List 5 - Interests and activities
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General activities
When you talk about activities, you are often using verbs. You will find a summary of some basic information about French verbs at the end of this page. There are some common verbs also listed in the list about school in
List 3. They are not duplicated in the list below, except those that are used as examples of basic verb forms. Note that when talking about doing sports, you generally use
jouer (to play) for team sports like soccer and
faire (to do) for individual sports like skiing.
à quoi est-ce que tu joues? |
what do you play? |
qu'est-ce que tu fais comme sports? |
what sports do you do? |
est-ce que tu fais ça souvent? |
do you often do that? |
oui, assez souvent / oui, quelquefois / non, pas souvent / non, jamais |
yes often / yes, sometimes / no, not often / no, never |
aller au ciné(ma) |
to go to the cinema |
collectionner des timbres |
to collect stamps |
écouter de la musique |
to listen to music |
faire de la photo |
to take photos / to be an amateur photographer |
faire du vélo |
to ride a bike |
jouer au sport, par exemple au rugby |
to play sport, eg rugby |
jouer d'un instrument, par exemple du piano |
to play an instrument, eg the piano |
lire des magazines, des livres |
to read magazines, books |
nager / faire de la natation |
to swim |
parler / discuter avec mes amis |
to talk with my friends |
regarder la télé |
to watch TV |
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Names of popular sports
le basket (je joue au basket) |
basketball (I play basketball) |
le cricket (je joue au cricket) |
cricket (I play cricket) |
le cyclisme (je fais du vélo) |
cycling (I ride a bike) |
le football (je joue au football) |
soccer (I play soccer) |
le netball (je joue au netball) |
netball (I play netball) |
la pétanque (je joue à la pétanque) |
southern French bowls (I play ...) |
le rugby (je joue au rugby) |
rugby (I play rugby) |
le ski (je fais du ski) |
to ski (I ski, I go skiing) |
le tennis (je joue au tennis) |
tennis (I play tennis) |
Expressing an opinion about an activity
est-ce que tu aimes...(par exemple faire du vélo)? |
do you like...(eg bike riding)? |
oui, j'aime ça |
yes, I like that |
pas tellement |
not all that much |
ça me fait peur |
that scares me |
c'est passionnant |
it's exciting |
c'est très intéressant |
it's very interesting |
je trouve que c'est ennuyeux |
I find it boring |
c'est difficile |
it's difficult |
c'est facile |
it's easy |
c'est long à apprendre |
it takes a long time to learn |
il faut l'essayer |
you have to try it, one should try it |
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