"The pencil is short."

Translation: 연필이 짧습니다.

[Patrick_nugu]

Why can't it be 연필이 작습니다?

[linguisticalness]

That would be 'small' not 'short'

[SimranRagh6]

So u say someone shorter than u as smaller than u? No right ....its same with pencil also

[Misschoco203]

22/11/2021 it can be used now

[Zhyntil]

Even mousing over 'is short' shows '작습니다'

Either the 'right' answer is wrong, the question is written wrong, or the hint is wrong.

[Cabe82]

짧아 is not possible?

[pugsnroses7]

it is possible, and it is a more casual verb ending. the "습니다" that duolingo uses is the very polite form used around people much older than you, around strangers, and in formal situations, and the "아" is the casual form used around people younger than you. the "아요" you will also eventually encounter is used around people you know, but are older than you

[india699033]

Sum else can be short too

[pugsnroses7]

shouldnt they use the topic marker "은" rather than the object marker "이"?

[kochida]

Can someone romantization the korean word for short

[aalnnnn]

yeonpiri jjalbseubnida

[justin416672]

연필이 작습니다 or 연필이 짧습니다 ??? Duolingo's dictionary states "작습니다" means "is short, are little, is little" and "짧습니다" means "shorter, is short" How are we to determine which one to use?

[JiXjnx]

the word is "short" in the question, so I used 작습니다 , and your tip is like I do! I think you may have to do the correction of this lesson. Thank you!