"El niño quiere ser jugador de fútbol."
Translation:The boy wants to be a soccer player.
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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.
I wrote, The boy wants to be football player Was wrong since i did not say soccer. Both are acceptable i thought & used interchangeably
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.
That fact that you prefer one word over another does not make it "more natural English". For me as an American, "soccer player" is the natural translation. That doesn't make either wrong.
I don’t suppose that you meant to capitalize player, because that would not be natural. Please give your entire sentence if it was not capitalized, because the error may have been elsewhere. I also heard that “footballer” is used in the UK.
"The boy wants to be a football player." is accepted. Was it not for you?
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.
The idea that "estar" is for temporary things and "ser"for permanent ones is very misleading. "ser" is used for anything that identifies the person. "estar" is used for how you feel and where you are and there are more differences: https://www.thoughtco.com/verbs-meaning-to-be-ser-estar-3078314
That would be wrong when you have noun = noun statement in Spanish though in English “a” is required there. So this is where you cannot translate word for word. Profession directly after the verb “ser” does not use “un” or “una”.
Yes, skip the article, unless there's an adjective.
Un buen doctor.
Football should be accepted as an alternative to soccer. They are both correct.
In American English a football player is playing a different sport that uses a gridiron, but try reporting it if that is what you use in your area.
It should work for you, as I tested it earlier, and it worked for me. Can you please put what you answered here? It would help me in assisting you.
In England we say football not soccer. Thus football should be accepted.
It is also accepted even though this course is from American English, but what was your entire sentence?
Cannot remember exactly how I responded. Believe with hindsight that an autocorrection to Player (capitised P intended) to caused the problem.
Yes, you don’t use it after the verb “to be” to indicate the subject’s nationality, religion, profession, etc. https://www.thoughtco.com/singular-indefinite-articles-3079098
Still doesn't accept football in this sentence, but I've been previously using this world
Duolingo used to accept “a football player”as well as “a soccer player”, but now someone told them that the term in the UK is “a footballer”.
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The moment that I wrote down 'football', I already knew that the answer was gonna be wrong...
I keep repeating the sentence but it will not be accepted and it turns back the lesson to the beginning so that I can never complete this lesson.
Since the course is American English, it's always soccer. That's the default in every exercise here.
