"Who likes to sleep and eat?"
Translation:Кто любит спать и есть?
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Why wouldn't кто нравится спать и есть be acceptable it said it was wrong and that I had to use кому
Because you need to use кому for the same reason you use мне нравится instead of я нравится
Why does it want нравится instead of нравятся? Are спать and есть grouped into one unit, or is Duolingo wrong?
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No. ест (without ь) always means "eats". есть (with ь) has a few meanings:
- to eat
- there is/there are
- is (archaic)
Not a native Russian speaker here, but your sentence might mean "Who likes to both sleep and eat?" which has a slight difference from the perfect translation.
in a nutshell: кушать is colloquial.
есть is the neutral translation of "to eat", кушать is mainly used in conversations among family members. My russian teacher (from Russia) told me, it would be kinda strange and funny, if someone would say кушать in a restaurant to a waiter.
Maybe кушать is like the german word "mampfen", which might mean "to munch" in English (not a native English speaker, sorry).
Why is любите wrong here? I used plural because the speaker must be addressing some people. It seems the answer has to be he does and she does, rather than you do. Can someone explain please?
