～好き・～嫌い

About

This structure uses the が or は particle to attach the な-adjectives 好すき or 嫌きらい to a noun in order to describe it as being "liked" or "disliked". This is contrary to English, which uses verbs for this purpose ("to like/dislike") rather than adjectives.

If describing a verb or adjective, the nominalizing の or こと must be placed before が/は to form the structure 「(nominalized verb/adjective)が/は好すき・嫌きらい」. Nouns may simply follow the structure 「(noun)が/は好すき・嫌きらい」.

好すき and 嫌きらい may be proceeded by 大だい to indicate "love" (大好だいすき) and "hate" (大嫌だいきらい). This does not change the above structures.

Summary

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  You can attach the が or は particle to a noun and follow it with 好すき or 嫌きらい to describe it as being "liked" or "disliked"

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  好すき and 嫌きらい are な-adjectives, not verbs

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  In order to describe a verb or adjective with 〜は/が好すき・嫌きらい, it must first be nominalized using either の or こと