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minor zodiac
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because we do some jogging (je fais du jogging)

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actuallt

indigo cargo
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hmm

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but in english we I am jogging

minor zodiac
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and we play (at) basketball

indigo cargo
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so in french isnt it je fais jogging ?

minor zodiac
indigo cargo
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oh so english is dumb

minor zodiac
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no its french actually

indigo cargo
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LOL

minor zodiac
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welcome to the french learners life

indigo cargo
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haha

minor zodiac
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gl

indigo cargo
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but

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we play at basketball ?

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this is confusing

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why "At"

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@minor zodiac

minor zodiac
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with this

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in frnch

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you have to acvept thats the way of doing things

indigo cargo
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thi gs?

minor zodiac
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when you play a sports game

indigo cargo
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yes

minor zodiac
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its à(au/à la etc)

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je joue au foot

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je joue au tennis

indigo cargo
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I play at the tennis

minor zodiac
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u know the french saying c'est la vie?

indigo cargo
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weird

minor zodiac
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"it's life"

indigo cargo
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lol

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and

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one more thing

minor zodiac
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"its how it is"

indigo cargo
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if we wanted to say aerobics for an example we would say de l'aerobic

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why not just say du areobic?

minor zodiac
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je fais de l'aérobic

indigo cargo
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I do of the areobic

minor zodiac
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de l' -> de + l' + (any vowel)

indigo cargo
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but why not du?

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oh shi

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i get

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forgot lmao

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liason

minor zodiac
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de - of
de + le = du
de + la = de la
de + l' = de l'
de + les = des

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✨✨✨

indigo cargo
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ic thanks

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have a good one

minor zodiac
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u too

indigo cargo
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salut!

minor zodiac
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salut

fading dawn
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“jogging” is a type of clothing

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you say “un footing” for jogging

indigo cargo
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??????????????///

minor zodiac
indigo cargo
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??????????/

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jogging = clothing wtf?!

minor zodiac
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french people put english words everywhere and they call it a day

indigo cargo
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I am dead

minor zodiac
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its sweatpants

indigo cargo
fading dawn
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un jogging is running pants

indigo cargo
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but on my vocab sheet is says its the english word jogging

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from my textbook

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i thought I was being trolled rn lmao

fading dawn
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I suppose you could run into “jogging” being used in French for that type of running, but I associate it more with the clothing

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Faire un footing is to go jogging

minor zodiac
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ive been trapped too to get english speakers lesrning french easier

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by using faire du jogging rather than faire du footing

indigo cargo
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so I am assuming this is all contexual now?

minor zodiac
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like a lot in french oui

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uhh but you cant do your sweat pants

indigo cargo
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or can you?

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nvm

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thats weird

woven mortar
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Jogging as a verb to indicate a slow running exists in French too, though

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But yeah, footing for that action is more common

indigo cargo
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so what is the tldr for all this?

woven mortar
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Jogging usually means a tracksuit in French

minor zodiac
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tldr
faire du footing - more common
faire du jogging - french made easy english speakers but exists in french too

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un jogging = sweatpants/tracksuit

woven mortar
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Exactly, thank you

minor zodiac
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voilà

indigo cargo
minor zodiac
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context

woven mortar
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As a verb, yes

indigo cargo
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and

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with context?

minor zodiac
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english jogging = faire du footing

indigo cargo
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and footing?

minor zodiac
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french jogging ≠ english footing

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but thats obvious

indigo cargo
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okay...

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I think I have concluded c'est la vie

minor zodiac
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^

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dont ask

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just lesrn and accept

indigo cargo
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🫡

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alr then thanks for all the help yall

mortal tulip
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Tl;dr france likes to make up nouns based on vaguely related english words
Faire du footing, cuz it's on foot, I guess
Un jogging, cuz people often wear it for jogging
I'd say "jouer au basket" idk if france says basketball

minor zodiac
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c'est pareil pour " jouer au foot" aussi

mortal tulip
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?

minor zodiac
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same with jouer au foot

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not football

mortal tulip
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Ah

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"pareil pour" u mean

fading dawn
mortal tulip
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Ok