"Я говорю по-английски, а мама — нет."
Translation:I speak English and mom does not.
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It's strange even in English, looks like you are saying "I don't speak mom"
I speak/know the english way, but mom is not (the english way)? Is that the logic behind the "–" here?
You can see all the logic in the original translation: I speak English and mom does not. It is all but literal. We use "нет" instead of "don't", "doesn't", "isn't", and so on, when it's a contraction of a full phrase:
- Я ем рис, а ты нет. I eat rice, and you don't.
- У тебя есть кошка, а у меня нет. You have a cat, and I don't.
- Ты бегаешь быстро, а я нет. You run fast, and I don't (I'm not fast).
Yes but in your sentences you don't add the "—" at any point. I don't understand why there is one here.
I'm not really sure it's necessary here. Can't recall a rule that requires it. My guess is that it is better to use the dash with a noun (like "мама") and omit it with pronouns (like "я"). But I'm not 100% sure.
The logic behing the "—" is that this part of the sentence is contracted, you don't say "а мама не говорит по-английски".
No, that's not what I meant. In the original phrase "а мама - нет", the dash is used instead of "не говорит по-английски".
The dash just doesn't seem right with pronouns.
Oh, ok I will try to get that idea and use it in the future then! Спасибо Ольга!
I wrote it right, what are you saying? I wrote Ольга! ... okay im just kidding, I failed writting your name and I feel bad about it :( :p
Nope. No logic. I wrote "I speak English but mom does not." They said it's wrong. No, it isn't.
wouldn't be it be better to say я говорю по-ангийски но мама - нет? since you are trying to compare?
"I speak English, but not my mom," was my answer, and it was counted wrong even though this would make sense in English. Obviously I don't speak my mom; it would be understood that my mom doesn't speak English.