Topic: Russian

"Мне надо помыть грибы и картошку."

Translation:I need to wash mushrooms and potatoes.

November 24, 2015

10 Comments

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

    Sorry, but I was listening to this song when I got this sentence... :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmuseX1ujpM - Mrs. Potato Head

    November 26, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Veivampire

      Yassss

      August 8, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/CaporalV

        Why not "I must wash mushrooms and potatoes"?

        September 14, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Zed_DUO
        • 18

        Because "I must" is "Я должен", when "I need to" is "Мне надо"/"Мне нужно".

        July 16, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Chamanit

          potato, Singular, or kartoshki

          November 24, 2015
          [deactivated user]

            Карто́шка is a mass noun, it's not used in plural.

            November 24, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Henrik681658

              To "clean" should also be accepted here, as it is for other sentences

              March 27, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Yanphys34

                if potatoes is plural, why do not write "картошки" and not "картошку" ?

                December 30, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Kundoo

                  Because "картошка" is a mass noun in Russian, so it doesn't have a plural form. "Картошка" can mean both "a potatoe" and "potatoes" depending on context, but usually when one wants to specify they mean a single potatoe they say "картошина" or "картофелина".

                  December 30, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jonathan575975

                    In English, without context, the speaker needs help.

                    April 11, 2019
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