Sports and Hobbies
Soccer |
le football |
luh foot-bahl |
Hockey |
le hockey |
luh hock-ee |
Football |
le football américain |
luh foot-bahl ah-mehr-ee-kahn |
Basketball |
le basket |
luh bahs-kett |
Baseball |
le base-ball |
luh base-bahl |
Horse-back riding |
l'équitation; du cheval |
leh-kee-tah-see-ohn; dew shuh-vahl |
Tennis |
le tennis |
luh ten-ee |
Skiing |
le ski |
luh skee |
Volleyball |
le volley |
luh voll-ee |
Wrestling |
la lutte |
lah loot |
Jogging |
le jogging |
luh zhog-ing |
Ice-skating |
le patin à glace |
luh pah-tahn ah glahs |
Swimming |
la natation |
lah nah-tah-see-ohn |
Track and Field |
l'athlétisme |
lat-lay-tees-muh |
Bowling |
le bowling |
luh boh-ling |
Softball |
le softball |
luh soft-bahl |
Golf |
le golf |
luh golf |
Bicycling |
le vélo |
luh vay-low |
Surfing |
le surf |
luh serf |
Dirt/Motor biking |
le bicross |
luh bee-cross |
French horn |
le cor d'harmonie |
kohr dar-moh-nee |
violin |
le violon |
vee-oh-lohn |
guitar |
la guitare |
gee-tahr |
drum |
le tambour |
tawn-boor |
tuba |
le tuba |
tew-bah |
flute |
la flûte |
flewt |
trombone |
le trombone |
trohn-bohn |
clarinette |
la clarinette |
klah-ree-nett |
cello |
le violoncelle |
vee-oh-lohn-sell |
harp |
la harpe |
arp |
Faire de + a sport means to play. Jouerà + a sport also means to play, as does jouer de + an instrument.
Tu fais du foot. You play soccer. J'aime jouer autennis. I like to play tennis. Je peux jouer de la guitare. I can playthe guitar. Nous jouons de la clarinette. We play the clarinette. Ilveut jouer du tuba. He wants to play the tuba.