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- "That pig's head is very big."
"That pig's head is very big."
Translation:La cabeza de ese cerdo es muy grande.
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I got this wrong at first. But clearly 'esa carbeza del cerdo' means 'that head of the pig' which implies more than one head on one pig. I need to be more careful.
"Esa cabeza del cerdo es muy grande." A translator worded it just like the English sentence. Since it translates correctly I think maybe why it isn't correct has to do with having body parts as "the" instead of "my." e.g. La cabeza duele = my head hurts. So if a body part is "the" this Duo example sentence has to start with La cabeza. The "that" (ese) then has to go with the cerdo. Thus the sentence: La cabeza de ese cerdo es muy grande.
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give me a break duo i have it correct after getting it wrong several times i probably shouldn't be doing it at the same time as having a whisky mac
I don’t understand why it can’t be “Esa cabeza de cerdo”.
I interpreted the English sentence to mean that it’s literally that “pig’s head”. The pig isn’t alive anymore. It’s that pig’s head, not that pig’s head.
But I get the sense that the Spanish sentence’s meaning is closer to “the head of that pig”.
The English sentence should be changed because this seems like an important difference that can be very misleading.