"Моя сестра не пьёт сок."
Translation:My sister does not drink juice.
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I think it's because the verb is negated, not the noun. It isn't the absence of juice, but the absence of drinking.
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So does this, like in English, mean both 'My sister is not drinking juice' and 'My sister doesn't drink juice (ever)'?
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Yep. Russian present tense doesn't really distinguish between present simple and present continuous.
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Where is the genitive in this sentence? I assume I'm missing it as this course is on genitives but the nouns all look like nominative forms to me.
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It is correct. Russian doesn't differentiate between "she drinks" and "she is drinking". You should report it.
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I have learned 3 versions of drink so far. Пьют, пьешь, пьет. And I still cannot figure out the when to use them. Please help me
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They are the different conjugations of the verb пить (to drink). The verb changes depending on the person:
Я пью (I drink) Ты пьёшь (you drink) Он/Она/Оно пьёт (he/she/it drinks) Мы пьём (we drink) Вы пьёте (you all drink) Они пьют (they drink)
The "ё" is usually written as "е" in everyday life. I hope this helps!
Strange that "My sister isn't drinking juice. is marked as incorrect.
