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Where is the 'me' in the russian phrase? Why is 'Could you pass the box please' not correct?
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Give me please the box should be accepted, I think. But I am not a native english speaker, so it may not be correct at all. I just feel it is, even if the word order is special and unusual.
If you keep the commas, you can definitely say "Give me, please, the box". It would function like an independent clause because the sentence still makes sense if you were to remove ",please," entirely.
The sentence might take on a more authoritative emphasis, though. Sort of like, "give me the box, or else!" It's a little weird but I'm pretty certain it is grammatically allowed, provided the commas are there.
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Duo doesn't care about commas, so they should accept my answer, according to that!
Lol, if it counts for anything, I reported that they should accept my answer because I said the same thing!
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"Give me, please, the box" is poor English syntax (word order). "Please give me the box" or "Give me the box, please" are good syntax.
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the only constructions that work here are "please give me the box" and "give me the box please" it wouldn't be correct for please to go in the middle of the phrase
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Damn, well Russian put it in the middle, and that's where I'd like to put it in english! Damn russian-english differences! :(
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But "please give me the box" is marked wrong. Normally, I wouldn't say "pass me a box" -- that's more for things like salt, mashed potatoes etc. and balls. (I'm a native speaker of English and an English teacher.)
That sounds rather peculiar in English
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The 'me' should be forced. It's implied in English too. Could you pass the box please.
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In the sentense it is seen that it is a request as a question, and if so, the corrected answer does not see the question mark, I do not why.
"Pass me the box the please" surely makes a better translation. Either that, or include a question mark at the end.
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Уважаемые англоговорящие. Пожалуйста сверяйте произношение русских слов на Duolingo с другими источниками, потому что здесь оно ужасное и в лучшем случае вызывает приступы нервного смеха. Удачи в познании великого и могучего!
It's implied - a too-literal translation of the Russian sounds a little peculiar in English.
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I disagree somewhat. "Pass me the box, please" sounds perfectly fine to me.
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Should accept "Hand me the box please". I know it's not the literal translation, but it's a common variant and to some English speakers it's a less course way of asking for something than "give me".
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"handing" is one form of giving, but not all. But then, if Duo is allowing "pass me", "hand me" should be allowed also, because that's exactly what "pass me" means.
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Why not "Pass me the box, please." Why is a statement being translated as a question?
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So it's better to use пожалуйста right after the verb instead of at the end as in English, right? For politeness?
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Theres no question mark, how can it be a question? Does Duolingo even read some of these exercises?
