"Der Hund isst den Vogel."

Translation: The dog is eating the bird.

[littleclaude]

Poor bird

[Rayhunter]

welcome to planet Earth.

[AnoopE]

Why den vogel?

[HenkinsWitness]

Because it is in the accusative case, so der Vogel is declined as den Vogel. Also, in the future, take care not to reply to someone for a completely related topic. (I assume you did it by mistake)

[CrypticOne]

Maybe the bird attacked the dog first. That happen with one of my dogs. The bird swooped down and then came by for a second pass...bye bye bird.

[littleblueduck]

They do this if their children are nearby and they try to protect them. In some species the young do not learn to fly right away, so the parents have to fight off people and other animals.

[chuckhan66]

I love how this is the top thread on this question.

[AnoopE]

Why den Vogel?

[rrrGerrrman]

How about Der Hund ist den Vogel? If it's a lunatic..? Or... if it's going to a party in a funny dress? If only heard, we shall never know, unless we are we supposed to jugde the actions of this poor canine.

[Jayce429]

Two S's, not one. Only a human is stupid enough to claim he/she is something they're not.

[rrrGerrrman]

Good point. Lets have a Lingot for that.

[MaryCulpep]

Wrong verb! Animals use Fressen!

[brunnhilde2]

Thank you!

[SephyTheLark]

This is wrong. It should be fressen and not essen because it is an animal eating and not a human

[DarrenMCross]

Agreed. I just got burned for using essen in a previous question with the exact same content. Some consistency would be nice.

[Eryashnik]

Be careful to always use the word 'dog' in Duolingo translations as the word 'hound' is not accepted it seems.

[CrypticOne]

Probably because a hound is a specific breed of dog....

[8Melinda9]

Hound is as much a breed as a herding dog... There a many different types of hounds such as Afghan Hound, Africanis, American Foxhound,
American Leopard Hound. The hound breeds were the first hunting dogs...

[Andreas305]

And a german might understand a "dog" as the name of the breed "Deutsche Dogge", that is called in english "German Mastiff"

[Thompson.Y]

Out of curiousity what about the breed we call german sheppard, how that translate?

[Andreas305]

The German Shepherd we call Deutscher Schäferhund.

[hyster462]

hat is up with all these animals eating other animals this is the second one in a row for me

[majaczyc]

Not that we know many more verbs. :) There was a choice between, eats, drinks, reads, has and is. :) Makes sense for me.

[Garrfielda]

Dear people, dear "duolingers", PLEASE do not transform duolingo into a chat...sort of something. I really want to receive comments because I want to understand better, to learn from others and not to discuss if a bird eats a dog or whatever, I don't care (virtually speaking). Thank you for understanding.

[tina.winsl]

Omg thank you! I'm just trying to understand the question and there's 112 comments on the demise of an imaginary bird! Can we stay focused here people for ten seconds please!

[CarlosRubi2]

This should be "frisst" right?

[Emma203710]

'frisst' surely?

[Maja484388]

why is "isst", not "frisst"?

[SaurabhPra207090]

Should be - Der Hund frisst den vogel

[platinakuka]

I would have a question... :)
How can I express the fact that my dog is a female? Mein Hund ist ein Madchen? or Er ist ein Madchen? :D
Thank you for answering ^^

[matt_k_13]

From what I learned, the verb 'to eat' for animals is fressen not essen.

[Binti275]

Wasn't the verb supposed to be "frisst" here?

[CarlosRubi2]

This should be frisst instead of isst

[AnitaKinne2]

should it not be 'frisst' einen vogel? Not 'isst'

[adaYetkin]

Too much murder here.. I have a bad feeling about the next question...

[ErgaKandly]

Why not "der hund frisst den vogel" ?

[MarkPeters454849]

Why not frisst?

[waterbook]

Why does this sentence use essen rather than fressen?

[sharon689776]

Why the use of essen here rather than fressen? I thought essen was just for people.

[CheeseballCat123]

I feel bad for the poor bird..... I was surprised they didn't use cat for this because usually cats would be more likely to eat the bird but whatever.

[sqrt222]

I had "the cat eats the bird" and "the dog eats the bird" in a row

[Mani603080]

Isst or frisst?

[Garrfielda]

Fressen is used for animals, essen only for humans

[BrodyPrice2]

Shouldn't it be 'frisst den Vogel?'

[George789514]

Is it not frisst den vogel ???

[FrankieFranks49]

I am confused. I thought of people isst and animals frisst.

[MeepMmorp]

How am i supposed to know isst from ist, during speech?

[FrankieFranks49]

Simply how it is used. Would you say The dog is the bird? My problem is I thought with animals we used frisst. So I am totally confused. LOL!

[abhinavsood]

Why not frisst?

[jdO8rV]

Isst instead of frisst

[persis1234]

Should be fressen, not essen!

[snowguy17]

I heard it as "The dog is the bird."

[Andrea155912]

I wrote "The dog is the bird..."

[Andreas305]

English is = German ist

German isst = English (he/she/it) eats

Because those two verbs are very similar a lot of people mix it up.

[BuraShimazaki]

I wrote hound by mistake.