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"The boy is translating the article into Russian."
Translation:Мальчик переводит статью на русский язык.
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Is "на русском" also correct here? I often hear native speakers use it, though I'm not exactly sure in what context to use it.
По-русски - a method, a way to do, to speak, на русский - direction (of interpretation here).
it is right - translate into Russian - переводить на русский язык
"русский язык" should be a suggestion for "Russian" when it is referring to the language.
"за по-русски" doesn't make sense. "на русский (язык)" is the only right form here
"Мальчик переводит ЭТУ статью на русский язык." and it was wrong! The sentence is about THE article, not AN any one of them
Yeah, you are wrong, it is "the article", not "this article" where эту would be appropriate. The and a don't exist in Russian, you take the information 'the' and 'a' convey from the context - often hard with single sentences on duolingo.
Why isn't АРТИКЛЬ also an alternative for СТАТЬЮ in this case? Спасибо за объяснение
Which case is "русский язык" in? It can only be nominative or accusative, and yet it follows "на", so why not prepositional?
Ах,
My logic would have been more this:
The language is being placed INTO Russian, therefore prepositional.
Rather than this:
The language is moving from one language TO another, therefore directional.
But that is the logic of a native English speaker, and not relevant here — I just need to learn the logic!
Спасибо!
"Мальчик переводит эту статью на русский" why it is wrong? It is a correct sentence in Russian (language)
When using the alternative versions of the demonstrative pronoun это (which typically means 'the'), such as эта and этот, the subject is emphasised.
<<это мальчик читает> - 'the boy is reading.'
<<этот мальчик читает> - 'this boy is reading.'
The English sentence provided by the question doesn't specify that this boy is translating the article, so это is used.
