"Please say the meaning of this word."

Translation: この言葉の意味を言ってください。

[deactivated user]

この言葉の意味を言ってください。

[mzerrath]

When would one use を instead of と with the verb 言う? I felt it was another one of Duolingo's dirty tricks in teaching new concepts.

[hoipimniet]

As I learned from a discussion on another, similar sentence, using 'to' would mean 'the definition of "that word"', whereas 'wo' means 'the definition of that word'. Hope that helps.

[DaVince21]

With と this sentence would turn into something like:
Please say "the meaning of this word".

[YasserAli94436]

"Imi no kotoba" why is it wrong ?

[James483647]

Because that's backwards... Should be kotoba no imi.
Word's meaning, not meaning's word.

[ThasTa0]

Kotoba no imi
The meaning of the word
Imi no kotoba
The word of the meaning

[yabu82]

The hovering translation for "word" suggests 単語, but the correct reply demands ことば, please fix.

[James151779]

is it just my PC, or is the text options incorrect? The "hover over" for "say" is "言う (いう)". However, the options (and translation) is "言っ". Is a lower tsu equivalent to a large U?

[Justin621588]

The lower tsu is part of the "te form" of the verb, which is used when issuing a command (eg. Please do...)

[Eli-aiki]

Another sentence where typing correct kanji results in being marked wrong...