"What do you do in the afternoon?"

Translation: Cosa fai nel pomeriggio?

[Pataglu]

It's the fifth time that I'm doing this lesson. And I still don't get it about preposition.
Am I dumb, or is it really hard ?

[Gruvian]

I'm having a lot of trouble with prepositions too.

[AnnieK13]

whats wrong with al pomeriggio?

[CarlReid]

Same question. I tried that and was marked wrong.

[bjojoe]

"nel" makes confusion...Why is "Cosa fai di pomeriggio" not correct?

[Marninger]

It is kind of correct. But "di pomeriggio" means afternoons more in general.

[Naseem200170]

Earlier we had in the evening as = a sera. 'a' being used because it is a period of time. Nel not being used because sera is not a physical object that you enter. Yet, in this question we have nel being used though afternoon is a period of time. I am confused.

[Muttley_]

Nor sure where you had a sera but it's not correct.
Maybe it was di sera? Or stasera?

[aleksandro19]

Could I say "Cosa fai pomeriggio?", without 'nel'?
And why is 'nel' used anyway?

[timwille]

Why not "cosa che fai"?

[marziotta]

We can sai "Cosa fai nel pomeriggio?" "Che fai nel pomeriggio?" "Che cosa fai nel pomeriggio?"

"Cosa che" wouldn't make sense to translate "what", sorry. :/

[Selene0924]

"Che cosa" is the full form of the Word "what"

"Che" alone or "Cosa" alone are used as a shortened form of "what"

Not "Cosa che" but rather "che cosa"

[jjboy555]

Why wouldnt "Che fai nel giorno" be correct?

[Muttley_]

because the question asks what you do in the afternoon ("pomeriggio") not during the day ("giorno") :-)

[dmitry.anoshin]

What is wrong with fa?? Fa for You and fai for tu. But the question could be for You also!

[Disposalist]

Fa is for he and she isn't it? You is fai or fate.

[Ampus_Questor]

To clarify, it's 'tu fai' for informal you, singular; 'voi fate' for informal you, plural (y'all); 'Lei fa' for formal you, singular (also lui/lei - small 'l' - for he/she); and 'Loro fanno' for formal you, plural (also loro - small 'l' for they).

[Bob515543]

OK, I know fai is tu form of the verb. But as travelers meeting unfamiliar people, wouldn't we be expected to use the Lei form (fa)? Which doesn't seem to be accepted here or anywhere else in DL.

[vjosullivan]

Outside of Duolingo the formal form is suitable for meeting strangers but here in Duolingo the question is specifically asking to translate "you".

[GidiZisk]

I think Cosa fai nel pomeriggio should be "What are you doing in the afternoon?" and Cosa fai al pomeriggio should be "What do you do in the afternoon?". Am I correct?

[meandmyshadow0]

Why isnt it nelle.

[jennifer1941]

Why not al pomeriggio

[ilfalco42]

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May 31, 2013 - This is indeed a common situation in Italian. "Che", "Cosa", and "Che Cosa" all can mean "what". In order to keep things straight, know that "Che Cosa" is the most formal and correct way of saying it, "Cosa" is less formal but still very common used, and "Che" is generally slang. Interesting that DL agrees that "che cosa" and "cosa" both mean the same thing, yet they do NOT accept "Che Cosa."