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- "I am a boy."
"I am a boy."
Translation:Я мальчик.
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Beta error aside, you should use the Russian language Cyrillic keyboard. Most smartphones can switch between English and Russian with a single key (if enabled in the keyboard settings), same with a PC (mnemonic and Russian layout). Most situations where you'd use Russian won't use the ABC alphabet, but rather the Cyrillic one. It's a good habit to get into sooner rather than later.
i have the same error but i don't have a Cyrillic keyboard
or maybe I'm not cheeki breeki enough
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The shape is a bit different. You can see it better here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Diverses_apostrophes.png But it still doesn't work with Duolingo anyway.
It isn't necessary, but it's used sometimes to show that есть (be) was omitted. "Я мальчик" and "Я — мальчик" mean virtually the same thing; just make sure you don't pronounce the em-dash (there's no pause between я and мальчик).
[2019/04/07]
Why does it need a dash in between?
In other questions we've learned this: Я Том I am Tom
How come this is wrong: I am a boy Я мальчик
Would recommend downloading Google keyboard app (Gboard). Very easy to swap between cyrillic and english keyboard, with one tap. Makes the learning much more beneficial as well!
FOUND THE TRICK!! do not put a comma in the word mal'chik! just put malchik as one word.
It's not an r, it's the Russian letter я (pronounced ya). I would recommend installing a Russian keyboard.
i cant type in Russian so i don't know how to pass this course. please fix this.
use a translator if you know the word. you can also hover over the word and copypaste it if you are on computer. If you're on phone, you can download a russian keyboard in your google keyboard settings.
My keyboard does NOT have the right letters/symbols to spell the words.
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Correct answer should be "Я мальчик" but it makes me answer "Я парень" for some reason
"ya mal'tshik" - And this is why I do it hundreds of times... I clearly now it.. even the "ь".. but keep losing to the syntax
Why does the phrase "i am a man" need to have the word "являюсь" but "i am a boy" does not?
For one, because that's how it's spelled. If you don't put it in, you're misspelling it. Also, the Russian letter ь changes the sound of the letter that comes before it, "softening" the sound. This changes the sound of the л to /lʲ/ instead of /ɫ/. If you don't understand IPA spellings, that won't make much sense to you, so I'd recommend watching a video about the letter ь to understand more.
I have added Russian to my tablet's languages but do not understand how to select Russian in Duolingo.
