"ぎんこうは五時にしまります。"

Translation: Banks close at five o'clock.

[darthoctopus]

銀行は五時に閉まります

[ttnsam13]

Why can't I put o clock if they have 時

[R0dluvan]

Report it.

[MaynardHogg]

You forgot the apostrophe.

Orthography still counts at Duolingo.

[Aelianos]

Would "the banks close an hour before anyone gets off work, always" be a valid translation

[airzae]

No

[IsolaCiao]

Close, but you would have to change "an hour" to "two hours".

[MaynardHogg]

Make that "at least two hours." (wink)

[MaynardHogg]

Was meinen Sie?

[kdelros]

Shouldn't "The bank closes/is closing at 5" also work?

[dragonzkiller]

This sentence can mean multiple things in English:

1.) "The bank closes at 5."
2.) "The banks close at 5."
3.) "Banks close at 5." (As in all banks in general close then)

Technically it can mean "The bank/banks is/are closing at 5." or "The bank will close at 5." but usually this means it's closing soon, so there would probably be other, better ways of wording such a thing.

[Howard]

"the banks close at five o'clock" was not accepted.

[Howard]

Accepted now.

[MaynardHogg]

You forgot to capitalize "the."

[ApfelLiebe]

Comment not about the exercise in particular.. In Japan, banks close at 3 pm >_<

[daniel.cul]

"The bank will close at 5."

i'm assuming this was wrong because I used future tense instead of present. how would I write my sentence vs what they wanted?

[ASleepingRock]

Should've been good, I'd report it if it still doesn't accept.

[MaynardHogg]

Grammatically correct, but counterfactual in Japan.

[themrme1]

If only.

[Blackdeadlywest]

I put the bank will close at 5 and it said nope.

[sotnosen93]

Report it if it still isn't accepted.

[arcferrari248]

...aaaand I instinctively put PM after the "5". (._. )

[Son.Goku]

Shouldn't it be: "The banks are closed at 5."

[MaynardHogg]

But when do they close?

[Dan579614]

I put: Banks close at 5 o'clock.
And it says Wrong answer!

[MaynardHogg]

Report it.

[NigelDB]

The bank is closed at 5 was not accepted.

[MaynardHogg]

Note that the Japanese uses a non-past verb form.

[MaynardHogg]

Some banks stay open till 5 pm, but the banking day ends at 3 pm.

ATMs, however, are all over the map. (Pun intended.)