🟢 Talking About Hobbies – Beginner Level (TOPIK 1–2)
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Learn how to talk about your hobbies in Korean, such as listening to music and watching movies. Practice beginner grammar, vocabulary, and real dialogues.
🎧 Do you like listening to music or watching movies? In this lesson, you'll learn how to share your hobbies in simple Korean with basic sentence patterns.
🎯 Learning Goal
- Learn basic hobby-related Korean vocabulary
- Use “-을/를 좋아해요” to talk about what you like
- Practice short conversations about your hobbies
📚 Table of Contents
- 🎵 Hobby Vocabulary
- 💬 Useful Expressions
- 🙋 Practice Dialogue
- 📝 Quick Check Quiz
- 📌 Did You Know?
- 📝 It’s Your Turn
- 👋 Take a Lesson with Me!
- 💬 Stay Connected
🎵 Hobby Vocabulary
- 음악 듣기 – listening to music
- 영화 보기 – watching movies
- 책 읽기 – reading books
- 운동하기 – exercising
- 요리하기 – cooking
- 게임하기 – playing games
💬 Useful Expressions
취미가 뭐예요? – What’s your hobby?
저는 음악 듣기를 좋아해요. – I like listening to music.
영화를 자주 봐요. – I often watch movies.
혼자서 책을 읽는 것을 좋아해요. – I enjoy reading books alone.
🙋 Practice Dialogue
A: 취미가 뭐예요?
Chwimiga mwoyeyo?
What’s your hobby?
B: 저는 영화를 보는 걸 좋아해요.
Jeoneun yeonghwareul boneun geol joahaeyo.
I like watching movies.
A: 어떤 영화 좋아해요?
Eotteon yeonghwa joahaeyo?
What kind of movies do you like?
B: 저는 코미디 영화를 좋아해요.
Jeoneun komidi yeonghwareul joahaeyo.
I like comedy movies.
📝 Quick Check Quiz
- How do you say “I like listening to music” in Korean?
Answer
저는 음악 듣기를 좋아해요. - What does "취미" mean?
Answer
Hobby - Translate into Korean: “I enjoy watching comedy movies.”
Answer
저는 코미디 영화를 좋아해요.
👩🏫 Teacher’s Tips
🔸 TIP: In Korean, using nouns with “-기” (like “듣기” or “보기”) turns verbs into hobbies or activities. Practice converting your favorite verbs into hobby nouns!
🔸 예: 수영하다 → 수영하기 (swimming), 춤추다 → 춤추기 (dancing)
🌀 Say What?
덕후 (deokhu): A slang term meaning “super fan” or “geek.” If someone loves K-pop or anime a lot, they might call themselves a 덕후!
📌 Did You Know?
한국 콘텐츠진흥원(KOCCA)에 따르면, 2024년 기준으로 10대~20대 한국인들이 가장 선호하는 취미는 “음악 듣기”와 “영상 시청(YouTube, 영화 등)”입니다.
According to KOCCA (2024), the most popular hobbies among teens and people in their 20s in Korea are listening to music and watching videos or movies.
📝 It’s Your Turn
- Write 3 sentences about your hobby using “-을/를 좋아해요.”
- Ask a friend about their hobbies in Korean.
- Make a short dialogue using today's vocabulary.
👋 Take a Lesson with Me!
I’m a Korean language teacher with 20 years of experience. Let’s practice Korean together and talk about your hobbies! Join me on italki for a fun and useful lesson.
💬 Stay Connected
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