Breakdown of Tā de àihào shì kàn diànyǐng hé tīng yīnyuè.
是shì
to be
的de
possessive particle
和hé
and
她tā
she
Questions & Answers about Tā de àihào shì kàn diànyǐng hé tīng yīnyuè.
Why do we use 的 in 她的爱好?
的 is a possessive particle. It links the possessor to what is possessed.
- 她 = she / her
- 她的 = her (possessive, “belonging to her”)
- 爱好 = hobby / hobbies
So 她的爱好 literally means “her hobby / her hobbies”.
Structure: [possessor] + 的 + [thing] → her + 的 + hobby.
Why is 是 used here? Could we leave it out?
是 works like the verb “to be” in this kind of sentence:
- A 是 B = A is B
- 她的爱好是看电影和听音乐。
→ Her hobby is watching movies and listening to music.
Here:
- A = 她的爱好 (her hobby)
- B = 看电影和听音乐 (watching movies and listening to music)
You normally cannot drop 是 in this structure.
Without 是, 她的爱好看电影和听音乐 is ungrammatical.
Why is 爱好 (hobby) singular in Chinese when she has two hobbies?