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Olá, tudo bem? "Hi, how are you?"
My name is Paloma. "Meu nome é Paloma."
And welcome to Whiteboard Lessons!
Today, we’re going to talk about your hobbies in Portuguese.
Okay. First, Let’s take a look at the dialogue.
Qual é o seu hobby?
Qual é o seu hobby? (enunciated)
Pay attention to the intonation at the end that makes a question in Portuguese.
Qual é o seu hobby?
"What’s your hobby?"
Eu gosto de acampar.
Eu gosto de acampar. "I like to camp."
So let’s see a few more verbs and phrases you can use with the same pattern.
acampar
acampar (enunciated)
Acampar means "to camp."
ler
ler "to read"
cantar
cantar "to sing"
tirar fotos
tirar fotos (enunciated)
Tirar fotos means "to take pictures."
ouvir música
ouvir música (enunciated)
ouvir música "to listen to music"
jogar futebol
Jogar futebol means "to play soccer."
Our last one is…
tocar violino
tocar violino (enunciated)
Tocar violino means "to play the violin."
So as you can see, we have different verbs to mean to play a sport and to play an instrument.
To play a sport, that’s jogar.
And to play an instrument is tocar.
jogar futebol “play soccer”
And tocar violino.
You don’t say jogar violino.
And you also don’t say tocar futebol.
That makes no sense in Portuguese.
Okay, so let’s review the pattern for today. That’s…
Eu gosto de…
Eu gosto de… and the [hobby].
"I like [hobby]."
Remember that in Portuguese, we always use de after gosto or gustar.
Eu gosto de… and then the verb or the action.
For example…
Eu gosto de jogar futebol.
Eu gosto de jogar futebol.
"I like to play soccer."
And…
Eu gosto de tocar violino.
Eu gosto de tocar violino.
"I like to play the violin."
Also something interesting is that in Portuguese, we don’t say de violino, tocar de violino. We usually just say tocar violino.
So if someone asks you…
Qual é o seu hobby?
You can say…
Eu gosto de…
acampar.
Eu gosto de jogar futebol.
Eu gosto de tocar violino.
Eu gosto de ler.
Eu gosto de acampar.
Eu gosto de tirar fotos.
Eu gosto de ouvir música.
Other popular sports include “swimming” or natação, “volleyball” or voleibol, “judo” judô, and other martial arts, as the famous capoeira.

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