"Этому мальчику нужно больше спать."

Translation: This boy needs to sleep more.

[supecakes]

Why not, this boy needs more sleep?

[mila_semyonova]

I am wondering the same thing.

[IanKendric3]

My best guess: спать is used as an infinitive verb (to sleep) while your English answer is using sleep as an unaccountable noun. I'm new to language structure jargon, soooo...please correct me if I'm mistaken :-)

[BenYoung84]

Sleep in that context translates as сон.

[WilmerEHen]

+1. What's wrong abiut it?

[kyle42OO]

i answered this boy needs more sleep and it was marked correct - 27 july, 2021

[dun867176]

Why is надо not correct? Instead of нужно

[urihalpern]

What is этому ? why not это or этот.
What a complicated language.

[ObadiahSwi]

Dative case
"Кому?"
Who needs more sleep? This boy...
Therefore the subject is altered "Етому Мальчику"
If not... no subject is defined and it could be... Sleep needs more boy.

This is the case system as I understand it... but I am also just grasping this idea so I could be incorrect.

[Pierre733333]

" this boy needs more sleep" - is that bad english here ?

[mila_semyonova]

No, that sentence is grammatically sound.

[geneven]

Срать is an infinitive‚ so "to sleep more" is a better translation.

[E-chan.]

It's "спать"! You should never confuse р and п in this word! Believe me, you really shouldn't.

[Joseph_Pate]

In case anyone is wondering, I looked it up and "срать" means "to sh*t".

[skizdawn]

It's me!! I'm the boy!!

[ObadiahSwi]

"This boy should've more sleep." =revealed answer... ❤❤❤

[Kreibich2]

whаt is the difference between надо and нужно? what grammatical rule says: you have to take this or that one. how can I find the right one without any context?

[dogomolo]

See this helpful video https://youtu.be/L5PV_h7YZ3Y

[Serge_N.Cali.]

This boy needs lots of sleep was rejected.
Why?

[BenYoung84]

That's not even close.