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Why sollen is used in the solution given by duolingo? Should it not be sollten for 'should'. Can anyone explain?
- 1441
Yes but the solution given by duolingo mentioned sollen. I'm asking it must be sollten (for 'should') right?-- Sie sollten mehr Wörter lernen. Or can you point me out to a link which clearly explains me the function of soll in past and present?
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DL's translation is fine (in my opinion at least). But you are right: 'They should learn more words' could be translated with sollte as well. Perhaps it would help to think of sollen as 'to be supposed to'; 'They are/were supposed to learn more words'. The difference is easier to see this way. And in my opinion, it is also a more accurate translation (I am not a native German speaker, though). I have a feeling that the problem here lies in the fact that some English auxiliary verbs are much more irregular than the German ones. My English, however, is far from perfect, so I really should not lecture on English grammar
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Bad English translation. I translated it as "they should learn more words" and it was counted correct, but "They are supposed to learn more words" was offered as the duo-lingo approved translation. Nowhere in the German sentence does it say anything remotely related to suppositions or presumptions. It only says that they ought to learn more words.
