Topic: Hungarian

"A tetőkön emberek sétálnak."

Translation:People are walking on the roofs.

September 15, 2016

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/gareth462753

    This should be people are walking on the rooves

    September 15, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Hulk014

      Roofs is the plural of roof in all varieties of English. Rooves is an old secondary form, and it still appears occasionally by analogy with other irregular plurals such as hooves, but it is not common enough to be considered standard.

      September 15, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Freddioso

        Should definitely be accepted though.

        November 21, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BetsyLowe
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          No, it shouldn't. Hulk is right. It's not standard. I've never seen it spelled that way.

          July 14, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Jellyflaps

            I'm English and I've lived in England my entire life. A lot of northerners (including myself) do and have always spelled it "rooves".

            March 17, 2019
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Patricia460976
            • 2

            I am an English speaker. I have to hear anyone say rooves.

            February 19, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JasonOlson6

              Should it not be "are walking"?

              February 26, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LesleyNewing
              • 4

              Rooves or Roofs - both are acceptable in English.

              March 4, 2019
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