チーズが大好きです
chīzu ga daisuki desu
The Japanese phrase for "I love cheese" is チーズが大好きです (chīzu ga daisuki desu).
This phrase is used to express a strong liking for cheese.
Which one should you use?
To express a simple liking, you can use suki (as in チーズが好きです), but daisuki expresses a much stronger preference or love. Additionally, チーズが一番好き！ can be used to say "Cheese is my favorite!"
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
There are several ways to express this depending on the setting. For formal interactions, use 私はチーズが大好きです。 For an informal context, you can use チーズが大好き！ In very casual conversation or on social media, you can drop the particle and the polite ending entirely to say チーズ大好き.
How does it change in a sentence?
The particle が is used in these phrases to mark チーズ (cheese) as the object of your affection or liking.
How do you pronounce it?
chīzu ga daisuki desu
Did you know?
- While daisuki expresses a strong liking for cheese, using the word aishiteru for 'love' would sound unnaturally intense and dramatic to a native speaker in this context.
- If you want to sound extra enthusiastic on social media, you can replace the period at the end of チーズ大好き with a small っ or a wavy line 〜. This mimics a rising, excited tone of voice.
- In Japanese grammar, the particle ga marks the cheese as the object of affection, but it actually functions as a subject marker, making the sentence literally 'cheese is greatly liked'.
Examples in context
- はい、おすしも好きですが、チーズが大好きです！Yes, I like sushi too, but I love cheese!
- チーズが大好きです。chīzu ga daisuki desu.I love cheese.
- 子供の時からチーズが大好きです。kodomo no toki kara chīzu ga daisuki desu.I have loved cheese since I was a child.
- 本当に、チーズが大好きです！hontō ni, chīzu ga daisuki desu!I really love cheese!
Example conversation
Yui and Hiroto are talking about their favorite foods.
- 結衣 Yui大翔さんは、何が好きですか？Hiroto-san wa, nani ga suki desu ka?What do you like, Hiroto?
- 大翔 Hiroto僕はチーズが大好きです。Boku wa chīzu ga daisuki desu.I love cheese.
- 結衣 Yui私もです！とても美味しいですよね。Watashi mo desu! Totemo oishii desu yo ne.Me too! It's very delicious, isn't it?
- 大翔 Hirotoそうですね。最高です。Sō desu ne. Saikō desu.It really is. It's the best.
