"He can eat with a fork already."

Translation: Он уже умеет есть вилкой.

[paulroubin]

How is "с вилкой" incorrect

[MetroWestJP]

Вилкой means using a fork; с вилкой means along with a fork. I don't think that's mentioned anywhere in the course, except in comment sections, like this one.

[Nardoel]

Ok, but you also say "Cтул стоит рядом с дверью" so you need 'c' to express proximity but not to indicate the instrument being used?

[zirkul]

Why should it be correct? Just because English is using "with" here despite the fact that "by" would be a far more logical choice, why should other languages make the same (questionable) choice?

Еating "с вилкой" could only mean one of the two things in Russian: (i) eating in a company of a fork or (ii), if you also specify what is being eaten, the implication would be that you eat that and a fork. I am not certain which of the two options you fancy.

[daniel860940]

Why not "Он уже может есть вилкой"?

[booshnok1]

I wrote that same thing and it was accepted.

[Carlana16]

Why is умеет being used here?

[x.417u5]

Without умеет, the sentence would mean that he IS eating with a fork. The sentance actually says that he CAN use a fork (but might not be using one right now.)

[booshnok1]

I used может and it was accepted.

[aosetinsky]

Why the "есть"?

[Lucia380]

After "умеет"comes an infinitive (with soft sign ь )

[Johan214123]

And he's only 31.

[RoboBobberto]

Какой гений!

[fishmael]

i wrote он может есть вилкой уже which i think should be right

[zirkul]

The placement of "yже" is unnatural, otherwise it's OK.
"Он уже может есть вилкой" should work.

[Steve448292]

So, instead of the concept of Yes, he knows how how to eat with a fork already, how would one say (using "can") He is already permitted to eat with a fork. (it might be some weird sort of religious cult who only let certain "levels" of nuttedness use forks). I see 2 different "cans" that could be used here so just wondering if the answer to this exercise would be different.

[HarryMcKin2]

Better is "Он уже может есть вилкой." Their solution says "He already knows how to eat with a fork."