"Ich wohne im Laden."

Translation: I live in the store.

[Zoidb]

Ich bin eine Katze

[intcreator]

Ich bin nicht normal.

[extnull]

There was this family-owned Chinese restaurant in my area that housed the entire staff on the upper floor. It can be more normal than you think.

[Chef.Ivan]

Can it not be 'i live in the basement'?

[zengator]

What makes you think "Laden" might mean "basement"?

[RogerBall2]

This is most confusing. As this was a Type What You Hear, I typed Länden instead of Laden , but Duo marked my answer correct. Was? Aside from that, I happen to live in a store building.

[zengator]

Die Eule will often give credit for typos, so long as the misspelled word is not a valid word. Combine that with Duo's leniency regarding umlauts (i.e., equating a and ä, o and ö, u and ü), and you have your explanation: Landen is not a word, so die Eule thinks you simple had a typo, an accidental insertion of the first "n".

Had you typed "Lade"--which could be interpreted as the opposite typo, the accidental omission of the "n"--then you likely would have been marked wrong, because Lade is a legitimate German word (meaning "drawer").

Personally, I think Duo should be more strict regarding umlauts. That would have probably meant your "Länden" would be wrong, because it would have two typos.

[franci.bon]

what's the difference between Laden and Geschäft?

[zengator]

Take a look at the Wiktionary entries for Laden and Geschäft and let us know what you think.