"Lui risponde di no."

Translation: He answers no.

[tcheou83]

I don't nuderstand the meaning of "di" !! "Lui risponde no" is not right ??

[PhilipNikolayev]

OK, I can explain this one. The thing is, there is no reliable one-to-one correspondence between these Italian particles (like "di," "da" or "of," "by" etc), so you can never assume that, just because in many situations "di" is transated as "of," it will be always translated this way. If you make such an assumption, you will always be confused. In this case, think of "di" meaning (kind of) "with," as if in Italian, instead of saying "He replied 'yes'" you had to say "He replied with 'yes'." It actually kind of makes sense that way.

[ibryesn]

'Di' is used after certain verbs and adjectives. ''Rispondere di no'' means.. to say* no. So I think it's just one of those things that you need to remember.

[DonPeele]

Same question.

[Lng52-._]

Di = by; so, maybe another way to look at it would be: He answers by saying no.

[celena.s]

Thank you. That helps!

[lhostrovski]

To understand better, you can make an analogy:
Everytime I ask him to go to the movies, he answers THAT he can't go. He answers [THAT] no. <-- This "[THAT]" is not used in English, that's why it sounds strange to say "di no" in italian.
I understand that the "no" is replacing the "he can't go", so that's why we use "di" in italian.

In other languages this happens as well:
I think so
Io credo di sì (italiano)
Eu penso que sim (português)
Je pense que oui (français)
Yo creo que sí (español)

[ZibbiG]

Why can't you just say, "he says no" ?

[Briguy84]

Because "says" has a different term "dice". Think of it like this "He responds with no"

[DavidArmil]

Is it wrong to just say "Lui risponde no"?

[bjojoe]

In italian you say: credere DI si (believe yes); credere DI no (believe not); dire DI sì (say yes) and dire DI no.

[katazap]

Why is it di and not che?

[TheLotanos]

If I'm not wrong, "che" is more like "that", so it would.be "he responds that no"

[SaraShaker1]

I wrote ... His answer is no .. Is this ok? It was marked wrong for Duolingo

[biomiss]

The sense is the same, but the purpose of this sentence is to focus on the verb, so the action not on the subject (the answer). Rispondere is a verb so you can't really translate it as a noun.

[MeroeOMER]

He answers with "no". marked wrong.

[lynneo]

MeroeOMER and Jeffrey855877, same here. I put "He answers with "no." It was marked wrong (7-27-19).

[truthseeker491]

it was accepted for me 5/7/20

[dnovinc]

Is it possible to translate it like this: "He responds with no" ?

[Aratal]

They must have fixed it, because I wrote "He responds with no" and it was accepted.

[Erated8]

"He Answers "No"" Or "His Answer Is No" Should Be Accepted, "He Answers No" Sounds More Like He's Answering Someone Or Something Called "No" To Me. Also How Does Adding Quotation Marks Prevent It From Being Accepted???

[iverim]

He responds as no ???

[KarlYoung2]

That would be awkward English as well as I guess Italian.

[mch_kharkov]

Am I the only one who hears "vino" instead of "di no"? :-/

[judith645848]

His answer is no why is that not right

[BeththeMoonhound]

"He responds no" didn't cut it.

[deactivated user]

If "con" is with, then why use "di"???? I know that some have explained that di can be used, but shouldn't "con" ALSO be correct to use?

[IreneSalo1]

why is "rispondE' with an E instead of ending with an I or an O?