"Die Frau hat einen Teller."

Translation: The woman has one plate.

[yadwinder_gadari]

Whats the difference between "Platte" and "Teller" ?

[Eloise23]

Dec 29, 2014 - I seem to recall that die Platte is more platter-like, larger, used for serving, and you eat off of der Teller. I could be wrong - it's been decades since I was in Germany.

[_aDel_]

why not using ein instead of einen?

[WolfStriker1]

In this sentence, "Teller" is in the accusative case, so being a masculine word, it requires "ein" to be declined to "einen."

[Nepenti]

Could this be translated "The wife has a plate."? Which I suppose would mean "my wife" -- I'm still trying to figure out this usage. Germans (or maybe just Duolingo), seem to be big on using definite article for relatives.

[Emil240380]

"Die Frau" simply means "the woman".
"Meine Frau" means "My woman" which more conversationally means "My Wife"

[Ned_Aloha]

The sound is not working, so cannot repeat the phrase

[Tbagtheo]

Why is "The woman has a plate" wrong ?