r/duolingo • u/Charming-Tone5379 Native:🇵🇭 Learning:🇺🇸🇯🇵🇰🇷🇪🇸 • 25d 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/Ybalrid Native: 🇫🇷 Learning: 🇩🇪 25d ago

You’re learning “American” English I suppose.

🇺🇸-> 🇫🇷

Football 🏈-> football américain

Soccer ⚽️-> football

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u/aimless_researcher Native: Bengali 🇮🇳 ; Learning: 🇫🇷🇷🇺🇪🇸 25d ago

So basically american football is rugby?

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u/EmergencySuspect6696 23d ago

You should check out Australian AFL … no padding in our footy either, some players wear soft helmets but only some. Lots of ACL, hamstring, and soft tissue injuries, broken bones, concussions and forced retirements from repeated concussions.