LinguaWhat I like doing
You already know أُحِبُّ – I like. A hobby comes right after it as a noun with the article: أُحِبُّ الْقِرَاءَةَ – I like reading, literally “I like the reading”. The noun is the object, so it ends in -a.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| قِرَاءَة | reading |
| سِبَاحَة | swimming |
| رَسْم | drawing, painting |
| طَبْخ | cooking |
| مُوسِيقَى | music |
| رِيَاضَة | sport |
أُحِبُّ السِّبَاحَةَ وَالرَّسْمَ.I like swimming and drawing.
With a verb, Arabic puts أَنْ between the two: أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ – I like to read. Learn it as a set form: أَنْ, then the “I” form of the verb ending in -a. لَا أُحِبُّ – I don’t like.
أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ فِي وَقْتِ الْفَرَاغِ، وَلَا أُحِبُّ الرَّقْصَ.I like to read in my free time, and I don’t like dancing.
To ask: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ فِي وَقْتِ الْفَرَاغِ؟ – what do you do in your free time? Or shorter: مَا هِوَايَتُكَ؟ – what is your hobby? The answer: هِوَايَتِي + the hobby with the article.
مَا هِوَايَتُكَ؟ – هِوَايَتِي الرَّسْمُ.What is your hobby? – My hobby is drawing.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| هِوَايَة | hobby | هِوَايَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ a nice hobby |
| قِرَاءَة | reading | الْقِرَاءَةُ مُفِيدَةٌ. Reading is useful. |
| سِبَاحَة | swimming | السِّبَاحَةُ فِي الْبَحْرِ swimming in the sea |
| رَسْم | drawing, painting | دَرْسُ الرَّسْمِ the drawing lesson |
| طَبْخ | cooking | الطَّبْخُ فِي الْمَطْبَخِ cooking in the kitchen |
| رِيَاضَة | sport, exercise | الرِّيَاضَةُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ sport every day |
| مُوسِيقَى | music | مُوسِيقَى عَرَبِيَّةٌ Arabic music |
| سَفَر | travel, travelling | السَّفَرُ بِالْقِطَارِ travelling by train |
| تَصْوِير | photography, taking photos | التَّصْوِيرُ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ taking photos in the park |
| رَقْص | dancing | الرَّقْصُ مَعَ الْمُوسِيقَى dancing to music |
| كُرَة | ball | كُرَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ a big ball |
| وَقْتُ الْفَرَاغِ | free time | فِي وَقْتِ الْفَرَاغِ in free time |
| فَعَلَ | to do | مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ What are you doing? |
Exercises
This lesson has 11 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 4
- fill the gap: 2
- match the pairs: 1
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Which word means “swimming”?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.