"しゃしんをとるのはたのしいです。"
Translation:It is fun to take photos.
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の is a nominaliser -- it turns the clause before it into a noun, the action of doing whatever was described. In this case, taking pictures. は then sets the topic of discussion to that thing. So 「しゃしんをとるのは〜」 is like "As for taking pictures..."
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It usually sounds more natural to have the gerund rather than the infinitive as the subject.
Report that your answer should be taken as correct and help make a richer variety of valid answers :)
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It is fun taking photos. This my answer was said to be a mistake.英語はむずかしいですね。(^^)/
'It's fun taking photographs' = nope. I would've said 'to take' rather than 'taking', too, but last question i tried noped me for saying exactly that. Consistency would be nice here.
So far, they've been translating のは/のが to ~ing verbs, so why is this one different?
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There seem to be several EACH WAY in this exercise. That is, some want "...ing" and some want "to ..." If there is a clue to figuring it out beforehand, I haven't got it.
Why is "It is fun to take photographs." deemed as incorrect here?
