Meno's Paradox.

I think the point meant to be how do you ask "how do you say 'Спасибо' (in another language)." Like "Como se dice..." from spanish.

I guess to be able to pronounce it

One may ask how to pronounce a word properly.

That is a rather literal translation. In English the question would never be phrased like this. Instead we would say: How do you say "thanks"? or How does one say "thanks"?

I'm hip - this is the first time I've encountered the necessity for punctuation in a Duo course.

I keeps saying it's wrong? I got the same answer.

I used quotation marks and it still said I was wrong. I can't even find the symbols it wants me to use on the keyboard.

It /is/ still in Beta, though.

yes, the russian course needs that... it would be really helpful, to indicate and show the conjugations of the verbs, as aññ the latin languages coruses. But i am from México, so my mother language is Spanish, i can help anyone from here with this language, any question i am here. and my facebook Diego silva chapela.

Too many, indeed

"How to say thank you" is understandable English, but not necessarily proper English.

I, too, am wondering why thankyou is rejected? Is блогадане thankyou, more formal, and спасибо informal thanks?

I think that благодарю is more sincere, like what someone really important would say if you offered him/her free kittens, no taxes, and a miracle, While спасибо is a more casual thanks, like when the cashier says, "Thanks, and have a great day!", or when someone gives you a lost pen. I think that благодарю isn't nearly as common as спасибо.

I think.

I'm not from Russia, though.

Yes, and it's a bizarre break from the Duolingo standard.

Did you put quotes around "Thanks"? Strangely, Duo requires them for the correct response.

My answer was also marked as wrong in the listening excercise. I wrote как сказать "Срасибо"? and according to the app, it was wrong and the right answer should have been - well, it should've been exactly the same. Like, literally the same. Flagged it. Hope it gets fixed soon. (22 June 19)

To be fair, "How to say 'something'?" is understandable but not all that great in English.

Those are Russian quotation marks! AKA кавычки. As a side-note, Russians don't do the air quote thing, but they will say "in quotations" (в кавычках) to throw a hint of sarcasm or irony or doubt into a statement.

That's because it's not correct - in this sentence construction you would not have the pronoun ты. The literal English translation would be "How to say 'thank you'". More examples: Eng: How do you turn on the computer? Rus: Как включить компьпютер? Eng: How do you make soup? Rus: Как готовить суп?

I got you should have said How do you say <<Thanks>> but I chose Thankyou. Its ❤❤❤❤❤❤ that they marked it wrong

But now my entry without quotation marks was accepted.

I think the closest possible literal translation (unacceptable in English) of this Russian sentence would be "How to say 'Thanks'?" or "How is said 'Thanks'?" Alternatively, arranging it "How is 'thanks' said?" is more technically acceptable, but I don't expect any native English speaker would ask the question that way. It seems archaic to me, like someone trying too hard to sound intelligent and educated.

An English speaker might normally ask this question in various ways, but these two best represent the meaning of the Russian:

"How does one say 'Thanks'?" "How do you say 'Thanks'?"

In modern English, "you" is often a replacement for "one," meaning anyone. Many people even describe a past experience by saying, for example, "You felt wonderful" when what they actually mean is "I felt wonderful." (I don't like that trend!)

In this case, the translation "How do you say 'Thanks'?" represents "How is 'thanks' said?" - it's not specifically asking how "you" say thanks, but how anyone does. "How do I say 'Thanks'?" would be fine as a loose translation, but since "one" and "you" are much closer to the exact original meaning, they should probably remain as the only options accepted.

If a person doesn't know how to say something in another language, they ask "how do you say this?". Since the whole phrase is in Russian here, I would imagine this is a Russian person asking how to say Thanks in English.

"How to say X?" as an interrogative sentence is not technically a complete sentence in English. Typically you'd either need to say "How do you say 'X'?" or "How does one say 'X'?" or "How is X said?"

I guess it does not work because it is a reply to the question, not a translation of the question.

When complaining about an incorrect correct answer on DL it helps to post exactly what you had entered as an answer, though if you're 100% sure it is correct you are better off reporting it directly since that generally garners a quicker response from the moderation staff.

That's a literal translation of you asking one specific person how they say it. Russians say "How + infinitive" to express "how do you do something"

Ваш вариант - дословный перевод этого вопроса, а такой вариант/смысл применяется на анлгийском когда человек задает вопрос определенному человеку.

Вариант здесь на Дуо совершенно верный. В Америке люди часто используют слово "you", хотя они и говорят в обшем. В Британии такое предложение звучит как, "How does one say 'Thank You?'".

Because it considered my answer wrong by writing thank you rather than thanks !

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