"Le couscous est un plat d'Afrique du nord."

Translation: Couscous is a dish from North Africa.

[SiobanSnyd]

Why not "Couscous is a dish from Northern Africa."

[Lee63091]

'Cuz ppl don't actually say 'Northern Africa' instead of 'North Africa' in English

[Sam278989]

But I do!

[deactivated user]

We don't say North Europe or South Europe. Why North Africa? A vestige of European imperialism? Just kidding. Sort of. At least northern Africa should be accepted.

[Ehsan_Mehmed]

North Africa
Northern part of Africa

[Wineguy14]

In US English, we would sometimes say "a dish of North Africa, Would that be acceptable in French?

[Sitesurf]

It is indeed the direct translation for "un plat d'Afrique du Nord".

[Joseph_Hind]

My translation was "Couscous is a North African dish." It was marked wrong. Why? Now I've lost a heart.

[Linda4406]

I think it's because they want you to demonstrate that you know that the "du" in the sentence is translated as "from" or "of."

[RonRGB]

(YouTube link) https://youtu.be/AKHYcKwa3Uw

Choumicha : Recette de Couscous Marocain aux Légumes (VF) - Moroccan Couscous

[SMCG9]

Not certain the definite article needs to be omitted in English?

[peterviuz]

It does unless you mean a specific Couscous.

[anais67mb]

I heard, "Le couscous, c'est un plat d'Afrique du nord." There seemed to be a pause after "couscous" and then another "s" sound -- to me that means a comma and a new clause...

[Puett]

Why not "of" instead of "from"? Duo does not accept "of".