"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

[Jeffrey855877]

There may be something else wrong with your sentence. Sometimes Duo generates a wrong "correct" answer if there's something else wrong with the sentence which the programming cannot deal with.

[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

[Jeffrey855877]

That would be the same as the given Russian. In other words, your sentence should be accepted as a correct answer.

I've tried that sentence, gotten it wrong, and reported it.

[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.

[F4yY9kZj]

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

[Barbarella608578]

Maybe: '"Моя кошка УЖЕ очень долго ест"

[XUcDIUCe]

the English tanslation is not clear...

[MiloBem]

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

[XUcDIUCe]

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