"桌子上有两本书。"

Translation: There are two books on the table.

[AlexLamb2]

"Two books are on the table " also should be accepted

[hebrewtime1]

What is the purpose of 本 in this sentence? Also, what does 本 translate to? I don't understand the translation provided (Ben)?

[Rav_Smith]

本 is just a measure word for books. (Like 个 but more specific)

[gamayunov.anton]

Em... Where is 'Ben' character?

[linda437018]

Exactly my question, because in the hovering dictionary, Ben is the only meaning 本 has been given...

[MaynardHogg]

"On the table are two books." ACCEPTED

[GregorySch765148]

Dear Duolingo, please fix the "Ben" thing. It's weird.

[ExtremeDabber420]

Can you say "两本书桌子上”？

[kalexchu]

No, you need a verb in the sentence.

[Riven333]

What do we think about "The table has two books on it"? Marked wrong as of 2019-02-10.

[DaveUrban]

"The tabletop holds two books." should be accepted.

Also, "There are two books on the tabletop."

[hippietrail]

This should accept both "there are" and "there's" (but not "there is").

[Yomalyn]

Just for the record, "there's" is abbreviated form of "there is" :-)

[Handrisuselo]

There's --> there is.