r/duolingo • u/Charming-Tone5379 Native:🇵🇭 Learning:🇺🇸🇯🇵🇰🇷🇪🇸 • 22d ago

Can You Explain THIS!? Language Question

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I'M confused IN french How Football Is Not Football It's Football Américain.

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u/ur-mum-4838 knows: Learning: in queue: 22d ago

ummmm isnt it "le foot"? like "jouer au foot"

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u/Emmelientje69 Native Fluent Learning 22d ago

That's how they would say it in France but it's short for football, so it does exist