How to Talk About Your Hobbies

Learn how to talk about your hobbies

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Welcome to Can-Do Portuguese by PortuguesePod101.com.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about your hobbies in Portuguese.

For example, "I like fishing." is

Eu gosto de pescar.

Two neighbors, Adriano Araujo and Sergio Santos , are having a conversation in an apartment building lobby.

Before you hear their conversation, let’s preview some of its key components.

Pescar.

"fishing"

Pescar.

Hobby.

"hobby"

Hobby.

Listen to the conversation.

Qual é o seu hobby?

Eu gosto de pescar.

Once more with the English translation.

Qual é o seu hobby?

"What's your hobby?"

Eu gosto de pescar.

"I like fishing."

Let's break down the conversation.

Do you remember how Adriano Araujo asks,

"What's your hobby?"

Qual é o seu hobby?

Let's start with hobby, "hobby." Hobby. Hobby.

In Portuguese, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Hobby is masculine and singular — a fact which will determine the form of other words in the sentence.

Before hobby is o seu, a phrase meaning "your." O seu.

Let’s start with seu, meaning "your." Seu. Seu.

Seu is masculine and singular to agree with hobby.

Before seu is the article o. Think of it like "the" in English. O. O.

O is also masculine and singular to agree with hobby.

Note: in this phrase, the article o does not have a corresponding English translation.

In Portuguese, possessive adjectives, like meu, "my," seu, "your," and so forth, often pair with an article, like the o in o seu.

Together, it's o seu, a phrase for "your." O seu.

All together, o seu hobby, "Your hobby." O seu hobby.

Moving to the start of the sentence, qual, literally "which," but it translates as "what," in this context. Qual. Qual.

Note: qual is also singular to agree with hobby.

Next is é, "is," as in "what is..." É. É.

É is from the verb ser, meaning "to be." Ser.

All together, it's Qual é o seu hobby? literally "Which is your hobby," but it translates as "What's your hobby?"

Qual é o seu hobby?

Let's take a closer look at the response.

Do you remember how Sergio Santos says,

"I like fishing."

Eu gosto de pescar.

First is eu, "I." Eu. Eu.

Next is gosto, "like." Gosto. Gosto.

Gosto is from the verb gostar, meaning "to like." Gostar.

Together, Eu gosto, "I like." Eu gosto.

Next is de, literally, "of," but here it is part of the grammatical structure. de. de.

Note, there is no corresponding English translation.

Together, it's eu gosto de, a phrase for "I like..." Eu gosto de.

Last is pescar, translating as "fishing." Pescar. Pescar.

All together it's Eu gosto de pescar. literally "I like of fishing," but it translates as "I like fishing."

Eu gosto de pescar.

The pattern is

Eu gosto de ACTIVITY.

I like ACTIVITY.

Eu gosto de ACTIVITY.

To use this pattern, simply replace the {ACTIVITY} placeholder with an activity you like to do.

Note: the placeholder is a verb and must be placed in the infinitive, or, in other words, the dictionary form.

Imagine you like swimming, nadar. Nadar. Nadar.

Say

"I like swimming."

Ready?

Eu gosto de nadar.

"I like swimming."

Eu gosto de nadar.

Again, the key pattern is

Eu gosto de ACTIVITY.

I like ACTIVITY.

Eu gosto de ACTIVITY.

Let's look at some examples.

Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.

Eu gosto de pescar.

"I like fishing."

Eu gosto de pescar.

Eu gosto de nadar.

"I like swimming."

Eu gosto de nadar.

Eu gosto de viajar.

"I like traveling."

Eu gosto de viajar.

Eu gosto de jogar futebol.

"I like playing soccer."

Eu gosto de jogar futebol.

Cozinhar.

"Cooking."

Cozinhar.

Did you notice how the last speaker uses a shorter sentence?

Cozinhar.

"Cooking."

Cozinhar translating as "cooking." Cozinhar. Cozinhar.

This pattern is:

ACTIVITY.

Note, a verb phrase, like jogar futebol, "play soccer," works in this pattern.

You should be aware of this, but you won’t need it for this lesson.

Let's review the new words.

Jogar futebol.

"playing soccer"

Jogar futebol.

Viajar.

"traveling"

Viajar.

Nadar.

"swimming"

Nadar.

Let's review.

Respond to the prompts by speaking aloud. Then repeat after the native speaker, focusing on pronunciation.

Ready?

Do you remember how to say "fishing?"

Pescar.

Do you remember how Sérgio Santos says,

"I like fishing."

Eu gosto de pescar.

Do you remember how to say "hobby"?

Hobby.

And how to say "your hobby"?

Don’t forget the article.

O seu hobby.

Do you remember how Adriano Araujo asks,

"What's your hobby?"

Qual é o seu hobby?

And do you remember how to say "playing soccer?"

Jogar futebol.

And the word for "swimming?"

Nadar.

Do you remember the word for "traveling?"

Viajar.

Let's practice.

Imagine you're Adriano Araujo , and you like playing soccer, or jogar futebol in Portuguese.

Respond to the question.

Ready?

Qual é o seu hobby?

Eu gosto de jogar futebol.

Listen again and repeat.

Eu gosto de jogar futebol.

Let's try another.

Imagine you're Marcia Martins , and you like traveling, or viajar in Portuguese.

Ready?

Qual é o seu hobby?

Eu gosto de viajar.

Listen again and repeat.

Eu gosto de viajar.

Let’s try one more.

Imagine you're Carlos Costa , and you like swimming, or nadar in Portuguese.

Ready?

Qual é o seu hobby?

Eu gosto de nadar.

Listen again and repeat.

Eu gosto de nadar.

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