"Том — медик."
Translation:Tom is a medic.
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What purpose does the "-" serve? Would "Tom медик" mean something different to "Toм — медик"
"An em-dash is used instead of "the verb “to be” between the two nouns: «мокка — кофе» ("a mocha is coffee")." "Tom медик" is incorrect.
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It is just punctuation mark. The purpose of it is "is". It is used when we want to explain the meaning of something. It replaces the word "это".
For example:
Лондон - столица Англии. (Лондон это столица Англии.)
Дверь - вход в дом. (Дверь это вход в дом.)
We can omit the word "это", but the em-dash is necessary in both cases:
Лондон - столица Англии.
Лондон - это столица Англии.
It does not replace "это", it replaces "есть" (to be). "Том есть медик". "Мы суть люди". "Я есьм медик". But no one speaks this way anymore, except for the old translation of the Bible
How does nobody speak anymore? With the dash, leaving the verb out or with the verb to be?
And how do you type the em-dash? Bc i did a russian keyboard on my phone but only has these letters: " й ц у к е н г ш щ з х ф ы в а п р о л д ж э я ч с м и т ь б ю "
Ted Mosby - architect. I think it's the same! (And a nice way to remember, if you know the quote...)
It's not the same though it is confusingly similar. It is just one of the quirks of the Russian language. Same way in English you skip the "o" in "do not" to make "don't", in Russian you skip "это".
Том-медик, Tom is a medicine( in Russian language we can use "-" like "is". If you have more questions just ask me
There are two dashes and they can make all the difference! The en-dash gives the meaning of quality. "Джон-дантист" will mean "John who is a dentist", whereas the em-dash will supplant "is".
It makes me wonder how well the Shakespeare quote "To be, or not to be" translates into Russian.
"Быть или не быть". In old Russian there were personal forms of this verb (я есмь, ты еси...), but we do not use them nowadays. However the infinitive form "быть" can be used in many situations.
If you're speaking to someone, would you just say Том медик then and the dash is understood, or is this just used for writing?
When you speak, the em-dash is a pause. The intonation is also a bit different. You say like "Том?.. медик".
Russian speakers, I'm very curious about this. Is this downvoted because it's wrong?
Yeah, same. Unless I force a prominent "ee" sound for и in this one, it says I'm wrong. But wow, the audio here does NOT sound like that. I'd love to know what the correct pronunciation is.
When I say 'medic', the 'e' component sounds just like 'e' in 'red' (the example given for the 'э' sound) . Thus, why is it not 'мэдик'? I've followed the hints, for knowing when to use 'э' vs. 'e', in the comments for this lesson, but they do not assist with this word.
Э comes either as the first letter of a word or after a vowel: это, Эдем, аэропорт, поэт...
Ive said this simple phrase so many times and now no matter how many times i try медик it wont count it as correct. Your listening software needs work
How would we use the 'Dash' when speaking out loud? Is the 'Dash' implied when speaking to someone?
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The first lesson should start with the Russian alphabet, just like the Japanese lesson starts with the hiragana.
I said this thousands of times it feels like. Tom is the easier part, although медик is easy as well, my phone doesn't hear me saying Tom correctly? Not sure what is going wrong. Some things i can't pronounce hardly at all yet and it hears me pronounce it correctly somehow. For example, the "ы" sound, or rolling my "P". I've had less problems with those than with Tom, and i know I'm pronouncing Tom correctly. Maybe this is a software problem that needs fixing? Anyone else having this issue?
Yeah ive said medic 100 times correctly and now i couldnt do it to save my life
I cant prononce this correct, although i succeeded with all other spoken words... Just the word medic doesn't work!
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Duolingo accepts my word when I say "medic" by pronounsing it "medink". Sometimes, I must say a Russisn word harshly to get Duolingo to accept it.
I accidentally put "Tim" instead of "Tom". Now, how on earth is that fair?
I typed "дом медик" when it was supposed to say "Том медик" and I got it right even though they mean different things. Is it because the pronounciation sounded similar?
In rosetta stone they teach doctor as Vrach. In duo lingothey say medic but ive heard native speakers just say дактор. Which should i use to sound more natural?
