Learn the key pattern to talk about your hobbies
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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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