"Tengo las maletas en el carro."

Translation: I have the suitcases in the car.

[myklex]

In English I would say 'I have the cases in the car' but Duolingo marks this as wrong??

[Ivor810183]

They mark it as correct now. 21-july-18

[Tom968478]

and i would say "i have suitcases in the car" but Duolingo doesn't like

[marcy65brown]

Tengo maletas en el carro.

[tip00]

Why wouldn't "I have suitcases in the car" work?

[Rebecca126402]

"LAS maletas" = THE suitcases.

[Senorita_Trejo]

I thought I heard "tengo los boletos en mi carro" - and got it wrong - but I was rather pleased that my answer was grammatically OK even if it wasn't what I heard.

I'm still making mistakes, but they're listening mistakes and not grammatical mistakes!

That's a bit of a step forward for me. :-)

[George776941]

I agree.

[Mister_Snaps]

Again...I mean, I didn't get it wrong or anything, it just treats me as if I don't know what "Maletas" mean.

[Senorita_Trejo]

Isn't that the whole point of assessment - to see whether you know it or not?

[Zrizt]

Is there a distinction between briefcase and suitcase? I got marked wrong for saying "I have the briefcases in the car."

[Senorita_Trejo]

Briefcases are smaller, designed to carry documents.
Suitcases are twice or thrice the size, and are designed to carry clothes.

[Pakalu1]

Remove the ridiculous heart system duolingo. Or just make it mandatory to pay to use. Show some guts and don't indirectly force ppl to pay

[nonakh]

I typed it exactly as Duolingo says ...why wrong?

[Senorita_Trejo]

In most cases like this, you didn't see an error you made.
Next time, copy your answer and paste it (do not retype it!) into your post.

We might see what you missed.