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Mitä harrastat? — What do you do for fun?

A hobby is a harrastus, and the verb harrastaa — to do as a hobby — takes the partitive: Harrastan urheilua. — I do sport.

Finnish English Finnish English
lukeminen reading urheilu sport
uiminen swimming hiihto cross-country skiing
matkustaminen travelling pyöräily cycling
ruoanlaitto cooking musiikki music
saunominen going to the sauna marjastus berry-picking

Mitä harrastat? is the standard way to ask about someone's free time — Finns ask it the way the British ask What do you do at the weekend?