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N が 嫌いです (N ga kirai desu) — to dislike

To say you dislike something.

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

N [を] + が + 嫌いです

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

Meaning

  • The opposite of 好き is 嫌いです = "dislike".
  • Same rule — the thing you dislike takes が: 野菜が嫌いです (I dislike vegetables).

How to attach

To ask "what do you dislike?", say 何が嫌いですか.

Watch out

trap: な-adjective嫌い (きらい) also looks like it ends in い, but it is a な-adjective — 嫌いな食べもの (food I dislike), 嫌いじゃありません.

Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

野菜が嫌いです。

やさいがきらいです。

I dislike vegetables.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 野菜 (vegetables) ──> [ を ❌ ] ──> [ + が ✅ ] ──> 野菜が ──> [ + 嫌いです ] ──> 野菜が嫌いです (I dislike vegetables).

虫が嫌いです。

むしがきらいです。

I dislike bugs.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 虫 (bugs) ──> [ + が ✅ ] ──> 虫が ──> [ + 嫌いです ] ──> 虫が嫌いです (I dislike bugs).

何が嫌いですか。

なにがきらいですか。

What do you dislike?

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 何 (what) ──> [ + が ✅ ] ──> 何が ──> [ + 嫌いです ] ──> [ + か ] ──> 何が嫌いですか (what do you dislike?).

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

Question: 1/3

Which says "I dislike vegetables"?

💡 Hint: が, like 好き.

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