"남자아이의 사과는 음식입니다."
Translation:The boy's apple is food.
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I put "The apple is the boy's food" because in the sentence: 'apple' has 는, which is the subject marker. So in English, "the apple is" is the simplest form of the sentence, and everything else is extra/predicate. (남자아이의 describes that the apple belongs to the boy, and 음식 describes what the apple IS.) because "is" is a verb.
In English, it doesn't matter too much where everything else goes for it to mean the same thing. "The boy's apple is food," and "The apple is the boy's food," are really the only direct translations I can think of for this sentence, because "The apple is food FOR the boy" and "The apple OF the boy is food" have English words in them that aren't in the Korean. You could argue that English articles don't translate well into other languages either.............. but there's a difference, because "for" and "of" are prepositions. There AREN'T any prepositions in THIS Korean sentence, so "The apple OF the boy" shouldn't be a correct option. (or maybe it should be an alternate answer, because meaning-wise, it's not wrong....... But if you're strictly looking at direct translations, there are no prepositions in the sentence, or else it'd be something like "사과는 남자아이를위한 음식입니다.")
Another example (in case ^this doesn't make sense, because I lost my point a little while writing, lol), is the sentence 여자 와 남자. The translations "A woman and man," "THE woman and a man," "Woman and man," etc., are all acceptable direct translations because there aren't any articles in Korean, UNLESS you're talking about something specific. Unless I specify that "woman" and "man" are plural, 여자들과 남자들, the sentence 여자와 남자 can be either "woman and man" OR "women and men" because it's talking about them in general.
If you only use Google Translate, then TECHNICALLY "The apple of the boy is food" is correct. But from what Duolingo teaches in the previous lessons, this shouldn't be the only correct answer... 'Cause it's not completely correct either..
You weren't. It's actually correct, i did the same. I think they doing word by word translation
Is the 의 exactly the same as Japanese の? I would translate this as: 男の子のリンゴは食べものです。 Also the 는 looks like straight replacement for は. If I already know some of Japanese grammar can I just assume that it is the same for Korean?
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According to Paul from LangFocus, the two languages can often be translated word for word, particles included. I don't know which correlate to which, though. https://youtu.be/JB2ZCa2arqA
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For the use of possessive, yes, this is the same as the Japanese. However, you can't use this in Korean for nominalizing a verb
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Oh, this might be useful. https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-Korean-equivalents-of-the-Japanese-particles
I said the apple is food for the boy... i think that should be acceptable...
Okay- uhhh I thought I wrote it aswell but I checked it one last time and I accidentally wrote, "The boys 's apple is food" instead of, "The boy's apple is food"
so does "니다" make it describe the previous word or something else (I am new to Korean so I want to understand as much as I can).
It is a formal ending to a verb, the same with 요. If you see either, it means the sentence is speaking in honorifics, or with formality.
There is no such word as ‘boys's’; it's either ‘boy's’ (singular, for one boy) or ‘boys'’ (plural, for more than one). And if it's ‘boy's’, then it needs ‘a’ or ‘the’ (or something more complicated) in front of it.
Not strictly true. You can discuss a group's possession by " boys' ", you just leave off the trailing s because it looks rediculous if you left it on. "The boys' X" means that X belongs, collectively, to the group of boys. Typically, you'd use something like "Their X" or "The X that belongs to the boys", but it is possible to have a group posses someting and that group ends with a "s".
Me being silly i thought it was 'men are people' welp i just need to study more
I totally understand the confusion! Keep at it, you'll improve faster than you'd expect!
I'm having trouble hearing the differences between 아이, 의, & 아이의. The number of syllables is different, but when it's spoken it's hard to hear.
Agreed. The first word sounds like it has 3 syllables -- maybe 4 -- but hardly the 5 it's supposed to be. I feel like the 아이외 sounds like one extended "yeeeeh," even if you play the slow version.
When do I get to write it in Korean? I know I can write english, it's a bit useless to have to answer the question in english. I would rather have to write the answer in Korean.
'남자' means 'man' so if you add '아이' which means 'kid' it makes 'boy' and '의' is ' 's '. I don't know if you understand, my english isn't good.
I've typed : the boy's food is an apple. Isn't it correct too ? Pls help me ~
No because it said 음식입니다 which means 'is a food ' and here it is not written 사과 입니다 which would have meant " is an apple " I hope it helped
I wrote, "Boy's apple is a food" Okay so, tell the difference between the two sentences, please.
I wrote "boy's apple is food", an duolingo said I'm wrong!!! And then the correct answer was "The boy's apple is food"!!!! Just because i didn't wrote "the"!!!! That's ridiculous!!!!!!!
I got this wrong coz i missed the word "apple", but it said the correct answer was "boys' apples are food." however at the top of this discussion page, it says "The boy's apple is food." Which one is correct?
Ummm.. well.. I just did "The boy's apple is food" and got it incorrect?? Yet it's IDENTICAL to what it's asking for??
"You used the wrong word.
boy's apples are food."
Oh really? What about 사과들은? My answer was "boy's apple is a food"
Both of those are bad English grammar. The singular ‘boy's’ needs either ‘a’ or ‘the’ (or some more complicated quantifier or determiner) in front of it. (But ‘Boys' apples are food.’ would be fine. The placement of the apostrophe makes it plural.)
