"Sono libero fra dieci minuti."

Translation: I am free in ten minutes.

[gmj1892]

Why 'fra' here?

[peter2108]

In temporal contexts fra means in. Examples: fra un mese (in a month) fra poco (in a little while/soon). I guess the idea is that the event occurs between the start and end of the period specified.

[brunoenglishfe]

So on this case,the use of In would be wrong,right?!

[safibta]

Grazzie!!

[peter2108]

How would you say "I am free for ten minutes" ?

[marziotta]

"Sono libero per dieci minuti" or "Sono libero dieci minuti"

[dbrockertactor]

The best translation for this sentence 'I'll be free in ten minutes' isn't accepted.

[Aryeh.Kahn]

Maybe because duo doesn't like usage of the future tense at this stage?

[InaraCouto]

Exactly. That's how I translated it and my answer my considered wrong.

[Sauron111]

I read "Sono libro fra dieci minuti" and was totally confused, why for God's sake I should be a book in 10 minutes... Is someone enchanting me???

[Taytay000]

Woo hoo it accepts the actual number!

[ToddDowty]

What about "They are free in 10 minutes"?

[AnnaAtBayreuth]

That would be "sono liberi..." or "sono libere..."

[ToddDowty]

Would that start "loro sono" to make it explicit?

[Kerstin370863]

I think the woman should say "Sono libera..."

[AnnaAtBayreuth]

Indeed! I also dislike it when female speakers read a man's text and vice versa. It is like writing the word "yellow" in red colour - it gives contradicting messages to the brain. Not good.

[Alex_Luka]

I've never felt that way at all. You're reading someone else's perspective, not your own, after all. When I have to translate a sentence saying "we go to the store" for example, I don't feel weird having to write in plural, cause I'm just one female sitting here, writing it..

[Domingo705226]

It's sounds like libro not libero

[SeniorBeaver]

It is the same in English, "I am free in 10 munutes" or "I am free after 10 minutes, DL should accept either in English

[Brooklyn1302]

Still don't understand the difference between "fra" & "tra"..