"Der Mann gibt seiner Frau kein Kontra."

[luizgsc]

How about "the man does not disagree with his wife"?

[christian]

Sounds fine.

[wataya]

But 'disagree' in the sense of actively defending your point.

[dirron]

You totally misunderstood what I said. I didn't say "to talk back to" means the same as "reply". I said "to talk back to" inherently involves a form of reply, and that's why I believe Christian's distinction is false and doesn't make sense. Any native English speaker would understand what I mean...

[wataya]

I still don't get it. If they don't mean the same, it does make sense to keep the meanings separate, doesn't it? Nobody claimed that 'to talk back' wouldn't involve a form of reply.

[wataya]

Fine, so we'll leave this as a mystery.

[yaliyev]

What about this translation: The man does not give his wife any minus?

[wataya]

No, the sentence really means 'to talk back to his wife'.

[Rastashredder93]

what's the difference between minus and counterpoint? thanks

[Soglio]

"Minus" is mostly a mathematical term ("Ten minus six equals four"). In other contexts, it means "less than."

[DeeRamm]

What is this obsession with the word "Kontra"? I can't believer that its use is all that common. I never ran into it before using Duolingo. Is it some recent fad?