"I sing at the library."

Translation: 저는 도서관에서 노래를 합니다.

[LeeJi-Hoon]

Who sings at the library? Maybe the dog? Oh no, he is talking in korean with the cat

[CamillaCSN]

Ahahhahahahahahahha

[Yo-Han-Joon]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋ.....that means hahaha, by the way

[llamayoo]

Omg yesss

[EvanGreenw3]

Does it matter if I put together the "노래를 합니다" to make "노래합니다"? Is there a gramatical difference?

[3Dollars]

Both are correct ~

노래를 합니다: to do a song

노래합니다: to sing

same thing c:

[Akemichi]

I know it may be redundant but why is it wrong to say 노래를 노래합니다? If 노래를 합니다 is to do a song and 노래합니다 is to sing, wouldn't 노래를 노래합니다 mean something like to sing a song? I tried but the app said it's wrong :(

[Yo-Han-Joon]

It's a little bit of coincidence that 노래합니다 ( do a song ) means exactly the same as it does in English. But that's not always the case.

It's true that 합니다 actually means "do".
And that 노래합니다 means "do a song".

But you should know that...

"Do a song" in korean is different from "do a song" in English.

Here is an example:
한국어 합니다 means "do Korean" which means "speak korean"

But in English, "do english" doesn't mean "speak English"

Therefore, 합니다 ( do ) is added to a noun ( the object ) to create a verb to mean what we do with that object.

So it's not the same as in English. I don't know how else to explain it. I hope this helps you understand.

[Fabiola_Mac]

Why can't it be 에 instead of 에서?

[thelonewolfy]

에 usually means than the verb is directed toward a location (to go to school = 학교에 가다), whereas 에서 means that an action is taking place in/from that location (I sleep at home = 저는 집에서 잠을 잡니다). In this case, the speaker is actively doing something in the library, so 에서 is a better fit.

[elmomle]

도서관에서 책을 읽어야지
왜 노래를 해;;

[kajalsingh886489]

I sing in the library and then the librarian beats me to death. Ddfjddkk

[jlseymour3]

I learned "to sing" as 노래하다. That is what Google gives as well. I will report it, but can someone explain why this isn't right?

[Ash-Fred]

"노래합니다" is accepted, but the infinitive form "노래하다" is not accepted.

[wintertriangles]

It's right. So is 노래를 하다. Many 하다 verbs can be separated since many of them are nouns by themselves. 노래 by itself means a song (with vocals), so the verb is literally "to do a song".

[ISwearImKarl]

It seems it's a morpheme of song and do. That's how I've been thinking of it, not sure if I'm right

[MaleCruzRey]

I think is 노래합니다 or 노래를 합니다 these both are correct

[Cognocto]

I used 도서관애. It corrected me to 도서관서. Here it shows 도서관에서. I assumed the first and third would both be accepted, no? And is 도서관서 even a thing? Didn't see -서 it in Tips and Notes.

[ames0812]

If both 노래합니다 and 노래를 합니다 are correct, why does Duolingo count it as incorrect when I use the first version. It specifically wants the second way of saying it, implying that the first is grammatically incorrect. Not helpful.

[viswarkarman]

I seem to remember learning "to sing" as "노래를 부르다" ... basically you call out or sing out a song. That was 20yr+ ago so maybe the language has changed?

[mPneuma]

That's how I learned it as well, but I might have been using dated resources. I wonder if 부르다 isn't used anymore, or if it's just omitted here.

[ISwearImKarl]

It helped me to remember 합니다 is technically do. So it's I - at the library - song - do
I sing at the library is more condensed in English