"У нас нет конфет."
Translation:We do not have candies.
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Vasmer's etymological dictionary:
- Latin "confectum" (cooked, made, prepared) → Italian "confetto" (sugar-coated almond) → конфе́ты (plural)
- German "konfekt" (candy) → конфе́кты (old version, plural)
- Italian "confetti" (plural "confetto", candies, paper imitations) → конфетти́
Yeah, it would confuse me more if I didn't visit a local Russian store and constantly see the word конфеты everywhere!
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You are using the nominative singular form. You need to use the plural genitive. We are talking about candies.
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I now realise it is also the nominative form. However, I initially thought 'konfet' was the nominative form and that I would need to add '-a' to make it genitive.
But surely конфет is not the plural genitive form - ? I don't understand why that is used here.
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Yes, конфета is nominative singular, it changes to конфеты in genitive singular and конфет in genitive plural.
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I don't remember where the sentence occurs in the course... have you not reached the genitive plural skill yet?
I looked back at the Genitive skill and didn't see anything helpful....so, apparently not.
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Same here in NZ, it's very rare for us to say 'candy' so duolingo keeps telling me I'm wrong D:
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Any candies are lollies? Not just lollipops or things of the kind you suck on?
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yes in new zealand anyway. you never hear 'candy' said. 'Lollies ' would be the kids' word, 'sweets' is more adult and 'confectionery ' rather formal.
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Interesting. Now I just need to know what you call coffee down there and I'll have everything I need for my trip to New Zealand.... :-)
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In the US, "candies" is rarely used. "sweets" almost never, except in sayings like "sweets to the sweet". The collective noun "candy" is encountered almost all the time. If we want to describe different items of candy, then we talk about "pieces of candy" or "a piece of candy".
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In portuguese we have the word "confeito" with the same meaning. It's awesome!
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Mom: No candy honey. Me: Mom I h8 u guys. Me: I'm leaving this household until you buy me candy.
