"Mögen Sie schwarze Katzen?"

Translation: Do you like black cats?

[Bernardsia]

Mogen = Plural? So shouldn;t it be "They" instead of "you"?

[tholenst2]

Because "Sie" is capitalized, this is the formal form of you.

"Mögen sie schwarze Katzen?" = "Do they like black cats?"

"Mögen Sie schwarze Katzen?" = "Do you like black cats?"

[Saboteur]

Every Time! flips table

[shubham.agrawal]

Deutsche sprache , schwere sprache

[VedranSold]

Ha ha, classic

[horild]

how can you tell the difference in a conversation?

[tholenst2]

You cannot, except from the context, if there is any.

[LaniEvitts]

You can't. If duo gives you this as a listening exercise, it will accept either "sie" or "Sie" as being correct

[VedranSold]

You must have skipped "the formal you". Sie means you (formal), sie means she/they (depending on the verb)

[trachtmanr]

Why not schwarzen Katzen?

[GPhilip1]

This page explains it very well : www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/adjektivendungenexpl.html . Read it, keep it at hand, and refer to the flowchart each time you encounter an adjective here, and you will learn these declensions before you realize it!

[Nuttie]

schwarzen Katzen would be in Dative Case, this is Accusative case. E.g., Ich danke schwarzen Katzen.

[Prachi.Garg]

I am still confused according to table
http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa030298.htm

it is plural so it should be schwarzen.

[Trello]

If the sentenced used a plural definite or indefinite article (die, keine, meine, alle, etc.) before the adjective, then the adjective automatically uses the -en declension. This Wikipedia article explains it a bit more clearly:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declension#Weak_inflection.5B6.5D.5B7.5D

[Inez800157]

I'm confused as well.. according to the explaination on duolingo, the plural is always -en, accusative and dative. So why isn't it schwarzen katzen?

[Violyre]

Because the article for Katze is "die" since it is plural

[younglingsmom]

The key here is that there is no article, indefinite or definite. In Accusative case, without an article, one only adds an -e. Duo's accusative chart shows this for Plural:
die roten Schuhe

keine roten Schuhe

• rote Schuhe

[DawHar]

I like black cats! Especially when is freitag der dreizehnt!

[GeoSchribs]

You can use "Sie" almost like "you" as a polite address to everyone. It is the same in the singular and the plural unlike "du" and "ihr" (used in a talk with friends, children and in the internet): Magst du schwarze Katzen? Mögt ihr schwarze Katzen?

[DawHar]

Lieder ja

[nitorigen]

Ja, ich leben alle Katzen.

[Moha651081]

Wait so "sie" means you , she and they??

[Solange.a.f.s]

I also don't understand. Between she and they the verb changes so you know which one is which. If it is for you instead of they then at least it should be "Magst sie". Like this, it is impossible to know which one is which...

[RaynStrydr93]

No! I despise them! I like orange kitties!