"Băiatul mănâncă prânzul."

Translation: The boy eats lunch.

[Boerries_79]

The translation should be The boy eats the lunch

[cosmo-pedant]

"The boy is eating lunch." - seems to be an alternatively acceptable translation. (I beg to differ with Boerries 79.)

[Sofi966016]

Yes I'm with you

[Thomas462454]

Prânzul means the lunch, prânz means lunch. In this sentence article use is a bit confusing but correct nonetheless. Prânzul here means lunch (not the) because it is his lunch "this lunch" for him, if you will.

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/19086406

[Valentina479557]

Which is the difference between "prânz" and "prânzul"??

[twovectors]

'Prânzul' is the articulated version, being the equivalent of 'the lunch'

prânz = lunch
pranzul = the lunch

[rosechild72]

Not fair to cancel the lesson just before i am all finished

[twovectors]

What do you mean?