"Деньги не главное."
Translation:Money is not the main thing.
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важное is important, while главное is the main thing. Am I right here? please comment.
Incorrect! "Main" is not equal "important". That is evidently.
Money is not main thing, but they are important.
As my grandfather used to say: "The important thing is the AMOUNT of money" XD
Преподаватель моя тоже так говорила: "В деньгах нет счастья, а в их количество."
It doesn't make sense. Following the pattern above, this would be "Счастье не в деньгах, а в их количестве". The meaning your redact sentence is " В деньгах нет счастья, а в их количестве есть "счастье". (You can't say Дома нет молока, а в магазине; У мамы нет денег, а у папы)", but it is absurd, because the amout of money is also mony. Sorry if my english and my explanation is not clear, I tried.
What's wrong with 'The money is not the main thing'? It creates a slightly different context, but it fits with the Russian.
Is it главное because it's referring to an implied это or am I just misremembering stuff again? I sort of expected it to be plural to go with деньги.
"Главное" here is sort of an adjective that became a noun. It means "important thing".
¨главное¨ is just and adjective that follows ¨ что-то¨ which is omitted but requires a neuter adjective; деньги не (что-то) главное.
Tell that to someone who doesn't know how they'll make next month's rent or mortgage payment
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I translated "....AN important thing" instead of ".....THE important thing" and was marked wrong, what is the difference?
I put money is not the important thing last time and it was corrected to money is not the most important thing. So this time i put it that way and it corrected me to my oruginal translation. Duo can have it both ways i suppose, and i am wrong no matter how i translate this sentence.
