"Mom has a loud voice."

Translation: У мамы громкий голос.

[jonathanrwn]

Why is "У мамы есть громкий голос." an incorrect solution? Is using "есть" only the way to say someone has something when that something is a physical object?

[deactivated user]

Using «есть» would emphasise the fact that a mom has voice, which should be pretty obvious anyway (unless sheʼs actually a mermaid or something).

See the comment here for a description of a similar sentence: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/11643883

[danielchall]

haha... unless she's a mermaid :D

Thanks for the explanation too of course :)

[jonathanrwn]

Thank you, that makes sense.

[curanmor]

Oy blin! Wait till you hear babushka when you don't eat her homemade borsch!

[MikeHender734164]

Why do I hear people say the word order in Russian doesnt matter. I see otherwise