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- "Ella tiene tres hijos."
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Doesn't hijo mean son also? So could hijos translate to sons? If so, how do we know whether to use children or sons?
Hijos can mean either a mix of male and female children or just sons. Use hijas if it's all daughters.
So.... what if you were, say, babysitting for a Spanish mother and you were told that said Spanish mother has "tres hijos". You'd have no way of knowing if that meant she had three kids or if she had three boys... which is a very different matter, at least from this baby-sitters perspective XD
I would say person would probaly ask....in which case they would specify "dos hijos y uno hija." Or "dos niños y uno nina."
This is why it's a problem. If the same word didn't apply to the two different scenarios, no questions would be necessary.
But it isn't a problem, in english for instance you might say "three kids" or "two boys and one girl". It mostly depends on context and whether you can infer from it, if not, you can ask for further information.
Yah but you DO know it isnt three girls or they would say "tres hijas" right? So it could be three boys, two boys and a girl, or two girls and a boy.
Sure, but that still doesn't specify. I'm English you'd say "3 kids, 3 sons" in Spanish you'd say "3 hijos, 3 hijos", that'd get very confusing.
Yes, it all depends on how the person words their sentence and of course you could ask for them to clarify but having them both the same words must be confusing even for native speakers, at least give "children" some kind of accent, like "Hijó" lol
It would not accept "She has three sons" from me again just now. 02/20/2020
After missing on the "hijos," (I heard "hijas") I listened several times, even in slow speed. It still sounded like "hijas." A recurring problem, I think, is unclear pronunciation AND running words together.
Same thing happened to me; I've reported it. The same issue has come up with this same speaker in other lessons and I've reported those, too.
It marked me wrong because I said sons - how are we to know whether its three sons or three children?
Yes, but hijos/hijas is sons/daughters. Your children as opposed to other peoples children.
"She has three lads." Ew, why are they accepting that as a translation.
If "hijo" means "son," and "hijos" means "children," then how would you indicate plural sons?
I would look at me3babybee's comment on Sean45367's post. It should clear it up.
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The voice sample sounds like hijas, with an A, but the result says it's actually hijos, with an O. The male reading voice has given me a lot of problems like this.
Not deleting yeah they make mistakes...but i tried another site and didnt like it
Ugh i thought the lady said hijas.... i get the difference i just coulda swore she said hijas and not hijos
Why three children and not three boys. There is no indication the reason for the distinction. I was counted wrong.
Ella tiene tres ninos - she has three children Ella tiene tres hijos - she has three sons
Having read all of these comments I feel that if the question is: Tiene tres hijos, both answers should me correct:- She has three sons and she has three chikdren.
Technically, children or sons could be correct in this sentence. I chose sons and it got marked incorrect.
if you press the sound button to listen a couple of times, it's like a little song. try it!
sure sounds like 'hijas' to me! I can see the words/meanings quickly. I cannot hear them all rolled together. :-(
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The sentence can mean that she has 3 children or three sons. Both options should be accepted not only children!
most of the times when i speak , it comes as wrong either it is because of slow internet connectivity or maybe my voice was not audible. how do i solve this
