"You are not drinking the water."

Translation: Ni dricker inte vattnet.

[Yazan.k]

Heheh how should i know here if it was for a single person or for a plurel? :-P

[devalanteriel]

Contextually, although that said, it's not that common to say ni to a single person, and there's practically never a reason to do so as a foreigner.

[Nightskymama]

So I should use Du here instead of Ni or both are ok?

[devalanteriel]

Either way is fine - use du if it's one person and ni if you're talking to two persons or more.

[NJtheSTQ]

sadly, nope. Du was NOT accepted ! :-(

[devalanteriel]

Then either you had another error or there was a bug. The solution is correct and I know from having been a course contributor before that it is marked as accepted.

[GeanneZy]

Thank you for this.

[AvaniAgraw1]

Why is "du" not an accepted answer? There is no indication that it is being told to a group of people or a singular person. Both "du" and "ni" should be accepted as correct answers.

[devalanteriel]

du is accepted, actually.

[NJtheSTQ]

nope, they just rejected my answer :-(

[devalanteriel]

Please see my above response.

[Hanelyne]

What's the difference between ni and du?

[Zmrzlina]

du = singular you (thou)

ni = plural you (y'all)

[Gkalpahin4]

One is singular other is plural in Swedish, but "you" is in use for both in English, that part of the test needs a bit more work i guess, maybe adding images to questions will help.

[Holger923328]

"Du" (singular) and "ni" (plural) should both be correct.

[devalanteriel]

They're both accepted. But I can see you left an error report (which is great) - your report reads du dricker inte vatten, which means "you don't drink water". The sentence is in the definite: du dricker inte vattnet = "you don't drink the water".

[Alich685651]

how do we know when it is two or less peoples to say you to???? hajhaj

[devalanteriel]

You can't know, so both options are accepted.

[Alich685651]

alright- confusing!! Thanks! :)

[_G.K._]

why not vatten? what's the difference between vattnet and vatten?

[Lundgren8]

The water vs water.

[rtkladke]

Why can't I find "du" or "ni" in the duolingo dictionary?

[devalanteriel]

No idea, honestly. I don't really know how that works.

[alookachaloo]

I wrote "Du ar dricker inte vattenet" , I guess if I had'nt included "ar", it would have been a correct answer

[devalanteriel]

Yes, that's correct. Swedish doesn't have the "are drinking" construction.

[Rachel.Louise89]

There needs to be clarification on whether plural or not so clicking the word doesnt break learning process. Put a (p) before sentence to denote plurality

[devalanteriel]

We accept both du and ni equally, if that's what you mean?