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- "Siamo una coppia strana."
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It should, because one is not exclusive of the other. "Pair" works quite well in English for both coppia and paio
But the two have different connotations. Penn and Teller are a strange pair. Two people in a romantic relationship who are a bit eccentric are a strange couple.
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" "Pair" works quite well in English for both coppia and paio." Yes, but we are performing simple translation exercises here not learning about English usage. The fact that the words are often interchangeable in English is irrelevant.
Strangers are strange. English does exactly the same thing, unfortunately.
It asks for the translation of "una strana coppia" earlier. Why is the order different, "una coppia strana" this time?
It should be una coppia strana..adjective follows the noun..however in one of the earlier lessons i remember reading somewhere that if u really want to stress on the adjective, here strange, it can preceed the noun..i maybe wrong though..would love if anybody can shed some light on this.cheers
I think you're correct. When you change the word order, you emphasize one of the words, and in your example, it would be "strange."
And keep in mind that there are some adjectives that normally precede the nouns that they modify (buon, etc.)
I agree, but remember there's also a handful of adjectives that actually change their meaning depending on the word order. For instance 'diversi problemi' means various problems, whereas 'problemi diversi' means different problems.
Took a blind stab at translation and went with "We are a couple of weirdos". This was marked incorrect. But now I want to know how you would actually say 'couple of weirdos' in Italian. Anyone?
Different connotations. "Couple" implies a romantic involvement between the two people. "Pair" does not.
Was this another odd exception I have to memorize? I listened 3 times for "una", but it was definitely "un". So the final a in coppia is an aberration, right? No, I was over thinking and the robo-voice just didn't feel like pronouncing the final "a" in una. Moving right along.
No. It is A couple. Just because the unit is composed of multiple things does not mean one unit is plural.
I am wondering if strange and weird is the same. Now we have some towns bragging they are "weird" like quirky. Slightly different to me. (USA)
No, it should be "strana". But the correction algorithm allows one wrong letter per word to slide by as a typo rather than an error.
