"Besides, it is not a main road."

Translation: Per di più, non è una strada principale.

[deactivated user]

"Oltretutto, non è una strada principale." Was wrong August 2020.

[KGdcprXt]

I agree with you perhaps in this instance it would be translated as 'moreover'.

[CatherineK153278]

I'm trying to practise things I have already covered and keep coming across sentences and phrases I haven't seen before such as 'per di piu'

[MaryLouVer]

I agree that it's weird that we are given "besides" as "per di piu" here. (But, I don't mind new sentences, as long as the pieces have been taught in the lessons.)

[ezekiel66]

In French, "besides" can be translated as "de plus" so litteraly "di piu". I guess it comes from the same roots.

[sc_acc]

I think "testing-out" questions need to be much more broad-ranging with accepted translations, as the user will have no idea what words duolingo is accepting. If they're testing out of a skill, they have a sense of how to say things, otherwise they wouldn't be trying to test out. And quite often, their correct answers aren't accepted because duolingo's teaching a different translation.

[Vince515862]

Why not oltre rather than per di put

[ClaudioCos1]

I thought: road = strada ; street = via

[silkwarrior]

Mm - they can have separate meanings but i rather had the impression from much time in italy that both can also mean road. A lot of "ways" called via in italy can be seriously big and part of a main route. Right back to things like Via Appia Antica. Perhaps an Italian would care to pop on to clarify.

[ferrimed]

yes, via and strada are not the same thing. As sc_acc has argued, DL Italian Course should be more clear about what is testing out. It needs lots of improvement this course.

[Neha162048]

My understanding is the "per di piu" means "and what's more" or "on top of that". I used tuttavia (nonetheless) and was marked wrong.

[Diane-Berto]

'Oltretutto' equivale a 'besides'.

[ShoshanaSu1]

They throw in these things which we have not yet learned. It is so frustrating not to be able to advance in their legendary tests. I feel like I'm wasting my time.

[Mico_di_Ostia]

"Inoltre" wiuld be easier to remember and, IMHO more commonly used. See: https://mobile-dictionary.reverso.net/en/english-italian/besides

[Heddymbanjo]

I would translate "per di più" more along the lines of "furthermore", whereas "besides" could translate into, well, a number of things (which DL all consider wrong) :-/

[NotLiable]

And once again we have an insisted-up right answer using a word (via) which was not yet introduced in a lesson. Another quality control issue!

[michellewilki]

This would be like "furthermore "??

[Plato]

almeno, non e una strada principale - WRONG

[T_ferrero91]

Tuttavia would work as well as per di piu right?

[Neha162048]

I wrote tuttavia and it was marked wrong. I'm not sure if it should have been marked as correct.

[Carlo522814]

Besides non vuol dire "oltretutto" ? Perché per DL è sbagliato?