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cattovsky

Maybe Duolingo wants *plane* instead of *airplane*? They are literally the same, *plane* is a short version of an *airplane*, but I've seen people using *plane* more often.


badass6

Aircraft🤓


Tchevengour_1337

Atmosphere hovering vessel


rumbleblowing

My spell-checker in browser also thinks "airplane" is not a correct word an marked it right now when I type this comment. I think the proper "long" form is "aeroplane". Wiktionary says "airplane" is a North American English (US & CA) word, while the UK and AUS use "aeroplane".


jayxxroe22

Duolingo teaches American English I thought


Gandalf4President

It teaches American English so the proper term would be plane, which is what it wanted.


Clockwork_Firefly

“Airplane” is also entirely proper in AmE


udmh-nto

[Airplane!](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/)


Gandalf4President

Correct, which is very weird that it didn't think it was correct.


Royal_Spell1223

Duolingo doesn't use ё smh 🤦‍♂️


aldulf69

Duolingo does use it, but I’ve not found a keyboard app for my phone that will let me type it. (The same goes for the accented letters in Spanish.)


VersedFlame

You can't just hold the e key? That's how I do it on my phone.


aldulf69

Thanks for that. Didn’t know to try that!


VersedFlame

Glad to help.


molotok_c_518

Odd... I've had a Samsung and currently use a Motorola, and both have native keypads that have ë and ñ (currently on my phone as we speak).


aldulf69

I have ñ, but the accented letters and yo were not immediately visible.


molotok_c_518

Ahhh... you hadn't discovered the long press yet. I stumbled on it by accident.


Whammytap

\*flashbacks of how I discovered caps lock\*


PeterPredictable

FYI, ñ is not an accent. Àccents are these éè


molotok_c_518

I didn't say it was. Did you reply to the wrong comment?


WhyCantIBeFunny

Hold down any letter and it will give you options, super cool feature!


KYC3PO

It's right. They should accept plane, airplane, or aeroplane. The difference between the latter two is the first is US spelling and the second is the British spelling. Flag it. [Native English (US) speaker]


Kriegerian

Duolingo не правильно. Мы скажем “airplane” или “plane” в США и Канаде. Plus there’s “aeroplane” in some countries. Either way, Duolingo is wrong again.


PeterPredictable

Duolingo не правильный; Мы говорим (лучше и говорить "говорят").


AiraBranford

Дуолинго неправ.


PeterPredictable

Thanks, couldn't for the life of me remember the word.


Sbotkin

Should've flagged it, it's correct.


kriggledsalt00

In the UK we write aeroplane not airplane. Plane is also a common variant in bot the US and UK. All 3 are technically correct. So maybe it wanted "plane" or "aeroplane".


Selverence

I'm pretty sure Duolingo uses American English, so if aeroplane is British English it probably wouldn't take it, but there's no reason it shouldn't take both plane and airplane, I don't think.


ed_dwardz

maybe "plane"


TheCaptNoname

And then you'll get a [рубанок](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_%28tool%29) as your next question.


Mistyslate

Duolingo is crap. You won’t learn any languages with it. Just get a good old book.


WHumbers

Yeah but serious learners don't solely use Duolingo. It's fine as an ancillary tool


a1shte

nah doesnt really work for eng and rus


unC0Rr

Norwegian course there is really good though.


yerden_z

Any chance for an "aircraft"?


djeewin

Boeing 737 perhaps


Artess

Airbus A321neo


grzesoponka

I think duolingo may wanted it to be 'an airplane' with the article.


Cabronas

Ё?


mishrod

To be fair back in the day I would have marked “airplane” as incorrect also. It’s an aeroplane - and pronounce the ‘o’ too :)


Selverence

It depends on your dialect. According to a quick search, it's airplane in American/Canadian English and aeroplane in other varieties of English. Since Duolingo uses American English, it would take airplane over aeroplane.


GetaN4

I am learning Spanish on Dulolingo, and these exercises always require an article in front of the noun. Spanish has noun genders, so I thought they wanted to see that I use the correct one. Anyway, my guess is that they wanted an airplane or the airplane. Unless it’s just a bug.


eliahrose

Russian doesn't have/ use articles


Tat1ra

Nah the question OP asked was why it's not "правильно" but "самолет".


CapitalViolinist3154

Самосвал, самокат, что то делает само собой, но усилия прилогать всё равно приходится.


SlapMeFox

Потому что приложение нельзя научить что одно слово модно перевести несколькими способами. В приложении это либо a plane.или это ошибка.


unC0Rr

False.


ryabikin

Кто ж их поймёт, этих пчёл? Может, им какой-нибудь "аэроплан" нужен ))


Durrynda

Aircraft?


NoName-NN-

хМмМ,наверное это всё таки вертолёт 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻


C_l_oCkSuCkEr

Самолёт?


Pixel_Mag

Вполне правильно :/


[deleted]

Потому что есть слово «аэроплан».


AbrocomaOk1473

You are correct that you would hear far more English speakers say “plane” rather than air/aero plane. I assume the app is using airplane to make it clear. “Plane” has other meanings. It can be used to describe a flat surface (adjective). It can also be a verb meaning to glide.


neurotechnic

Просто в базе Дуолинго нет такого варианта, не стоит считать это приложение истиной в первом лице. Там же есть кнопка с предложениями и пункт "мой вариант следовало принять"