"This bed is in the wrong place."
Translation:Эта кровать не на месте.
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Right. In fact, "на месте" is the Russian phrase for "in it's place".
- Где полотенце?
- На месте.
"Положить/поставить на место" means "put something in it's place".
- Тимоша, поставь книгу на место! Timosha, put the book where it belongs!
Dear Olimo,thank you very much for helping us once again. Your explanation is understandable for me. Just,sorry for the blund delivery, you wrote " it's place" but it is "its place". But I always enjoy reading you . See you!
With how much I say "put the thing in the place", I know Russian is for me!
That's so difficult because you can't here the difference in pronunciation of ето ета
Это automatically adds the verb "to be" in the context
Эта means "this", (in feminine). and Этот (in masculine)
the thing i still didn't get that sometimes you use the neutral form generally, but sometimes you use the proper gender form. how to decide?
So far, I've been able to distinguish the pronoun from the adjective forms by asking "is это the subject?" If it is the subject such as "This is a horse" you use the neutral form. If you're speaking about the specific horse (i.e. "This horse") it is an adjective and thus it must match gender and number (and I assume case?).
This X, These X: Demonstrative adjective Adjectives must match gender and number. Eto, Eti, Etot, etc.
This is X, These are X: Demonstrative pronoun. Pronoun mustn't match a thing. Eto.
Word by word translation would be as below: This bed is in the wrong place - Эта кровать (находится) в неправильном месте
We can translate "wrong place" to these words - неправильное место, не туда, не там.
It depends on sentences. Example: I think you're at the wrong place - Мне кажется, ты пришел не туда
We must not to translate sentences word by word.
We really seldom use "неправильное место". But grammatically it's correct.
Afaik (russian is similar to polish) место is a place where something is/belongs/sits. Think of it as a physical thing not an area, exactly where the bed touches the floor or where the book touches the shelf. Now can the object ( кравать) be in (в) that "seat" or rather is on top of it (на)? Its the latter.
wondering the same thing. The rules duolingo gives for which preposition to use seem to be no help at all
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Why is 'эта' necessary here? Since the is no article in Russian, surely
'кровать = bed/ the bed', no?
Can't "не так" be used here as well? It's not accepted, but is there any reason why you wouldn't use that instead?
место is nominative, месте is prepositional
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE#Russian
It becomes something that doesn't make sense, something like "This bed is on not place." It's basically the difference between "not in place" and "in not place".
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I wrote Эта кровать нa нe тak месте." Here is the answer that Duo gave me "Эта кровать не на том месте." Where том come from? Is it the locative form of tak? Thanks by advance for your help...
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Там place or direction, this is answer for question где. Так is modus operandi, answer for question как.
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Уроки английского с русского: "переводите как можно ближе к оригиналу". Уроки русского с английского: "переводите как-нибудь, а лучше запомните, но дословно нельзя"))
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Это к тому что "мы имели три мяча..." это нормально при переводе с английского, а "неправильное место" уже как-то не нормально:)
Why is the third option incorrect? Can't see it any more (on my tablet) but it was something ike 'эта кроват стоит не на месте' which seems to work in myvery limited knowledge of Russian?
Third option says "the bed stands here in this place" (if I understand it correctly)
If so, it does not mean "Эта кровать не на месте", therefore it's not a correct option.
The third option showed the word "place" (место) in the nominative case. It should be in the prepositional case (месте), so, the right answer was the first option.
Why is it месте? I believe I have seen it elsewhere as место Why does it change in this case?
we are using it in the prepositional case, so it is not "AT the right place". на changes место to месте
My answer was : "ета кровать есть не на месте" but marked as wrong because I did not add : "стои" (Эта кровать стоит не на месте). I know that "ета" was wrong (should have been "Эта"), but what does "стои" mean in this context?
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Think, may be do not exist difference. Кровать is hard frame, постель is soft place for sleeping. Ложись в кровать = ложись в постель in many cases.
Эта for feminine nouns. Этот for masculine nouns. Этот мальчик любит шоколад. (This boy loves chocolate)
What's wrong with:
Эта кровать на не месте?
This would be a more accurate English translation.
What is the difference bt ето and ета ? ето is for masculine name and ета for feminine name ?
это = either "this is" or "this" for neuter nouns
эта = "this" for feminine nouns
This is so difficult. What is with the Russian language? I put этот кровать не месте but I don't get why everything changes randomly. I try to remember, but there doesn't seem to be any rules...... FML
My theory was that Stalin invented this terrible grammar to oppress further the native population and to catch more easily foreign spies. Other than that, "не месте" means "not place".
It's always:
No - Нет
Not - Не
It's kind of the opposite of the way it is in English.
Нет! Не трогай! - No! Do not touch.
Нет! Это не еда! - No! This is not food.
In this case though, it says "не НА месте" which literally means "not ON (its) place"
It's always:
No - Нет
Not - Не
It's kind of the opposite of the way it is in English.
Нет! Не трогай! - No! Do not touch.
Нет! Это не еда! - No! This is not food.
In this case though, it says "не НА месте" which literally means "not ON (its) place"
I think the correct word order is "не в том месте". In any case, "в не том месте" is definitely wrong.
Wouldn't this be better translated as "This bed is not in its place"? As a non native speaker, "This bed is in the wrong place" sounds like the bed is in the kitchen.
There's nothing wrong with it at all. "This bed is in the wrong place" suggests, for example, "I wanted it under the window, not next to the door". If the bed was in the kitchen we'd say it was in the wrong ROOM.
I wrote эта кровать не в этом месте and it told me I had a typo, it should be эта кровать не в том месте. I completely forgot about не на месте, but I haven't seen том before - is this yet another version of это, can anyone explain this?
I'm not sure what you're asking, but the literal order is: не (not) на (on) месте ([its] place)
"Так" is an adverb that means "so" or "like that". "Не так" correspondingly means "not so" or "not like that", which does translate to "wrong" in an appropriate context, but there's no way to fit it here.
I really need to know the difference between mecta and mecto cuz I can't find anything about it.
