Oct 21, 2001 16:49
23 yrs ago
French term
Megan
Qu\'est -ce que tu aimes faire?
Non-PRO
French to English
Other
asking a question about movies
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+4
6 mins
Selected
what do you like to do or what are your favorite hobbies
what do you like to do or what are your favorite hobbies?
do not forget to give points if it helps :)))
do not forget to give points if it helps :)))
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
-1
2 mins
what do you like to do?
I hope it helps
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Deb Phillips (X)
: what would you like to do
3 hrs
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| neutral |
mckinnc
: question is contradictory - if meaning is in general, this is correct
7 hrs
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| neutral |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: In context, asking opinion about which movie to see, for example, then a conditional form might be the most appropriate.
9 hrs
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+1
15 mins
Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
United States
United States
United States
English into flawless native Spanish
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish, and 2 more.
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16
What do you like doing?
Another option.
Regards,
BSD
Regards,
BSD
+1
3 hrs
9 hrs
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Native in English
Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
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4638
The choice is yours!
It sounds odd to be "talking about movies" and then ask what a person likes to do/doing?
The question is being addressed to a familiar person (second person singular, familiar form of you, or to a young person for example).
Some verbs and expressions are often followed by "-ing" : enjoy, hate, love, like, dislike, (not) mind, can't stand, can't bear.
After "love" and "can't bear" you can use "-ing" or "to + infinitive".
With the verb "like", it does not really matter whether you say "I like doing" or "I like to do".
However, we usually say "I like doing" when "like" means "enjoy" : I like cooking (i.e., I ejoy it).
When "like" does not mean "enjoy", more often than not, we use "I like to do" : I like to do something (i.e., I find it good or right to do something). Example : I like to wash my hair once a week. (It doesn't mean that I like or dislike it particularly, it means that I think it is the right thing to so.
So, depending on what your sentence means, and with the added thing of the interrogative form (use of "do" and inversion of verb and subject), you have a choice.
The question is being addressed to a familiar person (second person singular, familiar form of you, or to a young person for example).
Some verbs and expressions are often followed by "-ing" : enjoy, hate, love, like, dislike, (not) mind, can't stand, can't bear.
After "love" and "can't bear" you can use "-ing" or "to + infinitive".
With the verb "like", it does not really matter whether you say "I like doing" or "I like to do".
However, we usually say "I like doing" when "like" means "enjoy" : I like cooking (i.e., I ejoy it).
When "like" does not mean "enjoy", more often than not, we use "I like to do" : I like to do something (i.e., I find it good or right to do something). Example : I like to wash my hair once a week. (It doesn't mean that I like or dislike it particularly, it means that I think it is the right thing to so.
So, depending on what your sentence means, and with the added thing of the interrogative form (use of "do" and inversion of verb and subject), you have a choice.
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