"Ich würde auf die Umwelt achten."

Translation: I would look after the environment.

[nwilson91]

Why not "I would pay attention to the environment"?

[Laura.USA]

I wrote that and was marked wrong, even though Duo gave "pay attention to" as an option. So annoying.

[VaclavKlic]

my question as well...

[Uberling]

Why isn't it "auf DER Umwelt"?

[a_ae_f]

'achten auf (etwas/jemanden)' is used with Akkusativ. (there are other verbs with auf+Akk, like 'hören auf (etwas/jemanden)' (when you listen to and follow someone's words).

'Ich achte auf dich.'

'Ich achte auf die Umwelt.'

[az_p]

(FYI, it's only native-speakers who have a feeling for wen vs wem and so on, so these kind of tips are 99% worthless to those learning German non-natively).

[Uberling]

I suppose that is important to keep in mind. The fear of making mistakes can keep one from speaking at all.

[a_ae_f]

Das sollten eigentlich nur Beispiele sein. Sätze, die einem ähnlich begegnen könnten.

Nächstes Mal schreibe ich bessere. ;) Und die verwirrende Frage habe ich gelöscht.

[Uberling]

There are always many basics left to learn. Thanks.

[WilliamDan417938]

Once again duolingo offers a translation (in this case of achten) and then doesn't accept it when you use it.