"Le canard mange la pizza."

Translation: The duck eats the pizza.

[Martynas253030]

True story

[PhillipStanley]

I can believe it!

[BiggPhill]

Probably not Papa John's

[Lhwashi2014]

Correction: what's the difference in interpreting je/il/elle/le canard mange as "is eating" vs. "eats"

[toxanix]

Nothing, really... Both are present tense so either should work when translating the present tense.

[La_Mariette]

French does not have a present continuous tense, so both "he eats" and "he is eating" translate to "il mange".

[ChossHunter]

I've always wanted a pizza duck!!

[Canard_Drake]

It eats pizza, but it cannot be a drake... Why?

[saltypajamacat]

why?

[PhillipCap1]

Lucky duck..!! Lol

[SethFriese1]

Now this id like to see

[PrincePeccary]

For God's sake. You shouldn't feed ducks bread, yet alone a pizza...

[Adelinamer8]

._.

[Lhwashi2014]

What's the difference between "is eating" vs. "eating"

[saltypajamacat]

no difference

[EileenBowe1]

Is there a word in French for ate?

[Knightingale122]

Yes,
This is imparfait

je mangeais-I ate

tu mangeais-You ate

il/elle mangeait-He/She ate

nous mangions-We ate

vous mangiez-You ate

ils/elles mangeaient-They ate

Also there is passé composé

j' ai mangé-I ate

tu as mangé-You ate

il/elle a mangé- He/She ate

nous avons mangé-We ate

vous avez mangé-You ate

ils/elles ont mangé-They ate

[George755768]

Why is "the duck is eating a pizza" incorrect?

[pinksharpii]

Since it uses la instead of une, "the pizza" would be the correct translation, not "a pizza"

[RyanRapson]

Why would "The duck is eating the pizza" be wrong? Would not both be correct?

[RyanRapson]

...or i could have made a typo