"고양이들이 잡니다."

Translation: The cats sleep.

[juliaaaaah25]

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

[_mi_young_45679]

And 'The dog sings'

[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.

[DonnyDs]

"잠" means sleep. Meanwhile the suffix "입니다" means "-to do (in a polite way". You can write both 잠입니다 or 잡니다 because 잡니다 is only used to save letters.

The suffix "을" is to sign a word as the Object. So "잡니다" means "Sleeping" and "잠을" means "Sleep (but in a form of object)". I can't really think of an example sorry

[Princess-P6]

Kinda 'sleep'

[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?

[Lfldsmadfr]

I have a doubt but is not about the sentence, where do i check if someone replies a comment on here?

[Kam832131]

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

[peecdro]

meaning 잠 is the subject, or, its the "sleep"?

[happyjhopeday]

Sleep..

[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

[direzfa]

the cats always sleep

[Sparkles160]

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

[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.

[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

[Shayan979248]

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

[YodaKnowKorean]

잡니다 isn't for catch?

[Sayi_]

The verb for "to catch" is "잡습니다" (infinitive is "잡다"). Here the verb is "잡니다" (infinitive is "자다"). The stem is thus not the same, which is easier to see in the infinitive form.

[Vitya324082]

The dog sings while cats are sleeping
What a hardworking dog

[BLAKE176]

I can relate to the cats

[galactic_snowy]

Can the translation be "The cats are sleeping." ? If not, when do we use present continuous tense or even just tell the difference between any of the tenses?

[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".

[AfreenAnsa261380]

Like our suga

[leehimang]

Correct

[Phuongg217211]

What does goyangi deuri mean? Why don't we use goyangi eun or goyangi ga?

[ph.GQRPIG]

I was thinking too but maybe because here it is cats not cat maybe so! :)

[ph.kniwxC]

Why is 'The cats sleeps' is wrong

[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'.

[SevenTamGD]

Duolingo teaches really polite, it would be 고양이들이 자요.
Aaa

[Sayi_]

At least it teaches us infinitive form so it's easier to get other forms… we can't say it's the same in japanese…

[ph.9nxaS9]

Why not the use 잠 잡니다

[julyahhh]

be more considerate for typos pls

[SrushtiSur7]

Ya we all see in run bts ep. S

[BellaMazzH]

MY PERSONAL FAVORITE SCENTENCE THE DOG AND CAT CONVERSE IN KOREAN :-)

[ph.Tt3Eqn]

i google the word 잡니다 and it showing that it means catch it