"Це свіжа їжа?"

Translation: Is this fresh food?

[deactivated user]

I am confused ... shouldn't we write " Is this food fresh?" ?

[dorisnot]

I'm a native speaker- either should br accepted

[Anna349203]

I agree - both should be accepted and this - which is not - is the better of the two for accurate English

[Matt_MM]

No, I think in both Ukrainian and English the two sentences mean slightly different things. "Is this food fresh?" = "Це їжа свіжа?" - we're asking about whether this food is fresh or not. "Is this fresh food?" = "Це свіжа їжа?" - we're asking whether this thing is fresh food or not, so we're not even assuming that the thing is food at all.

[Alan.Howes]

I can't imagine why this comment by Matt_MM has been downvoted. He's entirely right as far as English is concerned - I can't speak for Ukrainian.

[sagitta145]

That would be "Ця їжа свіжа?"

[Hanna777424]

"Is it fresh food?"Is it wrong?

[sagitta145]

No it's not wrong. It's accepted in this exercise.

[sethboe]

I can't hear the в is it just me or is it pronounced soft for some reason

[Matt_MM]

I think so. It's hard to pronounce "с" and "в" sounds together so "в" becomes softened and sounds like f. I think it's a Slavic thing.

[Matt_MM]

I think so. It's hard to pronounce "с" and в

[Donna127096]

Is this food fresh ...
Not acceoted