Topic: Korean

"오늘 제 선생님이 학교에 계십니다."

Translation:My teacher is at school today.

September 30, 2017

11 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/ErnestineO

    Why is "Today my teachers are at the school" marked wrong?

    September 30, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/Renee169426

      That really has to do with direct translation. Directly translated to English that would be correct, but it has a slightly different meaning in Korean.

      October 5, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/CooperReid4

        "teachers"

        December 27, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/CooperReid4

          "teachers" the korean refers specifically one

          January 3, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/SabianF

            You forget Korean rarely uses its grammatical plurals to refer to plurals

            February 2, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/John335027

              Yours is correct too. Duolingo still needs to learn many alternatives.

              November 5, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/valeamaris

                i feel like "today my teacher is at the school" has a close enough meaning? but is there some nuance that would make it wrong :/

                December 6, 2017
                https://www.duolingo.com/Zilchrhythm

                  Today my teacher is at school Should be the right answer too

                  February 21, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/kimmyslimmy
                  • 5

                  Whats the difference between: 있습니다 계십니다 Is it just formality?

                  November 16, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Jocelyn351509

                    Yeea

                    February 23, 2019
                    https://www.duolingo.com/eleanor.yamada
                    • 22

                    why is it ʻ이ʻ for 선생님 not ʻ께서ʻ? Is it because of the 님? (if it is so, would it be ʻ이ʻ for 할아버님 and 할머님 as well?)

                    March 13, 2019
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