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Hi, everyone! I'm Alisha.
皆さん、こんにちは。Alisha です。 (Mina-san, kon'nichiwa. Alisha desu.)
Welcome to another Whiteboard Lesson!
In this lesson, you'll learn how to talk about hobbies in Japanese.
Okay, let's get started!
First, let’s look at the vocabulary.
Okay, let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. First, we have...
キャンプ (kyanpu)
キャンプ (kyanpu)
This means “camping.”
キャンプ (kyanpu)
The next word is:
りょうり (ryōri)
りょうり (ryōri)
This means “cooking.”
りょうり (ryōri) “cooking”
The next word is:
えいが (eiga)
えいが (eiga)
This means “[watching] movies” or just “movies.”
In this case, we’re going to use it to mean “watching movies.”
えいが (eiga)
Next is:
つり (tsuri)
つり (tsuri)
This means “fishing.”
つり (tsuri) “fishing”
つり (tsuri)
The next word is:
りょこう (ryokō)
りょこう (ryokō)
This means “traveling”
りょこう (ryokō)
And finally, we have:
ゲーム (gēmu)
ゲーム (gēmu)
This means “[playing] games” or video games.
ゲーム (gēmu)
When you’re choosing which word to use from these, a quick thing to remember is these う (ō) sounds, this long う (ō) sounds that we have in りょうり (ryōri) and りょこう (ryokō), don’t forget to pronounce this う (ō) here and this う (ō) here. So not just りょうり (ryori) or りょこう (ryoko), but りょうり (ryōri) and りょこう (ryokō). So don’t forget that point.
Okay. Let’s take a look now at a sample dialogue.
Okay, let’s look at the dialogue. When I read, I want you to pay attention to the word for hobby. You can find what the word for hobby is and see how it’s used in this dialogue.
First, we have this person who says:
ー しゅみは　なんですか。　
(Shumi wa nan desu ka.)
ー しゅみは　なんですか。　
(Shumi wa nan desu ka.)
And the response is:
ー （しゅみは）キャンプ　です。
(Shumi wa) kyanpu desu.)
ー （しゅみは）キャンプ　です。
(Shumi wa) kyanpu desu.)
So, the first question here is “What’s your hobby?”
“What’s your hobby?”
ー しゅみは　なんですか。　
(Shumi wa nan desu ka.)
So, “hobby” is しゅみ (shumi).
しゅみ (shumi)
ー しゅみは　なんですか。　
(Shumi wa nan desu ka.)
And the response is:
ー （しゅみは）キャンプ　です。
(Shumi wa) kyanpu desu.)
“My hobby is camping.”
ー （しゅみは）キャンプ　です。
(Shumi wa) kyanpu desu.)
Let’s take a look at a few more example sentences that follow this pattern:
Okay, let’s take a look at a few more example sentences.
First one is:
（しゅみは）りょうり　です。
((Shumi wa) ryōri desu.)
（しゅみは）りょうり　です。
((Shumi wa) ryōri desu.)
Which means “"(My hobby) is cooking."
（しゅみは）りょうり　です。
((Shumi wa) ryōri desu.)
The next example sentence is:
（しゅみは）えいが　です。
((Shumi wa) eiga desu.)
（しゅみは）えいが　です。
((Shumi wa) eiga desu.)
Which means "(My hobby) is [watching] movies."
（しゅみは）えいが　です。
((Shumi wa) eiga desu.)
Finally, we have:
（しゅみは）ゲーム　です。
((Shumi wa) gēmu desu.)
（しゅみは）ゲーム　です。
((Shumi wa) gēmu desu.)
Which means "(My hobby) is [playing] games."
（しゅみは）ゲーム　です。
((Shumi wa) gēmu desu.)
Now, let's take a look at the basic pattern you can use to create sentences like this.
Okay, let’s take a look at a basic pattern that you can use to make your own sentences about your hobbies.
It begins with しゅみは (Shumi wa), so “hobby.”
しゅみは (Shumi wa) {hobby} desu.
しゅみは (Shumi wa) {hobby} desu.
So here in this red part, you need to choose a hobby word. One of the words here or another word that you know related to your hobby.
So, this creates the sentence:
“(My hobby) is {hobby}.”
“(My hobby) is {hobby}.”
Your hobby
So, しゅみは (Shumi wa) {hobby} desu.
Let’s talk about a cultural point now. In Japanese, a subject is often omitted when it's clear from the context. In the dialogue, the first line is しゅみは　なんですか (Shumi wa nan desu ka), so we know from that line that they are talking about hobbies. The second line can then just be キャンプです (kyanpu desu), with the subject, しゅみ (shumi), being inferred.

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