N が 好きです
With 好き, 嫌い, 上手, or 下手, the object is normally marked with が rather than を.
I like Japanese music.
すきです
These notes follow the grammar progression in the supplied Kanrin / Minna no Nihongo material. Each rule is summarized in English and paired with a fresh Japanese example, reading support, and translation.
Read the rule, cover the translation, and say the Japanese example aloud once.
With 好き, 嫌い, 上手, or 下手, the object is normally marked with が rather than を.
I like Japanese music.
The understood thing or possessed thing is marked with が in these patterns.
I understand hiragana.
よく, だいたい, 少し, あまり, and 全然 show degree. あまり and 全然 require a negative predicate.
I understand a little kanji.
Place から after a statement to give a reason. The result can come before or after it.
Because I have no time, I will hurry.
どうして asks why. An answer often ends in から.
Why do you study Japanese?
understand
have
like
dislike
good at
poor at
drinks
dish (cooked food), cooking (~を します : cook)
sport (~を します : play sports)
baseball (~を します : play baseball)
dance (~を します : dance)
trip, tour (~[を]します : travel, make a trip)
music
song
classical music
jazz
concert
karaoke
Kabuki (traditional Japanese musical drama)
picture, drawing
letter, character
Chinese characters
hiragana script
katakana script
the Roman alphabet
small change
ticket
time
something to do, errand
appointment, promise (~[を]します : promise)
side job (~を します : work part-time)
(someone else's) husband
(my) husband
(someone else's) wife
(my) wife
child
well, much
mostly, roughly
many, much
a little, a few
not at all (used with negatives)
early, quickly, fast
because ~
why
Please lend (it to me)
Sure./Certainly.
I'm sorry [, but], unfortunately
oh
Won't you join me (us)?
[~] is a bit difficult. (a euphemism used when declining an invitation)
So you can't (come)?
Please ask me again some other time. (used when refusing an invitation indirectly, considering someone's feelings)