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"Es mi pantalón."

5 years ago

27 Comments

One could conceivably say "it is my pants." For example in response to "what is the ugliest item of clothing you've ever seen." I think both responses should be correct, or the question should not be used.

Reply•5 years ago

scrat

agree

Reply•5 years ago

GenevaSlim

I just had a question in which "they are my clothes" was wrong and "it is my clothes" was correct. Now "It is my pants" is wrong and "They are my pants" is correct! Frustrating to lose one of my precious hearts over such an inconsistency!!

Reply•5 years ago

jngov

Totally agree!

Reply•5 years ago

HayoJongejans

I agree!

Reply•5 years ago

alubalu

I start over ever time I lose a heart!!! Now I have to start over because of "they are" when it would really translate into "it is"!!!!!!!!!!

Reply•5 years ago

Decasablanca

I would call this a bad sentence in both spanish and english.

Reply•5 years ago

pyt713

This one was tricky! In English "pants" is plural. The sentence literally means "It is my pant"

Reply•5 years ago

rice00cake

Yes, so confused @@

Reply•5 years ago

kiki_y

Shouldn't the sentence be "son mis pantalones" if it means "they are my pants"?

Reply•5 years ago

jill.99

It should be, unless they change their answer to "it is my pants," which is doubtful to happen. .

Reply•5 years ago

AndrewHj

Yes, if pants was plural in Spanish.

Reply•5 years ago

Seyderlitz

These are my pants.

Is it not a valid translation??

Reply•5 years ago

petrica0610

i would like to know why not too :S

for me the sentence has no sense even in spanish,because pants are plural, and it's not logical to put them in singular...

Reply•5 years ago

maddycz

It is my pant?! That is not correct English!!!!

Reply•5 years ago

bartolichjanos

why are trousers wrong?

Reply•5 years ago

Tymsiejk

Why isn't "These are my trousers" correct? Duolingo says "They are my trousers is correct". Is is really correct in English?!?

Reply•5 years ago

EvilEllie

As 'Es' translates to 'it', the plural form of it = they, so the correct translation is they rather than these. If it was these, then I think the Spanish would be 'Este?

Reply•5 years ago

petrica0610

I always thought that the quality of translation shouldn't be in translating literaly but with understanding and with knowing phrases and use of words in different languages, because these things are different, you just can't translate all the sentences exactly as they are if you want the best translation...

Reply•5 years ago

Talca

They are my trousers. OR They are my pants. are really the only correct translations. It is my pants is not used. El pantalón = a pair of pants (or trousers). The word trousers is used more in Great Britain. It is a little old fashioned in North American usage--and certanly only used for men's pants not womens.

Reply•4 years ago

Lydiapua0930

I supposed 'es' is used to describe singular noun?

Reply•5 years ago

ionasky

yes - translations into english should be into correct english = "they are my trousers" is correct 99.9% of the time - you almost never have trousers in the singular (or pants for that matter)

Reply•5 years ago