by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “What kind of movies do you like?” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
What kind of movies do you like?
どんな映画が好き？
donna eiga* ga suki
If you want to ask politely, you can say :
どんな映画が好きですか？
donna eiga* ga sukidesuka
*We pronounce “eiga” like “ēga”.
- what kind of … ＝ どんな … donna …
- movies ＝ 映画 eiga
- you like ＝ あなたは好き anatawa suki
We do not usually say “あなたは anatawa (= you)” in everyday conversation.
どんな
what kind of
＋
映画が
movies
＋
（あなたは）好き
(do you) like