"У мальчика и девочки нет хлеба."
Translation:The boy and the girl do not have bread.
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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.
You are correct - the second "the" is unnecessary (although certainly allowed) here.
Thank you so much for this screen shot! Now maybe Zirkul can do something helpful.
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.
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?"
Duo most certainly understands "don't"; you must have made a mistake elsewhere.
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.
Why do the boy and the girl not have a gun loaded with bread for defence against Russian ducks
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.
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.
