"Der Hut ist toll!"
Translation:The hat is great!
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Would "nice" be an acceptable translation for "toll" in this context? Nice not as in kind, but as in cool, or great.
Duo rejected my translation "The hat is cool." However, I think it was a spot-on translation from German to American English.
My natural answer was the same "the hat is cool", from a British English background.
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That's what I typed too, but was rejected. German native. For me, toll can mean a lot of things, and you might hear from how you stress the word how it is meant, i.e. just nice or actually great.
Such contractions after nouns would have to be entered manually, and so are usually missing.
So it's best for you not to use contractions involving nouns + "is, has, etc.".
The hat's great.
Why oh why can't Duo grasp the use of apostrophes in English?
Why oh why can't Duo grasp the use of apostrophes in English?
Because it's a machine, not a person who can actually speak a language.
How is it "lovely" if the translation given is "great" (which is rejected in one place but not another)?!
How is the phonetics of Hut - Hüte, please!! I don't listen well.I can't pronounce them
Is that spelled as "hat" or "hut"?
What do you mean with "that"?
"hat" is an English word referring to something you wear on your head.
"hut" is an English word referring to a small house or shed.
Hut is a German word referring to something you wear on your head.
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The voice is very unclear. I needed to listen about 10 times slowly before i understood hat