"A man lost a cat."

Translation: 남자는 고양이를 잃어버렸어요.

[AnnaKarolina89]

What's the difference between 버렸어요, 잃었어요 and 잃어버렸어요?

[erudis]

버리다 means to throw away.

잃다 and 잃어버리다 both mean to lose, but 잃다 is a lot less common and can only be used with abstract things, like memories or relationships. If you lose an object you have to use 잃어버리다.

[talynnn]

What if you lost a person? E. g. they've passed away or you were in a relationship and you two broke up?

[deactivated user]

Am I still not understanding the difference between 는/은 and 가/이, or was my answer (남자가) actually also correct but not accepted?

[hKA64]

남자가 is also correct

[ladaplays]

can we use "가" instead of "는" here?

[ladaplays]

(since we have a similar sentence with a girl, "여자아이가 개를 잃어버렸어요")

[talynnn]

Yes, you can. Both are correct.

[Richi946080]

Dear Duolingo, yo have already asked me this sentence twice, so how is it now classed as DIFFICULT?

[barbaracoloma]

Is it really possible to use 는 when it's "a man"? Aren't we supposed to have already spoken about the man if we use 는?

[meganne22]

Two examoles in this lesson are inconsistent: The girl lost.... But A man lost.... Since 가 and 는 dont have direct translation into the/a i think both versions should be accwpted. Pls correct me if i got it wrong.

[Yoshi.5]

Namjoon be losing Yoongi