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Free time and hobbies
Words for free time and hobbies: music, songs, films, games, sport, swimming, concerts and the theatre, and verbs such as to play, to sing and to dance.
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| Ukrainian | English | Grammar | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| хо́бі | hobby | noun, neuter | Never changes its form. |
| му́зика | music | noun, feminine | Stress matters: музи́ка, stressed on the second syllable, means “musician”. |
| пі́сня | song | noun, feminine plural пісні́ | The stress moves to the ending in the plural. |
| фільм | film | noun, masculine plural фі́льми | |
| кіно́ | cinema; films | noun, neuter | Never changes its form. |
| гра | game | noun, feminine plural і́гри | The usual plural adds і- at the start: і́гри. |
| спорт | sport | noun, masculine | |
| пла́вання | swimming | noun, neuter | |
| малюва́ння | drawing, painting | noun, neuter | |
| прогу́лянка | walk, stroll | noun, feminine plural прогу́лянки | |
| конце́рт | concert | noun, masculine plural конце́рти | |
| теа́тр | theatre | noun, masculine plural теа́три | |
| вихідні́ | the weekend | noun | The plural of вихідни́й, a day off. |
| гіта́ра | guitar | noun, feminine plural гіта́ри | |
| фотогра́фія | photograph; photography | noun, feminine plural фотогра́фії | |
| гра́ти | to play | verb, imperfective | A game takes у + accusative: гра́ти у футбо́л. An instrument takes на + locative: гра́ти на гіта́рі. |
| гуля́ти | to go for a walk | verb, imperfective | |
| відпочива́ти | to rest, to relax | verb, imperfective | |
| співа́ти | to sing | verb, imperfective | |
| танцюва́ти | to dance | verb, imperfective |
Practice
Recordings
The recordings are from Wikimedia Commons, made by volunteer native speakers. Words that have no free recording are read by a computer-generated voice (OpenAI text-to-speech) instead; their button says so when you hover it.
- хо́бі, фільм, кіно́, гра, спорт, пла́вання, малюва́ння, прогу́лянка, конце́рт, теа́тр, фотогра́фія, гра́ти, гуля́ти, відпочива́ти, співа́ти, танцюва́ти: recorded by Галя Раптова, Nicolas Vion, CC BY 3.0 US.
- пі́сня: recorded by Женя Музика, Nicolas Vion, CC BY 3.0 US.
- гіта́ра: recorded by Tohaomg, CC BY-SA 4.0.