For today’s lesson we’ll learn how to express our likes and dislikes.<\/p>\n
First let’s take a look at this sentence:<\/p>\n
\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3044\u306c\u304c\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059<\/strong><\/p>\n (\u308f\u305f\u3057<\/strong> = I. \u306f<\/strong> =\u00a0topic marking particle. \u3044\u306c<\/strong> = dogs. \u304c<\/strong> = subject marking particle. \u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059<\/strong> = like.)<\/p>\n In English, this sentence would mean, “I like dogs”.<\/p>\n \u3053\u308c\u306f\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u3059\u304d\u306a\u3044\u306c\u3067\u3059<\/strong><\/p>\n (\u3053\u308c<\/strong> = this. \u306f<\/strong> = topic marking particle. \u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e<\/strong> = my. \u3059\u304d\u306a<\/strong> = like. \u3044\u306c<\/strong> = dog. \u3067\u3059<\/strong> = is.)<\/p>\n In English this sentence would mean, “This is my favorite dog”<\/p>\n You’ll notice that between the two sentences, the first one has\u00a0the subject marking particle\u00a0\u304c<\/strong>\u00a0while the second one doesn’t. Also, the second sentence has a \u306a<\/strong> in \u3059\u304d\u306a<\/strong> but the first sentence doesn’t, it just has \u3059\u304d<\/strong>. Moreover, between the two sentences, there’s a difference in meaning. In the first sentence, we don’t know whether the person likes dogs over other animals, just that the person likes dogs. In the second sentence, the person stated that out of all the dogs, a particular dog was his favorite.<\/p>\n Now take a look at this sentence:<\/p>\n \u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3044\u306c\u304c\u3060\u3044\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059<\/strong><\/p>\n (\u308f\u305f\u3057<\/strong> = I. \u306f<\/strong> = topic marking particle. \u3044\u306c <\/strong>= dogs. \u304c<\/strong> = subject marking particle. \u3060\u3044\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059<\/strong> = like a lot.\u00a0)<\/p>\n In English, this sentence would mean, “I like dogs a lot”. The \u3060\u3044<\/strong> in front of the \u3059\u304d<\/strong> intensifies the expression into “like a lot”.<\/p>\n You can also express your dislike by changing \u3059\u304d<\/strong> with \u304d\u3089\u3044<\/strong><\/p>\n So the following sentences would be :<\/p>\n \u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3044\u306c\u304c\u304d\u3089\u3044\u3067\u3059<\/strong> (I dislike dogs.)<\/p>\n (\u308f\u305f\u3057 <\/strong>= I. \u306f<\/strong> = topic marking particle. \u3044\u306c<\/strong> = dogs. \u304c<\/strong> = subject marking particle. \u304d\u3089\u3044\u3067\u3059<\/strong> = dislike.)<\/p>\n \u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3044\u306c\u304c\u3060\u3044\u304d\u3089\u3044\u3067\u3059<\/strong> (I dislike dogs a lot)<\/p>\n (\u308f\u305f\u3057<\/strong> = I. \u306f<\/strong> = topic marking particle. \u3044\u306c<\/strong> = dogs. \u304c <\/strong>= subject marking particle. \u3060\u3044\u304d\u3089\u3044\u3067\u3059<\/strong> = dislike a lot.)<\/p>\n \ufffd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For today’s lesson we’ll learn how to express our likes and dislikes. First let’s take a look at this sentence: \u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3044\u306c\u304c\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059 (\u308f\u305f\u3057 = I. \u306f =\u00a0topic marking particle. \u3044\u306c = dogs. \u304c = subject marking particle. \u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059 = like.) In English, this sentence would mean, “I like dogs”. \u3053\u308c\u306f\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u3059\u304d\u306a\u3044\u306c\u3067\u3059 (\u3053\u308c = this. \u306f = topic…<\/p>\n