"Tonight we must eat at our parents' house."

Translation: Wij moeten vanavond bij onze ouders eten.

[mrleddy]

This translation is wrong I think. Why have the part about the house if it isn't necessary to translate that? I said: "Vanavond moeten wij bij het huis van onze ouders eten"

[Kai_E.]

"bij" usually connotes being at someone's house or place, so the translation is fine, even though including "house" in the translation isn't absolutely necessary.

"bij onze ouders" = with our parents/at our parents' place/at our parents' house

[mrleddy]

yeah I completely understand that, and it does make sense. But I find it weird that I actually translate the sentence and it says it's incorrect :D

[Kai_E.]

Okay, I see. Of course your sentence works, it just wasn't accepted before, but now it is. If you think a sentence should be accepted in the future, then please report it using the "report a problem" button during the lesson.

[JosephT.Madawela]

I have done it but nothing happens it is Bs

[Pete15454]

If it isn't necessary to have the word "house" in there, why is it still in the question 5 years on? It is misleading, although I get that it is sort of educational by catching you out and making you remember this supposition/exception, but it is confusing nonetheless.

[ACCERNERP]

Yeah. It may not be truly proper, but English speakers often say things like "we're eating at our parents' tonight".

[Pete15454]

Correct, so the inclusion of "House" is therefore totally unnecessary.

[markvanroode]

How about "Vanavond moeten we bij onze ouders eten.?"

[Naylor1993]

Dat is wat ik schreef. Is het verkeerd?

[NRQ5y]

Totally agree with everyone who pointed out that "house" was mentioned and in translation it's omitted.

[Anastasiia916326]

You are have to fix that based on many feedback you got already if you are not idiots

[DaleAddiso2]

There is no mention of the word house in the Dutch translation. It is not a literal translation.

[verarim1]

Why not
"Wij moeten bij onze ouders vanavond eten"?

[rchm75]

I had " Wij moeten bij onze ouders eten vanavond ". is that wrong ? and if so, then why ?

[Tkaa3]

I also still learning... but if I am not mistaken the rule is time (vanavond) comes before place (het huis van onze ouders)

[Marion647635]

Why is "we" wrong?

[geoff840929]

What is wrong with putting vanavond as the last word...perfectly ok in English

[nanda_justgames]

Why not start the phrase with Vanavond?

[DaeMeow]

After six years (!!!) and this translation is still not sorted out! Come on, duolingo..

[Dilly497540]

This is confusing. Why is there the need to refer to "house"? Learning Dutch on here spoils my English grammar as my English isn't really good anyway!

[Zrizt]

Can someone tell me what is wrong with "Vanavond moeten we op het huis van onze ouders eten"? I tried this way and also "Vanavond moeten we bij het huis van onze ouders eten" and both were marked wrong.

[Marion647635]

Op - on? Eating on the roof? Bij - next to or near. Both prepositions don't work

[Zrizt]

Prepositions are almost never translated exactly, in any language. Op can mean on, at, in, around, on top of, above, etc. Bij can mean by, with, next to, near, at, between, among, etc.

I’d like to know which preposition does work, if these two don’t.