"O bir elma yer."
Translation:She eats an apple.
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This is really confusing because if you translate it literally is She an apple eats..
Yeah haha, I really need to get used to the different word order. I really like it, though
Welcome to the most common word order on earth! More languages have SOV than any other (although more people speak SVO languages).
That is interesting! - "most common word order". Coming to think of it, Hindi too uses SOV format and that gives over one billion people :)
(most Indian languages use SOV order).
I kind of like it. It's different, a different way of conversing a thought, which makes it more fun learning imo. :)
Yeah Japanese is one of the SOV languages, English is one thst doesn't. I dont know any mlre that dont have it
I report that the answer does not consider HE or IT , whether the translation for O is either HE, SHE or IT
that's not true, we accept all of these. And if you have a multiple choice question, it is written very clearly that you should choose all correct answers
I tried to type 'He eats an apple', and I was marked wrong. 'O' is a non gender-specific pronoun right? So please change the program to reflect that. Thank you.
There is no way to distinguish between "he/she/it" in Turkish. They all just mean "o." :)
You must have made another error, because "he" is also accepted -- but it is hard to say why your answer was rejected without seeing your complete answer. If you want to ask a question, you need to copy that into the discussion.
I'm so excited I'm learning Turkish! This summer I plan a trip to Constantinople. Hope I'll make it on time to speak at least some Turkish there..
evet, me too istambul btw its not been costantinople since mehmet the magnificent
You don't even really need Turkish there. Everyone speaks some English. ;p But it's cool that you're learning the language just for a trip :-]
So I typed "He/She/It eats an apple"... Why is this wrong? I thought 'O' meant he/she/it?????? Lol. Someone help me understand.
You can translate it as "he" or as "she" or as "it" -- but not as "he/she/it." Just choose one of the words, and it should be accepted.
"He" yi neden kabul ediyor ? Cinsiyet belirlenmemiş ki burada ? Lütfen açıklayabilirmisin. 4 gözle öğrenmek için bekliyorum. Herkeze saygılar.
"O" he/she/it demek cunku. Oznenin cinsiyetini belmedigimiz icin ucunu de kabul ediliyor :)
I get the "He/she eats an apple" but what is wrong with "He/she is eating an apple." ?
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In the "tips" for this lesson, it states that Turkish differentiates between the simple present (i.e. "he eats") and the continuous (i.e. "he is eating"). I would imagine that's why it's generating the error. I'm just starting off in Turkish myself, though, so I could be wrong.
How come i dont get "tips" for Turkish language like i do other languages?
Not many courses have Tips available in the app, but every course with Tips has them available on the Duolingo site.
Some of the Tips (and other additional materials) are available in the Grammar Portal in the forums.
There are also external sites that have compiled the Tips/Notes at different times. Duome has them for the Turkish (from English) course, among others.
how are you supposed to know if the person is referring to ''he/she/it'' which one? or does it become clear following the rest of the sentence (in a different longer sentence)?
It isn't really important information for a Turkish speaker. There is no way of knowing other than context :)
I'm sorry but I look up conjugation of yemek on verbix and they said the right conjugation for "yemek" third person is "yiyor"? I'm completely lost.
He -> pronoun for people/animals that are male
She -> pronoun for people/animals that are female
It -> pronoun for animals/things
They are the same verb, just conjugated differently for different pronouns:
She, he, it -> eats
I, you, we, they -> eat
"O" is a subject pronoun (he, she, it), but "him" and "her" are object pronouns.
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How we were find it was he or she,, because in turkish Language it is use 'O' in both
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Ok, so how we know that "o" in a sentence of turkish stands for He or She..one minute it is translated as he and in the next as she..can somebody explain this. Plzz
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If you are able to view the other questions and answers, make sure to read the rest of the discussion before posting. Your question has already been answered -- you cannot differentiate.