〜が好きです・嫌いです

## What it means 好き (like), 嫌い (dislike), 上手 (good at), and 下手 (bad at) all describe your feelings or skill toward something. In every one of these, が marks the thing you like, dislike, or are good/bad at — not を.

## When to use it Put the thing first, then が, then the な-adjective: 猫が好きです ("I like cats"), 野菜が嫌いです ("I dislike vegetables"), 料理が上手です ("good at cooking"). Since these are all な-adjectives, they follow the same です／じゃありません pattern as any other な-adjective.

## Don't confuse it with The trap here is grabbing を, because "liking a thing" or "doing something well" sounds action-based. But 好き, 嫌い, 上手, and 下手 are adjectives describing a state, not action verbs, so the thing they connect to always takes が. Saying 猫を好きです instead of 猫が好きです is one of the most frequent mistakes at this level.