のが好き - Grammar Discussion

like・love doing

Structure

  • Verb + の・が・好き + Optional だ

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In the sentence:

テレビを見みる の すき。

Can I use は instead of the ?
Does that change the meaning drastically? Or was that not added as an acceptable answer because it is out of the scope of this exercise?

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Hey :grin:

好き demands for the object of liking to be marked with が.
So it is always Someoneはsomethingが好き。
Same applies to 嫌い。

THERE IS AN EXCEPTION THOUGH:
は is also a particle that expresses contrast.
So if you want to express contrast it is OK to use のは。

Example:
(私は)テレビを見るのは好き。でもラジオを聞くのは好きではないl

I like watching TV. But I don’t like listening to the radio.

There is contrast expressed.

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How does this differ from ことが好き? This review question told me “Can you say it another way?” when I answered with ことがすき, (with no other hints) so are they interchangeable?
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They are :+1:
の is used more often with 好き and 嫌い though.

You might find this interesting :+1:

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