Examples がすきです
“Your heart is my piñata.” - Chuck Palahniuk
Let’s take a look at some example sentences. Do you know (or can you figure out) what the translation of these sentences are, just based off what you know about the “すき” pattern from the last page? These are all vocab you should (in theory) know, too, from the kanji vocab sections and the noun lists. If you don’t know them, just use jisho.org to look them up.
aフランス人がすきです
I like French People
a アメリカ人がすきです
I like Americans
aみず が すき です
I like water
aなつ が すき です
I like summer
Of course, you can switch the が out with は for all of these, but it will alter the meaning slightly. But, since the “が” examples are going to be the most common thing you see right now, let’s stick with that and worry about the other one later on.
Do you see the pattern from the last page up above? Also, are you remembering to pronounce すき like “ski” and not “soo-kee”? Make sure you’re doing that.
Now let’s see if you can make your own sentences. Try translating the following. Just use the patterns up above. Nothing tricky here.
I like food
aたべもの が すき です
I like rain
aあめ が すき です
I like apples
aりんご が すき です
I like drinks/beverages
aのみもの が すき です
I think it’s a pretty simple pattern (_____がすきです), so at this point we’ll move on to the next page, where we’ll learn something new (well, technically you already know it, you just don’t know that you know it yet) and keep practicing what we’ve just learned.