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- "Chłopiec szuka swojego psa."
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is your sentence valid in Polish? does it mean "I hope he finds his dog (in the future)?" despite your verb znajdzie being in the present?
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What do you mean? I think I probably could too.
I am getting this phrase in many times in practice every day. This is also happening for other phrases in this skill (Possession 2). I also find it very hard to turn the skill gold. At the moment I can't do it, even if I repeat the lessons 10 times. And on the rare occasion when it does turn gold, it reverts within 5 minutes.
After I do the lesson, I check the word strengths, and it says that words like "szuka" have not been practiced for 12 months! Which is probably why it thinks I need to practice it again.
I don't know if it is a bug in Duolingo, or this particular Polish lesson (Possession 2).
Are you seeing the same?
Clearly a Duolingo bug. I read they've been changing something recently, so maybe something went wrong. Although frankly I've never had such problems that users sometimes report.
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Thank you Jellei,
I think you are right, that it is a Duolingo bug.
FYI it is not recent, it has been happening for many months.
Here is the same issue reported by someone else 5 months ago. Exactly the same skill - Polish, Possession 2:
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/18793904
And here it is from many other people. It seems to be a problem for Possession 2 in other languages too!
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/8151592
Sorry for cluttering up this sentence discussion with this issue. I'll stop it now.
Can someone explain to me in what situations swojego would mean 'his,' and in what situations it could be translated as 'their'? Thanks a lot!
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Somebody explain me why I have seen this sentence every day, in every single practice for more than 4 months. There is something very broken in duolingo's sentence selection algorithm.
It sure sounds strange, but it's nothing that we can do about it here. On our side, this sentence just exists once in the course. You may report it in the Troubleshooting forum if you want, but I wouldn't get my hopes high.
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Thank you for your answer. I was hopping you (moderators and course developers) had more direct contact with duolingo than normal users. I'll try the forum, anyway.
Why does it have to be “A boy”, and “The boy” is deemed incorrect in this case?
In almost any sentence, both "a" and "the" work, and they sure do here. "The boy" should have been accepted.
You mean "searching his dog" or "searching for his dog"? ;) The latter works.
We do accept it, but please remember that this technically means "Stevie is looking for John's dog", not "Stevie is looking for his own dog".
This is the forum where we discuss language-related topics. Please use the Troubleshooting section in the future.
