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"Although she likes the skirt, she does not buy it."
Translation:Tuy cô ấy thích cái váy nhưng cô ấy không mua nó.
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I cannot find anywhere where the term "mặc dù" has been previously taught. What does it mean? How do we know if it is a correct translation when we've never seen or heard of the word/phrase before?
I had the same problem. Apparently this word will be taught in lesson 40 so we're ahead of the game now :-)
Here's the word list if you want it: https://www.memrise.com/course/1070394/duolingo-vietnamese-vocabulary/
Couldn't open the vocabulary list; something like that would be really helpful though.
I've converted that list to a spreadsheet. If you have Excel then you can download it to your computer using the Direct Download option at the top right. If you put anything in column D it will highlight the row so you can mark words that you need to practice more.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/66io1njtxs6l6bg/Duolingo%20Vietnamese%20Words%20.xlsx
Is it possible for the link to be posted again? I get a 404 error. Thanks. (29 Oct 2019)
they are synonymous:
mặc dù = tuy = although
and
tuy nhiên = however, though
i am confused, isn't "nhưng" used for more than one skirts? how is it applied here?
những = indicates plurality nhưng = but, however Confused me at first too. I've gone to using a Vietnamese keyboard that allows me to type the accent marks so I can learn to pay attention to them.
Nhưng can also be used as "but". although she likes the skirt, but she does not buy it. at least that's the conclusion i came up with.
Isn't "aó" the classifier for clothes? If so, why does the system reject my answer as follows?: Tuy cô ấy thích áo váy nhưng cô ấy không mua nó.
Use "cái" classifier in this case: Tuy cô ấy thích cái áo nhưng cô ấy không mua nó.
No, it is not, áo means shirt or coat and many compound nouns are formed out of it (ex. áo sơ mi, áo mưa, áo dài).
You commonly use cái or chiếc for clothing/garment (quần áo) to keep it simple.
In a sentence you often drop the classifier when you add attributes to your direct object (i. e. Cô ấy thích áo váy trắng. – She likes the white skirt.) but still translate the definite article the into English.
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I left a "?" and got it right. The sentence is ready correct. I could leave it blank. This is stupid.
"mà" would not sound natural or Vietnamese-like in this case. "Mà" would be more like "that" in relative cause of English
In 2 sentences previous "although he is vietnamese, he doesn't speak vietnamese" the word "Những " had to be used. This exercise is precisely the same structure but the word "Những" can be omitted! Duolingo - please show some consistency or at least correct which ever of these 2 exercises is incorrect!
I suppose you mean that one:
Mặc dù anh ấy là người Việt Nam, nhưng anh ấy không nói Tiếng Việt.
You are probably confusing những with nhưng:
những is a pluralizer and nhưng means but, however and – in this particular sentence here – goes with tuy to build even though/although:
Tuy cô ấy thích cái váy, nhưng cô ấy không mua nó. – Although she likes the skirt, she doesn't buy it.
In detail we have:
Tuy = adverbial conjunction although
cô ấy = pronoun she
thích = verb to like
cái = classifier for things the
váy = noun skirt
nhưng = adverbial conjunction but, however (not translated in English)
cô ấy = pronoun she
không = negation no, not
mua = verb to buy
nó = pronoun it
Hope it helps!
