German for all abilities, private and business
If you want to say that you like something in German, you have several choices. You can use ‘mögen’, verb + ‘gern(e)’, finden + ‘gut’ or ‘gefallen’.
Mögen gets conjugated and used like a modal verb, except you should use is without a second verb.
How do you conjugate it?
How do you use it?
If you want to say that you like doing something you just add the word gern or gerne (it doesn’t matter which one) to whatever action you like doing.
Additional words you can use:
Of course, you might not like doing things. Then add these words to ‘gern’:
Gefallen goes with the item you like and you only need two forms: gefällt, if it’s one item & gefallen, if it’s more.
To say that you like something, you can also use the verb finden plus a verb, or a noun in the accusative plus ‘gut’, ‘sehr gut’, nicht gut’, etc …
A reminder how to conjugate finden:
Instead of gut, you can also use super, toll, schlecht, … any adjective that would descrive how you like something.
So, to recap:
Ich mag das! I like it (I hope so ☺)
Can you now write some sentences in German about something you like? Let me read them – I would like that!
I’ll leave you with a song from the German Sesame Street: Ich mag dich, du magst mich…
Ich mag euch 😍
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Ich mag Blümen.
Ich häkele gern.
Meine Katzen gefallen mir.
Ich finde Deutsch interessant.
Thank you for this! I haven’t seen all these put together before, and I hadn’t thought about needing the plural of gefallen when the pleasing thing is plural!
You’re welcome – and great sentences!