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Jeux, Sports, Passe-temps favoris
Even if you love working on your French, sometimes you just need to play! Learn the French equivalents of your favorite games, sports, and hobbies and the verbs to use with them.
Jouer = To play
With jouer, the preposition may be à or de, depending on the activity:
- jouer à + game or sport
- jouer de + music and musical instruments
Learn more about jouer
Some activities require the verb faire (to do). If a preposition is required, it’s always de.
Games – Les jeux
| board games | les jeux de société | jouer aux jeux de société | |
| card games | les jeux de cartes | jouer aux jeux de cartes | |
| checkers | le jeu de dames | jouer au jeu de dames | |
| chess | les échecs | jouer aux échecs | |
| darts | les fléchettes | jouer aux fléchettes | |
| dice games | les jeux de dés | jouer aux jeux des dés | |
| pool | le billard | jouer au billard | |
| video games | les jeux vidéo | jouer aux jeux vidéos | |
| word games | les jeux de lettres | jouer aux jeux de lettres |
Sports – Les sports
| basketball | le basket | jouer au basket | ||
| biking | le cyclisme, le vélo | faire du cyclisme faire du vélo faire de la bicyclette |
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| boxing | la boxe | faire de la boxe | boxer | |
| football | le football américain | jouer au football | ||
| hockey | le hockey | jouer au hockey | ||
| skiing | le ski | faire du ski | skier | |
| soccer | le football, le foot | jouer au foot(ball) | ||
| swimming | la natation | faire de la natation | nager | |
| tennis | le tennis | jouer au tennis | ||
| wrestling | la lutte | faire de la lutte | lutter | |
| volleyball | le volley-ball | jouer au volley-ball |
Hobbies – Les passe-temps
| cooking | la cuisine | faire la cuisine | cuisiner | |
| crocheting | le crochet | faire du crochet | crocheter | |
| crossword puzzle | des mots croisés | faire des mots croisés | ||
| dancing | la danse | faire la danse (rare) | danser | |
| fishing | la pêche | aller à la pêche | pêcher | |
| gardening | le jardinage | faire du jardinage | jardiner | |
| hiking | la randonnée | faire de la randonnée | ||
| hunting | la chasse | faire la chasse | chasser | |
| jigsaw puzzle | un puzzle | faire un puzzle | ||
| jogging | le jogging | faire du jogging | ||
| knitting | le tricot | tricoter | ||
| movie | un film | regarder un film | ||
| music | la musique | écouter la musique jouer de la musique |
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| painting | la peinture | peindre | ||
| reading | la lecture | faire de la lecture | lire | |
| sailing | la voile | faire de la voile | ||
| sewing | la couture | coudre | ||
| television TV |
la télévision la télé |
regarder la télévision regarder la télé |
(apocope) |
The French verbs above are used to talk about playing or doing that activity, but of course you can also use verbs like aimer (to like), vouloir (to want to), and détester (to hate) with them.
Related lessons
- Using jouer | Jouer conjugations
- Using faire | Faire conjugations
- Verbs with prepositions
- More sports
French lesson plans
- Hobbies (Worksheet, 8th-9th grade)
- Hobbies Quiz (Worksheet, 6th-8th grade)
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