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Adjective (な)
| Something or someone is what someone does not like. | Don't like; dislike |
| 【Antonym Expression: 好きだ】 |
(ks). 私はチーズが嫌いだ・嫌いです。
I don't like cheese.
(a). 僕は冬が嫌いだ。
I dislike winter.
(b). ホワイトさんはフットボールが大嫌いです。
Mr. White hates football.
1. 嫌いだ is a な type adjective which requires the "は~が construction". (⇨ は~が) The experiencer (i.e., the person who dislikes some thing) is marked by は and the disliked object by が. Note that the disliked object is marked by が, not by を.
2. In subordinate clauses, は marking the experiencer changes into が, as seen in (1).
3. "Dislike a lot" is expressed by 大嫌い, as in Example (b).