"He's not buying it."

Translation: 他不买。

[laughedelic]

There's no "it" in the Chinese phrase

[wiki.on.kiwi]

For not animal, there's 它. For animal except human, there's 牠. In Simplify Chinese, 它 replaced 牠, which means 它 is used for everything except human and god.

[RupeyScoopey]

Out of curiosity, in Chinese can the phrase "buying it" be used to mean accepting a story?

[jtlolac]

"Buying it" is probably just a colloquial expression in English. It doesn't translate directly to Spanish either. Just a guess...

[Giorgio182480]

There's a close one in German, "abkaufen". Which doesn't mean exactly buy ("kaufen"), but "buy from somebody", where the "somebody" is a mandatory part of the sentence. And of course it refers to the person that is telling the story/lie in the figurative sense.

[Dannysbkn]

It does: "Te la compro", sometimes I've used it. Although I don't know if it's used in all Spanish variants.

[Lalili97YT]

No? Ive never heard anyone say it in that contdxt

[Martiddy]

Actually, it is also used as an expression in Spanish as well. You can say "Te la compro" which literally translate to "I'm buying it (from you)" and the opposite as well "No te la compro" (I'm not buying it). This is borrowed from the English expression and is mainly used in the Northern part of Mexico where there is a great English influence.

[Cherry406522]

'卖账(literal: selling account)'
我不卖账你说的话。 I'm not buying what you said.

[JChien6953]

I can't say 他不·买·它？

[Patrick_Dark]

I'm fairly certain that you can, though it's unnecessary and Duolingo rejects it. I just reported it.

[werothegreat]

What's wrong with 他不在买它?

[PierreDufour2]

It would normally be obvious if you were (not) in the process of buying something. 他在买这个 would mean that he's in the middle of the transaction. As for 它, can we use it for objects in general or mostly for pets?

[RudyPanges]

But the literal english question presented is "He's not buying it". So translating it literally in Chinese 他不在买它 should be accepted. I just reported it.

[Audacity1]

I was thinking that too

[Drummer2030]

From my understanding "他不买" means "he does not buy" and "他不在买" means "he is not buying it". But "他不在买" was not accepted. Any idea, where I am wrong?

[NikoProtego17]

When you say 他不在买 it means that it is presently happening. It would mean like "he is not buying (at this moment)". Just like how 他们在吃饭 means that "They are eating (at this moment)".

[Kot439602]

Shouldn't "He is not buying it" be "他不在买"? Doesn't "他不买" mean "he doesn't buy it"?

[fokkahontas]

他这个不买？

[stupedfatidiot]

他不买它

[SteveLehma3]

Where is the "it"?