"Видишь звезду на юге?"

Translation: Do you see the star in the south?

[Hatul_Madan]

А "Do you see the star in the south?

[CrimsonRegret]

Why was there no DO available?

[sp.ark]

The compilers' blunder!

[YusuphSLMV]

Because it is russian lol

[0rangeFluff]

Probably because there's no pronoun in the Russian sentence, indicating informality.

[pikkukarhu]

"Do you see a star TO the south?" sounds more idiomatic

[leonardo_ferrari]

That would be "Ты видишь звезду на юг?"

[iDuolinguist]

But if it is a question, why the correct variant isn't "Do you see the star in the South?"

[Sean_Roy]

In English, especially spoken, it's OK to ask a question in this manner, accompanied by a rising intonation of speech. For example, "You see that person over there?"

[JakubKowalski]

Knowing how strict this course is I find missing "Do" odd.

[JanetGidle]

There is no do in russian for questions.

[gemngels]

It's Southern Cross instead in the south hemisphere. Южный крест

[Scian4]

That's a constellation...

[Christophe27464]

Would "See the star in the south?" not work as well?

[Sean_Roy]

It would, but it's colloquial without the auxiliary verb 'do' ("Do you see ... ?").

[PatrickWalton]

It models the prompt. Requiring "Do you see..." Would match a prompt that starts: "Ты видишь..."

[PatrickWalton]

I think it is a fine answer.

[6xrin]

no, too much light pollution

[TheSovietBear]

Why not 'Do you see the south star?'

[Scian4]

"When you see the Southern Cross for the first time..."

[kpagcha]

How do you say North Star and Pole Star (South Star) in Russian?

[Sean_Roy]

(Северная) полярная звезда. Южной полярной звезды нет.

[BrianFarre19]

Северная звезда фактически выровнена с земной осью, поэтому она всегда находится в небе.

[Shady_arc]

Кстати, обычно она называется Полярная звезда .

[MARSHAL2000]

"Do you see a star at the South?" Почему неприемлем неопределенный артикль?

[BenYoung84]

Нельзя "at the South", я верю, но можно "a star" если она - неконкретна и никто ранее не упоминало о ней.

[25XXV]

Why is на used instead of в for "in the south"?

[Eric36363]

why not the south star?

[Shady_arc]

There is more than one star in the south.

[I_rina1961]

can i say in english "are you seeing the star in the south"? is it wrong?

[BenCostell3]

With verbs of perception (seeing, tasting, hearing, feeling, smelling), the continuous present sounds awkward unless there's a reason to emphasize the continuing nature of the the thing being perceived and the speaker wants to make the perception more vivid. It sounds even worse in most questions, and to me it sounds wrong here without context and certain vocal intonation.

[I_rina1961]

thank you