"길에서 쉬지 마라!"
Translation:Do not rest on the street!
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I would not say "rest on the street". We say "In the street." Don't play in the street. I only say "on the street" when talking about the location of a house or building. My house is on that street. But for moving objects, I say "in the street." I hit report, but I am curious if anyone else says this phrase the same as I do or not. To me, the English here sounds unnatural, and it is my native language
In English speaking communities there is a lot of variation between "in" and "on" the street.
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I agree. We live in a city. We live on a street. There are many cars on the road. If there is no sidewalk, we walk in the road [or down the road]. I would say, "Don't rest in the street," or "Don't rest in the road."
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I'm the same, but there are some regional differences. I'd say "Don't play in the street" but "Don't play on the road".
To anyone who thinks "in the street" is incorrect, here's that famous duet by Mick Jagger and David Bowie - Dancing in the Street https://youtu.be/x4rzCzV8qjM. (Sorry, I mean Sir Mick Jagger.)
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You're exactly the same as me on this. "On" is only used for houses and buildings in my usage. "In" is for just about everything else. The given sentence felt strange.
I Reported that "Don't rest in the road!" should be accepted, but maybe I just don't know the difference?
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It is a strong command ending used by a superior to a lower person. To be more polite, you would say, "길에서 쉬지 마세요."
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Why is "Don't rest on a street" wrong? There is no indication that we aren't giving someone general advice.
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I don't think they should put "a" and "the" in the options and mark one of them wrong, unless they specified that it was one of those.
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as somebody who came from Fridays for future and was fully exhausted and ate like 0.5 l water and a little piece of bread at afternoon at this illegal hot day, I feel offended that this is my first sentence duo gives me lol
this is what I would say to my friend while we walk home after a wild night at the bar
My advice, if you say sentences in this unit in a frustrated way, it is much more satisfying xD
What is the difference between 쉬지 and 쉬니? The second one is an informal question form, right? And i thought the first one was the continuous present (can't remember the actual name of that tense, sorry). Is that right?
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Yes, the 니 ending is for the question. V-지 마라 is a grammar form meaning "Do not do the verb." (V-지 마라 is a strong command ending used by a superior to a lower person. To be more polite, you would say, "길에서 쉬지 마세요," and to just use 반말 you would say V-지 마.)
I wrote, "Don't sleep on the road." Is this not correct? It is pretty much the same thing except I used different vocabulary.