Is this a correct sentence? I like playing Kinect.

Question

Me gusta jugar al kinect.

(Kinect refers to the xbox movement technology).

My Spanish partner told me it should be "A mi gusta jugar al kinect". I think thats wrong... I´m not even sure I should be using "al". He also replaced "jugar" with "juego" at one point...

Help please?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Everything is good except, you need to add "me"

"A mí me gusta jugar a la Kinect."

See this post to understand why we have this preposition pattern. Click here

mí - lorenzo9, Apr 7, 2011

thanks lorenzo - DJ_Huero, Apr 7, 2011

If Kinect is really una consola (fem) it should be a la (al is only a + el as you know :) - FELIZ77, Apr 7, 2011

Yea, you're probably right.. I'll switch it. ;-) - DJ_Huero, Apr 7, 2011

Answer 2

No pienso que Kinect es una consola.... yo usaría "al Kinect" también.

Me lo uso asi tambien, but majority rules. ¿verdad? jaja - DJ_Huero, Apr 7, 2011

Answer 3

"al" should be "el"

thank you :) - Cassie873, Apr 7, 2011

This is not correct. - DJ_Huero, Apr 7, 2011

for the first sentence you wrote. You can also say "A mí me gusta jugar el Kinect" - elCocoLoco, Apr 7, 2011

"al" not "el" - DJ_Huero, Apr 7, 2011

ya your right, sorry. you do need the "a". You got me thinking, I just asked my co worker from Spain, he say "a la" because the kinect is a "consola", my apologies - elCocoLoco, Apr 7, 2011

Hmm, in my experience, typically names are masculine. Like, "vamos al McDonalds." Anyways, hope this helps. =) - DJ_Huero, Apr 7, 2011

But Evan... if it was "a la"... it would stay that way. Not be put together into "al" as that means "a + el". - Cassie873, Apr 7, 2011

Thanks DJ - Cassie873, Apr 7, 2011