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- Lucas: Hey Luna, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Hey Lucas, I'm so ready to learn some Japanese today! Lucas: Great energy! Today we're talking about hobbies — how to say what you like to do in Japanese. Luna: Oh, that's perfect. I've been wanting to talk about my hobbies in Japanese. Lucas: If Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Japanese, honestly, if today was worth a coffee to you, that's the link — buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it helps us keep making these episodes ad-free. So, what's the first phrase for hobbies? Lucas: Let's start with 趣味は読書です. That means 'My hobby is reading.' Listen: 趣味は読書です. Luna: 趣味は読書です. 趣味は読書です. So 趣味 is hobby, and 読書 is reading? Lucas: Exactly! 趣味 means hobby, and 読書 means reading books. Let's say it together: 趣味は読書です. Luna: 趣味は読書です. Got it! Lucas: Now, if you want to say 'I listen to music,' you say 音楽を聞きます. Repeat after me: 音楽を聞きます. Luna: 音楽を聞きます. 音楽 is music, right? And 聞きます is 'listen'? Lucas: Right on both counts. Now try a full sentence: 趣味は音楽です. That's 'My hobby is music.' But if you want to say the action, use 音楽を聞きます. Luna: 趣味は音楽です. 音楽を聞きます. I'm already picturing telling someone I listen to music. Lucas: Good! Now let's learn 'I read books.' That's 本を読みます. 本 is book, 読みます is read. Say it: 本を読みます. Luna: 本を読みます. 本を読みます. So 読書 is more like 'reading as an activity,' and 本を読みます is 'I read books'? Lucas: Perfect distinction. Now, to ask someone about their hobby, say 趣味は何ですか. That's 'What is your hobby?' Listen: 趣味は何ですか. Luna: 趣味は何ですか. 趣味は何ですか. So I can ask someone and they might say 趣味は読書です. Lucas: Exactly! And if you want to say 'I like reading,' you can say 読書が好きです. 好き means 'like.' Try it: 読書が好きです. Luna: 読書が好きです. And for music: 音楽が好きです. Lucas: Perfect! Let's put it all together. Imagine someone asks you 趣味は何ですか. What do you say? Luna: 趣味は読書です. 本を読みます. 音楽も好きです. Lucas: That's great! You said your hobby is reading, you read books, and you also like music. Well done! Luna: Thanks! Now I can talk about my hobbies in Japanese. This is so useful. Lucas: Let's do a quick practice. I'll ask: 趣味は何ですか. You answer. Luna: 趣味は音楽です. 音楽を聞きます. 読書も好きです. Lucas: Awesome! You added 'also' with も. Very natural. Let's review all the phrases we learned today. Luna: Okay, first: 趣味は読書です. Lucas: 音楽を聞きます. Luna: 本を読みます. Lucas: 趣味は何ですか. Luna: 読書が好きです. 音楽が好きです. Lucas: You nailed it. Keep practicing these, and soon you'll be chatting about hobbies in Japanese with confidence. Luna: Thanks Lucas! This was a fun episode. See you next time on Learn Japanese with Fexingo! Lucas: Take care, everyone! Practice these phrases, and we'll see you next time.