"Lest diese Zeitung, bitte."

Translation: Read that newspaper, please.

[Seaaaan]

This is the first time I have ever seen the imperative mood. I would appreciate learning how to do it before being tested on it.

[ZuraKupatadze]

Same :/

[deactivated user]

Agreed

[ArborAurora]

Apparently I can't hear the difference between "liest" and "lest"... This is a problem I have with almost every listening exercise on Duolingo. It is so frustrating!

[jaiirapetjan]

I wonder why they snuck an imperative so early on in the course. We've only done present tense and here we are supposed to be working on the accusative object pronouns.

[Christophe859568]

I am having the same problem. I wonder if anyone has an idea why?

[ninopiamonte]

Duolingo can't provide enough high-quality Text-to-Speech engine because IMO, first, it requires a heavy data download, and second, it's a challenge for both listening and answering the correct grammar (I'm referring also to the other challenges in the game).

[kim1947]

why that newspaper, not this newspaper?

[mizinamo]

It's a bad translation. diese Zeitung should be "this newspaper".

Please report the error.

[ninopiamonte]

I answered with "Lest das Zeitung, bitte" from the question "Read that newspaper, please" and marked incorrect. I think there's still a problem with the reverse translation.

Could "diese(r)(s)" mean in this context "that" as well?

[KesGrelly]

die Zeitung. Lest diese Zeitung. Lies diese Zeitung.

[purplepurpur]

Das doesn't mean "that", except if it's used on its own. I would translate "Read that newspaper, please." as "Lies/Lest/Lesen Sie jene Zeitung, bitte."

[peter274019]

Look like it's corrected now, it accepts "this newspaper".

[Ryuuji360]

why isn't it liest?

[KesGrelly]

Du liest ein Buch? Lies die Zeitung, bitte! Ihr lest ein Buch? Lest die Zeitung, bitte!

[timstellmach]

"Liest" would be the singular indicative mood (a statement of fact). "Lest" is the plural imperative mood (requests and commands). And no, you shouldn't be expected to know that yet.

[Stuartdrouse]

Why "Lest diese Zeitung, bitte." but not "Lese diese Zeitung, bitte."?

[quis_lib_duo]

The imperative 2nd pers. sing. is irregular: Lies!

[Zainy1453]

What? could you clarify more pls.

[Girlcatlove1524]

This means that the verb lesen is irregular. In this sentence, it is in the imperative plural form (I believe) and is in second person, telling a person or multiple people to read the newspaper, therefore it is lest. Refer to this website - http://www.canoo.net/inflection/lesen:V:haben

[ZackD20055002]

lest vs liest?

[purplepurpur]

Liest is 2nd person singular present, Lest is 2nd person plural present/imperative.

[AshutoshSi494568]

why it is diese Zeitung and not der Zuitung.... accusative of der is der , right?

[MaxGonzale16]

Die Zeitung, not der Zeitung. Also, diese is not an inflection or der, it means "this"

[benton.1]

The accusative of "der" is "den". "Der/den" means "the". "Diese" means "this" not "the". The sentence says "Read this newspaper." not "Read the newspaper."

[Seattle_Scott]

My answer was marked wrong and the suggested word was “gazette”, not newspaper. Does anyone even say gazette?

[achemerysov]

It's imperative, not accusative. DUO PLS FIX

[ArcherAC3]

There's no subject (hidden)?

[purplepurpur]

It's an imperative, which we stupidly enough haven't learnt yet. Duolingo does that sometimes.

[philipbelcher]

Lies(e) should be accepted