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Please fix the fast recordings on the female voice throughout Duo Lingo. It cuts off words the beginning and the middle. Poor editing.
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The girl doesn't start the classes today. Had the girl started "the" classes today, would they not be her classes? Oh, I see, now it's, Meaning: The girl does not begin classes today. OK, Whatever, please make up our minds. Please, And, Thank You.
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I reported an error because my solution was rejected. I agree with Beto330368.
"The girl doesn't start her classes today." ...rejected by Duo today!
The point is that the addition of the word, her, is optional. It should be optional.
i find it funny how tricky it can be to settle on one translation for certain things, and with more downvoting duo staff keep on changing i guess.
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@FernandoMa335165
Your answer is correct.
If Duo does not accept this answer in the future, then we need to report this as a missing solution.
Uh, "La niña numpieza las clases hoy"? Something about the girl and the classes today. Makes no sense to me.
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Nyagret, yes, she's awful. When she spouts her garbage, just play it on Turtle Speed.
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To me, the English translation of this sentence is confusing and does not make sense. I am sure that duolingo's professional team can come up with better sentence to utilize the word "empieza".
NO... she said no... she barely got the "n" out.. c'mon Duo sheesh!!
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Just so I know, is "The girl will not start classes today." acceptable. Duo said I used the wrong word. Thanks.
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@SweenCat
This Duolingo exercise is a Spanish sentence written in the present tense. But even so, we (students) might second guess this exercise by wondering if there is a way to use the future tense to create an English solution to this Duolingo exercise.
English simple future:
The girl will not start classes today.
There are two ways to form the future tense in Spanish: the informal future (ir + a + infinitive) and the simple future (el futuro simple)
― La chica no empezará las clases hoy. (the simple future)
― La chica no va a empezar las clases hoy. (the informal future)
The Spanish simple future is used to talk about what will or shall happen. And besides this, it is also used to express the possibility of what someone might or may be doing in the present.
But the question at hand is actually about the English sentence. Our question that I am answering in this post is can the English simple future tense be used to express the possibility of what someone might or may be doing in the present?
After studying this article, it appears to me that the answer depends on whether an additional clause is added.
I think that it will...
I think that she will...
I think that he will...
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The girl does not begin classes today.
I think start is more appropriate here.
The professor does not begin classes today, in this case begin would be right.
Fellas??
"The girl didn't start classes today". Why isn't this correct? Empeziar has always been referred to as starting in previous lessons, but now suddenly it is "begin"?
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She frustrates la mierda out of me! What's the point of saying something if you mumble over the most important word? What is sounds like she says is the EXACT OPPOSITE of what she's supposed to say! I have a feeling that the computer is putting together the words, and whatever interval they have set is supposed to make her sound like a native speaker, but she literally skips words. Everytime I hear her voice, I get tense!
