"My cats drink milk."
Translation:Mis gatos beben leche.
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I tried to write "Mis gatas beben leche" and it said "beben" should be "toman". Why?
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That's very weird. I always thought "tomar" would mainly be used if you ordered something. Like in "I take a water, please." And in America I think you use it instead of comer... but don't quote me on that.
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The same thing happened to me. Are both right? In what context would you use either?
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I had the same problem. I do not understand when toman should be used rather than beben....
mi is for one project, such as mi gato. When it's more than one, mi should be changed to mis such as mis gatos
keep getting marked wrong for using "gato" for cat, but this discussion suggests that gato is in fact the more commonly used word, and that "gata" is usually reserved for a female cat:
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I used gato without problems. There is no indication of gender in this sentence, so both should be fine.
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I am confused about this too. Duolingo says the the first and second sentences one with gatos and one with gatas are both ok. I thought since it is (el gato) then the only correct sentence had to be the one with gatos.
How can we tell from the sentence that the cats are female and thus must be 'gatas'???
this has happened to me twice, where i answer with the more common way (mis gatos) and it says i'm wrong and says the other gender is right, aslong as the original one but still takes away one heart (so it would say mis gatos/gatas is right)
I believe 'mi' is for singular and 'mis' is for plural. Sentence would be "mis gatos beben leche"
Which is what i wrote & it said "beben" should have been "toman"....No comprendo...
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Bebe is singular beben is used when you are talking about plural. I drink milk yo bebe leche. They drink milk Ellas/Ellos beben leche.
My cats drink milk: I put both answers because I don't know if the cat is feminine or masculine: Mis gatas beben leche and Mis gatos beben leche I got wrong fo rMis gatos beben leche. Doesn't make sense
Why is it that the things you put the right answer for you get wrong and the things you put the wrong answer for you get right. Does this happen to anyone else?
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I am confuse with the possessive ... Especially "my cats drink milk" how did i missed the masculine and feminine ? Estoy muy confusión aquí. Help ! Por favor
My cats drink milk: I put both answers because I don't know if the cat is feminine or masculine: Mis gatas beben leche and Mis gatos beben leche I got wrong fo rMis gatos beben leche. Doesn't make sense
everything I have read about gender says that the word has the gender and it does not correspond to the animal being masculine or feminine so now all of a sudden we express gender with the animals. Does it work that way with birds and turtles? or just cats? is there a perro and a perra ? and a torro and torra? What's up with that?
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gatas are female cats; gatos are male cats. in this article which speaks of tricolored female cats, gender is important. why this seems to be true of cats and not other animals may simply be a matter of usage. BTW: my Spanish dictionary does include perra for female dog, but not pajara for female bird. Maybe it's because dogs and cats are pets that become part of the family?
"My cats drink milk." has no gender. I wrote "Mis gatos beben leche." Why is the spanish translation feminine? I grew up speaking Spanish. I'm brushing up 'cuz i haven't spoken it since 2005.
I am getting the question correct, but somehow it marks me wrong and I loose a heart. (>o<) so frustrated right now.
why is it Mis gatas.? in singular is it el gato, so than the answer should be 'mis gatos', no?
can any one help i am stuck because i say it as mis gatos beben leche and it marks as incorrect
I have picked each of the answers repeatedly and it gives me the red error for each one.....help!
