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[strong field]

I think word reference may have most of the translations ?

[unique jewel]

but can someone explain better than that how i can use them in different contexts?

i’ve already seen websites but it would be easier from a person explaining it to my face

[tropic osprey]

@unique jewel actually you can't use the verbe "crocheter" as practicing crochet 🧶
You can just say "faire du crochet", ou "j'ai fait/fabriqué ceci au crochet"
The verb crocheter has another sense, it's mostly used when someone uses a needle for example (not necessarily a needle btw), to open a locked door "le voleur a crocheté la porte pour rentrer"

[unique jewel]

crocheter is mostly used to describe picking a lock?

so if i wanted to say ‘im crocheting’ what would i say

or ‘i crochet’

[tropic osprey]

Yes

[tropic osprey]

Je fais du crochet

[unique jewel]

and ‘i crochet’? like i run, i cook, i read..

[tropic osprey]

No it doesn't exist

[unique jewel]

so if someone asks what i like to do for fun or a hobby, would i just say the word crochet?

kinda like we do in english?

[strong field]

"je fais du crochet", but i usually hear "je tricotte"

(idk if its the same)

[unique jewel]

thats knitting

wait is that in canada fr or eu french

also i thought they said that doesnt exist? like i couldn’t say ‘i __’ in french??

[strong field]

Damn, my bad. Thx

[unique jewel]

wait no come back thats not a yes or a no to that 😭😭

[strong field]

I don't really understand

[tropic osprey]

Tricoter is not the same
You can say je tricote but it's not the same as doing crochet

Doing crochet is with a crochet (I think it was pretty obvious) whereas tricoter is with 2 needles

[unique jewel]

ghosty said this

[unique jewel]

.

but then u said

[unique jewel]

this

[strong field]

thx !!!

[unique jewel]

which looks like ‘i knit’ or im assuming tricotte could be replaced with another activity like run or walk

right?

so which is it

[strong field]

no no no, dont listen to me

i didnt really know that these were different things

[unique jewel]

no the tricotte isnt the problem

[tropic osprey]

What's wrong 😭

[unique jewel]

its can i just slap ‘je’ in front of an activity like knitting, crocheting, running to say ‘i knit’ like ‘je tricotte’

ghost said no u said yes

so which 😭

[strong field]

you can either say "je tricotte" or "je fais du tricot", but with "crochet" it's different because the main meanign of the verb (crocheter) is not easily associated to "crochet"

[strong field]

!!

[tropic osprey]

Oh this is a grammar question

[strong field]

usually you say "je verb" but here it's special for "crocheter"

[tropic osprey]

We were talking about the specific vocabulary of doing crochet

[strong field]

it's not incorrect to say "je crochette" but people will think that you break into people homes ahahahha

[tropic osprey]

But this might be the case haha

[unique jewel]

so i could say ‘je tricotte’ to say i knit, but i cant say ‘je crochet’ to say i crochet?

[tropic osprey]

Yes

To say I crochet you gotta say je fais du crochet

[strong field]

it's just because of the polysémie of "crochetter"

[tropic osprey]

It's not really polysemic, there's only one sense isn't it ?

[strong field]

the activity of crochet (making clothes) and crochetter des serrures (pick locks)

so yeah, 2 meanings

[tropic osprey]

No there's no way you can use crocheter as the crochet activity

[unique jewel]

like ‘hoe’ and ‘hoe’ in english?

same word 2 meanings?

[tropic osprey]

Crocheter has only one meaning, which is picking locks

[strong field]

yeah i guess

like a lot of words

[unique jewel]

ok wait which french do u both speak

[strong field]

well technically you can

[strong field]

HAHAHAHAHA

[tropic osprey]

Nooooo wayyy

Okay my bad 💀

[strong field]

it's just to avoid being misunderstood, but it's right to conjugate it

[unique jewel]

WHICH FRENCH 😭

[tropic osprey]

But the verbe is transitive so you can't just say "je crochète"

You need to explain what you're crocheting

And yeah it's not very used so I guess it's better to use "je fais du crochet"

[strong field]

thats why we say "faire du crochet" so we dont have to specify

[unique jewel]

r both of u from france

[tropic osprey]

@strong field I think we're good collaborators lol, I'm glad we managed to agree haha

[tropic osprey]

I am

[strong field]

haahhaahhaha

are u alright soup ?

i think we raised more questions than we answered

[strong field]

my man

[tropic osprey]

How about we all forget this discussion 😭

[unique jewel]

just tryna figure out if one of u is talking about fr canadian bc sometimes stuff can get confusing if ppl use different phrases

😭

[tropic osprey]

No our conclusion is accurate for both Canadian and France French I think
The thing kilou taught me is just a form very few used

@strong field you French or Canadian ?

[strong field]

toulouse

so france

[tropic osprey]

Okayy nice

I'm in the Alps :)

[strong field]

im in grenoble for my studies sooooo