"C'è pure scritto."

Translation: It is even written.

[TheGandalf]

Yeah, we really need an "IDIOM ALERT!".

[killary45]

An asterisk or italics for the first few times an idiom appears would be most welcome.

[pablogc2000]

I don't really think this is an idiom. I just did a literal translation to "it is also written" and it was accepted.

[ferrimed]

C'è = there is and not It is = è
so you didn't do a literal translation.

[TheGandalf]

But "pure" seems to primarily mean "even". It's an awkward sentence, in my opinion.

[SeamusCoon]

But my "It is written also" was rejected!

[matt.kalebic]

Why "c'è" and not "'è"?

[f.formica]

A literal translation would include "there", which is what "ci" is there for: it's idiomatic though.

[JACurry1973]

Help me f.formica - L'italiano e un linguaggio molto difficile!

[mary.gh86]

I wrote "There's also written" and it was not accepted...

[ZibbiG]

What does "there's also written" mean???

[mangoHero1]

I don't think that's proper english.. And I'm a native. :/

[jaice_10]

someone could explain us what is the meaning of this ideomatic sentence

[f.formica]

Say you hadn't stamped your train ticket and claimed that you didn't know you had to; the train officer might go "Andiamo, c'è pure scritto!", "Come on now, it's even written (on the ticket)". Just an example out of many; this idiom is generally used when pointing out that you should know something because you're supposed to have read it.

[dfjacobs]

This happened to me on the train from the airport in Rome. My Italian wasn't good enough to explain to the conductor why I hadn't done it. Luckily there was another American there who explained that I was a poor, confused American tourist and convinced the conductor not to fine me.

[tom_vincenzo]

I can't see how it's an idiom.
it seems to me to be a perfectly literal translation.

[GregHullender]

It's not an idiom. Whenever a language is different from English, some people cry "idiom!" but, in truth, Duolingo almost never uses real idioms.

Real idioms are fragile. Almost any change breaks them. For example, "He kicked the bucket" is a real idiom. We cannot say "The bucket was kicked by him" without invoking a real bucket.

This makes idioms very hard for beginners and even intermediate students to use. Duolingo wisely stays away from them.

[SeamusCoon]

Nice explanation!

[dhunteroz]

So then "It's even written there" is correct as well? In english we can say "There, it's even written" (note the comma or pause).

[mangoHero1]

It's an idiom because c'è means there is. The translation DL gives us is "It is even written". A literal translation (" There is even written " ) would not make sense.

[Macossay]

"It is even written there," is accepted Aug 2018.

[ferrimed]

if we take it literally, "there is also written" should be accepted too.

[fificat1]

And so it is written, and so it is done...(sorry, couldn't resist)

[ChristineH636916]

This barely makes sense in English

[DanJSDK]

Why not just e? why c'e?

[TimK77777]

"It is even written there."

[NicholasDo2]

"It too is written" no good here?

[Koolkaren]

Seems good to me. :)

[PhilZam]

I appreciate that this has been decalred an idiomatic saying, but could someone tell me how you would say "he even wrote to us"

[f.formica]

"Ci ha pure scritto", "Ci ha anche scritto", "Ha scritto pure a noi", "Ha scritto anche a noi".

[darkpeak]

This translation is nonsensical

[darkpeak]

sounds biblical to me!!!

[Flying_Blue]

I really tried to figure this one out but the 'c'è absolutely threw me off!
I guess the closest thing I can think of now that I read where this might be used would be "It's even spelled out!", "There, it's even spelled out!" or "It's even spelled out right there!"
Are any of those accepted?

[JohnR243396]

Would "there it is also written" be acceptable?

[bjojoe]

It is also written...??

[SusieOpperia]

Why would this not be “It was even written” or “It has been written”? I thought we were studying Passato Prossimo. Is it just because it’s an idiom?

[Pat590727]

what's the difference between c'e pure scritto and 'e pure scritto?

[SkippyOKnee]

È scritto isnt present tense, right? In the spirit of the tense we are learning in this section, I translated it, "it has also been written" but it wasnt accepted

[JaniceQuinn0]

This sentence is meaningless to me!

[egregor1]

Cannot get the 'pure' out of this. Is it my hearing?

[AlphaCentauri]

This sentence is not good English. I hope the Italian-to-English people aren't getting this question.

[NoamMor]

As far as I understand it, in this sentence, "è" translates to "it is" and "Ci" to "there". The literal translation is "it is even written there".

"C'è" would translate to something like "it is there", not to "there is" like we got used to.