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because.... duolingo should be funny, this at the time of tablets and smartphones ;-). Vielleicht sind sie an Geschichte interessiert....<facepalm>
Because childern who have between 10 to 13 years old, spends about 29 percent of their money for newspapers and magazines, based on sound file in deutsch-to-go.de
You're right, it is "das Kind" for "the child," but "Kinder" is the plural form ("the children") so that's why it takes "die" instead of "das." All plurals have "die" as an article.
Why is 'die' used for zeitung instead of 'den'?? PS:Im a noob, dont laugh on me if my questions seem silly..
I was surprised "The children read the paper" didn't count as correct.
No, "Kinder" is the correct plural form here, "Kindern" would be the dative form though. In this sentence, "die Kinder" is the subject, meaning it is in the normal nominative case where it's just the plural of "das Kind."
the sound is quite in between the long i:, as in meet, and the short e, as in "bed". Well, that´s how I try to pronounce it from a Russian nativespeaker´s point of view :)
Ah, ha, ha, ha,! (insert a laughing smiley face here) Yeah me too. More than once have I got the answer wrong because I have made a typo and made the answer into a completely different word. The face-palms are so real here.
Why is not "The children reads newspaper" correct unless I remove the "s" in "reads"?
As children is plural, it is grammatically incorrect in English to say 'the children reads' and it is always 'the children read'
"Lese" is the conjugation for "ich" ("I read" = "Ich lese"). "Lesen" is the infinitive form and also the conjugation for "wir," "sie," and "Sie" ("We read" = "Wir lesen," "they read" = "sie lesen," "You[formal] read" = "Sie lesen"). "Liest" is for "du" and "er/sie/es" ("You read" = "Du liest," "He/she/it reads" = "Er/sie/es liest"). You can learn more about conjugation here.
'Sie' is used to denote "she" as well as "they"....how do I distinguish what sie means??
Mostly, paying attention to the conjugation of the verb should help. For "she," the verb is conjugated the same as "er" or "es" (so with "lesen," "sie liest" would mean "she reads," "er/es liest" = "he/it reads"). For "they" and the formal form of "you," the verb looks the same, but "Sie" with a capital "S" means "you (formal)" ("sie lesen" = "they read," "Sie lesen" = "you(formal) read").
My 5 year old repeated this before I could say it and butchered it but the app picked it up and marked it as correct...
How can you tell if it's "read" or "are reading" (besides judging from options given) ?
Guys anyone can answer this...??????
Why die Zeitung is not plural in English? If it's eine Zeitung well for sure it's not plural but in this case there's a "die" ...
