describe what you like to do in Japanese, first say the verb phrase or action word of the thing you like to do in the dictionary form. |
| Risa: 食べる (taberu). |
| Eric: This is followed by the nominalizer, |
| Risa: こと (koto), |
| Eric: then a subject marking particle, |
| Risa: が (ga), |
| Eric: and finally "like" |
| Risa: 好きです (suki desu) |
| Eric: All together, |
| Risa: 食べることが好きです。 (Taberu koto ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: Notice that in this case, you can omit saying the subject of the sentence, "I." |
| Risa: 私は (watashi wa). |
| Eric: So you can just say |
| Risa: 食べることが好きです。 (Taberu koto ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: So remember, to say what you like to do in Japanese, first say the dictionary form of a verb, plus... |
| Risa:ことが好きです (koto ga suki desu). |
| Eric: Here’s another example meaning, "I like to sleep." First, the dictionary form of the verb meaning "to sleep." |
| Risa: 寝る (Neru). |
| Eric: Second, the nominalizer which turns the preceding verb into a noun. |
| Risa: こと (koto). |
| Eric: Third, the subject marking particle. |
| Risa: が (ga). |
| Eric: And last, the na-adjective meaning "to like something," plus the linking verb. |
| Risa: 好きです (suki desu). |
| Eric: Altogether we have... |
| Risa: 寝ることが好きです。 (Neru koto ga suki desu.) [slow] 寝ることが好きです。 (Neru koto ga suki desu.) [normal] 寝ることが好きです。 (Neru koto ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: "I like to sleep." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 寝ることが好きです。 (Neru koto ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: How do you say "I like to watch TV?" To give you a hint, "to watch" is... |
| Risa: 見る (miru). [slow] 見る (miru). [normal] 見る (miru). |
| Eric: "I like to watch TV." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: テレビを見ることが好きです。 (Terebi o miru koto ga suki desu.) [slow] テレビを見ることが好きです。 (Terebi o miru koto ga suki desu.) [normal] テレビを見ることが好きです。 (Terebi o miru koto ga suki desu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: テレビを見ることが好きです。 (Terebi o miru koto ga suki desu.) |
| REVIEW |
| Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I’ll give you the English equivalent of the phrase, and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. Here we go. |
| Eric: "I like eating." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 食べることが好きです。 (Taberu koto ga suki desu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 食べることが好きです。 (Taberu koto ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: "I like to sleep." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 寝ることが好きです。 (Neru koto ga suki desu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 寝ることが好きです。 (Neru koto ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: "I like to watch TV." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: テレビを見ることが好きです。 (Terebi o miru koto ga suki desu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: テレビを見ることが好きです。 (Terebi o miru koto ga suki desu.) |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for discussing likes, as in... |
| Risa: 食べることが好きです。 (Taberu koto ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: which means "I like eating." |
| Eric: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So be sure to check them out on JapanesePod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Risa: じゃ、また。(Ja, mata.). |
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