"El pantalón es amarillo."
Translation:The pants are yellow.
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it sounds really wierd to say "el pantalon es armarillo" instead of "los pantalones son armarillos"
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Not sure why you got downvotes. That seems to make sense. In American Vernacular, we just add leg to pant to clarify.
It's the same in English, pants can be the one pair, or multiple just like Spanish. Any number of pairs can be thrown in for clarification, but this is only required in formal English.
So just to make sure I have it right, "el pantalón" would be one pair of pants, and "los pantalones" would be multiple pairs?
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Yes, that is correct. The verb 'es' is used when the subject is singular. The translation for 'the pants are yellow' is "los pantalones son amarillos". The Duolingo sentence is grammatically incorrect, and has caused a lot of confusion. The sentence should be deleted from the Duolingo lessons.
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Not quite. Pants is a rare noun that does not exist in the singular. It's rare but it does happen. Maybe the word pant (as in the clothing article) once existed as a singular noun, but not anymore. The same quirk is true for billiards, measels, annals, victuals, etc. Not every plural has a corresponding singular. (Think of it this way... if pants could be singular, then the sentence "that pants is nice" would be correct)
In English we call each leg "a pant leg" so a pair of pants is both legs. I was taught to translate the pants as los pantalones, but we can think of el pantalòn as "the pair of pants" or just shortened to "the pants".
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the use of "pair" in English clothing reflects the bilateral symmetry of human body: a pair of trousers, a pair of socks, a pair of eyeglasses, a pair of shoes, a pair of handcuffs, etc
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I put "The pants is yellow" and Duolingo says it's wrong and says it should be "the pant is yellow" but then I look at this comments section above and it has "The pants are yellow" what in the world am I missing here?
You normally always say pantalones in espanol, just like in english, but it's not necessarily wrong to just say pant because you could just be referring to one leg.
We never say "pant" or "trouser" in English. Always plural "pants" " trousers "
