"Halo, ini sikut."
Translation:Hello, this is elbow.
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I love this sentence without an article, because it does sound like something only a nonchalant Russian mafia member dealing in black market stolen organs would ever say. "хэло, дыс ыс элбо."
haha, I like it :P.
It might be one of those really lame Marvel superhero mutants whose superpower is having big elbows or something.
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Random language tangent: The following is not meant snarkily at all, but I'm genuinely curious why in the last couple of years I read "loose" in place of "lose" everywhere. "loose" means the opposite of 'tight' but "lose" is what's always intended. I research English language history and am wondering why this one error appears all over the place all of a sudden. More people spelling by the sound? Risky approach in English.
ok enough comments, obviously "Hello, this is elbow" is not right. I'd add "an"
Hello, this is elbow speaking. May I please speak to hand? Oh, hello hand! How are you? Its been such a long time!
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In the case of the band Elbow, which as a name doesn't change across language borders though.
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I tried "Hello, your elbow" I was trying to think how anyone would say this, and imagined a packed train, and someone's elbow was digging into my side.
What if elbow is a proper noun "hello, this is elbow, and this is arm and this is tongue. Nice to meet you"
Not sure what the context was supposed to be, but it should say, "Hello, this is my/your/his/an elbow."
I just wanted to visit this glorious thread and leave a fun fact about my friend, elbow: You cannot lick your own elbow. In case you're already trying to do it now - are you slowly getting frustrated? You're welcome.
This sentence even reminds me of Monty Python's iconic sketch comedy "Nudge Nudge". Eric Idle nudges Terry Jones to throw some naughty questions.
Come on!!!!!!! Forgetting the translation, I wrote, "Hello, this elbow." No one ever, no one anywhere has ever said a sentence this stupid. I'm getting short-tempered with Duo at this poit, I know. For what it is worth, I am a paying customer. I apologize for my intolerance. You guys are awesome, seriously, but come on. "This is elbow." This is Santa - okay. This is a dish okay. This is an elbow- okay. This is a leprechaun - okay. But "This is elbow!!!!" WHAT???? Please, forgive my impertinence. WOAH!
This is what happens when lazy tech companies use AI to produce language learning material...
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In English all nouns beginning with a vowel have 'an' in front of them not 'a'. Just one of those things.