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What is the difference between play and do ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between play and do ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (UK)
@Migume2076
球技と競技スポーツ(というか相手に対するスポーツ）はplayを使うことが多いです:
play tennis, play football, play netball. (ボールだからplay)
play chess. (相手に対するスポーツだからplay)
娯楽的活動や個人競技やボールを使わないスポーツはdoを使うことが多いです:
do flower arranging, do jigsaw puzzles (レクリエーション活動だからdo)
do athletics, do karate, do gymnastics (個人競技だからdo)
-ingを使うとき、なにかをどこかにしに行くときはgoを使うべきです:
go swimming, go hiking, go travelling, go skiing (-ingだからgo)
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Play は 遊ぶこと。
Do は やること か すること。
I like to PLAY games. 🙆
I like to DO games. 🙅
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- Italian
"I PLAY tennis"
"I need to DO the laundry"
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スポーツをする時、稀にplayを使うべきなのかdoを使うべきなのか迷うものがあります。
そんな時はどう判断すればいいですか？
そんな時はどう判断すればいいですか？
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
- English (US)
@Migume2076 なるほど、そう言えば、"I play sports" と "I do sports" どちら 使ってもいいです。意味は そっくりですけど、"play" は 多分 いい気持ちが 入っています。
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- English (UK)
@Migume2076
球技と競技スポーツ(というか相手に対するスポーツ）はplayを使うことが多いです:
play tennis, play football, play netball. (ボールだからplay)
play chess. (相手に対するスポーツだからplay)
娯楽的活動や個人競技やボールを使わないスポーツはdoを使うことが多いです:
do flower arranging, do jigsaw puzzles (レクリエーション活動だからdo)
do athletics, do karate, do gymnastics (個人競技だからdo)
-ingを使うとき、なにかをどこかにしに行くときはgoを使うべきです:
go swimming, go hiking, go travelling, go skiing (-ingだからgo)
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