"Mereka membaca koran."

Translation: They read the newspaper.

[LongHenry]

does Quran sound different from koran in indonesian? how do you know the difference between the newspaper and the holy book?

[demoksaputra]

They sound different. There's a slight pause in Quran, so like Qur'an. Also, the official word for Quran in Indonesian is actually 'Alquran'.
https://kbbi.web.id/Alquran

[MarcoMeeuwse]

In my experience Koran sounds somewhat close to the Dutch word krant. Meaning newspaper. My family pronounce it more like koran(d).

[Yuk1mura]

isnt translation "they read newspaper" correct?

[CassiopeiaLyra]

technically yes, but because there aren't really any articles in Indonesian in order for it to make sense in English they expect you to put in an article

[carrots084]

If the sentence for "I read the newspaper" told me to write "aku membaca koran", why isn't "They read the newspaper" accepted here?

[RobertKing688283]

Agree, it's quite common in English to say 'the newspaper' rather than 'a newspaper'.
I think newspaper is a special case. If you were asked 'Where did you read that?' it would be more natural to respond 'In the newspaper' than 'In a newspaper'.
Conversely you would normally reply 'In a book' and only use 'In the book' if there was already a specific book established in the context.

[JoeyLim2410]

They is not aku

[esoosaar]

Why is they reas newspapers in plural wrong here?

[deactivated user]

Your English is wrong. It's not "They reads newspapers". Its "They read newspapers". Reads can only be used on a singularity

[deactivated user]

Also read is used only on special occasions so no

[Caroline34319]

I wrote "They read newspaper" and was wrong. I'm not sure why. Does anyone know?

[PakTrent]

They read the news?