My tastes

Expressing Likes with "gern"

In German, gern (gladly) is used after a verb to express liking:

• Ich esse gern Pizza. — I like eating pizza.
• Ich trinke gern Kaffee. — I like drinking coffee.
• Er kocht gern. — He likes cooking.

Preferences: gern → lieber → am liebsten

• gern — like (Ich esse gern Fisch.)
• lieber — prefer (Ich esse lieber Fleisch.)
• am liebsten — like most (Am liebsten esse ich Pasta.)

The Verb "mögen"

Mögen expresses general liking:

• ich mag — I like
• du magst — you like
• er/sie mag — he/she likes

Ich mag Schokolade. — I like chocolate.

Magst du Fisch? — Do you like fish?