"इस तालाब का पानी ठंडा है।"
Translation:This pond's water is cold.
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I know it's not a direct translation but 'The water in this pond' is more natural English than either 'The water of this pond' or 'This pond's water'.
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I guess what the green owl is trying to teach is the correct usage of prepositions and not the phase per se.
So, as you said while it would be more natural to say "water in the pond", the hindi translation would be "तालाब में पानी".
I guess duo is trying to focus on the difference of में and का etc.
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Yes it makes sense, but for people who are not English native speakers it is a nightmare
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I feel really stupid asking this at this late date, but "का पानी"?! "पानी" is MASCULINE?!
Yes. It's one of the exceptions to the rule of thumb that words ending in -ी are feminine.
पानी is masculine, yes - one of those confusing masculine nouns that appears to have a feminine ending (like admi).
Exactly. And in this way it would be an alternate way to utter the same idea and the choice between को and में is mere voluntary. I can consider तालाब as a possessor of water and use को OR I can consider तालाब as a locus of water and use में.
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It has the same meaning, though your sentence uses lake as an adjective, while Duo's sentence uses it as the possessor of the water.
“The water in this pond” is a better English translation/ preferred sentence structure