I'm pronouncing this perfectly, even agreed by my native Russian friend, yet every time it marks it incorrect. None of the other speaking Parts on any of the other levels have a problem.
That sound wasn't at all like "Tom", I heard "Rom" or "Rhum", the sound is terrible!
How do I write the — thing without a numeric key pad I do not have one since I have a small laptop and consequently less keys on my keyboard
I do not believe that medic is a word that we use in English. Is this an american term?
I believe it is. At schools in non-English countries, students learn formal English (British) like I (Moroccan 7th grader) learn the word Car Park instead of Parking Lot. Normally, Duolingo should teach the original accent (English) not American English : (Sorry for my bad English) (I myself don't even know what a medic is, we never learned it at school)
I've never found the word "medic" in this context in American English. The adjective is "medical" like in "medical doctor". The sentence should be translated in " Tom is a doctor" or "Tom is a medical doctor".
In British English, "medic" is an umbrella term to mean one of many types of medical personnel including doctors, nurses, surgeons, paramedics etc. So a medic could be a doctor, or they could be a nurse, or another type of medical practitioner.
I'm wondering how I'm supposed to type what I hear when I have an English keyboard. I type in the transliteration, and it tells me I've made a mistake because I haven't used the Russian letters. What am I supposed to do?
I guess it is outside of my ability to ever say Tom right. It hates every pronunciation I try.
This might be silly but I'm struggling to pronounce the 'медик' part of this sentence. To me it sounds incredibly similar to the english, can anyone give me tips on saying it properly?
For some reason i always wrong at pronouncing "медик" even i completely say it like google voice did.
There is a medic would be Там - медик, not Том - медик. Different word :)
By my understanding, the article is implied with the word it goes with, not the "-".
The intonation here sounds a lot like an introduction (Introducing Tom to the medic). That's why I got this wrong.
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Using multiling keyboard on my android device, 'Том ― медик.' Is not accepted. This dash is accessed by a long press on ',:ъё'. To get my answer accepted I had to change keyboard to english and long press the hyphen character?
I hear no difference between т and д in this one. I thought it was saying house is a medic.
So, I guess my question would be, how do we "hear" the dash? It means "is", and is between two nouns. Do we just have to memorize which nouns it can apply to?
I had issues befor with Мама, Дима - медик. And complained like 6 time always error uploading it! This time is was right but only because I learned - = is a! Silly!!!
The microphone does not work on my smartphone Samsung 6A, how to solve this?
Where did the "is a" come from I am new to german all it said was Tom-Medic I thought it was 'that medic'?!?
The translation shouldn't be "Tom is a DOCTOR " ? I've never heard the word "medic" in this use before
but why is it wrong tom is a medic right ?????? why does it say it's wrong
Does the word medic in this sentence mean doctor? In which case, we do not use medic for doctor in English. Medic is generally used for para-medics in an ambulance or emergency services. The sentence “Tom is a medic” is not the correct translation to English.
How am i supposed to say the word medic so that it knows whay im saying? Legit i get all of it correct but it never picks it up when i say medic
I'm having the same problem, what's messed up is I'm actually typing this reply with speech to text, so you would think that since I can say medic and have it come out right Duolingo would also see that I am saying medic.
Even though I say Tom is a medic it always does the red mark on medic whenever I say it. It happens in every context that I have to say medic out loud.
Does anyone else have difficulty with pronouncing медик for this specific sentence? The voice tests always understand that I say медик except for this specific one
This phonetic method seems to he working, but i cant help bit wish they would show me the cyrillic alphabet song. I want to actually know the names of the letters.
I wish they would give us like the cyrillic alphabet song. I want to know the names of the letters
Difference btween: "Tom is a medic" and "Tom is medic"?.
I'm a native spanish speaker
Glad I am not the only one who has trouble getting the app to accept it when I say medic
I have said this correctly twice and it will not accept my answer.
Oh, richtig, ich habe vergessen, dass die Franzosen und Deutschen dich wie deine hässlichen ansehen
If it says Tom-Medic how am i supposed to know that i have to put Tom IS Medic, makes no sense
I wrote TOM IS A MEDIC and it showed wrong, they gave the correct ans as TOM IS A MEDIC....i mean , what the hell?!
I wanna continue trying to say this until i get it right i dont wannna move on until i get it
