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"It is cold, take my jacket."
Translation:Es ist kalt, nimm meine Jacke.
February 22, 2018
13 Comments
Mao680947
1069
In German you say: es ist kalt - it's cold. Aber 'Mir ist kalt' means 'ich friere' I'm freezing. I am cold. That's the difference.
faraz.dianat
372
Would someone be so kind as to explain why the following doesn't work?
"Es ist kalt, nimm meinen Mantel."
Because Mantel is generally more like a coat, overcoat or cloak (i.e. it is larger and heavier than a jacket) so Duo did not include it in the list of correct answers. However I checked my dictionary and it does include "jacket" as one translation of Mantel but only if it is an overcoat type of jacket (whatever that is!). https://www.dict.cc/?s=Jacket So you could have reported it but I think it might have been hard to convince Duo to allow it.