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Lesson 26.2A2

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'

German

Ich spiele gern Fußball. (I like playing football — literally 'I play gladly football')

Hindi

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

German

sich interessieren für (to be interested in) + accusative

Hindi

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

GermanPronunciationHindiEnglish
das Hobbydahs HOH-beeशौक़śaukhobby
Ich spiele gern Fußball.ikh SHPEE-leh gairn FOOS-bahlमुझे फ़ुटबॉल खेलना पसंद है।mujhe fuṭbŏl khelnā pasand haiI like playing football.
lesenLAY-zenपढ़नाpaṛhnāto read
malenMAH-lenचित्र बनानाcitra banānāto paint
fotografierenfoh-toh-grah-FEE-renफ़ोटो खींचनाfoṭo khīñcnāto take photos
wandernVAHN-dernपैदल घूमनाpaidal ghūmnāto hike
schwimmenSHVIM-enतैरनाtairnāto swim
Musik hörenmoo-ZEEK HUR-renसंगीत सुननाsaṅgīt sunnāto listen to music
kochenKOH-khenखाना बनानाkhānā banānāto cook
sich interessieren fürzikh in-teh-reh-SEE-ren fuerमें दिलचस्पी होनाmeñ dilcaspī honāto be interested in
die Freizeitdee FRY-tsytखाली समयkhālī samayfree time
Ich habe keine Zeit.ikh HAH-beh KY-neh tsytमेरे पास समय नहीं है।mere pās samay nahīñ haiI don't have time.