"Él bebe la sopa."

Yes, he eats the soup (US)

If he were tilting his bowl up and slurping broth, we'd say "drinks". But normally, yes, we use "eat" for soup.

I keep thinking sopa means soap......................darn.

well in some places like asia the bowls for soup are meant to be drunk from

it's not absolutely clear even for spanish speakers. Personally, I always say "tomar la sopa" or "tomar un helado", never "comer".

He "drinks" the soup ==> Él "bebe" la sopa.

He "eats" the soup ==> Él "come" la sopa (Doesn't make sense to me :D )

Gracious :)

In England you would say "He drinks the soup."

British people would also say 'eat' and 'drink' :)

I speak UK English. I am more likely to have soup as part of a meal (to eat) than as a beverage (to drink) although the latter isn't ruled out. (One could drink a liquid lunch, but my soups are lacking certain ingredients most often implied by the phrase.)

While it is more idiomatic for me to say "He eats the soup." (or at least more likely in my (English) idiolect) I can see both sides of this. A soup can be served as part of a meal, meals are eaten, so the soup is eaten. Liquids are drunk, so the soup is drunk.

The following exchange can easily happen in English:

• A: What are you going to have to eat?
• B: Soup.

The following (while not incorrect) is unlikely while eating out and, in my opinion, only likely informally:

• A: What are you going to have to drink?
• B: Soup.

If this did occur while eating out, at least in my region of the UK, I feel confident that it would be treated as a joke and you could then be asked something along the lines of: "Yes, but what are you going to (have for a) drink?"

I resolve this by keeping "eats the soup" as the more likely in my English idiolect, but my Spanish idiolect currently has "bebe la sopa".

I drink soup. Depending what kind of soup.

I'm so confused, it should be E'l come la sopa because you don't put soup in a glass and drink it

not so. he eats the soup is el COME la sopa

Actually, it could be drink because not all soups have extra things in tyhem like chicken or noodles.

Drinking or eating soup is cultural/historical. In many cultures people drink the soup directly from the bowl and do not use a spoon. Also remember that tableware for eating is a modern invention in context to human life on earth and eating habits. This is helpful to think about for gender issues as well with words. For instance, in Spanish the dress is "El Vestido." In German and Spanish dress is masculine! Now, logically you would say how strange! Why is it not La Vestida? BUT, think about things historically. Men and Women wore tunics/vestaments=dress and hose before pants were invented! Think about kilts that many men in cultures wore (Teutonic/Celtic.) Many times when you come across these things look up the history and it becomes quite fun and helps to clarify the quandry.

Well, have you ever drank soup out of the side of the bowl? I think that's what this is implying because beber directly translates to drink & if it meant to say 'eat the soup' it would have said come(comer) la sopa.

Usually you say “eats the soup” but since soup is a liquid, you can also “drinks the soup”. It is not as common though.

Best example! People should not be judged based on how they consume their soup!

I guess most ppl never had that lunch thermos when they were a kid & literally had to drink their tomato soup. I think it's an experience or cultural thing. Great example you used.

¿Podría hablar más despacio, por favor?

This is what we should all have been talking about this whole time.

Yes, if there's an accent, then it means "he". Otherwise, it means "the".

To build on world_traveler, I remember it easiest this way: If it's El by itself it has an accent. If it's el hombre or el any noun, there is no accent.

I've thought the same thing

Yes, not all soups have things to bite on it.

bigred79- el = the él =he

I am afraid you are slightly mistaken on both counts. Firstly, "He drinks the soup" is an entirely correct English sentence. It is the present tense and refers to an action as it occurs. "He is drinking the soup" is a different tense: the 'present continuous'. The point of making this distinction is that it is used to refer to ongoing actions, and it is also a different tense in other Romance languages like Spanish.

Secondly, if you want to say "he is drinking", you use estar + the present participle, e.g. "él está bebiendo". So the Duolingo translation is correct.

because rommies- it would be : él está bebiendo la sopa.

They talk about Él in the sentence, not ELLA. la is feminine and goes with la sopa. La /el always is with a noun, never subject of a verb.

If the broth have condiments and very little pieces of things you can call it soup and drink it.

Because you haven't drink a tomato soup, or chicken soup without things to bite on it yet.

ShayTastic, i drank is yo bebi, with an accent over the i. when you go onto duo, if you scroll down, you'll see the past, future, conditional, etc

There is no "elle" in Spanish. Él means he and ella means she. Él sound "ehl" and ella sounds "eh-yah", "eh-iah", "eh-jah", "eh-sha" (depends on the country).

Si no tiene cosas para morder, sí. ¿Nunca viste una sopa de pollo sin que tenga pollo adentro? ¿O una sopa de verduras sin verduras adentro? Sólo el gusto y condimentos. O una sopa de tomate.

OliRif, the prompt is "he drinks the soup", la is "the", una is "a" or "an"

Osomu, for "bebe" duo wants "drinks" because bebe means drinks if it is el or ella, if it is usted, then it's "drink" as in you drink, and with duo always be super precise

They are differen words:

• El = The (masculine, singular) = Definite article
• Él = He = Personal pronoun