"My boyfriend was working at school."

Translation: わたしのかれしはがっこうにつとめていました。

[Anguria]

I wrote かれし instead of わたしのかれし and it was marked wrong. I think it's quite obvious thats kareshi is MY boyfriend. No japanese people would say watashi no kareshi

[deactivated user]

And still not accepted 5 months later.

[clickonwhatnow]

Wouldn't it be がっこうでつとめていました? When you do something at a location, you use で, when you GO to a location, you use に. I may, of course, be wrong in this particular situation.

But you would say "I go to school" 私は学校に行きます.

And "I study at school" 学校で勉強します.

[Anthony607994]

Why is it つとめていました　instead of つとめました？

[Demolitius]

つとめました would be good if the boyfriend 'worked' at school, but because he 'was working' at school, we use つとめていました.

[RicardoFra468772]

ています imply a continuity in time. In present tense is means its happening while in past tense you imply it happened in a period of time just as in english you can say: i played basketball or i was playing basketball.

[Penthus]

If I recall, it has to do with tense.

[James151779]

This is one of those that really needs a cleanup. The "cursor over" for "working" shows three possibilities - none of which are available in the list. The correct solution then shows "勤めて" for "working" - but that is not a possible answer either.

[ecstaticsinger23]

Could 学校に go before 私の彼氏？

[Krowassan]

Was wondering the same thing

[Rusinsr]

Gramatically that would be allowed, yes.

[Elysiatan1]

Not all the characters used in the 'correct' solution are offered to complete the translation.

[Anthony177073]

this bs

[irene.holm]

What is the difference between 勤めています and 働きます？

[Demolitius]

Well... firstly - the tense. The first one is in present continuous "[I am] working" and the second one is a form to describe habits, future tense or that, that you are doing something in general but not at this very moment.
And as the words themselves go - there is no much difference other than that, that when you say you work for a company you would use 勤めます and 働きます can be used more widely, like for an example a part-time job.

[Tristan618781]

I put the がっこうに part before the わたしのかれしは part. Should I have been marked wrong?