HSK 1 · Lesson 13你喜欢做什么？ What do you like doing?
Hobbies, 喜欢 + verb, suggestions with 吧, 一起 “together”, 常常/有时候 “often/sometimes”.
Speed:Male voice:
Dialogues
The weekend
A
你有什么爱好？
Nǐ yǒu shénme àihào?
What are your hobbies?
B
我喜欢看电影，也喜欢唱歌。你呢？
Wǒ xǐhuan kàn diànyǐng, yě xǐhuan chàng gē. Nǐ ne?
I like films, and I like singing. And you?
A
我常常打球，有时候看书。
Wǒ chángcháng dǎ qiú, yǒu shíhou kàn shū.
I often play ball and sometimes read.
B
星期六我们一起去看电影吧！
Xīngqīliù wǒmen yìqǐ qù kàn diànyǐng ba!
Let’s go to the cinema together on Saturday!
A
好啊！几点？
Hǎo a! Jǐ diǎn?
Sure! What time?
B
下午三点，在电影院门口见。
Xiàwǔ sān diǎn, zài diànyǐngyuàn ménkǒu jiàn.
Three p.m., see you at the cinema entrance.
New words
- 喜欢xǐhuanto like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased
- 爱好àihàoto like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on
- 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose
- 看kànto see; to look at; to read
- 电影diànyǐngmovie; film
- 电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema; movie theater
- 电视diànshìtelevision; TV
- 唱歌chànggēto sing a song
- 打球dǎ qiúto play a ball sport
- 看书kànshūto read (a book)
- 玩儿wánrto play; to have fun; to hang out
- 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
- 一起yìqǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
- 吧babar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
- 常常chángchángfrequently; often
- 有时候yǒushíhousometimes
- 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
- 唱chàngto sing; to call loudly; to chant
- 歌gēsong (CL:首,支); to sing
Grammar
1. 喜欢 + verb / noun
喜欢 “like” can take a noun (我喜欢茶) or a whole action (我喜欢喝茶). “Really like” — 很喜欢, “don’t like” — 不喜欢.
他很喜欢打球。
Tā hěn xǐhuan dǎ qiú.
He really likes playing ball.
2. 吧 — “let’s”
吧 at the end softens a suggestion or request: 我们走吧 “let’s go”, 你来吧 “come on over”. It also marks a guess: 你是老师吧？ “you’re a teacher, right?”.
我们一起去吧！
Wǒmen yìqǐ qù ba!
Let’s go together!
3. How often: 常常, 有时候
Frequency words go before the verb: 我常常看书 “I often read”, 他有时候打球 “he sometimes plays ball”. 一起 “together” also goes before the verb.
我们常常一起吃饭。
Wǒmen chángcháng yìqǐ chīfàn.
We often eat together.
Exercises
1. Put the words in order
- 看 / 喜欢 / 我 / 电影
Answer
我喜欢看电影。 - 一起 / 吧 / 我们 / 去
Answer
我们一起去吧！ - 常常 / 他 / 打球
Answer
他常常打球。
2. Translate
- What are your hobbies?
Answer
你有什么爱好？ - I sometimes watch TV.
Answer
我有时候看电视。
💡 Did you know?: Square dancing
In the evenings Chinese parks and squares fill with 广场舞, “square dancing”, mostly older women dancing to a portable speaker. Anyone can join.
Phrase audio — Microsoft speech synthesis (voices Xiaoxiao, Yunyang, Yunxi); syllables and some words — native recordings (audio-cmn, CC BY-SA).