"Ze is een lang meisje."
Translation:She is a tall girl.
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"Ze" and "zij" is both correrct!
I think you mean why isn't it "lange" (cause langue isn't dutch). You should try and read this https://www.duolingo.com/comment/3888221 I think it's been said really well and I don't think I could do it better ;)
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well Bedankt for the reply and yes i didn't mean't to type LANGUE i wanted to type LANGE but i really confused about when do we use each one je/jij - he/hij - ze/zij - we/wij and again Merci Beacoup - Bedankt - Thanks very much - شكراَ جزيلاً
I was confused about the usage of "zij" vs "ze" in this sentence as well. I used "Zij" here, and Duolingo counted in wrong, correcting me with "Ze."
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why not langE? I thought you added the E when you were describing something.
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The only difference i had was zij instead of ze, aren't they the same?
If it is a listening exercise only zij is accepted here due to the difference in pronunciation.
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Dutch girls are the tallest in the world. About 5'10'' average. In my country, Spanish girls are about 5'7''. Not big difference but there is. So that phrase is necessary to learn.
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I would never use “lang” in this context. It sounds unnatural. It is a bad exercise imho.
Better : Ze is groot. Zij is groot. (“ze/zij is” indicates you are refering to a girl/woman and can not be interpreted as anything else- she is tall)
Tall : groot
Long : lang
At the other hand:
“Ze is een groot meisje” is more to be understood as she is a big girl. (Tall or a mature, older, adult girl.)