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- "La donna ha una farfalla."
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When my italian boyfriend heard me say this sentence, he started laughing... farfalla also is slang meaning for something else a woman has (look it up).
I also laughed as farfalla is what my nonna used to call it when I was younger
Now you made it easy for me to remember...the strength bar for this word will always be full
Yup, a friend laughed at me when I told the young woman who worked at the cafe at my university "Mi piace la tua farfalla" (she had a tattoo).
Would this be the equivalent of telling a girl you like her ❤❤❤❤❤ if she actually has a tattoo of a cat? This is meant as a serious question, I know it doesn't look like it.
well wordref, which often includes slang and "vulgar" words wasn't enlightening, so I'll have to rely on my mucky imagination, which may be muckier than the actual meaning. Anyone care to tactfully provide a link? If not directly to the translation to an online dictionary which will provide a definition. Thanks in fevered anticipation - I may be back with a question on usage/tone.
While Farfalla literally means buterfly, it can also mean, let's say it politely: "lady parts".
I used the term 'lady' instead of 'woman' and this was not accepted. The words 'woman' and 'lady' are often interchangable in English. Is this not so in Italian?
Can you "have butterflies" in Italian like the English expression for nervousness?
Since the topic is animals, the other alternatives (the incorrect ones) should also be animal-related.
The third choice is not in correct English; no English speaker would ever say "listens a butterfly". Multiple choice questions are a very poor form of question, but they should at least be grammatically correct.
The audio really messed up on this sentence for me. It sounded like la donna la donna farfalla.
i used the word 'lady' as a substitute for 'woman' because it's more respectful for women, why is that wrong?
It is another culture..words ( concepts related to a sound ) have a complete different meaning ( pictures or feelings related to a word )
The pasta shape made sense before the 'lady parts' explanation - are you sure you're not thinking of the shells?
In Vietnamese, "farfalla" - "butterfly" also means that "woman part"...or "that triangle".
I don't hear the 'ha' in the sentence. I put 'e'. It's quite tricky to pinpoint certain sounds out.
Should offer a chance to fix typos. Without necesarily revealing which word was typod. I was translating la donna ha un farfalle into english and went to type "has" but typed "had" instead. Ultimately costing me a heart.
I couldn't decide if she was saying "ha" or "è", and honestly with the kind of sentences duolingo has thrown at me I don't know which would've been more likely.
"Lady" should be accepted for "donna" because lady and woman mean the same thing.
I had the right translation but it said i got it wrong i guess i am sticking with the iPad because it doesn't happen on the iPad.
