Jouer à - Jouer de - Faire de // What are the differences between them?

Jouer à, Jouer de and Faire de are all used to talk about activities, games, sports and musical instruments. JOUER À translates to To play, we use it for sports and games. Jouer à cache-cache - To play hide-and-seek (To play “hide-hide“ in French) Jouer au football - To play football Jouer aux échecs - To play chess When in English, you don’t add “the“ after “play“, it translates to JOUER À. JOUER DE translates to To play, we use it for musical instruments. Jouer de l’harmonica - To play the harmonica Jouer de la guitare - To play the guitar Jouer du piano - To play the piano FAIRE DE translates to To do, we use it for sports and activities. (that you can do by yourself or in small groups) Faire de l’escalade - To rock climb Faire de la natation - To swim Faire du yoga - To do yoga
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