3.3 – liking things – mít rád
mít rád
The construction for saying that you like someone or something is the verb mít in combination with the word rád/a/i. The person or thing you like should be put into the accusative case since it is the direct object of your liking. See the following examples:
Mám rád guláš.
I like goulash.
Sára má ráda Václava.
Sára likes Václav.
Zbyněk a Lucie mají rádi pivo.
Zbyněk and Lucie like beer.
The verb mít is conjugated normally
já |
mám rád mám ráda |
my |
máme rádi / rády[1] |
ty |
máš rád máš ráda |
vy |
máte rádi / rády
singular formal máte rád máte ráda |
on, ona, ono |
má rád má ráda |
oni / ony (ona) |
mají rádi / rády |
Expressing you don’t like – nemít rád
If you wish to express ‘don’t/doesn’t like’ in Czech, then the verb mít is negated, as in the examples which follow:
Nemám rád pivo.
I don’t like beer.
Sára nemá ráda guláš
Sára doesn’t like goulash.
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[1] rádi is used for masculine animate subjects, rády for feminine