"Mannen dricker inte oljan."

Translation: The man is not drinking the oil.

[CedSgm7N]

I keep getting the word for oil confused with the word for beer.

[devalanteriel]

A lot of people who know German do that. :)

[CedSgm7N]

I don't speak German - Ha!

[DeepThought69]

Why is "The man is not drinking the oil" wrong when "dricker" is "is drinking"... suddenly it's wrong when it's a negative!?

[devalanteriel]

That's actually accepted.

[DeepThought69]

I wrote that, got the error, and from there, I jumped into this forum...

[devalanteriel]

I believe you. It's possible the system made an error. You could also have had a typo and not realised. Either way, your answer is correct - and entered as accepted in the admin interface.

[_Chromatic]

good haha i just did it too

[Vector_007]

I still dont understand to placing of the word 'inte'

[Melisa973741]

I wrote doesn't but it was wrong. And the only mistake is l didn't write does not. Do I have to write so?

[MarcVandep]

your system does not accept my answer, good or bad, and give me a red cross. i checked the settings and my computer is ok. what can i do?

[LydiaWalto1]

I don't know honestly but it probably is either small typos or Duolingo malfunctioning try checking a dictionary for the wrong answers to see if its ur own mistake

[ajay141936]

Question is why doesn't he want to!?