"I poliziotti hanno le camicie azzurre."
Translation:The police officers have blue shirts.
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light blue should be accepted. This is what we learned during the color skill. I have reported it
Isn't celeste light blue? Or is that sky blue?? (and blu navy blue)? I'm confused
"Azzurro" is translated blue, no matter if light or not :) There are different words for lighter blue like indigo or pale-blue but is quite unusual to use it. If you want to go into darkside Navy Blue is your choise. Blue is fast and easy way!
In this case, "azzurre" is used as a plural for "azzurro" (masculine singular blue). In italian, the adjectives follows (inflect) gender and number of their nouns
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All three colors 'celeste, azzurro e blu' are in fact translated with blue. While celeste is a sky-blue, azzurro the blue of the sea, the color blu is maybe a slightly lighter shade of navy blue. I found this interesting website in Italian with examples of how to use the differnt colors: http://www.boscarol.com/blog/?tag=azzurro
I wrote 'policemen' and it was accepted. But make sure it is plural and not singular (i.e., not 'policeman'). Or perhaps DL has changed the acceptable responses since your post of 8 months ago.
me too, but wordreference use "colloquial"... I think it's entered in the common use by now.
I wrote cops the first time. I think I would like to see that as an accepted translation; however, I don't feel too strongly about it because I agree it is slang.
Maybe there's a slang word in Italian, too, but in this case it wasn't used. Maybe that's why.
In Italy there are different names for different officers, I believe depending on affiliation - town, province, state, federal.
True, and it is also that way in the US … police, troopers, state patrol, sheriff, SWAT, etc.
Carabinieri is a different law enforcement agency. It is more of a military police, as they are also the fourth branch of Italian Armed Forces.
Sometimes in Italian the article is (or can be / not necessarily required) there even when it is not present in the English translation.
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It's not you Linda. There are still many sexist artifacts in Italian, by today's liberal standards I suppose. Nearly all professions have separate male/female forms. Even doctors. Police are no exception.
I'm giving up on this course. Police officers policemen to me are the same thing.
There is no way to contact duo monitors or customer service, if there is any of either. They make few allowances for UK usage which is not in their best interest in the long run. Wonder how furious it makes Austrailians. Duo assumes US dialect as SOP.
Is this implying the police officers are wearing the blue shirts (i.e. you can identify them by their blue shirts) or does it merely say they have in their possession some particular blue shirts (e.g. as evidence)?
I have a similar question. How would you say, "The police officers have the blue shirts." (For example, when pointing to a group of people and someone asks, "How do I know which are the police officers?" "The police officers have the blue shirts.")
I understand your question, but I'm not sure it would make a difference. That is, in your example you could just as easily say, "The police officers have blue shirts," leaving out the definite article ('the') and you have accomplished the same thing. So DL's answer would work in either case. I'm not sure if that is the correct Italian answer, but it works the way I see it.
Can you simply say "I poliziotti hanno camicie azzurre"? Is the article necessary?
IN the UK you would not say 'police officers' as Duo should know by now. very irritating. I will persist with policemen
If I write policemen instead of police officers should be also acceptable.
I quit. Your English is not good enough to teach another language because your translations are not consistent. When we say one thing is considered wrong, but when we use the term previously used by you, we are also wrong.
The answer should be accepted hince Policemen is police officers the same meaning just a longer translation
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In English, we often drop the definite article. Which you can't do in Italian. It's just something you have to get used to.
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When I spell poliziotti with one z it',s wrong, when I spell it with two zz's it's wrong! Which spelling is correct?
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I have typed poliziotti with one z and been marked wrong; I have also typed it with two z's and been marked wrong! Which is the correct spelling, one z or two z's?
