Topic: Korean

"텔레비전이 고장 났어요."

Translation:The television is broken.

October 29, 2017

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/seline88

    If 고장 났어요 is present tense, how do you say that the tv broke in past tense? 고장 났었어요?

    December 5, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/MiKomprenasVin

      I think that's right, but I'm learning too.

      June 7, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/ted725

        You should allow TV/tv.

        October 29, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/trevorist90

          Hit the report button not the comment one

          November 24, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/wraith89

            "The television does not work." Is it too mild for this sentence?

            November 27, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/Jeong-JinL

              I don't think that "doesn't work" and "is broken" have different meanings. The status of being operational is binary. Neither sentence gets into the factor of how far away X is from being operational.

              March 16, 2019
              https://www.duolingo.com/GalZissman1

                Why in present tense?

                March 29, 2019
                https://www.duolingo.com/Jeong-JinL

                  It is broken now versus it was broken before.

                  March 29, 2019
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