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Expressions meaning "to like"

"To like doing something" is expressed by:

  1. gern + verb
  2. gefallen + zu + verb infinitive

1) Wir spielen gern Tennis.
2) Es gefällt uns, Tennis zu spielen. 		We like to play tennis.
We like playing tennis.

"To like somebody or something" is expressed by:

  1. gern haben + object
  2. subject + gefallen + dative object.

1) Wir haben Tennis gern.
2) Tennis gefällt uns. 		We like tennis.
We like tennis.

 

 

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