〜がすきです: to like is a JLPT N5 grammar point. Likes take が (not を): “X が すきです”. Structure: [Nom] が すきです ・ négation : すきじゃないです. This page explains the construction, gives Japanese examples with furigana readings, and links to related grammar points at this level.

〜がすきです: to like

Structure

[Nom] が すきです ・ négation : すきじゃないです

Explanation

すき “liked, pleasing” is a na-adjective, not a verb: so what you like takes が, never を: おんがくが すきです “I like music”. Same pattern for きらい (dislike), じょうず (good at) and へた (bad at). “Love” is だいすき.

Examples

I like music.

What kind of food do you like?

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  • が ✓

すき is a na-adjective: what you like takes が, never を.

  • が ✓
  • から

Same pattern in the answer: ほんが すきです “I like books”.

More N5 grammar points

は: topic particleの: possessive / linking particleを: object particleに: time / destination particleが: subject particleで: place of action / means〜たい: wanting to do〜てください: please do…あります / います: existence〜ましょう: let'sも (“also / too”)と (“and / with”)へ: direction particleか: question particleこれ・それ・あれ: this / that〜ないでください: please don'tAのほうがBより: comparison

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