Master how to talk about your hobbies with the key pattern
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| Let's look at some examples. |
| Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers. |
| しゅみは つりです。 (Shumi wa tsuri desu.) |
| しゅみは つりです。 (Shumi wa tsuri desu.) |
| しゅみは やきゅうです。 (Shumi wa yakyū desu.) |
| しゅみは やきゅうです。 (Shumi wa yakyū desu.) |
| しゅみは りょこうです。 (Shumi wa ryokō desu.) |
| しゅみは りょこうです。 (Shumi wa ryokō desu.) |
| しゅみは まんがです。 (Shumi wa manga desu.) |
| しゅみは まんがです。 (Shumi wa manga desu.) |
| りょうりが すきです。 (Ryōri ga suki desu.) |
| りょうりが すきです。 (Ryōri ga suki desu.) |
| Did you notice how the last speaker uses a different pattern? |
| りょうりが すきです。 (Ryōri ga suki desu.) |
| "I like cooking." |
| First is りょうり, "cooking." りょ-う-り. りょうり. |
| After this is が (ga), the subject-marking particle. が. が. |
| It marks りょうり, "cooking," as the subject of the sentence. |
| Next is すき (suki), meaning, "like." す-き. すき. |
| Note: すき is an adjective deriving from the verb すく, to like. すく. When used as an adjective, think of it as something like "nice" or "likeable," as in "Cooking is nice," but translating as "like." |
| Last is です. In this case, it's like the "is," as in "Cooking is nice." です. |
| All together, りょうりが すきです。This literally means, "Cooking is nice," but it translates as, "I like cooking." |
| りょうりが すきです。 (Ryōri ga suki desu.) |
| This pattern is |
| HOBBYnoun が すきです。 (ga suki desu.) |
| I like HOBBY. |
| HOBBYnoun が すきです。 (ga suki desu.) |
| You should be aware of this pattern, but you won’t need it for this lesson. |
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