I like reading books in Japanese 🇯🇵

Sentence info.

わたし は ほん を よむ こと が すき です。

Watashi wa hon o yomu koto ga suki desu.

– わたし (watashi): meaning "I" or "me".
– は (wa): a topic marker particle that indicates the topic of the sentence.
– ほん (hon): meaning "book" or "books".
– を (o): an object marker particle that indicates the direct object of an action.
– よむ (yomu): meaning "to read".
– こと (koto): turns the preceding verb into a noun phrase, similar to converting "to read" into "reading".
– が (ga): a subject marker particle that often indicates the subject of a sentence in the context of expressing likes or dislikes.
– すき (suki): meaning "like".
– です (desu): a polite ending particle that adds a level of formality.

Tips to remember:
– Remember that は is pronounced "wa" when used as a particle.
– Think of こと as a way to nominalize a verb. In this case, "よむこと" means "reading".
– Use が before すきです when stating your likes.

Alternate ways to say "I like reading books":
1. わたし は ほん を よむ の が すき です。
Watashi wa hon o yomu no ga suki desu.
(Here, の no is used to nominalize the verb instead of こと.)

2. ほん を よむ の が すき です。
Hon o yomu no ga suki desu.
(Omitting わたしは can make the sentence feel more natural and casual, assuming the context is clear.)

3. よむ こと が すき です。
Yomu koto ga suki desu.
(This emphasizes the activity of reading in general without specifying books.)

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