"Мне надо помыть грибы и картошку."

Translation: I need to wash mushrooms and potatoes.

[jonathan575975]

In English, without context, the speaker needs help.

[Klassified]

Agree. Very odd sentence.

[LuWSd]

This have new the option of saying "some mushrooms and potatoes" rather than just "mushrooms and potatoes" but said using 'some' was wrong. However it sounds much more natural in English to add 'some'.

[CsabaSndor]

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

[Henrik681658]

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

[CaporalV]

Why not "I must wash mushrooms and potatoes"?

[Artm4s]

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

[Yanphys34]

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

[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".

[LuWSd]

Like trousers?

[watzwatz]

more like water or rice

[dimwit720]

"I need to wash the mushrooms and potatoes" was marked wrong -- the difference seeming to be the definite article "the". Should it be correct, or would there be a better way to translate that English sentence?

[MehmetAli478187]

Eventhough answer is correct. It did not accept