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Because it's ungrammatical. The order of an English sentence is SVO (subject-verb-object) and when you have a question of this kind you make it through inversion of subject and verb but the object remains in its place. Hope it helps.
It's gratifying when your recognize your first sentence in Russian all by yourself, isn't it?
Omg I'm really surprised, how many people is learning Russian. It's really nice to know, that our language is maybe interesting for you? I don't know, how is it - to learn Russian, I just live with my language. Is it hard? Do you like it or just must to learn Russian for some reasons? Anyway, it's great to see all these comments.
Hey!!! Started learning for a purpose and gradually startes loving the language. It is always nice to learn other languages and if the language is this sweet, it feels more amazing. It is not that hard as of now. Thank you for asking and also offering help.
Hey! I'm learning Russian just for fun. I'm really interested in several languages and Russian is very beautiful to me, as well as the cyrillic alphabet. Maybe someday It will be useful or I'll need it for something, but for right now, its juet for fun
I'm a Russian teacher (a Finnish person) testing this app before I tell about to my pupils next autumn. I know for a fact that there's nothing wrong with my pronunciation of " Мама, Том там?" since I know the intonation one needs in this type of question. So, be aware that this app sometimes makes mistakes :)
Sartsap, what is the correct pronunciation? I also have the impression that the audio sometimes is not so well, but in fact I have no clue. I'm just sure that also in Russia a question wouldn't be intonated like a statement.
I pronounced it (as far as I know??) just as I heard it from duolingo before and it was marked wrong. Duolingos mistake, or mine? How should it be pronounced?
im really frustrated right now because i litterely typed in Mom,is Tom there? and then its wrong :[
Im so confused. The alphabet is so confusing, i tried typing with the russian keyboard, wow thats not happining.
you can buy a silicon "russian keyboard" that just rests on top of your actual keyboard for pretty cheap. I got one online for about 5 bucks. Just make sure it will fit your particular computer's keyboard.
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Be patient. I takes time, especially with a different alphabet. I would reccomend slowing down; and then review and repeat the first couple of sections until you get confident. Good luck to you.
Try Gate2Home.com - it was mentioned in another thread. You have to keep two windows open and copy & paste, but it's slowly working for me.
Oh what the speaker says is a question! "Мама, том там?" = Mum, is Tom there?
although it is directly translated as, "Mom, Tom is there." raising your voice at the end of the sentence is the way to indicate that it is a question rather than a statement without using questioning words like "what, where, who etc."
It is like in English when we say "In the safe?", but in Russian it is more accepted to raise the tone at the end.
Hope that helped!
I accidentally put in "Дом" instead of "Том" and it counted it correct. I just reported the error.
Ok, this time I let my Russian friend say "мама, Том там?" And also failed on the last two words. So something is wrong here.
Can it get sorted out that мама can mean mom/mother/mama? I didn't like that putting Mama, is Tom there? gave me an incorrect answer.
Mama, is Tom there? Seeing how TaM means "there is" also, why is "is there" wrong, after mama there is no is, shouldn't it be MaMa, is Tom Tam? Seeing as Tom is one word and MaMa does not represent is, thats why we get it wrong.
What is the difference between там and здесь? I know one is "here" and the other one "there", but people have told me conflicting things about which one is which. Anyone care to enlighten me?
I kept saying this correct and Duolingo kept marking it wrong. Does it not recognise my accent (British)? Can I have some help with the pronunciation? Thanks.
XD Our alphabet is easy, you just don't know all, that Russians students learn at Russian language x)
I said that with correct puncuation and everything but it said im wrong!! :(((
So basically mama means mom, Tom means Tom and Tam means there. Is there any particular word which represents "Is"? Can we include it in the sentence or the word "Is" is implied??
Female voice is soooo wrong!! No way people will understand it as a question. Native Russian speaker.
I didn't quite understand the sentence and the grammatical order because it was confusing as compared to English; But anyway, it's really an interesting sentence.
I can't even past the tutorial course without practically giving up, this is hard man.
I wish Duolingo would teach us the alphabet but I guess that's asking for too much
Why does Duolingo not teach us the letters and how they sound?? I am constantly not knowing how to spell anything Russian by ear. I only do well if I'm hearing a phrase and they need me to know what it means. Writing the Russian out I'm struggling but reading and hearing it I understand. I am so confused with this part.
I got it by context clues but not because it made sense which wouldnt be helpful in real life unless it was in a message or email. Oh well, I'm still on level one for me.
I am getting mad because I always get it wrong evetough I am saying it right!
I am a native Russian speaker and am told that I speak this phrase incorrectly. Come on!
I've said this about a hundred times and it's not accepting the audio, preventing me from moving on to the next lesson. Anyone else had this issue?
Not sure why it wont pick up on me saying Tom Tam correctly, im sure im saying them right
Why is "Mama, Tom is there" wrong? I could hardly hear it was a question...
If you put it in English, that's probably why, since it asked for the Russian translation. It wanted you to type it in Russian.
It accepted the answer "Mom, Tom is there", but unless the empasis is performed correctly, it feels very awkward.
Eh... originally it is a question so the question is translated and it rerurns wrong answer... Shown right answer is normal sentense...
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C'mon guys. My answer to "type what you here" was: "Mama, Tom там?". Exactly the same and still incorrect??
the translation of a Russian question should be an English question... ideally... and a question mark must be there in English too to make some sense to the sentence... I think
If we hear this, as in this example when we have to interpret what is said, how do we know when it should be a question or a statement?
I'd also like to know this. How would one tell their mother Tom was there, rather than ask her?
Simple, you do not have a questioning tone when you simply state something.
I didn't know if Russian used tonal inflection with questions. Does Russian "tail-up" at the end like English when questions are asked? How is the tone with a statement - more "flat", without at "tail-up" at the end? Thanks.
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You put emphasis on the stressed syllable of the word that is the information you seek. So if you want to know if Tim is there, and not here, you emphasize там. If you don't know who's there, Tim or someone else, emphasize Tim. If you get a copy of the Michel Thomas audio course it goes into this in detail.
