"Din syster och min bror är lika."

Translation: Your sister and my brother are alike.

[pekarekr]

Does "Din syster och min bror är lika" refer, possibly, to personality and/or behavior, as well as appearance, like it would in English?

[Fresh99012]

I think it refers only to appearance, I think you'd use som, as in "din syster är som min bror" to express general likeness

[tjack87]

What is the difference between lik and lika

[Zmrzlina]

The -a is added because we're talking about several people, so we have to use the plural form.

[roaa918018]

But IF we are talking about ett words we add -t right?

[Zmrzlina]

If we're talking about a single ett-word thing, yes.

[Larry-Johnson]

I was marked wrong for writing, "Your sister and my brother are similar." "Alike" and "similar" really are synonyms in English. I can understand that my answer might be wrong, but the provided translation doesn't help me understand how.

[Hjtunfgb]

is the suffix -a used here because it is plural or because it is definite?

[Biggy786177]

What does it mean in English, have never heard it, lika, is it populär?

[tisali7]

You can just click on the word on the very top of the page. The whole sentence is in fat blue letters.

But to answer your question: "alike" would be the most common translation and I guess its quite common in the UK. Atleast I know it and I am from Germany and I think I heard a friend saying it.

[deactivated user]

Is this strictly about appearance? Because otherwise I don't know how to differentiate between this sentence and " Han är lik sin mor".

[daniel.eames06]

you.. you dont think it could be possible...could it?

[Tanya69534]

The audio doesn't work for me, even after clicking 10 times.

[Jim658990]

If you use Firefox with the noscript plug-in, then you would have to allow the virtual machines that serve the audio (and one other) separately from the main duolingo server.
Also there were old threads about audio problems. I have not noticed any problems in a long time, but at one point (if I recall correctly) if you started duolingo when the machine volume was turned off, then you could not get any volume. Maybe search old threads for ´sound´ and ´volume´ for more details. And, the old favorite, if all else fails, reboot. Good luck! The audio is certainly important!

[wolfthewhite]

In another place "är lika" was used with the English "looks alike." Why is that wrong here?

[wolfthewhite]

Nevermind! This time "Your sister and my brother look alike" was accepted. I must have made some other goofball error before.