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- "うでどけいをカバンに入れます。"
"うでどけいをカバンに入れます。"
Translation:I will put the watch in the bag.
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"a watch" and "the watch" makes Duo detect two different meanings. By default, a watch would be translated as "1 watch". I remember a few sections back "have a bento" translating to the words "have 1 bento".
Probably a bug in the code, could be more correct than "a watch". All I'm saying is report it.
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"my watch" should definitely be wrong because you would say "watashi no udedokei" for that. "The watch" should be correct and reported if wrong
I studied up on Japanese grammar early on to get a feel for it.
English: Subject, Verb, Object. Japanese: Subject, Object, Verb.
It causes confusion at first, but what I did was read an English sentence backwards (minus the subject) to translate the Japanese sentence while being grammatically correct. It's an odd trick, and I want to explain it but I can't find the words to describe it.