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"The boy sang a pretty song."
Translation:El niño cantó una canción bonita.
April 16, 2018
8 Comments
RyagonIV
929
Canto, when referring to something musical, is more the act of singing, not what you sing. The artful combination of music and words is called canción.
RyagonIV
929
Duolingo's preferred translation uses "una canción bonita". If you wrote something with un, Duo will likely choose the masculine term tema as a correction. Canto is less a song, and more the act of singing.
NicholasM.15
679
"Canté" -> "I sang"
"Cantó" -> "he/she/you sang" (Note the accent! It makes a big difference between first person singular present tense and third person and second person formal singular past tense)
In this case, "el niño" is third person singular, hence "cantó".
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