"고양이는 무엇을 먹습니까?"
Translation:What do cats eat?
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Wouldn't it be "What does the cat eat“? Cat is in singular form here, right? Cats would be 고양이들, isn't it?
Both "cats" and "the cat" should be accepted. It's normal to leave out 들 when talking about nouns that aren't people.
*nouns that aren't animate
고양이 in this exercise refers to cats in general, which is why 들 is left out.
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More like "What does a cat eat?" But the original comment is correct - since Korean doesn't have definite or indefinite article, the meaning isn't unambiguous without context. The speaker could be looking at a cat eating something and use the same sentence to mean "What does the cat eat?" or "What is the cat eating?" (since Koreans often prefer simple present tense to the progressive).
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Because "what does a cat eat?" is the exact same question as "what do cats eat?". Also, as others pointed out, ~들 clarifies plurality, it doesn't indicate singluarity if it's missing.
For the different ways we use "what" in English, there are different forms for the Korean (pronoun, question, adjective, noun, adverb).
See the Duolingo tips and notes on the web.
when i first read this i thought it meant "what kind of cat do you eat"?
That is technically a possible translation, but do you understand the structure?
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food is an uncountable and general noun, so it requires a modifier to specify what is it that cats eat of all the food there is, so "what kind" or "what type" should've been included for it to be counted as right and more accurate
Okay, I really read "what eats cats" because DUOLINGO stays being dark.
Also, wrong answer
