Vocabulary: Hobbies

Hobbies (शौक) from the textbook.

Verbs

• तैरनाto swim

• कसरत करनाto exercise

• बजानाto play (as in an instrument)

  Not to be confused with खेलना, to play (as in a game). This transitive verb also has intransitive counterpart बजना, to ring (as in a clock's bell: hence, "कितने बजे" – literally, how many rang – to ask what time is it?.

  For example,

  1. मैं सितार बजाता हूँ. I play the sitar.

  See also: खेलना ; Telling Time