To do-play sport ? (1)

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To do-play sport ?
Message de sevouchka posté le 08-01-2009 à 21:08:05 (S | E | F)
Bonjour,
J'ai besoin de dire en anglais que je pratique le taekwondo, on dira "I play taekwondo" ou "I do taekwondo" ? ou autre chose ? Merci

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Réponse: To do-play sport ? de TravisKidd, postée le 08-01-2009 à 21:46:04 (S | E)
"I do." (Tae Kwon Do isn't a sport.)

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Réponse: To do-play sport ? de hughy, postée le 08-01-2009 à 21:46:33 (S | E)
Bonsoir,
je dirais " I practise ..."

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Réponse: To do-play sport ? de hughy, postée le 08-01-2009 à 21:49:48 (S | E)
Pour Traviskidd : if taekwondo is not a sport, why is it in the olympics then ? bye

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Réponse: To do-play sport ? de sevouchka, postée le 08-01-2009 à 22:11:34 (S | E)
merci pour vos réponses, une petite précision, à votre avis je dois mettre un article ? I practise/do 'the' taekwondo ?
Et je propose à traviskidd une petite séance, pour lui montrer si ce n'est du sport ;)

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Réponse: To do-play sport ? de TravisKidd, postée le 09-01-2009 à 01:22:44 (S | E)
If Tae Kwon Do is a sport, how do you win? Not everything in the Olympics is a sport, for example gymnastics.

And no, there is no article in front. It's just "Tae Kwon Do".

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Réponse: To do-play sport ? de chrislondon, postée le 09-01-2009 à 20:42:54 (S | E)
Bonsoir,
Usually if the sport is a game we say 'play' e.g. play football, play rugby etc
If the sport is exercise or a martial art we use 'do' e.g. do aerobics, do judo etc. If the sport ends in 'ing' we use 'go' e.g. go skiing, go running, go trekking etc. I hope this helps you.

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Réponse: To do-play sport ? de sevouchka, postée le 09-01-2009 à 21:49:51 (S | E)
Yes Chrislondon, thank you very much.

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Réponse: To do-play sport ? de TravisKidd, postée le 10-01-2009 à 03:37:16 (S | E)
When's the last time you went boxing?

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Réponse: To do-play sport ? de sevouchka, postée le 10-01-2009 à 13:11:03 (S | E)
Traviskidd, why don't answering my questions first ?

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Réponse: To do-play sport ? de TravisKidd, postée le 10-01-2009 à 17:20:55 (S | E)
I did answer your question. One says "I do Tae Kwon Do".

With sports (or activities) that end in "-ing", one treats it as a verb.
Boxing -> "I box" or "I'm a boxer."
Skiing -> "I ski" or "I'm a skier."

"Go" can only be used with activities (one cannot really "go boxing" or "go wrestling"), and refers as much to the trip to the place where the activity is done as the doing of the activity itself. One can say for example "Have you ever been bowling?" in the same way that one can say "Have you ever been to England?"

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