"Вы едите курицу?"

Translation: Do you eat chicken?

[GabeIsStrong]

Accidentally wrote, "Do you eat children?" Well played, Duo.

[justinbrisk]

While "Do you eat chicken" is correct and natural - the alternative "Are you eating hen" is unnatural English

[patfinegan]

Is the translation of "Are you eating chicken?" identical to "Do you eat chicken?", i.e., Вы едите курицу? If so, what can the speaker say to clarify the question?

[i.algurabi]

To distinguish between "Are you eating [now]" and "Do you eat [in general]" use the word "now = сейчас" for the former.

Вы едите курицу сейчас?

Вы едите курицу?

[anothernobody]

What is the Infinitive of "to eat"? I ask, because I thought it was "есть", but when I typed it in here: http://cooljugator.com/ru/ ................it said "No result found".

[johnny_MMX]

infinitive - ЕСТЬ. я ем, ты ешь, он/она/оно ест, мы едим, вы едите, они едят.

[GavinHeggs]

The question every Vegetarian gets.

[captainclutch281]

What's the difference between курица and курятина?

[mosfet07]

• курица is for a bird and meat (in such a context)
• курятина is for meat

[captainclutch281]

Спасибо! :)

[Imnuts7]

Isn't it somewhat like French poule & poulet?

[platyfrog]

In other Duolingo language courses, I have used "you" as single second person and "y'all" as plural second person. This helps keep me on track, as it drills the difference between single and plural (in this case ты and вы).

It bothers me that the Russian course doesn't accept "y'all," and I hope somebody will eventually okay these translations, not just because it recognizes the existence of "y'all" for a large swath of English speakers who do distinguish between singular and plural "yous" -- but also to actually help learn Russian.

O! moderators, hear my cry!

[CSJLrklK]

I could get on board with that. "You guys" and "yous/youse" should also be accepted since they're both at least as widespread as "y'all". I'd also love to see "yinz" (which is sometimes pronounced more like "yuns") but that's just my personal preference.

It's a shame that English has no discrete, standardized you(pl).

[CathyFranc6]

Oh, but it does. The english second person plural is "you." It's the second person singular that fell off, sadly: "thou." Isn't that pretty? Aren't you sad it went away? I am...

[vladi_vostok]

Don't worry, languages always find their way of expressing what is needed. :)
Cheers from Hungary
(where you(sg infml) = te, you(pl infml) = ti, you(sg fml) = Ön, you (pl fml) = Önök)

[Lirael5]

Why on earth is the pronunciation so bad in the sentence.

[Lucy159878]

Cant гюшити be used instead of ест

[i.algurabi]

I think you have misspelled "кушать, кушаете".

[Nico353184]

So how would you say "Are you eating chicken?" or "Are you eating the chicken?" (i.e. the chicken that was in the fridge). I would have thought the Russian phrase could have any of those meanings.

[vladi_vostok]

I also tried "Are you eating the chicken" and was judged wrong, but why? How should we say this in Russian?

[Doezie]

Is edited means to eat? I thought is was to go.

[i.algurabi]

Едете - [you are] riding, go by vehicle

едИте - [you are] eating

Capitalized letters are stressed.

[Andrei933052]

What are the forms of to eat for i,you,he/she,we,you and they in russian? thank you!

[BenYoung84]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Conjugation

[callcoone]

Entered вы идите курицу. It was correct...

[Jan61006]

I wrote "Are you eating chicken?". Why my answer wasn't correct?

[BenYoung84]

That should be accepted.