"Te voy a presentar a un amigo argentino."
Translation:I am going to introduce you to an Argentinian friend.
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Really bloody annoying when you type everything out and realize you read too quickly and mistook a "mi" for an "un" or a "eso" for an "el". Argggh!
"I'm going to introduce you to my Argentinian friend". Nope!
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I did the same. Its not word for word but it definitely has to be a correct translation. How can a friend not be your friend? You would never say I am going to introduce you to someone else's friend.
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How do you know whether this is "I am going to introduce you to an Argentine friend" or "I am going to introduce an Argentine friend to you"?
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I lost a heart for using Argentine instead of Argentinian. I am going to introduce to you an Argentine friend . was marked wrong.
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And in the U.S. The word is usually pronounced "ar-jen-TINE". Reference WordReference.com:
Ar•gen•tine (är′jən tēn′, -tīn′), n. a native or inhabitant of Argentina.
dougconnah is correct. If it was the other way around, it would be "Le voy a presentar un amigo argentino a ti." it's all about the indirect objects!
I would think that because "te" is the indirect object and "a" is the silent-in-English "personal a" the correct translation would be "introduce an Argentine friend to you." But not having had to translate it yet, I don't know whether Duo accepts this as well.
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I wrote "I am going to present you an Argentinean friend." It marked me wrong (saying ...you to an...). But doesn't their "correct answer" make you a direct object?
And if te is a direct object, then wouldn't they need an indirect object since they are mandatory?
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I think for this "te" is the direct object. It is the person having the action done to them. So I will introduce you.
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No you did not. thats impossible cause I just did that and did not lose any hearts. musta been something else cause argentine is correct
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I think that you can't notice that in english
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Change the mistake! It should accept Argentine by now. It does on other exercises, every other one where I have put it actually. Why not this one?
I wrote i am going to present to you my argentinian friend. To present is the same as introduce.....
