"今日のテストはかんたんでした。"

Translation: The test today was easy.

[Haiw0n]

Simple should be accepted as a translation for かんたん

[willyfoxworthy]

Agree. "Simple" should be accepted as well as "easy".

[ManuelVale311147]

Yup, definitely!

[Slash513421]

今日のテストは簡単でした

[kbreddit]

簡単 - easy

[V2Blast]

Or "simple".

[regularfanb0y]

Hey blast, It ended in Deshita and not Desu, can you enlighten me?

[xxSilversxx]

The test is already finished, it WAS easy/simple. That's why deshita takes place.

[Desmond7900]

I'm obviously not blast, but deshita (でした) is past tense - the test has already happened. It WAS easy.

Same thing as mashita, and mashitaka. (ました、ましたか) as opposed to ます

[OscarMarco4]

That kanji is not easy*

[AdrianWill829460]

"Today's test was simple" not accepted. Psh

[Matas998878]

Same feel here

[Pikachu025]

What us the difference between "Yasashii" and "Kantan" with respect to tests?

[V2Blast]

In this context, they're interchangeable.

[Matas998878]

Yasashii is more like "kind"
Kantan is "easy", or "simple"

[FrederickEason]

優しい is kind. 易しい is easy. They are homophones, not the same word.

[Joe264823]

I'm not entirely sure, but I think one is more like simple while the other more like easy.

But maybe I have just a fake memory because I have read simple in the comments section.

[Yaolinguo1]

what's the difference between やさしい　＆ 簡単

[V2Blast]

In this context, they're interchangeable.

[VaclavPero]

Can you give us examples, please, where they are not interchangable ? Thank you

[xxSilversxx]

Basically, kantan means simple, yasashii means easy. Something can be easy but not simple, that's where they are not interchangeable.

[Joe264823]

Is no necessary?

[xxSilversxx]

Yes, the の particle is used to indicate "today's date"

[488.8JcPFzHV8Q0a]

Wouldn't "Today's test was very easy." also work? Considering that 今日のテスト is used I feel it might be okay.

[ManuelVale311147]

I'm sure you can also say "Today's test" was very easy. That should be accepted.

[Mike947115]

Correct answer: 今日のテストはかんたんでした。
I type: 今日のテストはかんたんでした。
Marked wrong. Get it together, duolingo. This is happening every day to me recently. Very discouraging.