"She eats a lemon and strawberries."

Translation: Elle mange un citron et des fraises.

[SpaceSatan]

why does it say, "elle mange un citron et fraises" is wrong? when should i add "des"? it's a bit confusing to me

[Pixies_Debaser]

When an article is missing in an English sentence, it must be added to the French translation. The following is a good explanation of why and when to use each article:

https://www.duolingo.com/comment/3683850

[asphyxiiated]

Okay I'm a tad new to French, but it said "She (elle)", but un is masculine. Help? (sorry if this sounds stupid, I'm new to French.)

[N4DJI3]

"un" is for the lemon not the "she"

[JeffreyD.]

Yes, 'un' is referring to the lemon and not the sex of the person!

[omar_sucks420]

she really shouldn't be eating that lemon.

[AmeliaD.Warbeck]

can someone let me know if I could say "les fraises" as well? Few exercises before, I had to translate "La fraise, les fraises" which would be "the strawberry, strawberries", so I'd assume it would also be correct here?

[Alice_Egelston]

"Les fraises" refers to specific strawberries, because that means "the strawberries" while "des fraises" is just "strawberries."

[Mags657773]

I don't understand why in this sentence I should use "un" citron - there is no "a lemon". Thre isn't any "de" citron to choose.

[Spirus123]

Eating some champaigne is wonderful]]]

[alaa.sal]

Why not du fraises?

[alaa.sal]

Why not "du fraises"?