Nihongo - First Step

Grammar Notes

kudamono means "fruit".

Suki means "to like something" and expresses one's permanent taste.
Unlike English, this is not a verb, but an adjective, and the negative form is suki janai desu.
In Japanese language, there are two types of adjectives, but we will not talk about adjectives here.

Ga is a particle.
This particle has several roles like the particle wa.
Here, ga is used to indicate the object "fruit" of suki.

Practice 1

Let's practice the following words.

	くだもの	fruit
	りんご	apple
	サッカー	football, soccer
	やきゅう	baseball
	いぬ	dog
	ねこ	cat

Practice 2

Let's make sentences and speak it.

	わたしは　くだものが　すきです。
	I like fruit.
	わたしは　りんごが　すきじゃないです。
	I don't like apples.
	わたしは　サッカーが　すきです。
	I like football.
	わたしは　やきゅうが　すきじゃないです。
	I don't like baseball.
	わたしは　いぬが　すきです。
	I like dogs.
	わたしは　ねこが　すきじゃないです。
	I don't like cats.
	たなかさんは　いぬが　すきですか。
	Do you like dogs? (as asking Tanaka)
	やまださんは　ねこが　すきですか。
	Do you like cats? (as asking Yamada)