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"Are you spending the class on writing letters?"
Translation:Bruger du timen på at skrive breve?
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What can this sentence possibly mean? Unless it means using this class?
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No explanations???? It is really difficult to guess how to translate when you are not a Danish speaker!
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Duolingo seems not to realize that the English word "letters" could mean something that you stick in the mail or letters of the alphabet. As a teacher I know that there are times when younger students practice writing the letters of the alphabet. Duolingo expects me to read their mind and know what meaning of they word they have chosen to use.
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To be honest I'm not sure what the confusion is with the English version either, maybe it's the Americanism of class rather than lesson but it still makes sense - it might be awkward sounding but it's not terrible
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Yes, "Stunde" (hour, danish: time) for "Unterricht" or "Unterrichtsstunde" (class, lesson) is undoubtedly alright, at least in German. I guess, the same goes for Danish, hence the phrase in the exercise...
Ah, yes, "Verbringst du die Stunde damit, Briefe zu schreiben" makes sense. I would translate that as: "Are you spending the lesson time writing letters?" You can "spend time", you can "spend money", but you can't spend classes. But Duolingo doesn't seem to care if the sentence makes no sense at all.
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It would be a smoother translation if the English question asked, "Are you spending class time" (or "the class period") "on writing letters?"