"I primi ad arrivare troveranno i posti migliori."

Translation: The first to arrive will find the best places.

[AssafBenraf]

Why not "best seats"?

[Ariaflame]

Because there might not be seats. Just places to stand.

[sandslane]

i think it should accept seats as well.

[greenhenry]

I agree, in the theatre or cinema an English speaker would almost never say ' find the best places'. It's such a common expression, seats should be accepted.

[DilysVine]

I'm sure one time I was translating into Italian and Duo insisted that 'seats' were 'posti'!

[dedubub]

OK. So when does migliore translates as best and when does it mean better. It seems to me it could be used either way in this sentence. I have missed the translation countless times.

[Revilo_N]

If there is an article, it is safe to assume it is the superlative, isn't it? "i posti migliori": best places. "posti migliori": better places.

[Richard754173]

It seems that "seats" should be accepted as a translation of "posti" in the context of this sentence.

[drillvoice]

Doesn't have quite the same ring as "first come, first served" now does it?

[batintherain]

There is a popular idiom in Italian to express the same: "Chi primo arriva meglio alloggia"

[ulmik1]

Why "they" cannot be here? Thx. The first to arrive THEY will find the best places.

[greenhenry]

English doesn't tend to double the subject the way Italian or French can. In speech, we might say 'The first to arrive, THEY will find the best places' for emphasis, for example to disagree with someone who says the people coming last will, but it's quite informal. Normally if there's a subject we don't double it with a subject pronoun.

[Chel451498]

Why do we need the ad? Could we say 'i primi arrivare' for 'the first to arrive'? Isn't arrivare = to arrive?

[linguini_chicken]

You're trying to translate word for word and it doesn't work that way. In English the verb is ''to arrive'', but in Italian, you can consider the verb to be the equivalent of ''arrive'' alone without the ''to''. So you need to add ''ad'' for it to make sense, otherwise it's like saying ''the first arrive'' in English.

[Tommaso27gz]

Posti can also mean "seats". Apparently Duo does not like this choice

[coloraday]

Duo didn't accept "Those first to arrive...".

[Ariaflame]

It did (for me) accept 'the first ones'

[TomTorchia]

why not the best seats?

[LindaNordin]

...the best places. Marked wrong, but it was 2nd choice on the drop-down for posti

[SallyPhoen]

The clue gave better as a choice. I'm learning not to trust the clues.

[Sybille.]

For me, as a German this sentence sounds so weird.

I would say: The first who arrive, will find the best places.
Why to arrive?

[MousumiBil]

Is this a good/proper English sentence?

[Plato]

I wonder if "i migliori posti" be correct?