[Correction Challenge]

コーヒーが嫌いですが、お茶が好きですね。

コーヒーがきらいですが、おちゃがすきですね。

Can you find the mistake?

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[Answer]

コーヒーが嫌いですが、お茶が好きですね。

→コーヒーは嫌いですが、お茶は好きですね。

I don't like coffee, but I love tea.

Why? 

Comparing A and B (Contrast)

＝ Aは…、Bは…。

Most textbooks teach you to use "が" with "好き / 嫌い" (e.g., お茶が好きです). That is completely correct.

However, when you are contrasting two things (コーヒー vs お茶), the particle changes to "は".

コーヒーは嫌いですが、お茶は好きです。

Examples:

父(ちち)はこわいが、母(はは)はやさしい。

My father is scary, but my mother is kind.

＝父 vs 母

やきゅうは好(す)きです。でも、サッカーは好(す)きじゃありません。

I like baseball. But I don't like soccer.

＝やきゅう vs サッカー

英語(えいご)は話(はな)せますが、フランス語(ご)はちょっと・・・。

I speak English, but not French....

＝英語 vs フランス語

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