Why is it that when you say "Je joue au hockey" you can't use le hockey?

3 answers

It is because "à le" is contracted to "au".
For example,
Je vais à l'école, mais je vais au lit.
thanks
à + le = au
à + les = aux

de + le = du
de + les = des

Sra (aka Mme)
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