Doing Various Things with たり〜たりする
Use たり〜たりする to describe several representative actions without presenting them as a strict sequence.
How to build the pattern
Make the pattern from the plain past form, then change the ending to たり or だり. The sentence usually ends with する or another suitable form of する.
テレビを見たり、本を読んだりする。
I do things like watch TV and read books.
見たり and 読んだり are sample actions, and する completes the pattern.
日曜日は買いものしたり、そうじしたりします。
On Sundays I do things like shop and clean.
With verbal nouns, the noun stays visible and the したり chunk carries the pattern.
休みの日は寝たり、音楽を聞いたりします。
On my days off I do things like sleep and listen to music.
The pattern works naturally with everyday free-time actions too.
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