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취미가 뭐예요? What is your hobby?
Talking about hobbies and free time. Words: 취미 (hobby), 운동 (exercise/sport), 축구 (soccer), 음악 (music), 영화 (movie), 노래 (song/singing), 여행 (travel), 등산 (hiking), 수영 (swimming), 좋아하다 (to like). Key grammar: "좋아하다" is a verb. What you like takes "을/를" (like the object marker from ch19): 축구를 좋아해요, 음악을 좋아해요. The "좋다" from ch7 is an adjective and takes "이/가" (축구가 좋아요). English speakers wrongly use "이/가" with "좋아하다" — "저는 축구가 좋아해요" ✗ → "저는 축구를 좋아해요" ✓. Culture corner: Korean leisure life (노래방 karaoke rooms, hiking, 찜질방 saunas). Pronunciation corner: the ㅎ weakening in "좋아해요" [조아해요].
Dialogue
축구가 좋아해요? 축구를 좋아해요?
- Jieun 마이클 씨, 취미가 뭐예요? Michael, what is your hobby?
- Michael 저는 축구가 좋아해요. I like soccer. (slip: 좋아하다 is a verb — its object takes 을/를, not 이/가: "축구를 좋아해요")
- Jieun "좋아하다"는 "을/를"을 써요: 축구를 좋아해요. "좋아하다" takes "을/를": 축구를 좋아해요.
- Michael 아, 저는 축구를 좋아해요. 그리고 영화를 좋아해요. Ah, I like soccer. And I like movies.
Dialogue
뭘 좋아해요? — What do you like?
- Michael 지은 씨는 뭘 좋아해요? Jieun, what do you like?
- Jieun 저는 음악을 좋아해요. 그리고 영화를 좋아해요. I like music. And I like movies.
- Michael 운동도 좋아해요? Do you like sports too?
- Jieun 네, 수영을 좋아해요. 마이클 씨는 뭘 좋아해요? Yes, I like swimming. Michael, what do you like?
- Michael 저는 등산을 좋아해요. I like hiking.
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 취미 | chwimi | n. | hobby |
| 운동 | undong | n. | exercise, sport |
| 축구 | chukgu | n. | soccer, football |
| 음악 | eumak | n. | music |
| 영화 | yeonghwa | n. | movie, film |
| 노래 | norae | n. | song, singing |
| 여행 | yeohaeng | n. | travel, trip |
| 등산 | deungsan | n. | hiking, mountain climbing |
| 수영 | suyeong | n. | swimming |
| 좋아하다 | joahada | v. | to like (→ 좋아해요) |
Grammar
"좋아하다"와 "을/를": 축구를 좋아해요 "좋아하다" with "을/를": 축구를 좋아해요
ch7에서 "좋다"(형용사, 이/가)와 "좋아하다"(동사)를 배웠어요. 이제 "좋아하다"를 완성해요: 좋아하는 대상에는 목적어 표시 "을/를"을 붙여요 (ch19의 "을/를 주세요"처럼). 받침이 있으면 "을", 없으면 "를": 축구를 좋아해요, 음악을 좋아해요, 영화를 좋아해요, 운동을 좋아해요. "좋다"는 형용사라서 "이/가"를 쓰지만 (한국이 좋아요), "좋아하다"는 동사라서 "을/를"을 써요. 영어의 "I like soccer"를 그대로 옮겨 "축구가 좋아해요"라고 하면 틀려요 — "좋아하다"의 대상은 "을/를"이에요: "축구를 좋아해요". 무엇을 좋아하는지 물을 때는 "뭘 좋아해요?"(= 뭐를 좋아해요?)라고 해요.
In ch7 we learned "좋다" (adjective, 이/가) and "좋아하다" (verb). Now we complete "좋아하다": what you like takes the object marker "을/를" (like "을/를 주세요" in ch19). Use "을" after a final consonant, "를" after none: 축구를 좋아해요, 음악을 좋아해요, 영화를 좋아해요, 운동을 좋아해요. "좋다" is an adjective and takes "이/가" (한국이 좋아요), but "좋아하다" is a verb and takes "을/를". Copying English "I like soccer" as "축구가 좋아해요" is wrong — the object of "좋아하다" takes "을/를": "축구를 좋아해요". To ask what someone likes, say "뭘 좋아해요?" (= 뭐를 좋아해요?).
- 저는 축구를 좋아해요. Jeoneun chukgureul joahaeyo. I like soccer.
- 음악을 좋아해요. Eumageul joahaeyo. I like music.
- 저는 여행을 좋아해요. 등산도 좋아해요. Jeoneun yeohaengeul joahaeyo. Deungsando joahaeyo. I like travel. I like hiking too.
- 뭘 좋아해요? Mwol joahaeyo? What do you like?
Culture
한국 사람들의 여가 생활 How Koreans spend their free time
Koreans love to spend their free time together. On weekends they go to a 노래방 (singing room) with friends, hike with family, and rest at a 찜질방 (sauna). How people relax tells you a lot about a culture.
The singing room (노래방)
A hugely popular pastime in Korea is the "노래방". You rent a room and sing songs with friends. After a work dinner, on a birthday, or the day an exam ends — people go to a 노래방 to let off steam. It is fine if you cannot sing well. What matters is enjoying it together.
Hiking and nature
Korea is a mountainous country, so hiking is a hobby for people of all ages. On weekend mornings, people in hiking gear head for the mountains. At the summit they eat 김밥 (rice rolls) and enjoy the fresh air. Hiking is both exercise and time to chat with friends.
Saunas and PC rooms
When they want to rest, Koreans go to a "찜질방". In warm rooms they sweat, drink 식혜 (sweet rice punch), and even sleep. Young people play games together at a "PC방" (internet café). In this way, most Korean leisure has one thing in common: it is done "together".
In short: Korean leisure is about being together, not alone. Sing at a 노래방, climb a mountain, rest at a 찜질방. When someone asks you "뭐 좋아해요?" (what do you like?), it is often also an invitation to hang out together.
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