Talking about Hobbies

1.   
平時
鍾意
㗎 / 嘅
nei5
ping4 si4
zung1 ji3
zou6
me1
gaa3 / ge2
?
you
usually
like
do
what
SP
What do you usually like doing?
2.   
鍾意
行山
同 / 同埋
睇書
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.   
鍾意
行山
睇書
ngo5
zung1 ji3
haang4 saan1
laa1
,
tai2 syu1
laa1
,
I
like
hike
SP
read book
SP
同 / 同埋
做Gym
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.   
平時
鍾意
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.  
鍾意
行山
ngo5
zung1 ji3
haang4 saan1
ge3
.
I
like
hike
SP
I like hiking.
6.  
鍾意
行山
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.  
一齊
行山
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.  
一齊
wan2
jat6
jat1 cai4
heoi3
aa1
.
find
day
together
go
SP
Let’s find a day to go together.
9.  
hou2
aa3
.
Good
SP
Sure.