"남자아이가 한국어를 배우는데 영어도 배워요."

Translation: The boy learns Korean, but he also learns English.

[Demonym281]

~는데 is usually "but," but it doesn't have to be. It can just be a way of linking to the next clause like "and"; in this case there seems no reason to use "but"

[Ethan307991]

Yeah, they use "but" as if to imply that the next statement contradicts the first

[Hoochy2]

"the boy learns korean and also learns english" was marked as wrong, but in the notes there is the example "저는 한국에 갔는데, 재미있었어요=> I went to Korea and it was fun" ... which shows that 'and' is also a translation for '는데'

[MaryGlover]

Report it.

[Subrisus]

I learned on a different site that 는데 could be translated as "when" so that this phrase would say "When the boy learns Korean, he learns English too" and Google translates this phrase as "A boy learns English as he learns Korean." Which seems to support that. Can anyone offer some insight to clear up my confusion?

[mofushinderu]

-는데 can mean "and", "but" or just be a filler verb ending to link to/introduce the next sentence.

I can't think of an example where it could mean "when". Maybe you mean -는 데(에) with a space? That's another grammar pattern and means "in doing ~" or "for doing ~"

[CarmenW2]

"The Boy learns korean and english" Also should be correct, imo....

[inquisitor494]

if 는데 and 도 are together, the phrase means but/also?

[pjacksone]

I wrote, "The boy learns Korean, but also learns English. Can someone tell me why it was marked wrong please?

[GeraldMath4]

I doubt there is a good reason. 는데 is a sort of tricky conjunctive suffix. To me (at the moment) it means something like "while at the same time." Sort of between "and" and "but."

[GeraldMath4]

I think maybe a semicolon is best. "The boy learns Korean; he learns English too."

[nope413612]

so "the boy learns korean and english too" is wrong lol

why tho i feel like it isn't

[EdwardMead3]

Yes. The connector used in the Duolingo sentence is (-는대) which is a Korean junction for 'but'. Either 는데 or 은데 is attached to the verb stem depending on whether the verb is either an action verb or a descriptive verb. Therefore the connector becomes 배우는대 (Study but). The also is derived by 또 (also) being attached to 영어 (English) getting 영어도 (English also). Source: Duolingo tips and notes for conjunctions. According to the same reference to get 'and' the connector -고 would have been attached to the stem of 배우다--and written as 배우고.