पसंद है

Liking Something

Level 1Sounds Like pasanda hai

मुझे X पसंद है says I like X: the person who likes takes को, and the liked thing is the subject.

How It Works

Hindi says I like tea as मुझे चाय पसंद है, roughly to me, tea is pleasing. The person who likes takes को, often in a short form like मुझे, आपको or उसे. The liked thing is the subject.

Because the liked thing is the subject, it decides the verb:

  • One thing: मुझे यह गाना पसंद है.
  • Several things: मुझे ये गाने पसंद हैं.

The person's gender never changes the sentence. A man and a woman both say मुझे क्रिकेट पसंद है.

To say what you like doing, use the -ना form, which counts as one thing: मुझे तैरना पसंद है (I like swimming).

For the negative, put नहीं before है: मुझे मिर्च पसंद नहीं है. In speech, है is often dropped: मुझे मिर्च पसंद नहीं.

You will also hear पसंद करना, which works like an ordinary verb with the person as subject. It is common when the liked one is a person: वह तुम्हें पसंद करता है (He likes you).

Examples (5)

  1. मुझे चाय पसंद है।

    I like tea.

    मुझे is the person; चाय is the subject, so the verb is है.

  2. क्या आपको ये किताबें पसंद हैं?

    Do you like these books?

    Plural किताबें takes हैं.

  3. मीरा को संगीत पसंद है।

    Meera likes music.

    A name takes को: मीरा को.

  4. मुझे पढ़ना पसंद है।

    I like reading.

    The -ना form names the activity you like.

  5. अमित को मिर्च पसंद नहीं है।

    Amit doesn't like chillies.

    नहीं goes before है.

Common Mistakes

  • Using मैं as the subject.

    मैं चाय पसंद है।
    मुझे चाय पसंद है।

    With पसंद है, the person takes को. Use मुझे, not मैं.

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