"They want to eat within twenty-two minutes."

Translation: Chtějí jíst do dvaceti dvou minut.

[JamesA134505]

Why is my answer wrong: "chtějí jíst během dvaceti dvou minut." ?

[DominikSau1]

I think its perfectly correct....

[DominikSau1]

"Chtějí se najíst do dvaadvaceti minut" is more natural.

[Paul440375]

I think there is a difference in meaning of "Chtějí jíst do dvaceti dvou minut." and "Chtějí se najíst do dvaceti dvou minut." The first sentence says that they don't want to wait more than 22 minutes before eating while the second says that they want to be finished eating in 22 minutes.

I think the Czech translation of the English sentence is correct.

[DominikSau1]

If you give such a precise interval specification (22 mins), it's quite understood that you want to be done with the food by the time the interval has passed (because e.g. your train or ferry leaves then). Thus I rest my case that the perfective aspect is more correct than the original.

[Paul440375]

Oh, I see, but if you give such a precise interval specification (22 mins), you probably want the students to practice numbers :-). That's why I didn't pay much attention to that part of the sentence and focused on the grammar.