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"Bună ziua, ea este Ana și eu sunt Maria."
Translation:Good afternoon, she is Anne and I am Mary.
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These names really should still translate as Ana and Maria. Anne and Mary are not the people's names, their names are Ana and Maria!
Sometimes its helpful to give the English analog such as with Mihai-Michael, Iona-Jane. In this case, however, I think Ana and Mara don't really need translating since they are used in English as well.
I agree, but it depends . If you imagine the same scenario in an English country, you should change the names which aren't appropriate, but if you imagine someone who speaks English and travels in Romania you should of course not translate the names.
The translation isn't a very natural sentence in English. One would normally say "This is Ana", not "She is Ana". "This" should at the very least be accepted.
buna ziua ea este anna si sunt maria
I wrote Ana with 2 nn's and it marked it as wrong.
I believe Anna and Ana should have both been accepted as answers
Why instead of "I´m" do I have to say "I am ". I mean, contractions should be accepted, right?
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August 7, 2019: Ana and Maria marked incorrect and the correct answer had Anglicized names. Error was reported.
100% agreed with srisquez. At least the expression "this is Ana" should be accepted as an alternative answer.
Another correct solution: Good afternoon, she is Anne and I am Mary. It would be funny if we start translating names here, especially other names beside these :'D
I wrote correctly but without accents and it marked me error, usually for accents isn't marked like error...
The accents are a necessary part of spelling in Romanian, as they influence the pronunciation of certain vowels. "a", "ă" and "â" are thus different letters and are pronounced differently, which is perhaps the reason why the marking seems a bit harsh.
This is not a natural equivalent. You would never introduce someone in English using 'she' or 'he' like this unless they were at a distance, not close enough to hear you. It would be strange, and possibly rude. It should be 'this is'.
i really don't like getting these sentences correct, only to be marked wrong because I didn't white-wash the names
Although I think "this is Ana" is right, I don.t think we have already seen "this" in Duolingo...And it is supposed that we have to practice what has been tought! (If you are taking the lessons in order)
