- Forum >
- Topic: Italian >
- "Il cuoco cucina l'anatra."
52 Comments
Gita-ji
32
Ducks are birds, not mammals. They lay eggs. The (duck-billed) platypus and echidna are the only mammals that lay eggs.
That's interesting. Both German and Italian derive from Latin anatina. Spanish pato, however, is apparently onomatopeia related to duck feet: http://etimologias.dechile.net/?pata (so also Portuguese). French cane / canard may also be onomatopeia through sound, caqueter. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canard Have a lingot.
AnthonyJan4
337
The verb is conjugated in the present tense, not the present continuous tense.
"The cook is cooking the duck" would be more accurately translated as "Il cuoco sta cucinando l'anatra."