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@momurda said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller tocar also means 'to play' as well as 'to touch'

They do cover that, actually. But they don't make it very clear.

Tocar always means to play when the object is an instrument.

scottalanmiller

@RojoLoco said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@momurda said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller tocar also means 'to play' as well as 'to touch'

They do cover that, actually. But they don't make it very clear.

Tocar always means to play when the object is an instrument.

How would you say to touch the flute, then?

scottalanmiller

@JaredBusch said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@momurda said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller tocar also means 'to play' as well as 'to touch'

There are things in the Japanese that have multiple means that are horribly not clear which one they want sometimes. I report those everytime.

Me too, often they accept either, which seems fine. But often they don't and expect you to do the less likely one.

RojoLoco

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@RojoLoco said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@momurda said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller tocar also means 'to play' as well as 'to touch'

They do cover that, actually. But they don't make it very clear.

Tocar always means to play when the object is an instrument.

How would you say to touch the flute, then?

Why would you say touch the flute? Context will always tell you which is which, Duolingo questions will always be vague.

scottalanmiller

@RojoLoco said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@RojoLoco said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@momurda said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller tocar also means 'to play' as well as 'to touch'

They do cover that, actually. But they don't make it very clear.

Tocar always means to play when the object is an instrument.

How would you say to touch the flute, then?

Why would you say touch the flute? Context will always tell you which is which, Duolingo questions will always be vague.

Well, if you want to say that someone touched a flute versus played a flute, how do you differentiate?

If you run into the room and ask "Who [touched|played] my guitar?" do you have to explain more to be able to differentiate between those two different actions?

scottalanmiller

because a kid might have touched it and broken it without having played it, for example. There are many cases where you want to know who has been touching something not just who made music with it.

RojoLoco

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

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@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@RojoLoco said in DuoLingo Challenge:

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@momurda said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller tocar also means 'to play' as well as 'to touch'

They do cover that, actually. But they don't make it very clear.

Tocar always means to play when the object is an instrument.

How would you say to touch the flute, then?

Why would you say touch the flute? Context will always tell you which is which, Duolingo questions will always be vague.

Well, if you want to say that someone touched a flute versus played a flute, how do you differentiate?

If you run into the room and ask "Who [touched|played] my guitar?" do you have to explain more to be able to differentiate between those two different actions?

I imagine there is another word that does not translate literally to "touched" that would get used in that scenario. In English, "touching" a guitar does not equal playing a guitar, so I would bet that the Spanish equivalent would be idiomatic.

When would that sentence ever actually come up in normal, native speaker's conversation?

RojoLoco

@scottalanmiller a short list of other words that mean "to touch":

tocar
touch, play, perform, contact, ring, feel

tocarse
touch, dab, flitch, impinge, lap, palp

rozar
touch, rub, graze, skim, chafe, grate

alcanzar
reach, achieve, attain, accomplish, hit, catch up

afectar
affect, impact, influence, hit, touch, assume

palpar
feel, palpate, touch

conmover
move, touch, shake, stir, affect, pierce

llegar a
arrive at, come to, hit, get at, attain, grow to

contactar
contact, reach, touch, get on to

probar
try, test, prove, taste, try out, sample

coger
take, catch, get, pick, pick up, grab

ponerse en contacto con
make contact with, touch, get on to

agarrar
grab, grasp, grip, catch, hold, seize

llegar hasta
come up to, touch

herir
hurt, injure, wound, strike, smite, offend

igualar
match, equalize, even, equate, level, balance

compararse con
touch

asir
grab, grasp, grip, seize, take, catch

enternecer
soften, tender, touch, tenderize, affect

pegar
paste, stick, glue, hit, strike, beat

pasar
pass, go, move, happen, get, go by

lindar
touch

dar toques
touch

hacer mella en
touch

alargar
lengthen, extend, elongate, reach, draw out, spin out

estar contiguo
touch

sobornar
bribe, buy, suborn, sweeten, buy over

venir hasta
touch

venir a
come up to, grow to, touch

arrebatar
snatch, take, grab, snatch away, carry away, enrapture

robar algo
take, take on, touch, plunder

quedarse con
retain, hold on to, take on, touch

dar de
bestow, back on to, tell off, touch, fleer, tender

poner a prueba
test, try, try out, prove, put through his paces, tempt

someter a prueba
test, try out, touch

ensayar
test, rehearse, try, assay, try out, try over

hacer efecto en
touch

tener un encuentro
touch

tener una cita
have an appointment, touch

tocar al pasar
touch

pasar rozando
skim, skim over, shave, touch

chocar ligeramente
touch

experimentar
experiment, undergo, feel, experiment with, test, suffer

encontrarse
meet, meet each other, be situated, stand, collide, clash

lograr
achieve, accomplish, get, attain, reach, obtain

tomar
take, have, drink, catch, take up, take on

abarcar
encompass, include, embrace, span, comprise, reach

dafyre

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@momurda said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller tocar also means 'to play' as well as 'to touch'

They do cover that, actually. But they don't make it very clear.

Tocar always means to play when the object is an instrument.

How would you say to touch the flute, then?

Why would you say touch the flute? Context will always tell you which is which, Duolingo questions will always be vague.

Well, if you want to say that someone touched a flute versus played a flute, how do you differentiate?

If you run into the room and ask "Who [touched|played] my guitar?" do you have to explain more to be able to differentiate between those two different actions?

I imagine there is another word that does not translate literally to "touched" that would get used in that scenario. In English, "touching" a guitar does not equal playing a guitar, so I would bet that the Spanish equivalent would be idiomatic.

When would that sentence ever actually come up in normal, native speaker's conversation?

When we are all touching the flute and the band teacher shouts at us "Don't touch that flute" ?

NerdyDad

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@RojoLoco said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@RojoLoco said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@momurda said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller tocar also means 'to play' as well as 'to touch'

They do cover that, actually. But they don't make it very clear.

Tocar always means to play when the object is an instrument.

How would you say to touch the flute, then?

Why would you say touch the flute? Context will always tell you which is which, Duolingo questions will always be vague.

Well, if you want to say that someone touched a flute versus played a flute, how do you differentiate?

If you run into the room and ask "Who [touched|played] my guitar?" do you have to explain more to be able to differentiate between those two different actions?

I imagine there is another word that does not translate literally to "touched" that would get used in that scenario. In English, "touching" a guitar does not equal playing a guitar, so I would bet that the Spanish equivalent would be idiomatic.

When would that sentence ever actually come up in normal, native speaker's conversation?

When we are all touching the flute and the band teacher shouts at us "Don't touch that flute" ?

But who's flute are we touching?

scottalanmiller

@NerdyDad said in DuoLingo Challenge:

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@RojoLoco said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@RojoLoco said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@RojoLoco said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@momurda said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller tocar also means 'to play' as well as 'to touch'

They do cover that, actually. But they don't make it very clear.

Tocar always means to play when the object is an instrument.

How would you say to touch the flute, then?

Why would you say touch the flute? Context will always tell you which is which, Duolingo questions will always be vague.

Well, if you want to say that someone touched a flute versus played a flute, how do you differentiate?

If you run into the room and ask "Who [touched|played] my guitar?" do you have to explain more to be able to differentiate between those two different actions?

I imagine there is another word that does not translate literally to "touched" that would get used in that scenario. In English, "touching" a guitar does not equal playing a guitar, so I would bet that the Spanish equivalent would be idiomatic.

When would that sentence ever actually come up in normal, native speaker's conversation?

When we are all touching the flute and the band teacher shouts at us "Don't touch that flute" ?

But who's flute are we touching?

Everyone's.

scottalanmiller

Community flute.