Lesson 7: Free Time & Hobbies – Talking About What We Love to Do
Learn how to talk about your free time and hobbies in German using simple present-tense sentences.
About this lesson
In this lesson, you'll express what you do in your free time and how often you do it. You'll use key words like "gern", "oft", "manchmal", and "nie", and you'll both ask and answer questions such as "Was machst du gern?" and "Wie oft…?". Through simple sentence patterns, you'll practise word order and short answers.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
Name common hobbies and free-time activities.
Use "gern" to express what I enjoy doing.
Talk about frequency using "oft", "manchmal", and "nie".
Ask and answer questions: "Was machst du gern?" and "Wie oft…?".
Build simple present-tense sentences with time expressions such as "am Wochenende".
Lesson vocabulary
— хобито Mein Hobby ist Lesen.
— свободното време In der Freizeit spiele ich Fußball.
— с удоволствие, обичам да (след глагол) Ich koche gern.
— често Wir gehen oft ins Kino.
— понякога Ich lese manchmal am Abend.
— никога Sie schwimmt nie.
— играя; свиря (на инструмент) Spielst du Gitarre?