"He eats chicken even though he does not eat fish."

Translation: Lui mangia pollo anche se non mangia pesce.

[JoonieM]

'Anche se' = even though (an expression)

[CeciM]

thanks :)

[BritniMont]

Is that the literal translation?

[TherealCVD]

I believe the literal translation would be "even if"

[Marytheresa1]

Thank you!!

[kmadams11]

How do you know when you can get away without the articles? I have been wrong for leaving out articles in other translations, but here they are apparently not needed.

[David-1960]

Is 'anche se' the same as 'nonostante'?

[PinkyT4]

it's not good teaching to introduce something new in free form - learners need an example or to have had exposure to the language structure to be able to repeat it :(

[Jerrya9]

What's the difference between "anche" and "anche se"?

[AnneUtz]

As far as I can see: anche = too; anche se = even though (expression)

[JuergenZirak]

Hmm, usually I am quite careful with the hints for single words, knowing the correct translation can depend highly on context and the dictionary lookup does not consider context. Hints for phrases often are better. This time, however, the hints were really odd: "even though" as a whole phrase was given as "anche" only, while "anche se" was one of several options for "even" on its own. Does that make sense in some context to anyone?

[ladygaga422015]

When to use nonostante

[Torsten919116]

For a beginner it is only possible with try and error

[cliseide]

"Even though" = "nonostante, My answer was "nonostante" why it's marked wrong?

[RobGeurts1]

Why can't I use comunque? It marked "lui mangia pollo comunque non mangia pesce"

[CeciM]

se?

[lifeproofminds]

Why can't I put "però" instead of "anche se"?

[Krochmalnej]

Why we do not have to use il before pollo or pesce?

[PippaTinsdeall]

Could someone help me with why the 'pure se' option is wrong? I'm not really sure how to use 'pure'. Thanks!

[SallyBuxma]

I believe the context is different but Duolingo should have chosen two things one would think he would eat but doesn't to better exemplify the nuance, such as "He eats fried chicken even though he does not eat grilled chicken". Anche se is "even though" where pure se is "but".

[PippaTinsdeall]

Ah, I see, thank you :)

[laura215738]

Hello Pippa, I think is a lot of time that you put your question ... But I want to explain to you. "pure" is better do not use. First is difficult to use, the exactly meaning is "anche", use this! Second is not "clean italian", lot of time is "slang". Ciao

[JohnR243396]

Why not sebbene instead of anche se?

[DellaCosta]

Thanks JoonieM, I didn’t know what the “se” was for,

[C0kVebf7]

What's wrong with benche

[Arpad580224]

Ache se = even if = though
It seems.

[NachosAndCheese]

Would "pure se" also work? It's marked wrong here

[Barry112197]

The hint for he was, lui so I put lui and was marked wrong, this is very frustrating.

[CharlotteE380021]

Why throw in a sentence that uses a reflexive pronoun when this has never been introduced? Doesn't anche mean also?

[LArnaux]

Hey, Duo, there's no fishes (plural) in English. So pesce/pesci should be correct in this instance.

[JudithTomb3]

It was so obviously a typo! I pressed mangia!!!