"Моя кошка ест очень долго."

Translation: My cat eats for a very long time.

[AnastasiaStyIes]

The Russian says очень долго. I put "for a very long time", and it is corrected to merely "for a long time". Surely the inclusion of "very" is correct?

[deactivated user]

Yes. Please report this sentence next time you get it.

[Caversham]

"for a very long time" is now accepted. 19 Mar 2017

[Claudio_IT]

Does it mean that the cat has been eating for a long time (and has not stopped yet) or that the cat usually takes a long time to eat?

[hanxiongshi]

can i not say "my cat is eating for a very long time"? what would that be in russian?

[Evgen875048]

моя кошка ест очень долгое время. it is correct. she(cat) eats over than one hour for example

[elaesztus]

you got the meaning right, but in english that's a grammatically incorrect sentence, you can't use "is" with anything that relates to time periods. You can either say "my cat eats for a long time", in general, or "my cat has been eating for a long time", talking about right now.

[MiloBem]

On first hearing I thought it said my cat is very long

[F4yY9kZj]

Might the sentence mean, "My cat has been eating for a very long time"? If not, how would one say that in Russian?

[BarbarellaBashka]

Maybe: '"Моя кошка УЖЕ очень долго ест"

[XUcDIUCe]

the English tanslation is not clear...

[XUcDIUCe]

The English sounds unnatural. "My cat has been eating for...."

[timberwolf428]

This sentence makes very little sense in English.

[ReeDhae11]

' Я здесь долго живу' = ' I've lived here..'
So why not ' My cat has been eating for a long time.' !!?