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"Orange"
Translation:Łitsxo
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Two different (clearly fruit) questions have accepted only different spellings of "orange" in the answer. There either needs to be consistency or a lesson explaining the correct time to use each form. The food module for Diné Bizaad is almost unusable.
Can someone explain why the answer, in the food section, changes from ch'il łitsxooi to łitsxo?
If I am understanding this correctly, chʼil łitsxooí is the fruit and Łitsxo would be the colour.
Sorry, but isn't it the other way around? Ch'il meant something like plant, if I recall correctly, so ch'il łitsxooí = orange(-colored) plant/fruit.
Idk. I think that mistake is dumb. This is the food section, Duolingo, not the colors!!!
If I'm not mistaken, the name of the fruit describes its shape and its color. "Ch'il" refers to a round object.
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It's ch'il litsxooi when you hover but that isn't accepted and litsxo is given as the correct answer.
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I like that Navajo has more distinct terms for the fruit and the color than English does. Maybe instead of "Orange" it should say "Orange (color)".
before they put (x) into the alphabet yellow and orange were spelled almost the same way but pronouced different, not sure why that would apply to this modern app though, my uncle is always rasing a stink about (x) being in the alphabet not and now when he was in school
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The lesson that taught us what an orange was told us that it is ch'il titsxooí, with the special t, however, this does not accept that.
No. When I posted the comment the only answer it accepted was chi'l łitsxooi, but now it looks like łitsxo is also accepted.
As of April 5, 2021, it did not accept chi’l litsxo (no barred l on my keyboard), only litsxo. I thought both words together meant the fruit, and given this is the food section, the fruit should be an accepted answer.
