"고양이들이 잡니다."

Translation: The cats sleep.

[Serieve]

Sooo why isn't this 고양이들이 잠을 잡니다? Grammar reasons?

[Annuuuu]

잠(을) is optional so you can use just 잡니다

[Janny1012]

What does 잠을 mean?

[Denisavel]

From what I understand 잠을 잡니다 means literally to sleep a sleep. 잡니다 on its own is just to sleep. I'm guessing they're pretty much the same and either one is correct. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Ms.Reed]

That's what I wanted to ask! Is it necessary or not? Or does it depend on the subject, if it's animal or human or something?

[dinkerton]

maybe the 잠을 is just for added emphasis?

[SI0HI]

I think you don't need to use it, it's optional but if you want to describe your sleep I had a sweet sleep you have to write sweet JAMIL jamnida

[Kam832131]

I think it's because 을/를 marks the object in the sentence!

[KimJia25]

I love the fact that Duolingo makes us translate a nonsense sentence like "The dog dances" yet this one is so true

[txt_and_nct]

Lol, or "The cat writes a message in English" !! weird

[direzfa]

the cats always sleep

[ATRUGX]

"The cats are asleep" sounds more grammatically right.
Duolingo's translation sucks flips table

[Jess76231]

What if someone asked what the cats do when the owner is at work? "The cats sleep." is a perfectly grammatical response.

[Sparkles59408]

Does 들 make the cat plural?

[direzfa]

yes

[Ehsan858913]

Yes. 들 makes it plural.

[txt_and_nct]

Please explain why in other sentences it's 잠잡니다 for "to sleep," but in this it's 잡니다 and still means the same thing?

[SI0HI]

It's the same because in Korean you can say I sleep a sleep it's optional

[Shayan979248]

So you could say 잠을 잡니다 or 잡니다 or even 잠잡니다 ??

[YodaKnowKorean]

잡니다 isn't for catch?

[Vitya324082]

The dog sings while cats are sleeping
What a hardworking dog

[carat267286]

I can relate to the cats

[GotNoJamsOWO3]

nico....sleepu (つ^ㅅ^)つ z z z z----"

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[Ella_Kat]

So wholesome UwU

[GjzsMV]

If you can say..... The dog dances, how come I can't say...... The cats are sleep.

[dpatkat]

I dont know correct Korean for what you ask. But, in English it is "The cats are asleep.. Or "The cats are sleeping", not "The cats are sleep".

[Brogana]

this is the first time I have not seen sleep be Jam. as with the word:Hello, the lessons could have introduced Jab as an alternative. I think it's a stretch to assume that since sleeps Is :jam jab ida that we might be able to guess that sleep was jab. I hate this program for how it makes you guess instead of teaching you

[FirdausJuzup]

Why the verb to sleep can be use directly but not the verb to dream? If the word sleep changed to dream, the sentence would become longer like this; 고양이들이 꿈을 꿉니다 - which literally translates to "the cats dream a dream"

[Yra554800]

Why is my answer wrong if I even put the same as the correct amswer

[ara.gatchalian]

Why is it hard to memorize korean words when all i want is to watch kdrama without reading the subtitle. huhu

[Ella_Kat]

Girl same T^T

[JakeMakuch]

Why does "the cat sleeps" not work?

[Conny647587]

Because it was the plural form: i.e. several 'cats' not just one 'cat'. Then you also have to change the verb in English making it 'the cats sleep' not 'the cat sleeps'.