"He is alive because of you."
Translation:El este viu datorită ție.
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"din cauza" introduces a negative thing, i.e. "e mort din cauza ta" (he is dead because of you), while "datorită" introduces something positive - please note the origin, "a datora" (to owe smth to smb)
I change my mind. " grație ție" este o cacafoniă. The same sound twice.
Or "el este viu multumita tie" ? Ones more what is the difference between GRATIE DATORITA and MULTUMITA? because is confusing to think that all this means the same but DL insist for specific one each time different examples : Sunt viu multumita Monicaei - all other marked as wrong. But el este viu datirita tie - all other - wrong. Gratie tie eu am o slujba - the same. And I wonder why?
Because you would be deviating too much from the exercise that only states a causal situation: because of you. The English translation for "el este viu mulțumită ție" (sau grație ție) is "he is alive thanks to you.
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Because din cauză is only used in a negative context. The two expressions complement each other.
'Datorită' does not sound correct, rather 'grație' or 'mulțumită'.
It is correct. They are synonyms.
DATORÍTĂ prep. 1. grație, mulțumită, (înv.) slavă. (~ lui a izbutit.) 2. pentru.
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Thanks. But why 'ție' instead of 'ta'? Is it something to do with different uses of subject and object forms?
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It is ție because datorită and six other prepositions require dativ. Here's a link to a page in German with those seven prepositions. https://www.grammatiken.de/rumaenische-grammatik-online-lernen/rumaenisch-praepositionen-dativ-datorit%C4%83-mul%C5%A3umit%C4%83-gra%C5%A3ie-potrivit.php?id=MK56955;nam=Korbel
I entered "grație ție" which was rejected. Aren't they both synonymous? Datorită ție / grație ție?
"în viață" is more of an idiomatic expression, literally 'in life'. I guess Duo wants you to learn the word "viu"