趣味は〜ことですshumi wa ~ koto desu
Shumi wa koto desu (趣味は〜ことです) means “hobby: activity as a noun”.
My hobby is eating.
Use 「趣味は〜ことです」 to name an activity as your hobby; put a dictionary-form verb before こと.
In the course
How it works
The dictionary form is the verb form you find in a dictionary. Look at the picture: the three verb groups change differently.
First identify the verb’s group, then make its dictionary form. You cannot simply remove 「ます」 from every verb.
For the Group 1 verb 「飲みます→飲む」, change the final 「み」 to 「む」 and remove 「ます」.
For the Group 2 verb 「食べます→食べる」, remove 「ます」 and add 「る」.
Memorize the Group 3 verbs separately: 「します→する」 and 「来ます→来る」.
Notice that the reading of 「来」 changes too: 「来ます」 is read きます, while 「来る」 is read くる.
How do you name an activity as a hobby? Add 「こと」 to the dictionary form to treat the whole activity as one thing.
Use 「趣味は～ことです」 to answer with an activity as your hobby. Before 「こと」, use the dictionary form, not the ます form.
Example sentences
- 趣味shumiはwa食べるtaberuことkotoです。desu
My hobby is eating.
In a conversation
- A趣味は何ですか。
A: What is your hobby?
- B趣味は小説を読むことです。
B: My hobby is reading novels.
Check yourself
Level 0 · Conjugate
Change to the form used in dictionaries. 辞書形
私の趣味は映画を（見ます）ことです。
Level 1 · Recognise
Which sentence is correct?
Level 1 · Recognise
Listen and choose the meaning
Level 2 · Build
Put the words in order
My hobby is reading novels.
Level 3 · Use
What goes in the blank?
趣味はカラオケで です。
My hobby is singing at karaoke.
More grammar in this theme
- 趣味は〜ことですhobby: activity as a noun
