Talking about Hobbies

1.

你	平時	鍾意	做	咩	㗎 / 嘅	？
nei5	ping4 si4	zung1 ji3	zou6	me1	gaa3 / ge2	?
you	usually	like	do	what	SP

What do you usually like doing?

2.

我	鍾意	行山	同 / 同埋	睇書	嘅	。
ngo5	zung1 ji3	haang4 saan1	tung4 / tung4 maai4	tai2 syu1	ge3	.
I	like	hike	and / and	read book	SP

I like hiking and reading.

3.

我	鍾意	行山	啦	，	睇書	啦	，
ngo5	zung1 ji3	haang4 saan1	laa1	,	tai2 syu1	laa1	,
I	like	hike	SP		read book	SP

同 / 同埋	做Gym	嘅	。
tung4 / tung4 maai4	zou6 zim1	ge3	.
and	go to the gym	SP

I like hiking, reading and going to the gym.

If we want to talk about sports only, we can ask:

4.

你	平時	鍾意	做	咩	運動	㗎 / 嘅	？
nei5	ping4 si4	zung1 ji3	zou6	me1	wan6 dung6	gaa3 / ge2	?
you	usually	like	do	what	sport	SP

What sports do you usually like doing?

5.

我	鍾意	行山	嘅	。
ngo5	zung1 ji3	haang4 saan1	ge3	.
I	like	hike	SP

I like hiking.

6.

我	都	鍾意	行山	㗎	。
ngo5	dou1	zung1 ji3	haang4 saan1	gaa3	.
I	too	like	hike	SP

I like hiking too.

If we find that we have the same hobby, we can suggest doing the activity together sometime.

7.

搵	日	一齊	行山	吖	。
wan2	jat6	jat1 cai4	haang4 saan1	aa1	.
find	day	together	hike	SP

Let’s find a day to hike together.

The word 吖 aa1 is a sentence particle added to suggestions. We will learn more about it in later lessons.

We can also use the verb 去 heoi3 (‘to go’) to replace the activity if the activity is something we need to go out to do.

8.

搵	日	一齊	去	吖	。
wan2	jat6	jat1 cai4	heoi3	aa1	.
find	day	together	go	SP

Let’s find a day to go together.

9.

好	呀	。
hou2	aa3	.
Good	SP

Sure.