"¿Qué países conoces?"
Translation:What countries are you familiar with?
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What is used to ask a question when there are an unknown number or infinite possibilities for an answer. Which is used when you have a very small or limited field to choose from.
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Huh. I've never thought about it that way, but that seems to be pretty true. "Which" is like "select" and "what" is like "supply". I'll have to steal that from you. Thanks!
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Not quite. The number can be quite large, the definition is a selection from a definite set, such as the number of countries that exist (see Oxford dictionary) so in this case the correct word is which.
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Conocer when used in places or countries would mean that you actually been there and not just know the facts and information on that place. I think duo is telling us that if we use "know" on this context, we are actually saying the verb Saber.
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'With what countries are you familiar?' marked wrong. This should be correct, as it is actually a better grammatical translation.
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Correct, yes. Did you report it? That's how they change things.
Better, no. If it's about ending sentences with prepositions, there has never been a time in English history where grammarians agreed on that prohibition, nor has there been a time when most native speakers avoided the construction.
Generally, English speakers try to front their interrogative pronouns, so one could even argue that the translation DL uses is better.
Regardless, both are perfectly correct.
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Not in this case, when used as adjectives qué and cuál have exactly the same meaning, but qué sounds more natural.
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Can someone explane what is wrong with - What cities do you know?
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I'm afraid many Americans would include England, And Duolingo doesn't help..
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"With what countries are you familiar?" is grammatically correct. Why isn't it accepted?