学校が大好きです
gakkō ga daisuki desu
The Japanese phrase for "I love school" is 学校が大好きです (gakkō ga daisuki desu).
This phrase is used to express a strong liking for one's school or the experience of schooling. You can also use the variation 学校がとても好きです to say "I really like school."
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
The phrase 学校が大好きです is a formal way to say "I love school". In casual conversation with friends, you can use the informal version 学校が大好きだ by replacing desu with da or the very informal 学校が大好き！ For an even more emphatic informal feeling, you can use 学校が超好き！, where 超 acts as "super" or "really".
Is it said differently in some regions?
In parts of western Japan, such as Osaka, you might hear the variation 学校がめっちゃ好きやねん。 In the Kansai region, which includes Kyoto and Kobe, the variation 学校がめっちゃ好きやわ。 is also used.
How do you pronounce it?
gakkō ga daisuki desu
Did you know?
- In Japanese schools, students often clean the classrooms and hallways themselves as part of their daily routine, making 'loving school' include a love for communal labor.
- In Japanese, the verb to love, 愛する, is rarely used for school or hobbies because it carries a heavy, romantic, or sacrificial connotation. To express a passionate liking for an institution, the word 大好き is much more natural and common.
- The word for school, 学校, is composed of the characters for 'study' and 'building'. Literally, it means a 'study building'.
Examples in context
- 学校が大好きです。Gakkou ga daisuki desu.I love school.
- 新しい学校が大好きです。Atarashii gakkou ga daisuki desu.I love my new school.
- 勉強もできるし、学校が大好きです。Benkyou mo dekiru shi, gakkou ga daisuki desu.I can study well, and I love school.
Example conversation
Two students are talking about their day at school.
- 陽太 Yota美咲さんは、今の学校はどうですか？Misaki-san wa, ima no gakkō wa dō desu ka?Misaki, how do you like your school now?
- 美咲 Misakiとても楽しいです。学校が大好きです！Totemo tanoshii desu. Gakkō ga daisuki desu!It's very fun. I love school!
- 陽太 Yotaそれはいいですね。僕も同じです。Sore wa ii desu ne. Boku mo onaji desu.That's great. I feel the same way.
- 美咲 Misaki陽太さんも学校が楽しいんですね。Yōta-san mo gakkō ga tanoshii n desu ne.So you enjoy school too, Yota.
