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- "They like pasta a lot."
"They like pasta a lot."
Translation:Ili multe ŝatas pastaĵojn.
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I think they're different kinds of pasta (-aĵ is a suffix used to form the concrete manifestation of something).
I too am perplexed that they wanted a plural ending. I believe pasta is both singular and plural, and like fish/fishes, the plural should only be used when mentioning several kinds of pasta which was what Luis was saying (Saluton Luis).
If they had said 'They like pastas a lot', meaning all kinds of pastas, then I, like you, would have put the plural oj on the end.
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In English, pasta is both singular and plural. It is not the same in many languages.
Esperanto considers each individual piece of pasta.
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Could someone with more experience with the language explain why "multe" is correct but "tre" isn't? It seems like they would be interchangeable, but this is the second or third time it's been rejected.
http://bertilow.com/pmeg/gramatiko/kvantaj_vortoj/grado_kvanto.html
TLTR: Tre is used for grade, multe for quantity. "Tre" should be correct in this instance (and that would be what would I use).
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Here is the difference
Mi multe ŝatas pastaĵojn = l like pasta a lot
Mi tre ŝatas pastaĵojn = I like pasta very much
Report it and give them some days to add "tre". It's still beta, and I think "tre" has not been taught yet in the course.
I think the sentence to translate ought to have been "They like pastas a lot" (ie varieties of pasta)
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In English, we say "I like pasta" to mean pasta in general and therefore different varieties of pasta. Different language, different rules.
