"Quanti chilogrammi di carne prendiamo?"

Translation: How many kilograms of meat do we get?

[GoodLordigans]

Is "...are we taking?" a correct translation?

[Jeffrey855877]

Prendere also means "to get", as in "to obtain", although there is also ottenere.

For a number of examples from, see:
http://context.reverso.net/translation/english-italian/to+get

The large number of different examples indicate to me that prendere is a common word meaning "to get".

It also means "to take":
http://context.reverso.net/translation/english-italian/to+take

but not "to carry", which is portare:
http://context.reverso.net/translation/english-italian/to+carry

[Wiijimmy]

Yes.

[Lewistrick]

I don't know, but I used '...bring?' and that wasn't counted as correct either.

[vivi8d]

I'm not a native speaker but I think "prendere" means "to take" as opposed to "to bring." Or at least that's one of its many translations.

[Sassicat]

... Or to get

[tom1159]

to bring use "portare"

[BrandoMuzz]

The point is that in italian you can use both "chilo" or "kilo", actually in scientific contest "kilo" is more appropriate, reffered to the IS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units

[Jeffrey855877]

That's good to know, thanks.

It's not so much that Duo disagrees with you or is unscientific, it's a bit backward, slow on the uptake - I've accidentally written "kilogramme/i" and gotten it wrong.

[PolarBear667564]

Kilogramme should now be accepted - it's how we spell it in the UK. And 'kilo' = a thousand; without further clarification it could refer to a distance (km) or a mass (kg) ... unlikely that scientists would be so imprecise!

[johnh838893]

Prendiamo means we take or we get, so why is we take marked as wrong in tbis question please?

[ceramistamarko]

the use of GET is awful. This is supposed to be English.

[Beattie51]

I got marked wrong for saying kilogramme which is an alternative spelling. Sad face.

[jerryraynelson3]

Where so they use that spelling?

[Paul..McAuley]

Kilos worked for me :)