"Le singe mérite une banane."

Translation: The monkey deserves a banana.

[naomi566944]

I wrote, "The monkey merits a banana." Here's the English definition of "merit" - mer·it
ˈmerət/Submit
noun
1.
the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward.
"composers of outstanding merit"
synonyms: excellence, quality, caliber, worth, worthiness, credit, value, distinction, eminence
"composers of outstanding merit"
verb
3rd person present: merits
1.
deserve or be worthy of (something, especially reward, punishment, or attention).
"the results have been encouraging enough to merit further investigation"
synonyms: deserve, earn, be deserving of, warrant, rate, justify, be worthy of, be worth, be entitled to, have a right to, have a claim to/on
"the accusation did not merit a response"

My answer is correct.

[ShepherdDave]

I used "earns". Again, should be acceptable.

[DelphineTheQueen]

I also used earns. It all means the same thing.

[Chris154288]

I also wrote merits which is a synonym for deserve. Duolingo should be changed to accept this answer.

[Padmakshi999]

Yes, I also think that ur answer should have been accepted. I wrote the same thing but I got it wrong. Can anyone plzz explain WHY?

[Padmakshi999]

• I wrote "merits".

[David115816]

Can't "singe" mean either monkey or ape?

[Ripcurlgirl]

Yes, it can. In fact the verb singer means "to mimic, to ape". The masculine noun singe can mean "mimic, copycat" also.

However, on this Duolingo course, I have only ever seen the noun singe used to mean monkey.

[excellence2018]

True

[Eddy360932]

The monkey earns a banana. This is what I wrote. Why was it not accepted?

[ShepherdDave]

I entered the same. It should be acceptable.

[EmilPetrov1]

The ape deserves a banana. Not accepted?

[TheAMHarris]

The slow pronunciation clears adds an "s" on the end of "merit".

[RfQxZNDE]

singe also means APE & that should be accepted also?

[Greg544156]

The recording for the word "singe" (monkey) is distorted and difficult to understand.

[DougC.B.]

Doug: Merite can also mean in English, "merits, deserves, earns" plus many other translations.

[le_kermit]

hi

[del243]

Earns should be accepted for mérite; this would be customary in English.