'Mag' or 'gern' to say 'like' I'm not sure when and where to use 'mag' or'gern' to say 'like'. I believe that there's some sort of rule involving only using mag with a noun????? Is this the case?? For example, am I correct in saying you could say; Ich mag Tennis but not 'Ich mag Tennis spielen' Does this therefore mean that I could NOT phrase this sentence in the following way; 'Ich mag verbringe mit meinen Freunden' If so, I'm clueless as to how this could be done using 'gern' - maybe; Ich verbringe gern mit meinen Freunden?????????? Hope someone can maybe explain!! Thanks Laura but am not sure how I would phrase this using 'gern' instead??? Sorry, I mistyped the above and meant to say; 'Ich verbringe ZEIT mit meinen Freunden' Laura