"Tengo una lámpara más vieja que esa en mi casa."

Translation: I have a lamp that is older than that one at my house.

[MrsBradyBunch]

"I have a lamp older than that one in my house." Marked wrong. Why?

[kathylemerle]

I just wonder when Duolingo will have a native English speaker do their translations?

[Sparkle1027]

My translation was (i have a very old lamp that is in my house) marked incorrect of course. But i think "i have a lamp that is older than that one at my house" is a clumsy sentence to begin with.

[qhomee]

Why is the "one" used. I think it generally understood in English, and I do not see it in the spanish sentence. Thanks for the help.

[LouHuc]

The lamp in my house is older than that one.

[davux]

"at my place" is a totally fine translation of "en mi casa", isn't it?

[homefire]

Many English speakers might use those interchangeably, but not all. That's a good example of translating the idea but not the words. On DL we are supposed to give as literal a translation as possible. When you get really good at it and are translating a casual conversation, that might be fine!

[Lisagnipura]

Hola davux: No. "place" and "home" are not the same.

[JoanneSbungee]

bit informal

[ddddan]

Should this not be ésa (that one) instead of esa?

[Luis]

As of lately, the Real Academia Española (RAE) dictates that "ésa" as a pronoun should be spelled without an accent.

[oowowaee]

What about éste then, iirc I have seen that used in the lessons.

[Luis]

Same. We need to change those.

[ddddan]

Hi Luis, thanks for clarifying. I looked on other sites (e.g. about.com) and the rules weren't clear.

[Melita2]

Luis, pensaba que el acento era opcional, es decir, este y éste son correctos. ¿No?

[jfGor]

I think it is confusing without the accent. I do believe it is optional.

[MrSeo]

Couldn't "más vieja" be translated as "much older"?

[Luis]

Not really. That would be mucho más vieja.

[snagglepuss61]

we dont say idiotic things like that

[GeorgeHorv1]

I have a lamp older than that in my house not good enough? Would older than that one have been accepted? I felt pretty comfortable with my answer as i thought it was pretty much a word for word translation.