"I said it wrong."

Translation: 我说错了。

[Justin360988]

Can someone explain the word order? Why is it this way and not 我说了错？

[Gabrielle145359]

I think that's probably OK. It seems a little choppy to me though (separating 说 and 错 seens choppy to me.) 错 is a verb compliment here do it should comr right after the verb.

[MilanHoman]

Is 了 needed here?

[pinicius_olipeix]

Yes. Otherwise would mean something like "I speak wrong". The 了 (le) marks that is a completed action (I said)

[MelvinBret]

Yes

[Lomochibi]

Yes, to indicate that the action is finished (expressed by the use of past tense in English).

[Cinnamon5230]

Yes, because it's "said", not "say".

[bnbnb2]

Because it is past

[ChipD8]

The audio is incorrect. The "了“ should be pronounced in this case as "le" and not "liao" although "了“ is pronounced as "liao" in expressions such as "吃不了“.

[Danielle123680]

I wondered the same thing. If "liao" is correct, or if it's a regional thing, I need to have it explained to me. If the audio is incorrect (I have noticed many instances where it's clipped weird or sounds like there's a computer error) I wish there was a good way to give Duolingo that feedback so they can fix it. Overall, tho, Duolingo is awesome!

[NathanRasm]

Not a regionalism. Liao when it's the word "finish, achieve," le when it's the grammatical marker.

[IrisRoman5]

I had the same question Milan