"In December we drink the woman's wine."
Translation:A dicembre beviamo il vino della donna.
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"Beviamo il vino della donna a dicembre" (month at the end) was rejected. Would anybody kindly explain why?
You said "we drink the woman's wine in December," but "in December" is at the beginning of our sentence.
That wouldn't change the meaning, though. There must be something about Italian that doesn't allow that word order, unless it's just an answer that should be accepted but isn't.
Can anyone tell us whether that word order is valid in Italian?
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Duo wants you to translate exactly what is there which is "A dicembre" coming first and not how you feel its suppose to be.
In other words, both translations are right but I believe Duo wants us to translate as its been written
~My view
You mean which preposition would translate "in" depending on the cases?
Prepositions must be learnt in context, I am afraid...
If you make some questions for some specific cases, I can find a way to help you.
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Yes, I'm trying to understand which is the correct translation of 'in' to use, as there seem to be several (a, in, nel). eg.
In the book - ?
In December - a dicembre
In the sugar - nello zucchero (l'ape!)
In the picture - ?
In Italy - ?
I have also found this useful link http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Italian/Prepositions which has a table showing the combinations of prepositions with definite articles. Trying hard here :)
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There are two general prepositions 'a' and 'in'. You have to remember when to use each of them. 'A' can mean 'in' or 'to' in terms of movment. Usually you need to use 'a' as 'in' with cities 'a Roma', 'a Firenze'; with small islands 'a Ponza' and some places 'a casa' , 'a bar', 'a teatro'. And 'in' is used with continents 'in Africa', countries 'in Italia', regions 'in Lombardia', with big islands which are regions or countries 'in Sicilia', 'in Cuba', with places ends with '-ia' or '-teca' - 'in libreria', and some other places you have to remember like 'in banca', 'in albergo'. In some cases you can use both but the meaning will have a difference, for example 'sono al bagno' means 'I am using the bathroom' and 'sono in bagno' means 'I am in a bathroom physically'. You should be careful with it :-) The table available by your link is how prepositions mixed with articles. You just have to remember it :-) But this is going to be easy with practice.
Upd.: And yes for months you always use preposition 'a', and 'in' with seasons
Nel, nello is a contraction of in + il, in + lo, so it's pretty obvious when you need it, as long as you know when a noun requires the definite article
Someone has posted the following useful link about this: http://it125.blogspot.com.br/2007/10/some-tips-for-using-prepositions-in-and.html
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Does anyone know why "il" was necessary before vino? Will there ever be an instance where vino does not need il before it? Because in English we don't always use "the" before wine, it sometimes just say wine.
It has nothing to do with it being wine. It's the possessive construction: literally, "the wine of the woman".
Duolingo is variable in when you're required to use "the" - in your example, you could also say "wine of the woman."
That sounds off to me. The correction algorithm has been known to glitch.
I'd hardly call language education standards an "obsession".
The correction algorithm allows for one wrong letter per word (a missing letter, an extra letter, or a swapped-out letter) unless it spells another real word. Anything more than that and it would be useless.