This document discusses how to ask about someone's hobby in Japanese. The phrase "しゅみはなんですか" means "What is your hobby?". You can also ask about other people's hobbies by using the possessive particle "の", such as "せんせいのしゅみはなんですか" meaning "What is the teacher's hobby?". The document provides examples of asking if someone's hobby is a particular activity by adding the question marker "か" to the end of a statement.

1. ぶんぽう： レッスン10
Grammar: Lesson 10

2. しゅみはなんですか。
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY?

3. しゅみはなんですか。
What is your hobby?
________はなんでか。Translates to: What is _______?
You can fill in that blank with any number of things, but In order to ask
someone what their hobby is, you fill in the blank with the word しゅみ.
• For example:
– しゅみはなんですか。
– What is your hobby?
• If you want to ask a question using names/person, for example:
– せんせいのしゅみはなんですか。
– What is the teacher’s hobby?

4. しゅみはなんですか。
What is your hobby? (Continued)
Remember that the particle のis like an ‘s.
It is used to indicate possession.
– だいすけさんのしゅみはゴルフです。
– Daisuke’s hobby is golf .
– ははのしゅみはりょうりとうたです。
– My mom’s hobbies are cooking and singing.
• To ask a person if their (or someone else’s) hobby is a particular thing, you
add the question marker かto the end of your statement.
– だいちさんのしゅみはりょうりとうたですか。
– Are Daichi’s hobbies cooking and singing?

5. おわり
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