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"En attendant mon collègue, je joue avec mon téléphone."
Translation:While waiting for my colleague, I play with my phone.
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I'm also confused - in English "i play with my telephone" sounds like, they were just tossing their phone around. Can someone tell me, is this the same in French? or are they actually playing a game downloaded on their phone? (because if so, the English translation is wrong)
More likely playing games, Emma, such as video games, Crosswords, Candy Crush, Sudoku.
"I play with my telephone" makes me picture someone running around making laser noises pretending their phone is a galactic fighter jet
We are English living in France and use the word Telephone quite regularly thank you!
While awaiting my colleague, i play with my telephone. It should be correct.
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I tried "Whilst awaiting" just for fun. Of course it wasn't in Duo's data bank. It's perfectly correct but, like me, a bit outdated.
While waiting for my colleague I play on my phone/mobile/cell.
I wrote this: While waiting for my colleague I play with my telephone. But it was wrong!
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why can't I write "i play on my phone"? I know its not the literal translation but thats how a decent chuck of people in english would say it
Play on my phone should be accepted. It is the natural translation
I can't believe you got it a year ago, Carro. Please have a lingot.
I used the wrong word, unfortunately, with Duos new technique, I cannot see which word... This bugs noone else???
Isn't the word "portable" more natural in this context than "téléphone"?
Nobody says telephone in either languages. It's a cellphone or mobile and the french use the word mobile too; an abbreviated form of mobile multifonction.
I wrote: "En attendant mon collegue, je joue avec mon portable.", and it said I was wrong. I've been living in France for 6 years already and we use "portable" for cell phone which is clearly what he is using here. "Telephone" is more used when you are talking on the phone, or making a call. Disappointed it said I was wrong.
'While AWAITING my colleague, I play with my telephone' not accepted. Reported. waiting for = awaiting I can't see the problem.
C'EST PAS PARCE QUE JE MET UN EMOJI : "en attendant on collègue, je joue avec mon téléphone ☺" QUE JE N'AI PAS BON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :C
Why are there so many errors in this test ? "Phone" is not equivalent to "telephone" ?
