"La misura è poco chiara."

Translation: The measurement is not very clear.

[crazy4hazy]

In this case, the sentence is 'poco chiara', at least for me...

[EthanFudge]

"Chiara" as "(egg) white" in the dictionary is very unhelpful.

[chatee]

They tell you about another use which is very common. "La Chiara dell'uovo".

[saveTheGopher]

"La misura è poco chiara" --> "The measurement is a little clear" from what I know of Italian so far.

How does Chiara translate to Unclear?

[caustica]

Poco means very little so if it's 'very little clear' then it's unclear, I think?

[GuerraAmanda]

I wrote "the measurement is very little clear" and got it wrong, is that really an error? xD

[alciebell]

"Very little clear" would not be used in English.

[mkln]

it's difficult to translate an Italian sentence that has no literal English translation, when duolingo usually accepts only literal translations.

[crazy4hazy]

True, although I've noticed more non strictly literal translations (is there a word for non literal?) accepted, recently.

[alecgrthomas]

figurative

[alciebell]

Or idiomatic.

[GregHullender]

Molto is "very" and poco is the negative, "not very."

[ceceg]

Is it also correct to say "La misura non è chiara"?

[mkln]

yes, although "la misura non è molto chiara" would be better in this context.
from most unclear to clearest:
- la misura non è per niente chiara / la misura non è assolutamente chiara
- la misura non è chiara
- la misura non è molto chiara / la misura non è cosi chiara / la misura è poco chiara
- la misura è abbastanza chiara
- la misura è chiara
- la misura è molto chiara
- la misura è chiarissima / la misura è estremamente chiara

[jlco]

The measurement is a bit clear would be the literal translation, no? Meaning not very.

[GuerraAmanda]

I think that would be "la misura é un po' chiara", wouldn't it?

[TomBushaw]

Elsewhere in Duolingo I've seen comments that "poco" has fallen into the "awkward" category in contemporary spoken Italian (whereas "po' " is acceptable). Is this true? Also, what is the difference between using "poco" and "pochino" -- is "po' " an alternative for either one?

[GuerraAmanda]

Oh, I thought there were differences between "po'" and "poco", so they're the same?

[malfoio]

ma che cazzo di frasi sono??