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Let’s take a closer look at the conversation.
Do you remember how Haoran Huang asks,
"What do you like to do?"
你喜欢做什么? (Nǐ xǐhuān zuò shénme?)
First is 你 (nǐ), "you." 你. 你.
Next is 喜欢 (xǐhuān), "like," as in "you like." 喜欢. 喜欢.
After this is 做 (zuò), "to do." 做. 做.
Last is 什么 (shénme), meaning, "what." 什么. 什么.
All together, 你喜欢做什么? (Nǐ xǐhuān zuò shénme?) literally, "you like to do what?" but it translates as "What do you like to do?"
你喜欢做什么? (Nǐ xǐhuān zuò shénme?)
Let’s take a closer look at the response.
Do you remember how Jason Xu says,
"I like to fish."
我喜欢钓鱼。 (Wǒ xǐhuān diàoyú.)
First is 我 (wǒ), "I." 我. 我.
Next is 喜欢 (xǐhuān), "like," as in "I like." 喜欢.
Last is 钓鱼 (diàoyú), "to fish." 钓鱼. 钓鱼.
All together, 我喜欢钓鱼。 (Wǒ xǐhuān diàoyú.), "I like to fish."
我喜欢钓鱼。 (Wǒ xǐhuān diàoyú.)
The pattern is
我喜欢 (Wǒ xǐhuān) ACTIVITY。
I like ACTIVITY.
我喜欢ACTIVITY。
To use this pattern, simply replace the {VERB} placeholder with an activity you like to do.
Imagine you like "to swim."
游泳 (yóuyǒng).
游泳.
Say
"I like to swim."
Ready?
我喜欢游泳。 (Wǒ xǐhuān yóuyǒng.)
"I like to swim."
我喜欢打游泳。 (Wǒ xǐhuān yóuyǒng.)
This pattern can also be used with verb phrases.
我喜欢 (Wǒ xǐhuān) ACTIVITY phrase.
For example, "to play basketball," 打篮球 (dǎ lánqiú.)
First is 打, "to play," in this context, 打. 打.
篮球 "basketball." 篮球. 篮球.
打篮球 “to play basketball." 打篮球
我喜欢打篮球。(Wǒ xǐhuān dǎ lánqiú.)
"I like to play basketball."

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