How to Talk About Your Hobbies - Examples and Variations

Master how to talk about your hobbies with the key pattern

Also Appears In: Can Talk About Your Hobbies Level 1.1 Can Do Chinese

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Let's look at some examples.

Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.

我喜欢钓鱼。 (Wǒ xǐhuān diàoyú.)

我喜欢游泳。 (Wǒ xǐhuān yóuyǒng.)

我喜欢打篮球。 (Wǒ xǐhuān dǎ lánqiú.)

我喜欢旅游。 (Wǒ xǐhuān lǚyóu.)

我爱做饭。 (Wǒ ài zuòfàn.)

Did you notice how the last speaker uses a different pattern?

我爱做饭。 (Wǒ ài zuòfàn.)

"I love cooking. "

First is 我 (wǒ), "I." 我.

Next is 爱 (ài), "love." 爱. 爱

Last is 做饭 (zuòfàn), "to cook." 做饭. 做饭.

All together, 我爱做饭。 (Wǒ ài zuòfàn.) "I love cooking." 我爱做饭。 (Wǒ ài zuòfàn.)

This pattern is:

我爱 (Wǒ ài) ACTIVITY。

I love ACTIVITY.

我爱 (Wǒ ài) ACTIVITY。

You should be aware of this, but for this lesson, we’ll use the pattern

我喜欢 (Wǒ xǐhuān) ACTIVITY。

I like ACTIVITY.

我喜欢ACTIVITY。

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