Likes and Dislikes

You can ask what someone likes by saying:

Wato do yo jenu? = What do you like?

'Do' means do or does. In this sentence, it is an auxiliary, so it ends in O. 'Jenu' means to like or enjoy. Here, it is used for 'like'. You can respond:

Xo jenu...

After you say 'Xo jenu...' you can add one of the words below that tells what you like.

Sports Poro
basketball bakabo
football futelo
soccer socaro
swimming simo
volleyball falibo

Food Fudo
cafeteria katero
chocolate jocolo*
salad salado
fruit futuro
pizza pizo

Music Muzo
jazz jazo*
classical kasiko*
rock roko*
country konato*

Classes Kaso
English xelizo
science saheniso
math mazo
history hesutoro
school sukulo

*Note: If you are using these to describe a thing, such as "chocolate ice cream" or "rock music" or "country music", then you would change the last letter to an I to make the word an adjective.

So if you liked soccer, pizza, rock, and math, you would say:

Xo jenu socaro, pizo, roko, nadu mazo.
I like soccer, pizza, rock, and math.

'Nadu' means and. It ends in U and is a conjunction. In the next lesson, you will learn about Boolean Concepts like AND, BUT, and OR.

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