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のが好き details

write + like doing

kaku no ga suki

like doing

meaning: like writing

やすみのは、なにもしないでごろごろするのがすきなんだ。

yasumi no hi wa, nani mo shinaide gorogorosuru no ga suki na n da.

On my days off, I like lazing around doing nothing. casual

あねらないまち一人ひとり歩くあるくのがすき

ane wa shiranai machi o hitori de aruku no ga suki.

My sister likes walking around unfamiliar towns by herself. neutral

  • polite
  • past
  • negative

Examples

like doing — の nominalizes the verb so the na-adjective 好き can take it with が

やすみのは、なにもしないでごろごろするのがすきなんだ。

yasumi no hi wa, nani mo shinaide gorogorosurunogasuki na n da.

On my days off, I like lazing around doing nothing. casual

あねらないまち一人ひとりあるくのがすきです。

ane wa shiranai machi o hitori de arukunogasukidesu.

My sister likes walking around unfamiliar towns by herself. neutral

どものころから、くのがきでした。

kodomo no koro kara, e o kaku no ga suki deshita.

Ever since I was a child, I have liked drawing. neutral

Formation

Notes

Plain nouns skip の entirely — 犬[いぬ]が好き; here の nominalizes verbs and adjectives (甘[あま]いのが好き). こと also works (泳[およ]ぐことが好き) but reads stiffer than の in speech.

Related patterns

Similar

  • Same のが frame turning a verb into a likeable thing, but 好き reports the subject's own taste while 上手 grades their skill from outside — so 私は歌うのが上手 sounds boastful where 私は歌うのが好き is unremarkable.