"Ungdommen bor på hoteller."

Translation: The youth lives in hotels.

[saralloyd76]

Why can't you say 'the young live in hotels,' which is how most Americans would phrase something like this.

[c14p]

I'm not sure but I think that that should be accepted as well. Try reporting it ;)

[skullcap]

I think it's because ungdommen is referring to a single young person, rather than the collective youth.

[c14p]

That is not really the case, "ungdommen" does refer to the youth/the young people (therefore a group & not a single person)
Take a look here, particularly definition 1.b :

http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=ungdommen&tab=for

[skullcap]

Oh, weird. That would make "the youth lives" an awkward translation, then.

[deactivated user]

Yes, the English sentence sounds wrong.

[Rich524475]

Youth lives is very poor English. "Young people live" or "youth live in hotels" is the correct statement.

[Jose-Zeus]

Who lives in a hotel?

[Fiery70]

The youth

[Danny98133]

paa eller i. hvordan skal man tror at bruger

[kiwitini]

Kids these days!