"What do you do in the afternoon?"
Translation:Cosa fai nel pomeriggio?
21 Comments
- 23
- 18
- 17
- 16
- 14
- 12
- 11
- 9
- 5
- 5
- 2
- 2
- 252
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 ?
- 25
- 8
- 525
It is kind of correct. But "di pomeriggio" means afternoons more in general.
- 25
- 17
- 12
- 12
- 12
- 10
- 10
- 8
- 5
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 5
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. :/
- 15
- 13
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.
- 22
- 8
- 8
- 188
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?
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.
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 20
- 12
- 10
- 8
- 8
- 6
- 6
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 322
Nor sure where you had a sera but it's not correct.
Maybe it was di sera? Or stasera?
- 17
- 9
- 5
Could I say "Cosa fai pomeriggio?", without 'nel'? And why is 'nel' used anyway?
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 20
- 12
- 10
- 8
- 8
- 6
- 6
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 322
You wouldn't say: "What do you do afternoon?", would you?
Nel = 'in the'
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 20
- 12
- 10
- 8
- 8
- 6
- 6
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 322
because the question asks what you do in the afternoon ("pomeriggio") not during the day ("giorno") :-)
- 14
- 8
- 6
- 5
- 5
What's wrong with Cosa fai tu nel pomeriggio? It was marked wrong - apparently it didn't need the Tu...
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 25
- 20
- 12
- 10
- 8
- 8
- 6
- 6
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 322
Italian doesn't need to use pronouns because the verbs are conjugated (ie the subject can be inferred from the conjugation). You can still use pronouns though, but then you are putting emphasis on them.
"cosa fai tu nel pomeriggio?" would translate in English as "what do you (and not me or us or them) in the afternoon?"
What is wrong with fa?? Fa for You and fai for tu. But the question could be for You also!
- 25
- 16
- 16
- 9
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).
