"I believe lions don't eat vegetarians."

Translation: Ich glaube, Löwen essen keine Vegetarier.

[wohohohohooo]

Why 'essen' and not 'fressen'?

[deactivated user]

I thought essen was for human beans.

[Buddha_Bunny]

It should be fressen. I'm surprised that essen is accepted as correct.

[Arrahn]

I do not think that there is anything wrong with using "essen" here, but "fressen" should absolutely be accepted...

[Janet1930]

why does essen' followLoewen'? This clause in English would have `that' , either expressed or not, introduce this clause. Why is this not so in German?

[Vabelie]

You may perfectly write "Ich glaube, dass Löwen keine Vegetarier essen", an equivalent to the explicite "that lions don't eat vegetarians", but notice you have then to put the verb at the end of the clause. Duo's version is an alternative possibility, where you skip the subordinate conjunction and keep the verb in second position. Just stylistic choice here :)

sfuspvwf npj

[AdrianColl]

So, the placement of the verb at the end of the subordinate clause is required by the use of the conjunction, and not by the fact that it's a subordinate clause?

[maralibe]

Not an expert but I would say yes, because there are many conjunctions, typically used to start subordinate clauses, and not all of them move the verb to the end.

zum Beispiel: (denn) - Die Löwen fressen die Erdbeeren, denn die sind lecker.

[Turts5]

I wrote the exact same answer with "fressen" instead of "essen." Why is that wrong?

[stvwllms]

Curious, I wrote "fressen" just now, and it was accepted, although Duo suggested another translation using "essen". My construction was..".dass.....fressen", but that surely doesn't matter. It all suggests that "Leute essen Tiere, und Tiere essen Leute, aber Tiere fressen andere Essen."?

[KartikeyaS13]

Never knew lions were picky eaters

[Emily57578]

Yes, why essen and not fressen.
Is that a Duolingo error ???

[Vabelie]

Normaly the algorithm is indifferent to punctuation.

While I am not contributing to this course, I simply assume the author of this sentence wanted to somewhat "humanize" the lions.
If "fressen" is indeed not accepted, please report, I'm very sure someone will correct it sooner or later.

[Mary432092]

Did you perhaps leave the comma out? It is accepted like this: Ich glaube, Löwen fressen keine Vegetarier