Topic: French

"La fourmi mange la pizza."

Translation:The ant is eating the pizza.

April 5, 2018

20 Comments

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Ants in France must be huge!

April 5, 2018
https://www.duolingo.com/Daniel589120
  • 495

Or the pizzas must be very, very small!

April 10, 2018
https://www.duolingo.com/HeadPlug

    Yeah, like one of those gourmet dishes that are 5 centimetres in diameter

    November 24, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/ThulzMadondo
    • 101

    An ant with a very expensive taste :-)

    June 13, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/masako353104

      This sentence can be translated either as The ant eats a pizza or The ant is eating a pizza.

      May 8, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/DanteDombr

        Happy ant

        June 27, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/ChossHunter

          Oh my god, it's a pizza ant!

          July 6, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/GimmickNG
          • 376

          Why isn't "the ant eats the pizza" accepted?

          July 29, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/flash131616

            I was counted wring for that too

            September 7, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/Leon............

              Why is it " la fourmi" and not "le fourmi"???

              May 3, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/ArulShanmugam

                Fourmi is female...so "la fourmi"

                May 31, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/masako353104

                  I'm not wrong

                  May 8, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Claire363356

                    Yeah how do tell the difference?

                    May 30, 2018
                    https://www.duolingo.com/carolang

                      I think that in French it's not common to make that distinction. Is it true?

                      July 2, 2018
                      https://www.duolingo.com/Janet31466

                        It said to type what you hear, and I had it correct!!! It said I typed it in English, which I did not.

                        May 25, 2018
                        https://www.duolingo.com/Alxzien
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                        Shouldnt it be 《mange de la pizza》 ? Because you would say 《Je mange de la pizza》

                        July 26, 2018
                        https://www.duolingo.com/InvertedGo
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                        The phrase was "the ant is eating the pizza." That's why it's "la pizza". If the ant was "eating pizza" (undefined quantity) or "some pizza", then it would be "de la pizza".

                        December 15, 2018
                        https://www.duolingo.com/oppi9-

                          Lmao, pizza eating ant!

                          October 31, 2018
                          https://www.duolingo.com/stevenAndr426278

                            Being English I don't refer to "ants eating" but "on" or "got" etc.

                            November 29, 2018
                            https://www.duolingo.com/Takaedza
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                            So...pizza is feminine huh...

                            February 13, 2019
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