"Он не видит девочку."

Translation: He does not see the girl.

[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.

[deactivated user]

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.

[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

[_Violeta_Darky_]

Is he blind or is he a kidnapper

[Derrick.Botha]

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

[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?

[SergejKos]

Specific girl - эта девочка, та девочка. "Он не видит эту девочку."

[Quixotic317]

Can this be translated as "he does not see her"

[BenCostell3]

He does not see her is Он не видит её/Он её не видит.

[bboyallday]

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

[Derrick.Botha]

Because then it becomes past tense

[Greos_Vision]

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

[Derrick.Botha]

No, because "didn't" is past tense

[IDOOM19]

Please i need help
The girl = девочка
But we use девочку
Why ???

[AvaFerengue4]

What's wrong with "he is not seeing the girl" ?

[BenCostell3]

The present progressive is not usually used neutrally with sensory verbs in English. With seeing in particular, saying, "I am seeing someone," also usually means, "dating/in a sort of romantic relationship with." To me, in most cases, "I am not seeing a girl," implies that I am expected to see a girl as well. There is no sense of expectation in the Russian sentence.