"У России большая армия."

Translation:Russia has a large army.

November 19, 2015

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    Красная армия всех сильней!


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Alexmalaho

    Nope. It would be Russia has a huge army. Lol.


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MarkoR2

    how would you say, that "a large army is in Russia"? (foreign one)


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Shady_arc
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    Naturally, something like В России находится большая армия.


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MarkoR2

    thank you so much


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/pistekjakub

    Is it correct to add there a word есть - 'У России есть большая армия.' ?


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Arphile

    If you want to focus on the fact Russia has an army, you would say 'У России есть армия'. However, it is well-known Russia has an army and the focus is not on the fact it exists, but on the adjective (here большая). In this case, leaving out есть is better


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Alexmalaho

    Yes. To me У Росси большая армия sounds more neutrally


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Zimba623761

    You don't need есть in all situations


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/TG.Christyan0510

    Couldn't that phrase mean "there's a large army in Russia", as well?


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Nata271489

    there's a large army in Russia = в России есть большая армия
    Russia has a large army = у России есть большая армия (=Россия имеет большую армию)


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Zimba623761

    You don't need 'есть'. Besides, this is exactly as it is spoken in Russian in the lesson.


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Zimba623761

    The question asks one to write the Russian we hear, not translate what we hear


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Zimba623761

    You are not asking for the spoken Russian sentence to be translated into English! After three tries, I finally put the English translation down. Then it informs me that I incorrectly put in English. I'm now going to lose a whole lesson plus avoid this series on history

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