"La besto trinkas akvon."

Translation: The animal is drinking water.

[ChuckWalter]

You can remember "besto" by thinking "beast."

[Jahasia1]

That's interesting, I haven't thought of it that way. How I remember it is, besto=best friend, an animal can be a person's best friend. Similar to, "a dog is a man's best friend." It may sound complicated, but it works for me haha.

[Sarodriguezca]

Besto actually comes from the word Beast in different languages

[NerdNae]

is it me or is the esperanto course less forgiving for typos? i'm very bad at typing so i wrote "the animal drinks watwe" which is a very simple typo, but i was marked incorrect

[salivanto]

It could be just you, but maybe not. My sense, though, is that typo forgiveness is not something that the individual courses have control over. It's part of the behind-the-scenes workings of the Duolingo system, so I would expect it to be equally forgiving in all courses. I also know that the course authors occasionally add common typos as correct answers to reduce frustration.

[heptapod]

why isn't "beast" accepted for "besto"?

[salivanto]

The question came up about the difference between "beast" and "besto." See my longer comment in this thread.

[4oh4]

Besto, like "bestiality" refers to all animals, not just beasts.

[salivanto]

The question came up about the difference between "beast" and "besto." See my longer comment in this thread.

[SergiuszWilkowsk]

I know you wrote The best drink is water.

[MicahLiuba1]

Who else answered 'The best drink is water'?

[4oh4]

Wouldn't this be trinkanta

[salivanto]

The sentence given is the best translation.

• "La besto trinkas akvon."
• Translation:The animal is drinking water.