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How do you say "What do you like?" in Japanese?
何が好きですか？
nani ga suki desu ka ?
In Japanese, "What do you like?" is 何が好きですか？ (nani ga suki desu ka ?).
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Pronunciation
何が好きですか？ is written using kanji. Romanised as nani ga suki desu ka ?, it sounds roughly like "nah-nee-gah-soo-kee-deh-soo-kah" to an English ear.
Writing and usage
Nani ga suki desu ka is a foundational conversation starter. The particle ga marks the object of preference, while suki (好き) is an i-adjective meaning to like.
Example sentence
「何が好きですか？」はよく使う質問です。
'Nani ga suki desu ka?' wa yoku tsukau shitsumon desu.
'What do you like?' is a commonly used question.
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How to remember 何が好きですか？
Nani means what, suki means like, and together they unlock a thousand personal conversations about tastes and interests.
Related words
- what is your personality? どんな性格ですか？ donna seikaku desu ka ？
- what is your job? 仕事は何ですか？ shigoto wa nan desu ka ？
- what is the weather on monday? 月曜日の天気は何ですか？ getsuyōbi no tenki wa nan desu ka ？
- what is the weather on friday? 金曜日の天気は何ですか？ kinyōbi no tenki wa nan desu ka ？
- what is the temperature on sunday? 日曜日の気温は何度ですか？ nichiyōbi no kion wa nan dodesu ka ？
- what is the temperature on saturday? 土曜日の気温は何度ですか？ doyōbi no kion wa nan dodesu ka ？
- what is the weather? 天気はどうですか？ tenki wa dōdesu ka ？
- what don't you want? 欲しくないものは何ですか？ hoshikunai mono wa nan desu ka ？
- what is the temperature? 気温は何度ですか？ kion wa nan dodesu ka ？
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Questions about 何が好きですか？
How do you pronounce 何が好きですか?
何が好きですか？ is romanised as nani ga suki desu ka ?. Say it roughly like "nah-nee-gah-soo-kee-deh-soo-kah" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
Is 何が好きですか formal or casual?
何が好きですか？ is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
How is 何が好きですか written in Japanese?
何が好きですか？ is written using kanji. Nani ga suki desu ka is a foundational conversation starter.
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"What do you like?" in other languages
- Korean 무엇을 좋아해요? (mueoseul joahaeyo?)
- Chinese 你喜欢什么? (nǐ xǐ huān shén me ?)
- Spanish ¿Qué te gusta?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Qué te gusta?
- French Qu'est-ce que tu aimes ?
- German Was magst du?
- Italian Cosa ti piace?
- Russian Что тебе нравится? (čto tebe nravitsja?)
- Greek Τι σου αρέσει; (ti su aresi)
- Arabic أنت بتحب إيه؟ (inta bithibb 'ieeh)
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