"When do you drink wine?"
Translation:¿Cuándo bebes vino?
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I'm slightly confused about the 2nd answer it accepted for "When do you drink wine?" ("¿Cuándo beben vino?") Isn't beben the conjugation for ellos/ellas/ustedes?
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As you know in Spanish(and many other languages) we have, singular, plural, formal, and informal forms of YOU.
English does not make these distinctions.
DuoLingo NEEDS to specify what is being asked when asking for a translation of YOU in a language that makes those distinctions. By not doing so, people are confused because they are not being asked a clear question.
ustedes -plural, formal, YOU ALL
usted-singular and formal, YOU
tu -informal. singular, YOU
vosotros-informal, plural, (Iberian Spanish not South America)YOU ALL
Modern teaching methods use the term "YOU ALL" for simply introducing this concept so that English speakers may clearly grasp this form of you.
Got me too... "when do YOU drink wine", not when do you guys drink wine. Hence, beben.
That is exactly why i missed it. I saw the ellos/ellas version of the question and said no way it would be that.
I have to agree with you. I come from a Spanish backround so I grew up speaking spanish and the correct way to ask when do you drink wine is " ¿Cuando bebes vino? " or another translation is "¿Cuando bebes el vino?
Right now in Spanish class, we are learning about conjugations. A verb that ends in "-an" or "-en" is for ellos, ellas, and ustedes.
VinoS would be the plural form of vino(wine) so u would use it like, "Aquellos vinos son de buenas marcas" or " Mi papá bebe todos los vinos en la casa."
Because: Tu bebes=You(singular) drink Ustedes beben=You(plural) drink
I understand that it can be a plural "You" or a singular "You", but for the sake of this lesson, they should distinguish what they are really asking because it can be either answer and some of us might only have 1 heart left until we fail the lesson.
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Now I'm really confused. I tried to note the word order in a previous question, it was: question word + object + verb + subject ("Cuántos pan comen los niños?).
So, applying this Q.O.V.S. structure was incorrect for this question ("¿Cuándo vino bebes?"). I dropped the "tu" given that the verb implies it.
So, is are there standard grammar forms for Subject/Object/Verb?
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For a question it's almost the same in English. Cuándo- bebes -vino? When- do you drink- wine? With cuánto, there is a difference with cuándo. With cuánto, you have to say how many glasses or how many dresses. Cuántos vasos tiene? How many glasses do you have? But cuándo bebes vino?
cuando beben vino is supposed to mean how much wine do they drink. Not how much he drinks! And i almost got another lingot but i just lost a heart over this. >:(
