"He's not buying it."

Translation: 他不买。

[laughedelic]

There's no "it" in the Chinese phrase

[Audacity1]

它？

[Rob821225]

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.

[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?

[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)".

[elmanisero777]

Is "他不买那" wrong? Might not be necessary, but shouldn't be wrong, right?

[Cinnamon5230]

It is wrong. Use 他不买那个 instead.

[alanxoc3]

他不买这个 should be fine as well :)

[Iwilleatyouall]

I just tried this and it was not accepted.

[RixMorales]

How about "他不买它。" or "他不在买它"? Are these correct too?

[Justin69048]

What about : 他不买个?

[Patrick_Dark]

Anything with "那" is wrong; "那" means "that".

[stupedfatidiot]

他不买它