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"What is your dog's name?"
Translation:Как зовут вашу собаку?
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"Как вашу собаку зовут?" was marked incorrect. This is exactly the same word order as the (I believe) standard "Как вас зовут?". Should it not be accepted?
I tried 'Как твою собаку зовут' and it was said wrong, so I guess: maybe there is a standard order here, as "your dog" is not a pronoun but a longer group. Please someone correct me!
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Yes, the neutral word order is that pronouns (when they are direct objects) go before verbs, and nouns go after. «Как вашу собаку зовут?», however, is not incorrect per se; it’s just using an emphatic word order, i.e. it has another connotation – something like “What’s your dog’s name again?” or “And your dog, what is it’s name?” Same is true for «Как тебя зовут?» (neutral) / «Как зовут тебя?» (emphatic).
You can say it to your friends ) "Как зовут вашу собаку " - it sounds more polite and less aggressive
I also put this for exactly the same reason. Thanks, Gwenci, for your explanation. Though I feel the answer could well have been given in those terms - something like an alternative response.
That is so weird, they must have updated the system, because i put the exact same words, sam order, and it was marked correct.
The hover-over hints on these exercises are particularly unhelpful for the times I forget "как зовут"...it's nowhere to be mentioned.
Does accusative normally go at the ending of the sentence? The exercise reads "what name is your dog" and assuming вашу собаку as accusative, correct?
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As I understood it, как зовут implies the unwritten pronoun они and stands for "how do they call ..." and that explains the accusative form too. Correct me if I'm wrong please
precisely what I was looking for. makes sense to me now! hope youre right for both our sakes
What is твою? Wiktionary doesn't have it as a declension of твой: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9
Why not "Как зовут твой собаку" as a translation of "What is your dog's name? Thanks
Why is the dog is in the accusative case? It didn't denote an action done towards the dog. Enlighten me, thanks!
but i don't even see the verb in this (orginal) sentence! I am a little confused
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The verb is (они) зовут (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian).
I tried "Как зовут у тебя собаку" and it was marked wrong in favor of "как зовут вашу собаку". Doesn't my answer mean the exact same thing, or is this another confusing Russian rule?
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Имя is for people, кличка is for animals and criminals. https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/11795354?comment_id=32627965
My understanding is Russians would say "What do they call (как зовут) your dog - which would put "your dog" firmly in the accusative case. But there may be other forms of saying this which would require the genitive.
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Yes, but the English sentence is NOT a literal translation of the Russian one! :-/ In fact, the Russian sentence is more like "How is your dog called?" or "How do (they) call your dog?"
none of my russian translations are being accepted. Even though they are exactly what they say they should be. Something is wrong
Why is kak followed by accusitive case nouns? In the lesson they only talk about it with verbs, and Kak is obviously not a verb
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It's not the как, it's the verb, (они) зовут. It's literelly How do they call your dog?, and it's a perfect reason for the accusative case.
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Because the Russian way to say "what is ..'s name is как зовут. Word for word this translates as "How do they call. Accusative aferward. See Mr X above!
