"I do not have a grandfather."
Translation:У меня нет дедушки.
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"У меня нет деда" should be accepted. Duo developers do not like short Russian words and expressions. They probably think the longer the better.
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У меня нет деда isn't still accepted. Even though this is an absolutely right and normal answer. I reported.
Why is the accusative of дедушка дедушки instead of дедушку? I thought this kind of masculines were declined on their "femenine" form. Plus дедушка ends in а.
Right, when you use negative the genitive case must be used. Declinations are hell for a speaker of a language where declinations don't even exist...
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHOM TO BELIEVE? OXFORD RUSSIAN DICTIONARY TELLS ME THAT GRANDFATHER IS "ДЕДУШКА". Does it not mean that "дедушки" is plural and not singular? Sorry I am confused.
I don't get it, why do you use a plural, because a grandfather is only one, not two or three. What is the rule here to select the right words? You never taught me the exception of the rules.
