"Kucing minum air."

Translation: Cats drink water.

[owai11]

why not "The cat drinks water" ?

edit: (some month later):
i prefer "cats drink water"

[Rick392366]

why not "The cat drinks water" ?

"The cat drinks water" = now accepted as a correct answer

[aSadRichMan]

That would be "kucingnya minum air".

[muthiaskhrn]

If use "the" the meaning become "kucing itu minum air"

[owai11]

i agree, i see no plural in this sentence

[VarmaKafo]

Plural is indicated by the context. You could also repeat the word twice if it's not obviously implied such as "apel-apel" = apples or "jeruk-jeruk" = oranges.

[Vanessa1489]

I thought it was cat drinks water

[EmPulse2]

I think the difference is that the sentence "Cat drinks water" in English literally means the exact same thing as "That/this/a cat drinks water".

The English statement you offered implies that there is a single cat, in which case the Indonesian version would say specify that/ this (itu/ ini) cat.

Also the statement "Cat drinks water" is super weird in English, I say as someone who used this as my answer the first time.

[owai11]

"cat drinks water" is strange, yes... maybe even not a correct english sentence! :-)

[mohelhageen]

the language is launched last week... the Duo team is still making a lot of correction.. Report..report...then report any error

[Frankkenstn]

Thanks, and I agree... Great work getting this up to Beta to everyone btw.

[aSadRichMan]

"Kucing minum air" is rather incorrect to say here, please add a "seekor (a)" or "si (the)" or "-nya (the)" before "kucing". If you want to say habit, "kucing biasanya minum air (cats drink water)" is more appropriate.

[lorena115680]

so it will be: "seekor kucing minum air", "si kucing minum air"? and the one with '-nya' is before kucing too?

[Hamza985245]

How "cat is drinking water" would be translated to Bahasa Indonesia?

[ToyotaFort1]

Literally the same way. And it said wrong to me.

[DomenDolen]

Can be also cat drinks water

[BranchVinc]

I thought cats drink milk :-(

[Frankkenstn]

yeah, doesn't take cat drinks water. What's the difference between Cat drinks Water and Cats drink water ? Thanks

[hermitpanda]

In English, singular nouns or plural nouns that refer to an specific group require an article. A cat or The cats in the corner. General nouns don't need it.

[Radiant_cardi]

thanks john that helped a lot wanna talk on here??

[Anggita844545]

Nnnn

[Eddy_Conejo]

"Cat drinks water" wrong? It kinda sounds like I'm saying "cat" as a name but I think is right enough ^^'

[PeterHilto3]

One cat or many: kucing will not define.

[PutrySanny]

Isn't cats means kucing kucing? And cat means kucing. A lot of kucing and just one kucing

[BranchVinc]

Cats would be kucing-kucing

[DanielJ.Rv]

I like my mom

[SANSjK]

The question was to translate "kuching minum air."
I translated it as "cat drink water."
It says it's wrong and mentions the right answer as,"Cats drink water"
How am i suppose to know wether it's "cat" or "cats"
???? Please help me out...

[muis55]

the cat = kucing itu. it drink(s) water = cat drinks water. kucing = cat. kucing - kucing (plural) = cats

[Woofie100262]

Uhhh how do I know the diffrence between plural and singular? Like do people say it diffrent or what?

[Vamonkea]

My native speaker says "Cats drink water" is wrong. Please fix

[sanskritim9043]

Toooooooo easy