"पक्षी उड़ सकते हैं लेकिन तैर नहीं सकते।"

Translation: Birds can fly but can not swim.

[benulo]

Dude. Penguins

[Carissa789117]

Loons can fly and swim.

[sarefo]

Even eagles can swim, if they need to.

[Pranav7eight9]

why is birds can fly but not swim incorrect

[AndriLindbergs]

This answer "Birds can fly but can not swim" is quite unnatural. How about "Birds can fly but not swim"?

[goosefield]

I think the translation is fine, except for "can not" (which should be "cannot").

[Sam362597]

I think it's fine too, though someone might want to have a word with the ducks (swans, geese, gannets, puffins etc).

[JamesTWils]

Sadly, they are not as versatile as the cats, who can both sit and fly.

[Pranav7eight9]

that would not end in a nice way have a word with them.....

[Kate_WS]

I had my answer rejected for writing "Birds can fly but they cannot swim"! From Oxford dictionary: "Both cannot and can not are acceptable spellings, but the first is much more usual." It seems like there are a lot of these types of errors in the Hindi Duolingo, but not in other languages like Spanish and French -- would be great to get them corrected!

[bilboinamerica]

I had the same. I think it's incorrect because "they" isn't technically in the Hindu sentence.

[Prya_hindi]

Yes, i was wrong with : birds can fly but they can not swimm

[Ken384225]

“Birds can fly but they can’t swim,” was not accepted.

[Guenter212784]

I had the same, and it is annoying that it is not accepted - as if the real mistakes I make wouldn´t be enough ...

[NandithaEl]

Dude, ducks

[JessicaSte554038]

"Birds can fly but not swim" was marked wrong. (I have taught English, I know it is correct) Instead of trying to teach literal translation in bad English (no one says "can not" - even in India as far as I know - it is cannot), it would be more helpful if they also got the English usage right.

[Sunny125904]

The English translations aren't entirely natural or economical to the way some English people speak.

[Widgola]

Agree that 'Birds can fly but not swim' is better in English

[Roger423959]

I put "Birds can fly but they can not swim" and it was marked wrong? Surely this is the same thing?

[Adarsh223970]

Looks like the little Duolingo bird doesn't count penguins or ducks as birds. Family problems dude?

[Theo763305]

this lesson is written by a Hindi speaker who is incompetent in English. The proper answer has "cannot," not "can not." Your answer is just wrong.

[PaulPennin5]

Can not is possible if emphasizing the two words, but usually cannot.

[sree1959]

"Birds can fly but cannot swim" is shown as wrong because I used 'cannot' without splitting it as 'can' and 'not' !

[Mark701895]

Why does nahin come after tair?

[Mark701895]

Is anyone able to clarify this? I get it wrong every time by putting nahin tair sakte!

[Piet241184]

If I recall correctly, someone said sakna has two meanings: 1. Being capable of doing sth like "most birds have the capability to fly" and 2. Having favorable circumstances like "seeing a rainbow".
If denied "nahin" 1. follows or 2. precedes the stem.
Is that correct?

[Mark347251]

नहीं सकते not तैर नहीं

[Mark701895]

?

[anilkumarm403489]

Birds can fly but can not swim

[IoneLama1]

Birds can fly but it can't swim.

[Theo763305]

Every exercise in this lesson was written incorrectly by a Hindi speaker who does not know that "cannot" is one word. So annoying and depressing that Duolingo is so consistently wrong about this.

[Aishwarya411]

Meanwhile penguins, swans,ducks, geese,water kingfishers
,cranes,pelicans,storks,egrets,spoonbills,loons,etc etc - Dude are you serious? Are you ??

[Pranav7eight9]

maybe he does not know that birds can swim that's weird