"He lives in an important palace."
Translation:Lui vive in un palazzo importante.
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ouucch ... I lost my heart for 'nel un palazzo'
My kingdom for an/to/for/in/at/a clear understanding of preposition choice!
In this case it's easy: "nel" is a compound of in+il, so "nel un palazzo" would be "in the a palace". See http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare153a.htm
Yes; the two have the same meaning when referring to residence (inhabiting).
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The above translation is wrong. "Palazzo" is a word that's also used in English when referring to Italian palazzos that were usually built by princes from the 1400's on and which were converted to apartment buildings at the end of the royal period. I grew up part time in a palazzo in Naples ...but I would never translate that as growing up in a "palace" in English. -- I would say "I grew up in a palazzo" using the Italian which Italians know means my family didn't own the palazzo but that instead I grew up in one of the apartments there. Palazzo has a very different meaning than 'palace' by our terms.
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I do not understand the usage of adjectives exactly... Sometimes we have to use them after the noun like in this one and other times we use them before the noun .How do we decide that? In other words Why is "Lui vive in un importante palazzo " is marked wrong?
Why the pictures showed that the building means l'edificio and then suddenly I sould write for building palazzo what actually means the palace?
There shouldn't be "nel" or "il". He lives in A palace, not THE palace. "in un palazzo".
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You are loco Duolingo!!! I put right answer and you coun't it as mistake, oh such artificial mind :(