"Это рассказ про волшебников и драконов."
Translation:This is a story about wizards and dragons.
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I may be wrong but I think that for this translation the original should be "этот рассказ про...".
It goes to show how clear and understandable these lessons are when, this far into the course, we are only just now learning the difference between the usage of Это and Этот. It takes us angrily thinking it should mean "this story" and not "this is a story" to come here and realize that the tiny amount of time spent in earlier lessons saying "This is a such-and-such" using Это is distinct from "this such-and-such" using Этот.
Maybe it'll finally sink in for me, having it pointed out all in one place, but I'm disappointed that I'm only now making the connection. That is, based on the number of complaints I see here, not entirely the fault of the students.
We're all here, entrenched in the fifth "grade" of the course, and it takes a nearly recreational lesson about wizards and dragons for us to learn "this" vs. "this is." It really makes me wonder what else should have sunk in by now that we don't comprehend yet.
Maybe just the sheer rediculousness of this specific lesson and how far it was placed in the lessons was specifically designed to put these pieces together
have I mentioned recently that I'm loving this course LOL great sentence!
Am happy to have the review of это and этот . I believe the Russian section of Duolingo was prepared by volunteers, so I don't complain and am only grateful that I am finally (in retirement) able to learn Russian.
I understand the frustration. In practice, it makes no difference if one says "this story" or "this is a story". However, they are grammatically different & DL needs to teach gramatically correct Russian. When you are in Russia, so long as you have the vocabulary you will get by with wrong pronunciation & incorrect grammar& endings. It fills me with admiration that so many people, eg refugees, learn to speak other languages so well.
Yes, but don't forget to change the case of the nouns. "О" requires the prepositional instead of genitive: "Это рассказ о волшебниках и драконах".
Isn't про followed by the genitive? There was a sentence earlier that went "...книгу про революцию" where it is clearly the accusative. Kundoo?
