"Umurmu sepuluh tahun."
Translation:You are ten years old.
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Considering this is in 'Possesive' shouldn't it be 'Your age is ten years', rather then 'You are ten years old'? I know it doesn't sound natural in English, but it would make much more sense.
Considering this is in 'Possesive' shouldn't it be 'Your age is ten years', rather then 'You are ten years old'? I know it doesn't sound natural in English, but it would make much more sense.
Yes, you're right.
The literal translation would make it more clear that a possessive is used in the Indonesian sentence.
"Umurmu" = "Your age"
"Umurmu sepuluh tahun." = "Your age is ten years"
However, I don't know if this literal English translation is accepted as a correct answer by Duolingo.
"Umurmu sepuluh tahun." = "Your age is ten years"
I just tried it, and it wasn't accepted as a correct answer.
I agree, that's a literal translation and it should be accepted. However, it's slightly awkward in English, so the more natural translation should ALSO be accepted.
For "you are 10 years old", we'd say "kamu 10 tahun". But usually we just use the first one, "umurmu 10 tahun"
I would suggest to allow '10' instead of ten just like with the similar questions: "Umurku sepuluh tahun".
If you're typing in english, then yes it should be accepted. But if you're typing in Indonesian, you need to type sepuluh. It's a spelling thing in the end, because we know how to spell "ten", but we're learning numbers in indonesian.
He seems to be saying 'tahur' rather than 'tahun'. Is that deliberate?
Since when is there a female voice reading? Today I hear her for the first time!
She is nice. And as clear as the guy. I had the guy for more than 15 days in a row. And all of a sudden there is a woman. From then on they both appear regularly....strange!
