"The pupil thinks there is too much homework in school."

Translation: Eleven synes, der er for mange lektier i skolen.

[Linda468778]

Why "for mange" and not "for meget"? I thought mange means many, and meget means much.

[xy16j3]

Homework is not countable, but lektier are.

[mipani]

Unfortunately, when you hover your mouse pointer over "much" you get "meget" as the only possibility.

[MKendrick72]

This. This is a problem in general. I just had another sentence in this same lesson, and I thought, "based on my previous knowledge the answer should be such-and-such," but I hovered over a word to confirm that I remembered correctly, and it told me to use a completely different construction, so I did and got the question wrong. Don't screw with people like that, Duolingo. I'm using you to learn BECAUSE I don't already know, so of course I'm going to trust you to tell me when something it not correct, and if you say on a given example to do x, I will do x even if it's irregular because I trust you. Don't betray my trust.

[sammccarthy1995]

Spot on. I gambled with mange in the end and it paid off. It's disrupting my learning though. This is my second time through the tree and I'm still really struggling, so when I hover over the word, I expect the correct answer to be given. Very tricky!

[deactivated user]

Why is ''Eleven tror at der er for mange lektier i skolen'' incorrect?

[Hamborg]

"much homework" can also be "meget hjemmearbejde" in Danish. Even though 'hjemmearbejde' is a bit old school.

[Zoe248029]

does anyone has a good rule over synes/tror?

[griffous]

if skole is school, why isn't skolen (the correct answer) [the] school?

[RyagonIV]

When talking about institutions in general, in English you don't use the article, you just say "We had biology in school today." If you said "the school", it would be a specific building.

In Danish that's different, you tend to use the articled form with institutions: "Vi havde biologi i skolen i dag."

[Travelanche]

I always have difficulties trying to figure out when to use synes or tror. Does anyone have a good rule of thumb for when to use one or the other? Believe or think. They are not always interchangable--are they?

[Linda468778]

Somebody somewhere commented that synes is used when one has an opinion about something.

[AhmadMadar]

how can "in school" is "i skolen"??????

[Sue337859]

Hovering over 'much' gives meget so it is frustrating to have it classed as wrong.