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Can "senoritas" be translated as "misses" . That was my wrong answer.
Every time before this one Duo provided that as the answer. This time I thought is added incredibly odd--so I tried young ladies. And what do you know? It worked.
no. We don't use "misses" as noun. except as a joke. "Listen here, little miss..."
But no one would use that phrase like that. In the states we would say Young women, young ladies...or even just women.
Señorita is already a diminutive form of señora. The ‘-ita’ replacing the ‘-a’ is roughly equivalent to the ‘-ette’ suffix that English uses in some cases (borrowed from French).
Depending on the exact context, a diminutive form like this may refer to the thing being talked about being small or in some way lesser than the normal meaning of the word, but when talking about people and animals it usually means that the person or animal being mentioned is young. For example, the Spanish ‘gatito’ is the diminutive of ‘gato’ and means the same thing as the English ‘kitten’, and similarly ‘perrito’ (the diminutive of ‘perro’) is ‘puppy’ (and yes, ‘burrito’ is also ‘little donkey’, though from what I understand that usage is uncommon outside of farming communities).
"How old are the ladies?" is not accepted. The suggested solution is "How old are the kids?"
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When a Spanish noun has an -ito/ita ending, the English word "little" precedes that Spanish noun's translation. Thus, if you only goal was to communicate, then the translation you propose should be accepted. However, be aware that translating "señoritas" as "young ladies" is preferable, more literal. and hence better.
Yes, it's silly. I don't think "kids" is appropriate. I also reported it.
The popup says señoritas translates to young ladies, ladies or girls. Ladies is now accepted, but girls is not.
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All the more reason for you to report it. When enough people do, it will be accepted by the program.
I talked about this to my Spanish speaking friends. They say back in the day a girl was called "nina" or "chica" until she was old enough to marry--15 then she was called "senorita" until she got married after that of course she was called "senora". I get confused about "los hijos" too. I guess it can be "the sons" or "the children".
Hmmm. So ... Is the distinction between Senora and Senorita purely marital status or a mix of age and marriage? Has the traditional usage changed to adopt to different societal expectations?
See. Here you translates "las señoritas" as "young ladies" which I used for translation for "Las señoritas tienen vestidos bonitos" and you wanted "young women". Very inconsistent.
The translation of "señoritas" here is "ladies", but when i used "ladies" in the previous translation (These ladies are young) it was supposedly incorrect.
My Spanish speaking friends use "senorita" to indicate "an unmarried woman" and "senora" to address a "married woman".
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June 14 2020 In a previous sentence in this exercise Duo did not accept "young ladies" as a translation for "senoritas" and now in this sentence it does????
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where's the "young" in the spanish sentence? it just says las senoritas, doesn't specify their age or anything.
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I guess senorita is "miss" and senora is "mrs." (not yet married and already married respectively)
"What are the ages of the young ladies?" rejected.... I am aware in English "How old...." is more common but still..
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Años means years, and is a masculine noun (always), so you would want "Cuántos años". Anas means a genus of ducks.
That statement is considered RUDE in the U.S. except when needed for alcohol, job or voting etc.
How is this relevant? We are learning to speak and understand spanish, not how to be polite in the overly sensitive US.
