Jouer à - Jouer de - Faire de // What are the differences between them?

Jouer à, Jouer de and Faire de are all used to talk about activities, games, sports and musical instruments.
JOUER À translates to To play, we use it for sports and games.
Jouer à cache-cache - To play hide-and-seek (To play "hide-hide" in French)
Jouer au football - To play football
Jouer aux échecs - To play chess
When in English, you don't add "the" after "play", it translates to JOUER À.

JOUER DE translates to To play, we use it for musical instruments.
Jouer de l'harmonica - To play the harmonica
Jouer de la guitare - To play the guitar
Jouer du piano - To play the piano

FAIRE DE translates to To do, we use it for sports and activities. (that you can do by yourself or in small groups)
Faire de l'escalade - To rock climb
Faire de la natation - To swim
Faire du yoga - To do yoga

Some sports such as golf, football, tennis, and basketball can be used with JOUER À and FAIRE DE. It all depends on how you see the sports, is it a sport? Is it a game? Both are fine, you will be understood with each.

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0:00 Intro
01:12 When to use them
01:41 Jouer Present Tense
02:31 Jouer à
06:11 Jouer de
08:00 Faire Present Tense
08:37 Faire de
10:06 Jouer à - Faire de
11:32 Examples

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