Du / au

Olga R.A1Kwiziq community member

Du / au

Il joue au golf. Why au , not du? Thanks

Asked 2 months ago
Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Bonjour Olga,

"JOUER + À +  [SPORT]Ils jouent au basket.They play basketball.Je joue aux échecs. I play chess.Il joue au tennis.
He plays tennis.You can use jouer à followed by la or l' in front of a vowel or mute h, but remember that le and les will contract with à and become au and aux.Ils jouent au basket.They play basketball.ATTENTION:With music instruments, you will use de instead of à  (See Jouer de = to play an instrument in French)."

 

 

Il joue au golf. Why au , not du?

For exactly the reason shown above in the lesson,

Bonne continuation

Jim

 

 

 

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Du / au

Il joue au golf. Why au , not du? Thanks

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