"¿Las señoras hablan inglés o español?"
Translation:Do the ladies speak English or Spanish?
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Weird, when I wrote "do the girls speak English or Spanish" DuoLingo told me I was wrong and advised: " Do the gals speak English or Spanish?"
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"Girls" is "niñas" in Spanish. I suppose "gals" has been provided as slang for ladies.
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According to word reference: a gal is a girl Una Señor/a ( Sr./ Sra.) is a Mrs. Señora: Lady , Madame, Ma'am,...
Señora ( Polite): Older woman, or married woman) Madam...
Señorita( Younger woman) Miss.
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Yes, normally gals means girls but when women go out for a night together they often call it "a night with the girls (gals)". Perhaps it's been reported and accepted...
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Just because some people use words in their own way that doesn't make it true English.
A girl is a girl is a girl.
A child.
Fundamental reality.
A man calling a woman, "baby" does make baby mean in English anything but a baby. An infant.
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Señoras are not girls! It's a term of respect for married or older women.
'Ladies' is used in the UK but is really becoming seen as a bit quaint. Most of the time people would say 'women'
Reported this and got feedback today that 'women' will be accepted as well as 'ladies'
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On August 21, I got a Feedback email saying that “women” is now accepted. That day, it was marked wrong in an exercise. The next day it was accepted. Crazy...
I answered " Do the women speak English or Spanish?" I got it wrong! DL suggested that I use "ladies" instead of "women". Seriously?
As stated in above comments, the usage of ladies over women is a tad antiquated for most of us English speakers. I agree that should be changed.
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I said "do the ladies talk in english or spanish?", but got it wrong... what is the difference between talk and speak?
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The differences are subtle but real. When it is about languages, we use 'speak'. IMO your translation is reasonable but has a slightly different meaning. Check out https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/speak-or-talk
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The previous reply is a good one. But also, you added an extra word "in" that is not needed.
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Do the women speak English or Spanish? Seriously! I got this wrong! Burn the Word to Hell!
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Mujeres!
We learned the word mujeres translates to women and vice versa long ago.
If Duolingo had wanted you to use the word women it would have shown you the word mujeres.
A consistent problem with Duolingo. Questions are not asked as questions (go back an listen to the audio). This sentence is "The ladies speak English or Spanish." The problem is amplified because there is no consistency to subject-verb placement in Spanish. Ugh. [and while we're at it, I read this as "Ladies speak English or Spanish" and not "THE ladies"]
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Am i missing something? Do the women speak English or Spanish? Was marked as incorrect.
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I put "Are the ladies speaking English or Spanish?" And it was marked wrong. Just out of curiosity, how would you say "Are the ladies speaking English or Spanish?" In Spanish. Let me know. I feel like owl hunting tonight.
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how would you make the statement (not a question) "the ladies speak English or Spanish?
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Las is definite article for Femlaes and Los is for Males, Right? Do we have for neuter?
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I would say "ladies" is patronising rather than "quaint", however it is useful to know what the most direct translation is, particularly if that informs what you might want to avoid
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Your error was saying "you" instead of "the". There's a difference in meaning, and the original sentence doesn't include any "you".
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In other questions. Are speaking, they use hablan. So why was my answer wrong. (Are the women speaking English or Spanish?)
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So I wrote "are the ladies speaking english or spanish?" Why is that wrong?
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How do you know it is not "Are the women speaking English or Spanish" instead of "Do the women...."
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This could be a polite way (somewhat servile) of saying "do you...".
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Is there any real difference: the ladies, do they speak English or Spanish and the translation above?
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why is the term "ladies" different from "women"? They both mean the same
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i put do the ladies speak spanish or english and it was marked wrong. said correct translation is do the ladies speak english or spanish. i reported it
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the order does not change the meaning. so i don't understand why it was marked wrong
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LOL. I think it would be easier to answer in the correct order than to argue about it.
Or maybe try to change the world and say "Gentlemen and Ladies...", "bolts and nuts", and "Eve and Adam".
:)
