Hobbies & Free Time
शौक़ और खाली समय
German has no single word for 'like doing' — it adds the small adverb gern to an ordinary verb, while Hindi's "...करना पसंद है" is far more direct.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
gern(e) + verb — German's way of saying 'like to'
Ich spiele gern Fußball. (I like playing football — literally 'I play gladly football')
मुझे फ़ुटबॉल खेलना पसंद है।
In Hindi's "...करना पसंद है", the verb stays in the infinitive (खेलना) and 'पसंद है' attaches separately — German works quite differently: gern(e) ('gladly') is added right after the conjugated verb: spielen ('to play') → Ich spiele gern... The verb stays fully conjugated; gern just modifies it. To say you don't like something, say nicht gern — gern itself is never negated.
Hobby verbs attach to a fixed preposition
sich interessieren für (to be interested in) + accusative
में दिलचस्पी होना
Like Hindi's "में दिलचस्पी होना", German interest/enthusiasm verbs come bundled with a fixed preposition and case that has to be memorized along with the verb — learn sich interessieren für + accusative as one fixed chunk, not something to build word by word.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
| German | Pronunciation | Hindi | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| das Hobby | dahs HOH-bee | शौक़śauk | hobby |
| Ich spiele gern Fußball. | ikh SHPEE-leh gairn FOOS-bahl | मुझे फ़ुटबॉल खेलना पसंद है।mujhe fuṭbŏl khelnā pasand hai | I like playing football. |
| lesen | LAY-zen | पढ़नाpaṛhnā | to read |
| malen | MAH-len | चित्र बनानाcitra banānā | to paint |
| fotografieren | foh-toh-grah-FEE-ren | फ़ोटो खींचनाfoṭo khīñcnā | to take photos |
| wandern | VAHN-dern | पैदल घूमनाpaidal ghūmnā | to hike |
| schwimmen | SHVIM-en | तैरनाtairnā | to swim |
| Musik hören | moo-ZEEK HUR-ren | संगीत सुननाsaṅgīt sunnā | to listen to music |
| kochen | KOH-khen | खाना बनानाkhānā banānā | to cook |
| sich interessieren für | zikh in-teh-reh-SEE-ren fuer | में दिलचस्पी होनाmeñ dilcaspī honā | to be interested in |
| die Freizeit | dee FRY-tsyt | खाली समयkhālī samay | free time |
| Ich habe keine Zeit. | ikh HAH-beh KY-neh tsyt | मेरे पास समय नहीं है।mere pās samay nahīñ hai | I don't have time. |