Breakdown of ما هوايتك في وقت الفراغ؟
فيfî
in / about, regarding
ماmâ
what
كka
your / you (object)
وقتwaqt
time
Questions & Answers about ما هوايتك في وقت الفراغ؟
Why do we use ما here for "What" instead of ماذا?
In Arabic, you use ما when asking "What" before a noun or at the start of a nominal sentence (like هوايتك, "your hobby"). You use ماذا when asking "What" before a verb.
Does هوايتك mean "your hobby" for a man or a woman?
It can be either! The attached pronoun ـك is written the same way for both. If you are speaking to a man, you pronounce it هوايتُكَ (hiwayatu-ka), and to a woman, هوايتُكِ (hiwayatu-ki).
Why doesn't the word for time (وقت) have the word "the" (الـ) attached to it?
The phrase وقت الفراغ is an Idafa (a possessive phrase), literally meaning "the time of leisure". In this structure, the first word (وقت) never takes الـ (the), because it is automatically made definite by the second word (الفراغ) which does have it.
What does the word الفراغ literally mean?
الفراغ literally means "emptiness" or "void". In Arabic, "free time" is expressed as وقت الفراغ — literally, "the time of emptiness".