"I do gymnastics."

Translation: 私は体操をやっています。

[Nush_W]

'Yaru' is a less polite alternative to 'Suru' (to do).

[KeithWong9]

For this exercise, we cannot replace やる with する. やっている here means I have a habit doing it or doing it as a job. If it is しています, then it means I am doing it right now.

[Nush_W]

している is also used for habitual actions.

[Doubledealer]

Is it possible to say 'taisou wo shimasu?'

[KeithWong9]

Certainly

[sigurdmn]

Marked incorrect for me as of June 10th, 2020. Although you have another comment stating that やる cannot be replaced by する, I believe it should be possible for the literal translation of "I do gymnastics", no?

[OKAMOTO_Yusuke]

私は体操をする/します are acceptable enough, as a translation of "I do gymnastics". These expressions sound quite natural.

[Dylan_Nicholson]

Still doesn't seem to accept any of these, and this exercise is 3 years old! But Keith Wong's comment above suggests there is a reason する isn't accepted...

[OKAMOTO_Yusuke]

I do not agree with Keith Wong's comment. 「私は体操をする」is completely correct and should be accepted (I am a native Japanese speaker).

[Dylan_Nicholson]

Hmm, well I don't know enough to say either way, but I've tried about 12 different answers and only ones using やっている are accepted (not even just 体操をやる is accepted).

Actually there are TWO contradictory remarks from KeithWong9 re using します, not sure what to make of it!

[JSnow20]

I used the particle を instead if は and it was Marked correct

24日7月2020年

[LexiJPGabi]

10月24日2020 - 　体操をします　marked wrong

[KeithWong9]

Let me clarify - 私は体操をします。 is correct - "I do gymnastics." = 私は体操をやります。

私は体操をしています has a nuance of a continuous action ("I am doing gymnastics.")

私は体操をやっています has a nuance of a hobby - "habitual action" ("I do gymnastics regularly.")

We can clarify these sentences as a continuous action/habitual action with words -

• 私は今（いま）体操をして/やっています - I am doing gymnastics now.
• 私は普段（ふだん）体操をして/やっています - I do gymnastics regularly.

However without these words this is a difference between する and やる when describing hobbies.

Reference:
大塚望(2002)「「する」と「やる」――非動作性名詞がヲ格に立つ場合――」『日本語科学
12』、pp.7-28 http://doi.org/10.15084/00002089

[Dylan_Nicholson]

Keith Wong's comment above does seem to suggest します　isn't a suitable verb here.

[OKAMOTO_Yusuke]

「私は体操をします」should be accepted.

[Dylan_Nicholson]

Well it's been over 3 years and no contributor has thought to add ANY answer using any form of する/します, believe me I've tried them all. Nor is やる/やります　accepted, only the -te forms.

[daniel.z.tg]

私　　　は　体　操　　を　遣　って　います。

わたし　は　たいそう　を　や　って　います。

watashi　wa　taisou　o　ya　t'te　imasu.

I (topic) gymnastics (obj.) to_do (conj.) (prog.).

I, gymnastics, habitually do.

[Gary307826]

Can I say this sentence without: わたしは?

[Dear_Deka]

Of course, if the subject is clearly yourself.

[OKAMOTO_Yusuke]

The accent of たいそう sounds a bit strange, like 大層. Posted on June 6, 2018.

[OKAMOTO_Yusuke]

The issue seems to be fixed. Posted on Oct. 25, 2018.

[ShinigamiChop]

I wrote "体操をしています" and it was not accepted. Can しています be used for habitual actions?

[cs12b006]

体操します？

[Sam681188]

Can taisou also mean calisthenics? I've seen rajio taisou translated as radio calisthenics before (it's apparently radio broadcasted guided exercises in Japan so I've come to understand)

[R0dluvan]

Every sentence becomes creepy when part of this particular lesson...