"今週の土よう日は九日ですか？"

Translation: Is this Saturday the ninth?

[prozyczko]

I wonder why I can't literally translate to "is this week's saturday the ninth?"

[KherryKandy]

Wouldn't that be a more literal translation, too? I don't get why it's incorrect :(

[elizadeux]

For anyone who isn't a native English speaker, "this week's Saturday" doesn't sound very natural to me, at least not where I live. Is this common in some regions? However, everyone will understand it in any case.

[Omar735681]

It is now accepted as of 07/31

[EnriqueTak]

Why can't I enter 土曜日 instead of 土よう日? Isn't it the proper way to write it?

[ASleepingRock]

It is correct, report away!

[IAmEki]

I can't choose to report it for that reason... I hope that means it's because they've already received enough reports on it, and don't need any more...

[ArnaudLesb]

How do i form the ordinal number?

[V2Blast]

Just add 目（め） to the regular counter: 九つ目（ここのつめ）

Alternately, if you want to indicate "number 9", use 番（ばん）: 九番（きゅうばん）

...And again, you can add 目 to indicate "ninth": 九番目（きゅうばんめ）

More info about Japanese numbers/counting:

https://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/japanese.htm

http://maggiesensei.com/2015/11/24/japanese-ordinal-numbers-%E3%80%9C%E7%9B%AE-me-%E7%95%AA%E7%9B%AE-banme-%E7%AC%AC-dai/

[mzerrath]

Given that today is September 9th, 2017, it is indeed a Saturday.

[faisalewd]

Why you must put "the" ?

[Tatianna459604]

Is it wrong to say 'is Saturday this week the 9th' as opposed to Saturday next week? I got it marked wrong. 1/23/18

[Dot844345]

"Is it the 9th this Saturday?"
Why is this wrong?

[koumori72]

Because it's the opposite way round. You're saying 九日は今週の土曜日ですが。

[ASleepingRock]

I see a case for it as the pattern AはBです generally means "A is B". If A is B, then it stands that B is also A. The sentence here is a question though, but the reasoning should still apply.

[ASleepingRock]

Flip, and then I remembered that all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares (just because A can be B doesn't mean B can be A). What I said only works with math and equal signs, which then suggests why OP's sentence doesn't work...

Yay for mobile not having editing powers or deleting powers...

[BranislavR17]

Whe you use "the" before an ordinal number in written tasks, it marks it as wrong. But when you don't use it in these tasks, it is wrong. Duolingo is a the original prankster.

[h1dsaMde]

Why "is Saturday the ninth?" wrong?

[idiomasdaisuki]

Is this Saturday 9th?
Rejected.

In English, it's usual to write dates with digits, not as words - and we write "the ninth" as "9th", not as "the 9th".

I've just failed to test out because I had four questions where either the so-called "correct" answer was in unnatural English, or the "correct" answer was okay but my answer was also okay and was rejected. This is really frustrating.

[shacharmn]

今週の土曜日は九日ですか
what's wrong here? am i missing something?

[TiffanyRed10]

So, I used: 今週の土曜日は９日ですか？ and because I used 土曜日 instead of 土よう日、I get marked wrong?!