Practical Notes
Common Mistakes · Beginner
Common Mistake: 很好 vs 很喜欢
很好 means something is very good; 我很喜欢 means you like it very much.
Quick answer
Use 很好
to describe quality. Use 我很喜欢
to describe your feeling about something.
这个很好。
This is very good.
我很喜欢这个。
I like this very much.
Hear the phrase, then repeat it aloud.
When to use it
Choose 很好
for an evaluation and 喜欢
when expressing that you like someone or something.
Common mistake
很好
does not mean ‘I like it’. It tells the listener that something is good.
Practise aloud
很好。 Very good.
这个很好。 This is very good.
我很喜欢这个。 I really like this.
Say both sentences about the same object. This makes the difference between describing quality and expressing preference clearer.
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