"Faigheann sé griandó gach samhradh."

Translation: He gets sunburn every summer.

[deserttitan]

Why can't it be "He gets sunburned every summer."?

[DennisManey]

I agree for proper English it should be "a sunburn" or "sunburned." This is translated into bad English as is.

[Bfleetwood5]

"a sunburn" is accepted. I think the unnatural feel came from the lack of a definite article in the Irish.

[Matthewdk14]

he gets (some) sunburn sounds natural to me. But then, I am Irish...

[deactivated user]

That would be more natural in English. "Griandó" is a noun so I suppose DL is requiring a literal translation.

[oglennon]

Is dóite not better here???

[Joshua807325]

Mise freisin

[FearDorcha5]

See https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/5819908 for an interesting thread on griandó

[Daithi2820]

Is there some grammatical practice in the caighdeán that causes it to be pronounced as "gríandó" (i.e. with a fado on the vowel "i")? Or is this just a regional canúint of the speaker?

[deactivated user]

The sequence of vowels ia is pronounced with a long i and a short a.
Examples: bia, iad, iasc, grian, Cian

[pjf6131]

this should be "he gets a sunburn every summer" or "he gets sunburned every summer"

[Mark484345]

Sunburnt not sunburned

[feyMorgaina]

sunburnt = British English spelling; sunburned = American English spelling