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Mi padre tiene muchas aficiones.

Mi padre tiene muchas aficiones.
My father has many hobbies.
From Lesson 140:Hobbies (el tiempo libre, el ajedrez)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Mi padre tiene muchas aficiones.

mucho
a lot
tener
to have
mi
my
el padre
the father
la afición
the hobby

Questions & Answers about Mi padre tiene muchas aficiones.

Why is it muchas instead of muchos here?
Muchas means "many" and it must match the noun it describes in both gender and number. Since aficiones (hobbies) is a feminine plural noun, you must use the feminine plural form muchas.
How can I tell that a word like aficiones is feminine?
In Spanish, almost all nouns that end in -ión in their singular form (like afición, canción, or televisión) are feminine.
The singular form is afición with an accent mark. Why does aficiones not have one?
The singular word afición needs an accent mark to show the stress is on the last syllable. When you make it plural by adding -es, that same spoken stress naturally falls on the second-to-last syllable. Because Spanish spelling rules automatically stress the second-to-last syllable for words ending in "s", the written accent mark is no longer needed.
Could I use the word pasatiempos instead for "hobbies"?
Yes, pasatiempos is another very common word for hobbies. Just remember that it is a masculine noun, so if you swap it into this sentence, you must also change the adjective to match: Mi padre tiene muchos pasatiempos.

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