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3. Les Passe-temps | Hobbies
Les passe-temps means Hobbies in English Language;
Les passe-temps varies depending on individuals;
Most mecs (Guys) love playing football while most dames (Ladies) prefer cooking.
In France, most people irrespective of the gender love:
Ski
Cycling
Cinema
Fishing by the countryside
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4. Les Passe-temps | Hobbies (Cont’d)
Au dessous sont les phrases utiles (Below are useful phrases) relating to les passe-temps (Hobbies)
J’aime……I Like
J’adore…..I Love
Je n’aime pas….I Don’t Like
Je déteste………I Hate
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6. Les Passe-temps | Hobbies (Cont’d)
Below are some vocabularies and keywords that would come in handy when talking about one’s passes-temps
La natation = Swimming
Example : J’aime la natation | I like swimming
La lecture = Reading
Example : Je n’aime pas la lecture | I don't like reading
La cuisine = Cooking
Example : Ganiat adore la cuisine | Ganiat loves cooking
La pêche = Fishing
Example : Mon grand-père aime la pêche | My grandfather likes fishing
L’équitation = Horse Riding
Example: Oludele déteste l' équitation | Oludele hates Horse Riding
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7. Below are some sample questions and answers in the context of les passe-temps:
Note that Q indicates Question while R indicates Response.
Q : Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire? = what do you like to do?
R: J’aime la natation = I like swimming
Q : Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire? = what do you like to do?
R : Je n’aime pas la lecture = I don’t like reading
Les Passe-temps | Hobbies (Cont’d)
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8. Les Passe-temps | Hobbies
(Cont’d)
An example of a complete sentence relating to les passe-temps can be found below:
J’aime faire la natation, la lecture et la pêche mais je n’aime pas l’équitation et la télévision. (I
love swimming, reading and fishing but I do not like horse riding and the television)
J’adore la cuisine mais je déteste la danse (I love cooking but i hate dancing)
Et = and while Mais = but. These are conjunctions and they are used to join words and phrases as
seen above
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9. Les Passe-temps | Hobbies (Cont’d)
Please make conscious efforts to find more words using your French- English bilingual dictionary
relating to les passe-temps as this list is inexhaustive of them all;
Verbs in the infinitive form like “chanter”, “danser” or even “lire” can be used with the phrases above
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10. DEVOIR | ASSIGNMENT
Write 5 complete sentences relating to les passe-temps using the
Phrase + Vocabulary technique as explained in the lesson and send to
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certainly be there to commend and correct you as the case may be.
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