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Season 4 covers ‘wanting to do X’ with the ~たい form of verbs.
Can this verb form also mean to ‘like doing X’?
If not, how do you say you like doing something (e.g. like eating, like eating fish)?
Nominaliser の or こと. As in, 食べるのが好きです
Alternately, 食べたい can mean “I would like to eat”, but even in English, “would like” is just a more polite way of saying “want”.
Thanks Joel!
So, to expand this example, “魚を食べるのが好きです” would be how to write “I like to eat fish”?
I’ve not learnt about こと yet; is that interchangeable with の in this usage?
Actually, on closer inspection, こと might be better than の in this context – の is a specific nominaliser (“I ate that one time, and I liked it”) whereas こと is a general nominaliser (“I like the act of eating in general”).
魚を食べることが好きです is correct, strictly speaking, but it might be a little clunky. Might be easier just to say 魚が好きです. Or 魚肉 if you think people might wonder if you like playing with live fish, or something.
Brilliant, thanks.
I want to learn everything, now! Pity I have devote time to other things, like work.
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