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- "Todo el mundo está aquí."
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We also use the expression 'the whole world is here' when a place is crowded
When translated literally, the sentence has the same meaning in English as in Spanish. Reported again.
In French, "tout le monde" (all the world) also means "everybody." Romance languages are so cool!
With this sentence they're teaching us that "todo el mundo" means "everyone" - if they accepted "the whole world" that would be ruined, in my opinion. We're here to learn a new language, not to get every answer correct on the first try. Accept and appreciate that other languages express themselves differently to English!
"The whole world" is also idiomatic in English, a mild hyperbole on "everybody." No reason for "The whole world is here" to be marked wrong. We express ourselves the same way in English, French, and Spanish. C'est vrai! BTW, "todos" can be used in Spanish to mean everyone. But I will answer "everybody" next time so that the green owl doesn't mark me wrong. Is that learning or a conditioned response?
"The whole world is here" is still being marked wrong as of November 11th
I don’t want to say the whole world is here. Is there no other way to say everyone? everyone, please listen... todo el mundo escuchame por favor..??
My Spanish friend just uses "todos". Todos estan aqui should be an acceptable translation.
“Todo el mundo” means everyone. Try thinking more in Spanish, less in English. All versions with “todo” are fine, because they mean the same, but “todo el mundo ” is just as fine and it’s pretty often so you don’t have to be scared of it
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Well, the hole world is wrong, ha! I wrote, The whole world is here, and it was marked wrong Oct 30
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It's an expression --- not to be taken literally. Please see Skyward's answer from four days ago.
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Yes, mundo means world. However, todo el mundo is an expression used in Spanish to mean everybody.
Kaboom! Good streak going. Answering to questions happily like always and there it comes out of the blue. Idiom wolf, looking like normal harmless literal sentence sheep, but ready to bite your streak down with its sharp symbolic teeth.
4.5.2020 and it still gives the wrong answer for "The whole world is here". There would be two easy options to solve this types of things:
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Moving this type of idioms to idioms-category.
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Accepting the literal translation as correct and adding an explanation to the bottom of the page about the meaning of what the idiom symbolizes. In many languages there is similar (word to word) idioms, but not in every language.
It wouldn't take a lot to fix these things. There is not really a lot to complain about Duolingo, especially since it can be used as a free program and its no doubt one of the best in its class. Duolingo is very smooth and user friendly, but guiri like me needs some small things to highlight and rebel the mighty power of Duo-owl.
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Not happy that my answer is not accepted as correct when I know that is what the English say.
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Next time this happens, please reproduce your answer here --- cut/paste or screenshot --- so someone can identify what went wrong.
I agree. It's silly to claim the whole world is present when you're talking about 20 people. Todos and todas are defined as everybody and work as well as "everybody" in English.
