"Sein Fahrzeug ist alt."

Translation: His vehicle is old.

[2mhnkzrc]

So, what manner of non-car vehicle does he have? Is it a helicopter? Is it a boat? Is it a tank?
All that I know is that it's not a four-wheeled vehicle that travels on roads, because "car" was marked wrong.

[veronica9106]

The sentence could absolutely be talking about a car, because a car is a vehicle. The only reason Duo marks it wrong is because it wants the vocab word that we have learned and practiced which is fahrzeug (vehicle). And it also it wants you to understand that car and vehicle are not the same word in German, jut like they are not the same word in English.

[EmadKhatri]

now the issue there is automobile is also wrong, so duo needs to learn some vocab too

[Laura727333]

Not necessarily to do with the vocab. Duo will accept both pretty and beautiful for schön for example

[Rob910080]

A truck. A van. A jeep. A bicycle. A tricycle. A unicycle? A skateboard, maybe.

[drewpleblanc]

Could someone tell me the German word for "car"? Because it obviously isn't "Fahrzueg" lul

[bluchill]

Looks like das auto is what you/we are looking for. Correct me if I am wrong native speakers...

[mizinamo]

it's das Auto, actually.

auto (lowercase) is not a German word.

[TrevorLSwi1]

Tell Herr Benz !

[MBearr1221]

If "sie" is "she," but "sein" isn't "her," then how do you say "her" as in "Her car?"

[jzsuzsi]

Ihr Fahrzeug ist alt.

[Robbadob]

For anyone who is extremely confused:
my > mein
your > dein
his > sein
her > ihr
our > unser
y'all's > euer
their > ihr
Your > ihr

Yes, ihr can mean y'all, her, their and Your.

[Robbadob]

And ihr for Your should be capitalized.

[Saana726019]

danke schön

[Ludwig831091]

what is Y'ell?

[CMTinPHX]

Y'all = you (singular; plural = "all y'all..."). ;-)

[Tomek8St]

Can I change vehicle for truck, car?

[az_p]

No, the word Fahrzeug includes trucks, cars, etc. so the translation should not make it more or less specific.

[DaveGaviria]

I typed "Its vehicle is old" and it marked it wrong, shouldn't it be accepted?

[AdamLilja1]

It is "His" not "It's".

[JessLee411580]

I translated 'Fahrzeug' as 'transportation' but it was wrong. I think it's appropriate though.

[LucasRodri828000]

I have used "sein" to mean "your", cant it be?

[mizinamo]

I have used "sein" to mean "your", cant it be?

It can't.

sein is "his" or "its".

"your" is dein or euer or Ihr.

[JoelH.3]

These dumb bastards won't take "car" ?

[mizinamo]

These dumb bastards won't take "car" ?

No, of course not, because Fahrzeug does not mean "car".

Bicycles, trucks, busses, and helicopters aren't cars, but they're all Fahrzeuge.

[Nina_Kos]

I have never used the word vehicle in my entire life. I doubt I will ever use Fahrzeug either.

[TrevorLSwi1]

I received the same result. It is obvious that owls are confused by rickshaws.