Lesson # 16 - 动物

This last lesson was devoted to pets and animals. Not a whole lot, but a respectable introduction. First is a list below of the animals learned:
狗 dog (gou3) 大象 elephant (da4 xiang4)
猫 cat (mao1) 鱼 fish (yu2)
鸟 bird(niao3) 羊 sheep (yang2)
鸡 chicken(ji1) 鼠 mouse (shu3)
熊 bear (xiong2) 马 horse (ma3)
牛 cow (niu2) 猪 pig (zhu1)

We have learned in the past how to say, "I like..." = 我喜欢。。。 wo3 xi3 huan1...
We only need to add one character to say, "My most favorite..." and that is 最 zui4. So for us to say, "Bears are my favorite." We'd say, 我最喜欢熊。 Or we could say, "My favorite animal is that elephant."
我最喜欢的动物是大象。 We could also say, "I don't like mice." 我不喜欢老鼠。” Just add the negative 不 before the verb. Practice the sounds for the animals and make 3 sentences using "like." 再见！