"Keiner spielt."
Translation:Nobody plays.
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So kein/e/n are the different forms of the same word, meaning 'no' or 'not', but keiner means 'no one'. You can (in my experience so far) interchange the words 'keiner' and 'niemand' quite freely, if that helps
"Keiner" would be Nominativ Maskulin. the suffix of 'der' is applied to kein, making it Keiner (nobody). similarly for Nominativ Neutrum, kein + das = Keines (nothing,none). http://www.canoo.net/services/Controller?input=kein
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I had the identical response. ( 'None plays' given as suggested answer) I really cannot believe it to be a useable translation. AND... There is no button to report an incorrect English translation!!
In the notes for this lesson it gives the following examples:
niemand shläft = nobody sleeps
and
keiner shläft = none of them sleeps
I gave my answer to this question as "none of them plays" and - predictably - the software says this is incorrect. Would anyone mind explaining what's going on here? (I've seen some explanation of this here but I don't really understand)
Thanks so much, bye, Adam.
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I wrote "Noone plays," due to a missed space between "no" and "one". Duolingo said that I had a typo. That what I meant to write was "None plays." I thought Duo only took answers that are grammatically correct. Is this not the case?
Just go to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.babbel.mobile.android.en and learn more german
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My lesson was to write what you hear. Both slow and normal speed sounded like keine. There was not even a hint of an "r" at the end of that word. So, of course, I got it wrong. I did report it.