Topic: High Valyrian

"Kostōbi ābri valī jūlor mōzusi."

Translation:Strong women and men drink milk.

10/2/2017, 4:39:23 PM

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https://www.duolingo.com/AdamScott794079
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Men and women is what you would say, they are siamese twins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_twins_(linguistics)#With_.22and.22_as_the_conjunction

10/4/2017, 9:35:10 PM
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I wrote "powerful men and women" , and it was marked wrong. A little narrowminded, i think;)

11/6/2017, 7:52:28 PM
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Wouldn't this rather be 'Strong women and men are drinking milk'? For the translation given, I'd expect the aorist mōzussisi for a more general, aphoristic sense.

10/2/2017, 4:39:23 PM
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The mighty women and men drink milk was marked wrong.

10/4/2017, 9:42:27 PM
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it corrected me to 'strong women and "the" men drink milk' :-S

9/8/2018, 9:31:23 AM
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