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. |
| 제 취미는 낚시예요. (Je chwi-mi-neun nak-si-ye-yo.) |
| 제 취미는 낚시예요. (Je chwi-mi-neun nak-si-ye-yo.) |
| 제 취미는 야구예요. (Je chwi-mi-neun ya-gu-ye-yo.) |
| 제 취미는 야구예요. (Je chwi-mi-neun ya-gu-ye-yo.) |
| 제 취미는 여행이에요. (Je chwi-mi-neun yeo-haeng-i-e-yo.) |
| 제 취미는 여행이에요. (Je chwi-mi-neun yeo-haeng-i-e-yo.) |
| 제 취미는 수영이에요. (Je chwi-mi-neun su-yeong-i-e-yo.) |
| 제 취미는 수영이에요. (Je chwi-mi-neun su-yeong-i-e-yo.) |
| 저는 독서를 좋아해요. (Jeo-neun dok-seo-reul jo-a-hae-yo.) |
| 저는 독서를 좋아해요. (Jeo-neun dok-seo-reul jo-a-hae-yo.) |
| Did you notice how the last speaker uses a different pattern? |
| 저는 독서를 좋아해요. (Jeo-neun dok-seo-reul jo-a-hae-yo.) |
| "I like reading." |
| First is 저 (jeo), meaning "I." 저. 저. |
| This is the humble word for “I.” |
| Next is 는 (neun), the topic-marking particle. 는. |
| It marks "I" as the topic of the sentence. Think of it like "as for" in the expression "as for me…." |
| Together, it’s 저는 (jeo-neun). "As for me...." 저는. |
| Next is 독서를 (dok-seo-reul), "reading." 독서를. |
| This starts with 독서 (dok-seo), “reading." 독서. 독서. |
| Next is 를 (reul), the object-marking particle. 를. 를. |
| Note: 를 follows words that end in a vowel, as in 독서 (dok-seo). |
| In this sentence, 를 marks 독서 (dok-seo), "reading," as the object of the sentence. Think of it as marking the thing, reading, being talked about. |
| Last is 좋아해요 (jo-a-hae-yo), "like." 좋아해요. 좋아해요. |
| 좋아해요 (jo-a-hae-yo) is from the verb 좋아하다 (jo-a-ha-da), meaning "to like." 좋아하다. |
| Last is 요(yo), the polite sentence-ending particle. 요. 요. |
| Together, it’s 좋아해요 (jo-a-hae-yo), "like." 좋아해요. |
| All together it’s 저는 독서를 좋아해요. (Jeo-neun dok-seo-reul jo-a-hae-yo.) It literally means “As for me, reading, like”, but translates as “I like reading.” |
| 저는 독서를 좋아해요. (Jeo-neun dok-seo-reul jo-a-hae-yo.) |
| The pattern is: |
| 저는 (jeo-neun) HOBBY 을(eul)/를(reul) 좋아해요. ( jo-a-hae-yo.) |
| “I like HOBBY.” |
| 를 (reul) follows words that end in a vowel, as in 독서 (dok-seo), while, |
| 을 (eul) follows words that end in a consonant. |
| You should be aware of this pattern, but you won’t need it for this lesson. |
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