"I eat cheese."

Translation: Eu como queijo.

[jesseduff]

Queijo that was a lucky spelling guess.

[JewishPolyglot]

Yeah, an angel or a saint or something must protect us new Duolingoers

[th4tsaxman]

Can anyone tell me why "Eu come queijo" is incorrect? I know it's got something to do with the verb conjugation but I'm not totally sure. Thanks!

[Paulenrique]

You should say "Eu como" (I eat) and "Ele come" (he eats), "Ela come" (she eats) and "Você come" (you eat).

[MattOlkowski]

Why can't it be "Como o queijo"? Is the article really that important?

[lasa704509]

Yes...it is like you write we eat but you meant I eat.(sorry for mistakes im not from usa or britan:))

[Anderson_Brazil]

The exercises are meant to translate as close as possible to the literal. I see them more as an attention tests then a knowledge ones. So:

I eat cheese : eu como queijo

I eat THE cheese: eu como O queijo.

Hope that helps ;)