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I am playing nintendo.

12:37 Sep 4, 2000
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: I am playing nintendo.
I am playing nintendo.
liz


Summary of answers provided
na"Je joue au Nitendo"
Letspeak
naSee below
Bruno Magne
naje joue à la Nintendo
Agnès Bousteau
naje joue sur Nintendo
Vincent MAELSTAF (X)
naJe joue sur la/ma Nintendo
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
naSee below
kecikyle


  

Answers


22 mins
"Je joue au Nitendo"


Explanation:
Hope this translation will help!

Letspeak
United States
Local time: 00:15
Native speaker of: Haitian-Creole
PRO pts in pair: 19
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37 mins
See below


Explanation:
Hi, LIz

I am not sure that a kid (or an adult person) would say it that way. Don't you think that any one playing a video game would say: "I am playing a game of Doom," and so on? So, in French, I reckon I would say: je suis en train de jouer une partie/un match de Doom....

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Bruno
Brazil

Bruno Magne
Local time: 01:15
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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1 hr
je joue à la Nintendo


Explanation:
Plutôt au féminin : la Nintendo.
On sous-entend sans doute console ou quelquechose comme ça !

Hope it helps,

Agnès

Agnès Bousteau
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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1 hr
je joue sur Nintendo


Explanation:
La préposition qui revient le plus souvent pour les consoles de jeux vidéo est "sur". On parle ainsi de jeux "sur Nintendo", de jeux "sur Dreamcast", etc.

Vincent

Vincent MAELSTAF (X)
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 89

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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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3 hrs
Je joue sur la/ma Nintendo


Explanation:
I think kids add the article too or say whose it is : "I am playing on the/my Nintendo" which gives "Je joue sur la/ma Nintendo".

I agree that the choice of proposition should be "on", thus "sur". That's what my young neighbour says!



Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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5 hrs
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Explanation:
Je joue au Nintendo. (What are you doing this afternoon? I am playing Nintendo.)
Je suis en train de jouer au Nintendo. (What are you doing right now? I am playing Nintendo.)

P.S. I have never seen it used with la (la Nintendo).

Hope it helps!

kecikyle
Canada
Local time: 00:15
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 28

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Louise Atfield
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