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"Are you spending the class on writing letters?"
Translation:Bruger du timen på at skrive breve?
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No. In this context "class" is a class or period in school, i.e. the set period of time that pupils are being taught by a teacher. "Time" is how we say the same in Danish.
What can this sentence possibly mean? Unless it means using this class?
If this is meant to be a question of a teacher, perhaps: "Are you spending the class on letter-writing?" or "Are you spending the hour/period teaching letter-writing?" in English.
"Timen" can be both 'the hour' and 'the class session' but since the english sentence says 'class' it sounds like a teacher or fellow pupil.
"Bruger du timen på at skrive breve"- when you should be spending it on the assignment.
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No explanations???? It is really difficult to guess how to translate when you are not a Danish speaker!
This is poor English and a poor translation of bad English. Please revise this example. Feb 2020
"Klassen" should be accepted and it makes no sense why it isn't for literally the English term "the class"!
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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.
I'm neither an English nor a Danish native, but to my ears this sentence sounds good, maybe because in German this would be a perfect sentence. Maybe "lesson" would be better than "class"?
Are you spending the lesson on writing letters?
Verbringst du die Stunde damit, Briefe zu schreiben?
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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?"
Are you going to spend the (entire) class writing letters? Is that what they are trying to say?
