"El niño quiere ser jugador de fútbol."
Translation:The boy wants to be a soccer player.
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why does this one accept 'soccer player' and 'football player' but not 'footballer'. Come on USA catch up with the terminology of the game the rest of the world calls football, you know the one where the players don't wear combat armour (armor?) and crash helmets.
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To accept "footballer" as a correct translation, the term in Spanish would have to be «futbolista».
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You don't use "un" or "una" with an occupation unless you further describe it.
"El niño quiere ser jugador de fútbol" - He wants to be a soccer player.
"El niño quiere ser un jugador de fútbol talentoso" - He wants to be a talented soccer player.
"El niño quiere ser un jugador de fútbol que gane todos los partidos" - He wants to be a soccer player who wins all the games.
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I wrote, The boy wants to be football player Was wrong since i did not say soccer. Both are acceptable i thought & used interchangeably
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I think you were marked wrong because you wrote, "The boy wants to be football player". You should have written, "The boy wants to be a football player." In many languages, the indefinite article is never used before a profession. In that sentence, the indefinite article is obligatory in English.
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I wonder if the word 'soccer' is even understood in any non-English-speaking countries. Rarely used in the UK these days.
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I think thr more interesting artifact here is "..quiere ser jugador..." - why drop the "un"? Anyone?
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The career of any sportsman or woman is short. Many actors leave their profession after a few years. The career of a conductor can last for more than fifty years. It would be confusing to use "estar" for gymnasts and reality TV stars but "ser" for composers and hairdressers. Learning languages is hard enough. Please do not give the Spanish Academy ideas to make it harder.
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Ich spiele zum FC Bayern bei deutschland. Ich bin sehr glücklich mit alles.
