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- "やさいを食べてください。"
"やさいを食べてください。"
Translation:Please eat vegetables.
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If I recall correctly, a parent is likely to use the less polite ~なさい (polite command) form.
It marked this kanji sentence wrong because I typed 野菜（やさい） in kanji. I've reported it (Jan. 5).
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Lots of words are implied in Japanese. Without more context, this phrase could refer to the ones on your plate, or just a request for you to eat more in general.
I think in this context it rather means Please eat vegetables' in general. If some specific vegetables it may say この・その 野菜、because 野菜 is too a vague expression and if you refer some vegetables on your plate, you may say にんじんを食べてください Please eat the carrot. etc...
I think Duolingo requires literal translation word for word, and the word for "some" is not here.
Could this mean "Please eat your vegetables?" with context? Or is it strictly a general statement?
The て-form of verbs lets you express sequences of actions, but it also has many special idiomatic uses. In particular, with ください it's a way of making a request to do that thing. (This is common enough that if you leave out the ください, it's basically implied.)
