Bookverse
English
Bookverse - Get started

Korean · TOPIK Band 1 · Chapter 27

취미가 뭐예요?What is your hobby?

Chwimiga mwoyeyo?

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].

Help improve this content. If something looks off,let us know →

Dialogue

i

Study this section in the Bookverse app

  • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews
  • Practice tasks with pass tracking
  • A teacher on every study screen
  • Progress saved across chapters and devices — laptop and phone
  • Audio playback for dialogues and words
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Search dictionaries and chat with AI, all inside the app

You will be asked to register first.

Study

축구가 좋아해요? 축구를 좋아해요?

  1. Jieun마ma이i클keul씨ssi,취chwi미mi가ga뭐mwo예ye요yo?Michael, what is your hobby?
  2. Michael저jeo는neun축chuk구gu가ga좋jo아a해hae요yo.I like soccer. (slip: 좋아하다 is a verb — its object takes 을/를, not 이/가: "축구를 좋아해요")
  3. Jieun"좋jo아a하ha다da"는neun"을eul/를reul"을eul써sseo요yo:축chuk구gu를reul좋jo아a해hae요yo."좋아하다" takes "을/를": 축구를 좋아해요.
  4. Michael아a,저jeo는neun축chuk구gu를reul좋jo아a해hae요yo.그geu리ri고go영yeong화hwa를reul좋jo아a해hae요yo.Ah, I like soccer. And I like movies.

Dialogue

i

Study this section in the Bookverse app

  • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews
  • Practice tasks with pass tracking
  • A teacher on every study screen
  • Progress saved across chapters and devices — laptop and phone
  • Audio playback for dialogues and words
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Search dictionaries and chat with AI, all inside the app

You will be asked to register first.

Study

뭘 좋아해요?— What do you like?

  1. Michael지ji은eun씨ssi는neun뭘mwol좋jo아a해hae요yo?Jieun, what do you like?
  2. Jieun저jeo는neun음eum악ag을eul좋jo아a해hae요yo.그geu리ri고go영yeong화hwa를reul좋jo아a해hae요yo.I like music. And I like movies.
  3. Michael운un동dong도do좋jo아a해hae요yo?Do you like sports too?
  4. Jieun네ne,수su영yeong을eul좋jo아a해hae요yo.마ma이i클keul씨ssi는neun뭘mwol좋jo아a해hae요yo?Yes, I like swimming. Michael, what do you like?
  5. Michael저jeo는neun등deung산san을eul좋jo아a해hae요yo.I like hiking.

Vocabulary

i

Study this section in the Bookverse app

  • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews
  • Practice tasks with pass tracking
  • A teacher on every study screen
  • Progress saved across chapters and devices — laptop and phone
  • Audio playback for dialogues and words
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Search dictionaries and chat with AI, all inside the app

You will be asked to register first.

Study
취chwi미mi

nounhobby

운un동dong

nounexercise, sport

축chuk구gu

nounsoccer, football

음eum악ak

nounmusic

영yeong화hwa

nounmovie, film

노no래rae

nounsong, singing

여yeo행haeng

nountravel, trip

등deung산san

nounhiking, mountain climbing

수su영yeong

nounswimming

좋jo아a하ha다da

verbto like (→ 좋아해요)

Grammar

i

Study this section in the Bookverse app

  • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews
  • Practice tasks with pass tracking
  • A teacher on every study screen
  • Progress saved across chapters and devices — laptop and phone
  • Audio playback for dialogues and words
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Search dictionaries and chat with AI, all inside the app

You will be asked to register first.

Study

"좋아하다" with "을/를": 축구를 좋아해요

Explanation

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?).

Examples

  • 저는 축구를 좋아해요.I like soccer.
  • 음악을 좋아해요.I like music.
  • 저는 여행을 좋아해요. 등산도 좋아해요.I like travel. I like hiking too.
  • 뭘mwol좋jo아a해hae요yo?What do you like?

Culture

i

Study this section in the Bookverse app

  • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews
  • Practice tasks with pass tracking
  • A teacher on every study screen
  • Progress saved across chapters and devices — laptop and phone
  • Audio playback for dialogues and words
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Search dictionaries and chat with AI, all inside the app

You will be asked to register first.

Study

한국 사람들의 여가 생활How 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.

Hangul

i

Study this section in the Bookverse app

  • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews
  • Practice tasks with pass tracking
  • A teacher on every study screen
  • Progress saved across chapters and devices — laptop and phone
  • Audio playback for dialogues and words
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Search dictionaries and chat with AI, all inside the app

You will be asked to register first.

Study

한글: "좋아해요"의 ㅎ 약화— Hangul: the ㅎ weakening in "좋아해요"

Use the romanization and read aloud:

Want to actually learn this — with audio, spaced repetition and progress tracking?

Study in the app →

Report an issue

Spotted an error or have a suggestion? Every report helps us improve this content.