"돼지 쉰 마리는 너무 비싸요."

Translation: Fifty pigs are too expensive.

[KatharinaK99]

This person is the one we read about in mathematics

[LuffyHana]

True! ><

[Vicky_TheLearner]

What do you expect when youre trying to but fifty pigs.

[JgtdQ]

Try buying 40. Probably cheaper.

[GiovanniSantucci]

I'm surprised I don't see the debate over whether is too expensive should be allowed in place of are too expensive.

[Hanzo_Ergo]

Not if you look at it as a single group of fifty pigs

[Hunnypooh1]

I also think "is" should be accepted. In English, most people would think of this as a single unit.

[Crackerland]

That's what got me. If you say "are" it implies that 'of all the pigs for sale, 50 of them are overpriced', as opposed to 'I can afford fewer'.

[Jweg61]

Should the English translation of this be "Fifty pigs is too expensive."?

It seems like, given the phrasing, that the "fifty" part is what is too expensive. As in, ten pigs might be a reasonable amount to buy.

[llewellyn.1]

I think it has to be 'is'. 'are' only makes sense if we are describing the fifty pigs: "The farmer is selling 200 pigs, but the biggest 50 are too expensive."

[leesan55]

why is 50 pigs are so expensive wrong?

[JgtdQ]

Depends which pig shop you`re buying from. Kmart often has sales on pigs. Next time try there.

[EowWWwwWww]

why is "very expensive" considered wrong?

[Al-Asmawi]

no idea, I think it should be accepted

[Indi.grt]

Poor farmer

[Theomjo]

DUH.

[Omowunmi2021]

Let's just buy 20

[deactivated user]

Nobody:
Absolutely Nobody:
Not even a single soul:
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[Supertuidi]

"The 50 pigs are too expensive" is not accepted, is it right though ?

[mbergqvist]

most definitely.

[tofujem]

하지만 돼지 다흔아홉 마리는 안 비싸요.

[JordanWesl7]

How do you pronounce 쉰?

[Omowunmi2021]

Shwin

[sergioleitonp]

How I probounce "쉰"? I say it like "shuin" beacause that's what I read and hear but it keeps not hearing me

[KhassieMin]

Can't "very" be used instead of "too".

[HP1895]

These comments XD