"Он не видит девочку."

Translation: He does not see the girl.

[dempl]

хаха, я сейчас пропробал вводить "хе доес нот сее а гирл" .

[Dimidov]

Is this also used in the 'he is not seeing the girl'/'she is not his girlfriend' sense this is attributed to it in English or is this only the physical, line of sight seeing?

[Theron126]

non-native speaker alert I'm fairly certain this only refers to actual physical line of sight seeing.

[Holsen4]

how come it's not девочки

[BenCostell3]

Because the object of the verb видеть must be in the accusative case.

[LuWSd]

The girl is accusative.

At least this had been my experience.

[Ad-Elie]

Russian native next to me says it can be both meanings.

[Derrick.Botha]

Can it not also mean "He does not see a girl"? or should it specifically be "the" in this case?

[mcp091020]

how would you make девочку plural in this case? this keeps tripping me up.

[BenCostell3]

Девочек

[BlueTiger550]

He does not (sees) the girl, is wrong... Hmmm i get this wrong many times, any one can explain, i know its very simple but aaaah still :D

[JanetGidle]

Does not see. He sees

[bboyallday]

Why is, He DIDN'T see the girl, wrong?

[Derrick.Botha]

Because then it becomes past tense

[Chris20576]

Shouldn't "he didn't see the girl ' count?

[Derrick.Botha]

No, because "didn't" is past tense

[Samarth237868]

I think 'He does not see girl' can be accepted as well.

[Derrick.Botha]

No, the word "girl" needs an article in front of it (the, a, an) to have the sentence make sense

[Sourick]

So the translation here is "he does not see THE girl", right? As in he doesnt see a specific girl. The Girl.

What about a situation when the girl is just a random girl? What if I want to say "he does not see a girl"? What's the difference in Russian between a specific girl and just a girl?