Talking about Likes and Dislikes

你	鍾	唔	鍾意	行山	㗎 / 嘅	?
nei5	zung1	m4	zung1 ji3	haang4 saan1	gaa3 / ge2	?
you	like	not	like	hike	SP

Do you like hiking?

Short Answers

2. ❤️

鍾意	呀	。
zung1 ji3	aa3	.
like	SP

Yes.

3. 😖

唔	鍾意	呀	。
m4	zung1 ji3	aa3	.
not	like	SP

No.

Long Answers

4. ❤️

我	鍾意	行山	呀	。
ngo5	zung1 ji3	haang4 saan1	aa3	.
I	like	hike	SP

I like hiking.

5. 😖

我	唔	鍾意	行山	呀	。
ngo5	m4	zung1 ji3	haang4 saan1	aa3	.
I	not	like	hike	SP

I don’t like hiking.

We can show how much we like or dislike an activity by using degree words.

Short Answers

6. ❤️

好	鍾意	呀	。
hou2	zung1 ji3	aa3	.
very	like	SP

Very much.

7. ❤️❤️

勁	鍾意	呀	。
ging6	zung1 ji3	aa3	.
strongly	like	SP

Very, very much.

8. 😐

唔係好	鍾意	呀	。
m4 hai6 hou2	zung1 ji3	aa3	.
not quite	like	SP

Not quite.

9. 😖😖

勁	唔	鍾意	呀	。
ging6	m4	zung1 ji3	aa3	.
strongly	not	like	SP

I dislike it very, very much.

10. 😖😖

勁	憎	呀	。
ging6	zang1	aa3	.
strongly	hate	SP

I hate it very, very much.

Long Answers

11. ❤️

我	好	鍾意	行山	呀	。
ngo5	hou2	zung1 ji3	haang4 saan1	aa3	.
I	very	like	hike	SP

I like hiking very much.

12. ❤️❤️

我	勁	鍾意	行山	呀	。
ngo5	ging6	zung1 ji3	haang4 saan1	aa3	.
I	strongly	like	hike	SP

I like hiking very, very much.

13. 😐

我	唔係好	鍾意	行山	呀	。
ngo5	m4 hai6 hou2	zung1 ji3	haang4 saan1	aa3	.
I	not quite	like	hike	SP

I don’t quite like hiking.

14. 😖😖

我	勁	唔	鍾意	行山	呀	。
ngo5	ging6	m4	zung1 ji3	haang4 saan1	aa3	.
I	strongly	not	like	hike	SP

I dislike hiking very, very much.

15. 😖😖

我	勁	憎	行山	呀	。
ngo5	ging6	zang1	haang4 saan1	aa3	.
I	strongly	hate	hike	SP

I hate hiking very, very much.

If we dislike an activity, we can express it implicitly by saying that we don’t or seldom do the activity.

16. 😖😖

我	唔	行山	嘅 / 㗎	。
ngo5	m4	haang4 saan1	ge3 / gaa3	.
I	not	hike	SP

I don’t hike.

17. 😖😖

我	好少	行山	嘅 / 㗎	。
ngo5	hou2 siu2	haang4 saan1	ge3 / gaa3	.
I	seldom	hike	SP

I seldom hike.

To continue the conversation, we can talk about other activities. If the other person likes the previous activity, we can ask:

18.

你	平時	仲	鍾意	做	咩	㗎 / 嘅	?
nei5	ping4 si4	zung6	zung1 ji3	zou6	me1	gaa3 / ge2	?
you	usually	in addition	like	do	what	SP

What do you usually like doing in addition?

If the other person doesn’t like the previous activity, we can ask:

19.

咁	你	平時	鍾意	做	咩	㗎 / 嘅	?
gam2	nei5	ping4 si4	zung1 ji3	zou6	me1	gaa3 / ge2	?
then	you	usually	like	do	what	SP

What do you usually like doing then?