"Tu nu scrii o carte."

Translation: You do not write a book.

[RyanOkushi]

It's a little confusing for me, since I'm used to Spanish. The "carte" is so similar to "carta" in Spanish that I almost end up translating it to "card".

[_Dimitris_]

It is the same word with a different meaning, deriving from Latin "charta" which in turn comes from the Greek "χάρτης" (=paper)

[JewishPolyglot]

Interesting! The word for "card" in Hebrew is כרטיס/kartis!

[CarolynHar19]

I would think the Hebrew word has been borrowed from a European language.

[RyanOkushi]

Cool! Have a Lingot!

So this must be what the "Carta/Charta" derives from in the "Magna Carta/Charta." :)

[_Dimitris_]

exactly

[TimBenjamin]

I'm half French (map/card/menu) and half English (thing that goes after a horse, or before, proverbially) and also learning Russian (картина / picture) so this "book" meaning will take some remembering for me!

[daguipa]

Well, actually carta in Spanish doesn't mean card but letter (meaning a post letter) or sometimes menu (alongside menú). Card is rather tarjeta: credit card, tarjeta de crédito; birthday card, tarjeta de cumpleaños, etc. If maybe in some countries you find carta used as card it is probably because of the influence of the English language.

[JewishPolyglot]

*once I'm used to Spanish

[RyanOkushi]

Thanks, I meant "since I'm used to Spanish."

[JewishPolyglot]

Who else learned Portuguese first and thought for a second that "o" meant "the?"

[ponuda]

I'm Brazilian and that's messing me up completely, including the gender stuff hahaha

[Hector290697]

Igualmente para mim, irmão/irmã.

[Hector290697]

This Puerto Rican did Lol.

[Carolina732631]

Same here XD

[Miriam902641]

Me

[IVIatjam]

I love the double I's in a word - it sounds so cool!

[JewishPolyglot]

You mean it looks cool. Like in Wii?

[RyanOkushi]

Personally, I call it the "Wheeee!!!™" :P

[mattiudean]

When your friend texts you an entire paragraph

[Rachel996051]

This is bad English, it should be either:
You do not write the book or
You did not write the/a book

[iiai]

Rachel996051, your sentence ”You do not write the book” can be translated in Romanian better as ”Tu nu scrii cartea.” (this book).

Also, the Romanian sentence presented in the exercise is at the present tense, with the meaning ”you are not the writer of a book, you are not involved in writing it”

while your proposal ”You did not write a book” is at past tense, and can be translated as ”Tu nu ai scris o carte”.

[Anca900545]

Who talks like that gramatically

[Sally871120]

I agree. I am confused about the article. We don't use it that way, it'd be in a book.

[Jdjfiqhfoocyfvof]

I said you are not

[Nirvaana.]

I have write it well and Duolinguo corrects me