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Quite right. And if your parents can't afford your education, you should have chosen better parents!
No, 'The educations in America are expensive,' is NOT correct. 'Education' is a non-count noun and has no plural form.
I agree with the aforementioned about the English translation. The Danish sentence is wright? Is "uddannelse" a countable or non countable noun?
It is countable in Danish.
While this sentence is a bit dubious and I will correct the English translation, "education" is definitely a countable noun. Consider:
- "The applicants had comparable educations."
- "Their educations differed greatly because of how much money their parents could afford"
My natural manner of speech would leave education in both of those sentences singular. While it may not be wrong to pluralize education, in most cases, especially the problem statement we are discussing, it comes off as something a non-native speaker would say.
I disagree, it sounds natural to me. In this sentence though, I would use the singular "education."
A bad sentence, which we have been complaining about for three years. Do Duolingo listen when we squawk? No Native speaker is going to say educations.
And to make matters worse, it is still expensive for us to study in Europe since we are not EU citizens.... :(
Is the pronunciation of "uddannelserne" in this sentence correct? Sounds weird to me.
Why is uddannelserne plural? What can be the logic behind the sentence? In what context would this be used like this? Thanks in advance. :)
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Uddannelse is plural here because you can go through many courses to get your educational fix. :)
"En uddannelse" refers to one full course of education and/or work training.
Jeg bor i Danmark, og jeg går i dansk sprogskole. "Uddannelserne"= THE educationS !
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Det er rigtigt når du snakker dansk, men ikke på engelsk. :)
Det engelsk ord "education" er sædvanligvis ikke tællelig, derfor sjælden kan findes flertalformen "educations".
Ikke de private uddannelserne. Åh, vent, du snakkede om uddannelserne i de korporatiske universitater. Ja, de er meget dyre.
can someone break down uddanelserne into its component parts so that i can try to understand the word , its easier for me to memorize then.. thanks
16 Translate this text Uddannelserne i Amerika er dyre. education in america is expensive You are correct Report a Problem close "Uddannelserne i Amerika er dyre. "
Translation: Education in America is expensive. 18 Comments
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This is the first sentence on DL to ever make me cry.
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As we say, if you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
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Quite right. And if your parents can't afford your education, you should have chosen better parents!
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Tell that to the government then
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No, 'The educations in America are expensive,' is NOT correct. 'Education' is a non-count noun and has no plural form.
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I agree with the aforementioned about the English translation. The Danish sentence is wright? Is "uddannelse" a countable or non countable noun?
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It is countable in Danish.
While this sentence is a bit dubious and I will correct the English translation, "education" is definitely a countable noun. Consider:
"The applicants had comparable educations."
"Their educations differed greatly because of how much money their parents could afford"
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My natural manner of speech would leave education in both of those sentences singular. While it may not be wrong to pluralize education, in most cases, especially the problem statement we are discussing, it comes off as something a non-native speaker would say.
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I disagree, it sounds natural to me. In this sentence though, I would use the singular "education."
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Ja.
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ain't that the truth
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U.S. is not accepted... But the correction shows USA :-(
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And to make matters worse, it is still expensive for us to study in Europe since we are not EU citizens.... :(
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Is the pronunciation of "uddannelserne" in this sentence correct? Sounds weird to me.
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•2 months ago
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What I do in situations like that is I go to forvo.com and search up the word there
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Thanks, great advice! Pronunciation sounds the same on forvo.
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Tell me about it...
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It depends on how you look at it. Danes pay their whole lives in taxes so that others can have "free" education. In the long run though neither are cheaper I think. You either pay in loans or taxes, take your pick.
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Quite. There is no such thing as a free meal. Someone always has to pay. But personally I'd prefer a system where everyone pays their fair amount of taxes, and the community uses these to pay for education, regardless of the wealth of the student/student's parents.
Fair enough. :) And this is why different systems can still function-because there are different people, cultures and thought patterns. So, to each their own and "joy to the world!" :D
but with their fairer, more egalitarian system, Denmark ends up with more joy (or at least more "happiness")
Some countries mistake money for happiness. Der kan ikke gøres noget ved det.
Except when you pay in tax when you have something to pay with. You don't start your life with a crippling debt that forces you to grab any job.
