"I do not see the girl."

Translation: Nie widzę dziewczynki.

[allie.schmit]

Why would it be dziewczynki? Isnt the i ending for if it's plural? Why doesnt it end with an a?

[Ashibaal]

It should absolutely accept "dziewczyny" too. The diminitive "dziewczynka" should NOT be considered the only possible translation for girl.

[dont_tread_on_me]

yes, you are right, report it to the contributors

[dont_tread_on_me]

I always write this one wrong, because the genitve and the plural is the same here...

[ChrisRzech]

Why does wiszę soumd like wisze?

[immery]

Before a war starts here:

• wiszę and widzę are two different verbs. dz is apprximatelly Endlish ds, and sz is English sh. Both follow the same conjugation pattern so what I will write is relevent to both.
  (wisieć=hang/be hanging, widzieć = see)

• there is not such a word as "widze" and "wisze"

• TTS that duolingo uses always pronounces final ę as e

• From what I read about it, Polish dictionaries and other language authorioties (written for Polish people) have one of two ideas about proper proonounciation of final ę:

1 You should pronounce final ę with slight nasality, but it is "acceptable" if you say just "e".

2 You should pronounce final ę as e, but it is OK to use slight nasality, especially in words like gotuje/gotuję, where this nasality is the only thing that distinguishes one word from another.

3.All books say that overpronouncing "ę" or or using some equivalents (em, eł) are wrong.

• in real Polish language it depends on a person, a region, a situation, how much are they paying attention, if they are reading aloud, speaking what they were prepared for or just talking without thinking.

• line between slight ę and eł is thin , especially when you start learning Polish, so many resources recommend teaching foreigners to say final ę as e.

/Disclaimer: I am not a linguist or a Polish teacher. All I know comes from being Polish and spending last few months on this forum/

[ChrisRzech]

Thanks man, have a lingot

[Adam470]

Just about the most useful Duolingo comment I've ever read ^^ have several lingots for your time!

[va-diim]

The Ę is pronounced as a regular E when it's at the end of a word.

[mihxal]

Actually, most often it is pronounced slightly nasally.

[Achim349471]

Jellei, immery, could you comment on dziewczyna versus the diminutive dziewczynka im everyday language use?

[alik1989]

I wouldn't call a girl over 14 dziewczynka, unless I'm being sarcastic or something. I'd say that dziewczyna is used for young women in a similar way as the English word girl is being used.
And girlfriend is also dziewczyna, you can't use the diminutive for that.