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- "Мои внуки играют в хоккей."
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Yes, if we talk about boys and girls, they all together may be called 'внуки и внучки' or simply 'внуки'.
Come to think of it, would any Russian understand the sentence as being about field hockey, or is it understood that it's ice hockey we're talking about? Any native speakers around?
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I'm not sure about others countries, but in Russia ice hockey is much more popular than field hockey
Did you know that, historically, ice hockey wasn't really a thing in Russia/the Soviet Union, but that Russians tended to play bandy instead? I find this fascinating, considering the relative status of the sports now. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandy.
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Hockey is typically considered to be played on the ice in the US. You would havrx to specify field hockey, unless it was already understood through context
How would you say "My grandsons play hockey"? Because saying "My grandsons are playing hockey" sounds like it is something that they are currently doing. Or is it the same sentence, but you know which they mean based on the context?
Please, Duo, finally accept "ice hockey" as the correct solution. So many people have reported it already. What more do we have to do to?
Why? The sentence literally just says "hockey". Why would you add additional words and assume that's correct? Granted, when people say hockey, they're usually talking about ice hockey, but "ice" is implied and not actually part of the sentence.
Because if "ice" is implied in the Russian sentence, it should be correct to add it in the English sentence. "Hockey" is not at all universally understood as "ice hockey".
No one's saying that the preferred answer has to be changed, just that "ice hockey" should also be correct.
Agreed. I've added "ice hockey" as an acceptable translation. The Russian doesn't specify ice hockey because nobody in Russia knows or cares about any other kind.
