"Jsou to města."

Translation: Those are cities.

[Janmunroe]

So "They are the cities" would not work? Well actually, it didn't work since it was marked wrong. It's a finely split hair in English.

[jvitti624]

I am also wondering this!

[VladaFu]

"They are the cities" is accepted and has always been.

[jvitti624]

Hmm, I could've sworn that's what I wrote that was rejected. If it happens again I'll report. Dekuji!

[ibelcic]

Why do you use "to" and not "ta"?

[tragram]

TO means THOSE here. In TA MĚSTA, TA means THE. I hope it's clearer now. :)

[Somi401851]

why can not use Ta instead of to?
and does it look like to a question? does not?

[VladaFu]

This is the extremely common "to je/je to" construction meaning "that is/this is".

[LinGhost]

What would be the difference between the given correct translation and "Those are the cities."?

[VladaFu]

To jsou ta města.