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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Korean with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Episode 95 — can you believe it? Lucas: I know, right? Feels like just yesterday we were learning '안녕하세요'. Luna: And now we can talk about hobbies! Which is perfect because I've been wanting to ask my Korean friend what he does for fun. Lucas: Great idea. So today we're learning how to ask and answer: 'What is your hobby?' in Korean. Luna: Okay, let's start with the question. How do I say 'What is your hobby?' Lucas: It's '취미가 뭐예요?' Let's break it down: '취미' means hobby, '가' is the subject marker, '뭐' means what, and '예요' is 'is'. So '취미가 뭐예요?'. Luna: 취미가 뭐예요? That sounds nice. 취미가 뭐예요? Lucas: Perfect. Now for the answer, you can say '제 취미는 독서예요' — 'My hobby is reading.' '제' means 'my', '취미' is hobby, '는' is topic marker, '독서' means reading, '예요' is 'is'. So '제 취미는 독서예요'. Luna: 제 취미는 독서예요. My hobby is reading. Simple enough. But what if my hobby is something like exercising? Lucas: Good question. For verbs, you use the pattern '하는 거예요' — which means 'is doing '. So '운동하는 거예요' means 'It's exercising.' Let's practice: '취미가 뭐예요?' '운동하는 거예요.' Luna: 취미가 뭐예요? 운동하는 거예요. Got it. And for cooking, it's '요리하는 거예요'? Lucas: Exactly! '요리하는 거예요'. You're catching on fast. Luna: So I could ask my friend '취미가 뭐예요?' and he might answer '요리하는 거예요'. Lucas: Yes. And you can also ask '뭐 하는 걸 좋아해요?' — 'What do you like to do?' That's another way to ask about hobbies. Luna: 뭐 하는 걸 좋아해요? That's a bit longer. Can you say it slowly? Lucas: Sure: '뭐 하는 걸 좋아해요?' — '뭐', '하는', '걸', '좋아해요'. So literally 'What doing thing do you like?'. Luna: 뭐 하는 걸 좋아해요? I think I prefer '취미가 뭐예요?' — it's shorter. Lucas: Both are good. Let's do a quick role-play. I'll ask you '취미가 뭐예요?' and you answer with a hobby. Luna: Okay! Ask me. Lucas: 취미가 뭐예요? Luna: 제 취미는 독서예요. Wait, that's true! I do love reading. Lucas: Nice. And I'll answer: '운동하는 거예요.' I like working out. Luna: Oh, so we can use both patterns: '제 취미는...' for nouns and '...하는 거예요' for verbs. Lucas: Exactly. Let's practice all the phrases one more time. Repeat after me: '취미가 뭐예요?' Luna: 취미가 뭐예요? Lucas: 제 취미는 독서예요. Luna: 제 취미는 독서예요. Lucas: 운동하는 거예요. Luna: 운동하는 거예요. Lucas: 요리하는 거예요. Luna: 요리하는 거예요. Lucas: 뭐 하는 걸 좋아해요? Luna: 뭐 하는 걸 좋아해요? Lucas: You've got them. Now, you know what? It's because of listeners like you that we can keep making these episodes ad-free. A small group of supporters chips in monthly at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo, and that literally funds the show. Luna: Yeah, it's really cool. If Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Korean, consider joining them. It helps us keep going without annoying ads. Lucas: Totally. So today we learned how to ask and answer about hobbies. Let's do one final round: I'll say a phrase, you repeat. Luna: Ready! Lucas: 취미가 뭐예요? Luna: 취미가 뭐예요? Lucas: 제 취미는 독서예요. Luna: 제 취미는 독서예요. Lucas: Keep practicing, and we'll see you next time on Learn Korean with Fexingo! Luna: 안녕!