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- "Ложка это посуда?"
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Why is "silverware" not accepted here? Is there a different way to say that in Russian than посуда?
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I just looked up посуда in my Oxford Russian-English and the first translation was "crockery." Since I didn't know that word in English, I googled it and it is defined as "plates, dishes, cups, and other similar items, especially ones made of earthenware or china." In conclusion, while I seldom if ever use the word tableware, that's probably a better translation than silverware.
"is spoon tableware" does not make any sense in english. it would either be "is this spoon tableware", "are spoons tableware" or in a specifically language learning environment "is 'spoon' [the name of] a tableware". i'm honestly not understanding what this russian phrase is trying to convey, if it is a real russian phrase. but again, "is spoon tableware" is not correct in english.
The given phrase shown now (3 Jan 2016) is "Is a spoon tableware?", which makes much more sense.
It's still a very odd English sentence in my opinion. We would be far more likely to say "Is a spoon a type of tableware". Even that is a strange thing to ask!
I have never used the word "tableware" in my life and probably haven't used of the word "cutlery" in my life. I would call knives, forks and spoons "eating utensils." I would also count them among dishes, as in the phrase "let's do the dishes". I certainly wouldn't consider skipping the knives forks and spoons because they don't count as dishes.
What a horrid pronunciation. I couldn't understand what he was saying. And then when I saw the words . . . he mispronounced лошка, saying лошКА
Посуда generally means tableware, glasses, dishes, etc. However "Utensil" means a tool associated with a task, and is rarely seen without describing what it is for unless it is implied (e.g. cooking utensil, fishing utensil, office utensil).
"is a spoon cutlery" Is that ok? Marked as wrong. Tableware (the correct answer) is the same, surely.
"Cutlery", unlike "tableware" and "посуда", is limited to the forks/spoons/knives, that kind of thing, so it's not a great translation.
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can we omit это in this sentence? Or is there supossed to be a jyphen after ложка. Because I don't get this sentence at all.
you always use это when you're defining something, from what i gather. hasn't failed me yet.
In a previous question in this section, "crockery" was accepted as a valid translation of "посуда", so why isn't it accepted here? It's irritating and common inconsistencies like this that are making me doubt whether to continue with DL.
DL won't accept "cookware" either, despite quoting the term as an alternative to "tableware". Come on DL, please get someone to check for consistency before posting this stuff!
May we accept: "Is a spoon cookware"? I find this sentence very logic but, being not a native English speaker, I imagine it might sound weird to native speakers.
It is very weird, yes, not least because the grammar is stilted and awkward. In real-life it would be more natural to ask something like: "Do you consider spoons to be cookware?" or 'Do you think of spoons as cookware?'
Even then it sounds strange - To me "Cookware" is a word typically used by department stores to name the department that sells pots and pans and stuff like that - you wouldn't really use the word at home - unless you were asking something like "Does XYZ Shop have a cookware department?"
A spoon is a utensil :)
this is the strangest sentence in English. under what circumstances would anyone say that?
I spelled ложка as ложке and it marked it correct. I have noticed duolingo doing this lately, and I think it really defeats the purpose of these exercises, especially in a language with declension. Very strange and off putting. I want to learn how to spell the words correctly!
Um, why isn't "Is a spoon a dish?" acceptable?
Seems like we all have words for посуда that make more sense than "tableware."
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There is no "? " to select in the answer option...therefore my answer is being given wrong
