"¿Qué comida hicieron ustedes?"
Translation:What food did you make?
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"You all" or "all of you" is not necessary in English. I understand why they ask for it but it is unnatural for many. It's an irritating feature that needs to be optional. I'll continue to write it up. They've wisely made it impossible to report.
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I wrote "What food did y'all make?" and then realized I had used a Texan word. How wonderful to find out it was accepted! :D
I have no problem with the regional use of any of these. The issue is that it was the only accepted answer which my report helped change. Problem solved. The South and Texas may think the world revolves around them, so do Bostonians, but, well, not so much. I hope that's not too harsh a reality. I lived in Texas many years and the south most of my life. My wife and son are both Native Texans. Now, strangely enough, y'all has almost completely left our vocabulary after having lived in Ecuador for 15 months. Our Big Bend country neighbors never use y'all either. Y'all may not be so important after all.
I have never seen a single question yet in Duolingo that asks for or requires you all in the answer, so I don't know where you are getting that from!
In English as spoken in the UK, 'you all' would only be used in very specific situations. It's much more common - and correct - to say 'you' when the plural meaning would be understood.
Could someone remind me why 'ustedes' is at the end of the sentence? I know it is a rule, but I have forgotten it.
i agree Hacieron could men " they " right? unless you use ustedes you do not know that the answer is "you "not "they"
"You all" is a southern expression that is not used in most of the United States.
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Region is not the point. The point is that you understand. "You all" makes it clear which you DL wants. It clarifies that we need to use "ustedes" rather than "tú" or "usted".
"you all" has a negative sound for many in the United States. It conjures up a Southern accent with an Old South intonation. A time when Jim Crow rules were in effect. Yes, I know Southerners will disagree, but all those "Yankees" out there hear "you all" negatively.
It's very fun to read all y'as comments. Y'all is no more negative a connotation then all y'as is in parts of the North East United States. The literal translation of ustedes Is all you, y'all, and all y'as. If y'all, all y'as or all you can think of a better way for duolingo to teach that. Let me know. Lol
There isn't necessarily cooking involved. Not all food requires cooking. For instance a salad.
spanish is realy interesting. ı would say ''what did you cook'' not what food did you make
You formal plural and they use the same Third Person Plural conjugations.
You informal plural is "Vosotros" and it has its own conjugations.
It is used mostly in Spain and the Plate Region where Río de Plata runs into the Atlantic.
Well, this one was pretty easy - it had "ustedes", so it's plural!
When the translation is from an English sentence that has the word "you", answers using all Spanish forms are accepted.
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doe not hicieron and ustedes mean more than one person surely it should be que comida hicistes usted or hizo usted
This sentence is addressing more than one person. There is nothing wrong with that.
"Vosotros" is a personal pronoun that's widely used in Spain, and it's one of the main differences between Spanish speakers in America vs. Europe.
Duolingo focuses on Latin American Spanish.
Ref: https://www.duolingo.com/enroll/es/en/Learn-Spanish
On Duolingo, you'll learn a version of Spanish closer to what you'd hear in Latin America than in Spain, but the differences are relatively small and everybody will be able to understand you.
Spanish answers constructed for "vosotros/as" are accepted where appropriate, but Duo does not actively teach it.
In the the past DUO accepted "dish" as a synomyn for " platos" or "comida
I don't recall Duo accepting 'dish' for «comida»
Do you have a specific sentence where you saw that?
The Spanish question formula is:
¿(Preposition) + question word + conjugated verb + (subject) + (additional information)?
The brackets indicate that these components of the question aren’t always necessary.?
Ref : https://www.realfastspanish.com/grammar/asking-questions
Variations from this formula occur, but this formula seems to always work.
