"Sehen sie die Jungen?"

Translation: Do they see the boys?

[GeorgeBeton]

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

[liminal]

How is Do "Du" inferred here?
Its direct translation is just "They see the boys?"

[siebolt]

Sehen sie > See they = Do they see. Pay attention to the word order. Verb + (pro)noun denotes a question.

[ComboViera]

Isn't Jungen just accusative for Junge? Meaning boy

[slytherclaw]

Jungen is plural. You can also tell because der changes to die

[siebolt]

You can only tell because of "die"

[tkj357]

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?

[siebolt]

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?

[tkj357]

Thank you, that makes sense. I suppose there would be no reason to have a they (formal) right? Is there such a thing?

[siebolt]

No, as you thought, really not. In Italian though: formal you plural is they (loro), formal you singular is she (lei).

[umlaut.astronaut]

why is it they and not you?

[siebolt]

see my second post.

[bittybank]

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??

[Panamicua]

Since "sie" can also mean "them", could this mean, "Do the boys see them?"

[JayHiroBrown]

Shouldn't 'sie' be capitalised? Sie (Capital) is they and sie (lower-case) is she right?