I was expecting there to be a 가 after 음식, seeing that it answers the question of "what is the boy's food". Am I wrong in thinking that 음식 is not actually the subject?
I accidentally said "the boys 's apple is food" , i think that should've been accepted, but with a note saying grammatical error
I put "The apple is the boy's food" because in the sentence: 'apple' has 는, which is the subject marker. So in English, "the apple is" is the simplest form of the sentence, and everything else is extra/predicate. (남자아이의 describes that the apple belongs to the boy, and 음식 describes what the apple IS.) because "is" is a verb.
In English, it doesn't matter too much where everything else goes for it to mean the same thing. "The boy's apple is food," and "The apple is the boy's food," are really the only direct translations I can think of for this sentence, because "The apple is food FOR the boy" and "The apple OF the boy is food" have English words in them that aren't in the Korean. You could argue that English articles don't translate well into other languages either.............. but there's a difference, because "for" and "of" are prepositions. There AREN'T any prepositions in THIS Korean sentence, so "The apple OF the boy" shouldn't be a correct option. (or maybe it should be an alternate answer, because meaning-wise, it's not wrong....... But if you're strictly looking at direct translations, there are no prepositions in the sentence, or else it'd be something like "사과는 남자아이를위한 음식입니다.")
Another example (in case ^this doesn't make sense, because I lost my point a little while writing, lol), is the sentence 여자 와 남자. The translations "A woman and man," "THE woman and a man," "Woman and man," etc., are all acceptable direct translations because there aren't any articles in Korean, UNLESS you're talking about something specific. Unless I specify that "woman" and "man" are plural, 여자들과 남자들, the sentence 여자와 남자 can be either "woman and man" OR "women and men" because it's talking about them in general.
If you only use Google Translate, then TECHNICALLY "The apple of the boy is food" is correct. But from what Duolingo teaches in the previous lessons, this shouldn't be the only correct answer... 'Cause it's not completely correct either..
Surprisingly, the way the sentence is spoken on this page is different from the referring page. The pronunciation is better on this page. Why not provide the same pronunciation on the main (that is, the referring) page, DL? I continually go back and forth by clicking discuss and listening to the way sentences/words are pronounced on discuss page.
남자 only means "man", while 아이 means "child". When you combine them, as in this example, it means "man child" or "boy".
I have not yet seen Duolingo refer to 남자 as boy, nor 남자아이 as man. You just got to read the whole word and not stop after reading 남자.
The SVO of the translation is correct. If we are aiming for a translation that is correct, should be "The boy's food is apple". But then if we are aiming to translate the sentence as it is, then the answer here is correct.
Please fix this sentence It just doesn't make any sense Leave a Korean as it is, but please, at least English should be corrected
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i don't understand the translate "the boy's apple is food"? what does it mean??? it my English so bad or Duolingo? can't be Duolingo coz it the app for learning language lol
I don't know what's wrong but I put on the same answer but the result is still wrong (even though every word matches the correct answer reflected below)
First of all, the sentence in english doesnt make any sense.. Secondly shouldnt it be The boy's food is apple
how do i figure when to put 의, 은, 가? i notice that some words ends differently.
I don't understand why I had it bad; I wrote: boy's apple is food, is the same as her answer; The boys apple is food. just why I did not write the, I have it wrong
The sentence is grammatically incorrect. The food should be the subject not the apple. The apple just describes the (type) foos
I think The boy's food is apple will be the correct english sentence formation but thought it says THE BOYS APPLE IS FOOD correct me if I am wrong
Here it is written that the boy's apple is food but when you click on one word there is a meaning of it and it is written as bor the apple is a food
Rhis translation is like direct translation of the korean sentence but if we see the correct translation would be "the boy's food is apple" . The "이니다" at last is making me say this
The sound was not fluent I can't try an understand After every lesson I go on google and search How we say in korea
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Mine was wrong also. I re-read the lesson. The first word's ending means "of" according the lesson tip so "of the boy" showing possession , then on same tip page under Topic/Subject, says the ending of second word shows what being talked about, the "apple". Last word? I read as "is food". So it could be A boy's apple is food; The boy's apple is food, because of the order of words in the sentence. I could have said "the apple of the boy is food" which is correct in English but may not be in Korean? If one says "The boy's food is an apple", it changes the meaning of the sentence because the subject of the sentence is changed. Food is general whereas apple is specific? Maybe it will become clearer as I become more experienced with the way Korean sentences are laid out.
What kind of sentence is it, hardly makes any sense....i mean they are telling us it in a very complicated way
i wrote "boys apple is food" and i got wrong cause i didnt type "the"
A boys apple is food ..it was marked correct...that how korean language...its mit fully in English way
It was right it was achely came us the boy's food is Apple we can easily understand that
Can someone explain me why in the sentence "남자는 음식이 아닙니다" both nouns have particles but in this sentence "남자아이의 사과는 음식입니다" only "사과" have particle? Shouldn't "음식" have a particle? I'm confused ㅠㅠ
The English translation should go like this " The boy's food is apple"
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I feel like I missed something after the alphabet. I moved on to Basics and it acts like I should know all of these words and be able to make sentences. I am on one right now end the speaking is so fast that I can't tap to speak and say it correctly for anything. Is it just me...? Did I miss something that taught words and full sentences?
Boy's Apple is food it doesn't have logic . Tell me .. why this is not acceptable
