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"My granddaughter tries to read."
Translation:Моя онука намагається читати.
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Your sentence is good and understandable!
However, there is a little correction. It should be: «Я намагаюся читати українську, бо я вчу цю мову».
You've chosen the ending correctly: -ю. This is the correct ending.
But намагатися is not a usual word. It has a part -ся. This part comes after ending:
- я намагаюся 'I'm trying',
- ти намагаєшся 'you're trying' (informal),
- вона намагається 'she is trying',
- ми намагаємося 'we are trying',
- ви намагаєтеся 'you are trying',
- вони намага́ються 'they are trying'.
So, don't replace «ся» with «ю». Instead, replace the ending «-єть» with «-ю», and add «ся» after it.
«Ся» means that the action is directed at the speaker. The original meaning of намагатися 'to try' was 'to strain oneself', like «я намагаются читати» = 'I'm straining myself to read', and «ся» corresponds to 'myself'. So, it's not really the ending of the verb. It's attached after the ending.
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Ok, not arguing it of course but if this is so how do you explain this?: Как называется ваша команда?