"У мальчика и девочки нет хлеба."

Translation: The boy and the girl do not have bread.

[beccadearie]

Is it necessary to not allow "The boy and girl don't have bread." ? In English this is a parallel and the second 'the' is not needed.

[zirkul]

You are correct - the second "the" is unnecessary (although certainly allowed) here.

[angelagalpine]

I agree

[NooGuild]

This still isn't accepted. Date: 17/04/19. Screenshot:

[Susan848826]

Thank you so much for this screen shot! Now maybe Zirkul can do something helpful.

[Marilaam]

How does one post a screenshot here?

[SueAllen3]

Three years later and this perfectly good English is still not allowed????

[nealisme1]

So why is "The boy and girl have no bread," not accepted.. the second 'the' is not needed in english..

[Cameron816994]

Why is it девочки if it is just one girl? Shouldnt it just be девочка?

[DavisHerre]

It's the genitive form of girl not the plural

[mrtheroux]

How about: Neither the boy nor the girl have bread?

[zirkul]

While your sentence sounds better in English, it actually has a slightly different meaning: it does not combine the boy and the girl into one entity. The Russian translation of your sentence is:
Ни у мальчика, ни у девочки нет хлеба.

[The_Schiz]

That seems rather pedantic, contextually it's the same.

[Jamie1531]

Another sentence an English speaker would never say. We say, "the boy and girl don't have bread." Why doesn't it understand "don't?"

[zirkul]

Duo most certainly understands "don't"; you must have made a mistake elsewhere.

[Susan848826]

I just entered "The boy and girl don't have bread." It was not accepted. Duo continues to insist on THE girl, as far as I can see.

[zirkul]

I have just copied your answer and tested it: it works. Please take a screen shot next time.

[SteinBauge]

It's absurd to insist in only one way of saying this in english

[Janice974134]

Duo children have no parents now they have no food. Why does it have to be so depressing...

[DanEllis964533]

Is "The boy and the girl have no bread" wrong?

[zirkul]

It's fine, and it now accepted.

[JanetGidle]

You have amazing patience, so i'll say it for you:
READ THE ABOVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BEFORE ASKING YOURS°°
They are often already anwered.

[HannahCJMc]

"The boy and girl do not have bread" does not work for me either.

[HannahCJMc]

And I have a screen shot! I just don't know how to include it.

[Gleda848590]

Why is it хлеба?

[Ciro41335]

Girl or GIRLS?

[Ciro41335]

Девочки lol

[SteinBauge]

Even an unidiomatic way..

[Rob538518]

I've typed what they say is the correct answer 5 times and they keep marking it incorrect.

[Susan848826]

Yes, this question is fiendishly frustrating. I think it must be some kind of glit h in the software. Try typing in one of the sentences Zircul, above, says is accepted. When that doesn't work, send him a screen shot. Maybe he can figure it out.

[Eugene_Ukraine]

неопределенный артикль принципиально не стали добавлять к мальчику или девочки потому что какой нибудь нерд точно может процитировать пару строчек какого - нибудь филологического пособия. Дескать если мы знаем что у них нет хлеба - нужен определенный артикль. Я надеюсь таких извращенцев, хотя бы в какой -нибудь параллельной вселенной, придадут анафеме и публично выпорят.

[gerginengin]

Why don't accept(don't are we have to write do not)

[YanivDagan]

What is wrong with "...do not have 'A' bread"?

[abietams]

that is the genetive case of the boy and the girl ok i got it. But how about "boys and girls"? by example : The boys and the girls don't have bread?

[Tabeteimasu]

"Neither the boy nor the girl has bread" is not accepted. Is it bad English and/or wrong translation?