"Sehen sie die Jungen?"
Translation:Do they see the boys?
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I'm sorry but this really annoys me . Duolingo just lost me a heart for confusing 'den Jungen' (in the dative) for plural, and told me it was singular . And now all of a sudden the tables have turned and it's changed it's mind again MAKE YOUR MIND UP DUOLINGO BECAUSE I CAN'T KEEP ON HAVING HISSY FITS WHENEVER I DO DATIVE CASE
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How is Do "Du" inferred here? Its direct translation is just "They see the boys?"
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Sehen sie > See they = Do they see. Pay attention to the word order. Verb + (pro)noun denotes a question.
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Should it be Sehen Sie die Jungen? If the S is not capitalized then it would just be she rather than they right? Sieht sie die Jungen? or Sehen Sie die Jungen?
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The usual problem with 'sie". Sehen sie die Jungen >> Do they see the boys? Sehen Sie die Jungen >> Do you (formal) see the boys? Sieht sie die Jungen >> does she see the boys?
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Thank you, that makes sense. I suppose there would be no reason to have a they (formal) right? Is there such a thing?
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No, as you thought, really not. In Italian though: formal you plural is they (loro), formal you singular is she (lei).
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How is it that in the previous sentences "Jungen" all of a sudden meant boy instead of boys. Then I got this one wrong by putting "Do they see the boy" instead of "boys"!! How can this actually happen??
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Since "sie" can also mean "them", could this mean, "Do the boys see them?"
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Shouldn't 'sie' be capitalised? Sie (Capital) is they and sie (lower-case) is she right?